Blue Whale

The blue whale is the largest animal that ever lived on Earth. It is also the loudest animal on Earth. These enormous mammals eat tiny organisms, like plankton and krill, which they sieve through baleen. They live in pods (small groups). These gray-blue whales have 2 blowholes and a 2-14 inch (5-30 cm) thick layer of blubber. 

Blue whales are rorqual whales, whales that have pleated throat grooves that allow their throat to expand during the huge intake of water during filter feeding. Blue whales have 50-70 throat grooves that run from the throat to mid-body.

Blue whales grow to be about 80 feet (25 m) long on average, weighing about 120 tons (109 tonnes). The largest specimen found was a female 94 feet (29 m) long weighing more 174 tons (158 tonnes). The females are larger than males, as with all baleen whales. The largest of the blue whales (150 tons) has a heart that weighs about 1,000 pounds (450 kg) and has 14,000 pounds (6,400 kg) of blood circulating in its body. The heart is about the size of a Volkswagon bug car. A human could crawl through the aorta (a major blood vessel).

Blue whales are the loudest animals on Earth! Their call reaches levels up to 188 decibels. This low-frequency whistle can be heard for hundreds of miles. The blue whale is louder than a jet, which reaches only 140 decibels! Human shouting is 70 decibels; sounds over 120 decibels are painful to human ears. 

It is estimated that there are about 10,000-14,000 blue whales world-wide. Blue whales are an endangered species. These whales (and many other large whales) were over-hunted for many years, since their meat, oil, and other body parts are very valuable. Since whale hunting has decreased in the last few decades, their populations are starting to recover. 

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Amur Leopards

Armur leopards are Definatley endangered because there are only 35 left in the wild due to deforestation, Climate change,illegal wildlife trade and many more, they are really cute you just feel life you have to help them.

(from www.panda.org)

Poaching and habitat destruction push this leopard close to the edge.

Here are some pics of them when they were cubs:

( from www.zooborns.com)

( from www.zooborns.com)

(from arkforanimals.blogspot.com)

Oriental white-backed Vulture

This is a Oriental white-backed Vulture, their wings can span 2.6 meters.The White-backed Vulture is a typical vulture, with only down feathers on the head and neck, very broad wings and short tail feathers. It has a white neck ruff. The adult’s whitish back contrasts with the otherwise dark plumage. Juveniles are largely dark. This is a medium-sized vulture; its body mass is 4.2 to 7.2 kilograms (9.3–16 lb), it is 78 to 98 cm (31 to 39 in) long.

Here are some pics of the chicks:

And one of a nest:

There are only 50 to 70 of these animals left in the wild.

It has suffered a population decline.

Hainan black-crested Gibbon

This is a Hainan black-crested Gibbon, they are found only on the Chinese island of Hainan. At one time there were around 2,000 of these lovely animals, but now there are only about 25 left due to hunting, deforestation and pine plantations they are CRITICALLY ENDANGERED!!!

The most endangered primate in the world to be exact this is terrible in my eyes because they are so cute look at them when they were little babies,

Awwwwwwwwwwwww doesn't it make you want to help them when you see these pics!

  

Proboscis Monkey

This is a proboscis Monkey.

Notice its nose it uses it to make a loud honking noise and also to attract females it's a loud nasal call:

It can grow up to TEN centimeters long(about four to five inches long!)

Their big pot bellies help them digest the food that they eat.

There are only 7,oo left.

Gorrila

Now you may think gorillas are a bit like horrible yobs but inside they are real softies check them out when they were cute little balls of fur:

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww, huh.Well check out this:

Cute!

See they are cute little sweethearts.

Gentle, peaceful & shy are the words that describe gorillas. Gorillas in the mountains & eastern lowland areas are totally vegetarian & eat leaves, fruits, & stems like bamboo. On the other hand, gorillas in the Western lowlands eat small invertebrates & insects apart from plants. It’s anticipated that approximately 80% of gorilla population’s extinct, because of the destruction of their habitat, humans hunting them down & diseases as a result of Ebola virus.

Manatee

Manatee's are very gentle animals that eat plants & are sometimes called “sea cows”. They've got a thick-skin which is streamlined & their bodies are almost hairless with forelimbs modified like flippers. Their tails are horizontally-flattened & enlarged. In the United States, only 2,500 of this species are left. They eat semi-aquatic & aquatic plants like turtle grass, manatee grass, algae, water hyacinths & mangrove leaves.Manatees can be found in warm tropical and subtropical waters. These animals can only survive in water at the temperature of 68 degrees or lower.
Here is a few pics:


Here is a Manatee swimming:

Here is a Manatee eating sea grass and lettuce:

Here is a baby Manatee with its mother:

Orangutans

This is an Orangutan, Apparently one of the ones in the wild, but tell me something  why is there a rope in the background, this out of many images on Google images that come up when you type in "Orangutans in the wild" this is because the orangutan population has been falling to levels BELOW 15-25,000 individuals.The numbers in Sumatra were also low, some 5-7,000 with the remaining 10-20,000 in Borneo. Here is a few pics of ORANGUTANS IN THE WILD!

Welcome

Hello,
You may think of me as an little old woman sitting in the corner of her living room writing this, but no I am a 13 year old child concerned about the wildlife numbers on the planet, so please take a minute to read my blog and hopefully you will feel the same way I do about the nearly extinct animals on the planet,
Thank you,
Oh and please leave comments I'd love to hear what you think!

P.S- and the photos are all off the internet they are not my own.