Leatherback turtle.

(From www.coral.org)

Those two are leatherback turtles and are very cute and also very threatened by extinction.
They are considered vulnerable.
The Leatherback is the largest of all living turtles. and also the fourth heaviest modern reptile behind three crocodilians.
They can grow up to 2 metres long!!
Leatherback turtles don't have a shell, they have an oily skin instead.
These reptilians are the only remaining ancestors of a family of turtles that traces its evolutionary roots back more than a million years. We should save this last ancestor from the same fate as the rest of it's family.
The leatherback turtle population is declining rapidly in many parts of the world.
Leatherbacks can dive to depths of 4,200 feet (1,280 metres)-deeper than any other turtle- and can stay down for up to 85 minutes.

(From www.becuo.com)

Leatherbacks and other turtles like eating jelly fish and often get plastic bags confused with them and the bag gets stuck in their gut.

(From tumblr)

Also they can get stuck in fishing nets.

(From www.i.telegraph.co.uk)

The little Dodo bird.

The little dodo bird is fast becoming the large dodo bird. It'll be extinct soon IF people don't help extinct animals. I really hope my blog is helping people to realise this. Surely people don't want to be explaining to the next generations why we didn't try to help save cute little beautiful  birds (like the little dodo bird) and lovely leopards (like the Amur leopards. There are only 35 left, I can't say that enough times. ONLY 35 left. I'm sorry about that there. ;). ) and the amazing apes ( like Orang-utans and gorillas) of this world. And I could go on showing off my alteratory skills, but I can't be bothered, and anyway I've got to tell you about the little dodo bird. As I'm sure you are bursting with excitement to hear about. ;)

So the little dodo bird, I think it's quite cute and I didn't know there were any left so I'm glad there ARE some left and we didn't eat them all!

Here is a picture so you can absorb the cuteness:

(From www.allaboutwildlife.com)

They live in Samoa and are 12 inches (31cm) long. and they are related to the more well known (but extinct) Dodo bird. And unfortunately the same fate is predicted for these little birds if more people don't realise, and have a "sh*t, actually lets not make the same mistake twice," moment. But there are a few hundred left so they are endengered but it's not too late! If people realised then this lovely species can be saved. 

So all hope is not lost!

(From s3.amazonaws.com)

But the population is declining at an alarming rate, so the hope I've just give you has partly gone. The reason for this is because of habitat loss and illegal hunting. If when you were a child you remember your parents telling you that, " The naughty pirates came to the island and ate up all the Dodos. Gobble-gobble-gobble they went till they were all gone!" (I bet you remember that, come on think.;) Maybe not in those words though!!) Anyway people hunted the 'big' Dodo bird and now people are hunting the little Dodo bird.

There are not many wild Dodo birds any more. Some are in captivity. (The  first photo is of one in captivity.)

OMG, I know that is not entirely relevant to this page but still. I want it!! ;)

Oh yeah and ( from amazon)

Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

This animal is so endangered it might actually be extinct.
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker lives-or lived-in the South-eastern part of the united states as well as Cuba.  
It was considered extinct until 2004 when there were reports of the Woodpecker in Arkansas and Florida.
But now there are no more reports and no one is sure if they are extinct or not. If they are not extinct there is only and tiny population. Even less than the Amur leopard (approx. 35 left. :(. )

(From www.houstonaudubon.org)

The reason the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker is extinct is due to logging and because humans wanted the feathers of the beautiful bird.

( From www.i.kinja-img.com)

(From philipschwarzphotography.files.wordpress.com)

That is a male Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. ( Above)

White tigers.

I think they are just utterly adorable!

( From www.seetoptens.com)

White tigers live in tropical areas of south east Asia and some regions of Africa and Russia.

Some people say there is less than 6000 left in the wild and that number is decreasing rapidly. :(

Eastern medicines use parts of the tigers body. More than 50 types of medicines are exported worldwide. and bones are also considered valuable.

( From www.lausd.k12.ca.us)

Sooo cute. and such a shame they are endangered. :'(

The reason whit tigers are white is because there is a rare pigmentation variant of the Bengal tiger, So basically the white tiger is the Bengal tiger's cousin.

In Britain the largest 'collection' (for want of a better word.) of white tigers is at West Midlands Safari Park. In the safari park they are doing research into white tigers and they are also apparently looking into white lions.

Panda. :D

I think everyone loves a panda! Am I right??

Panda's live for about 20 years.


( From www.barkteryneexistuje.cz)

Panda's were under threat of extinction but thanks to people around the world they are now only endangered, they are still having a hard time but it's getting better. So well done everyone!!

Panda's live in a few mountainous areas in china, and in 2004 the population was 1,600 in the wild. 
A Panda's daily diet consists almost entirely of the leaves, stems, and shoots of various bamboo species. 



( From www.wwf.panda.org)

( From www.wwf.panda.org)