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Description: The Snow Leopard lives in the mountains of Central Asia. Snow leopards prefer the broken terrain of cliffs, rocky outcrops, and ravines. This type of habitat provides good cover and clear views to help them find prey, and sneak up on it. There are only about 3,920 and 6,390 snow leopards left in the wild. They are threatened by Poaching of the cats as well as their main prey animals, limiting their resources. This has been pushing them to prey on livestock and has caused more conflict between the beautiful cats and the local people.
Description: the Virginia Opossum (or Possum) is a nocturnal marsupial who (most adorably) carries their offspring on their back :) Opossums are responsible for limiting the spread of Lyme Disease, as they tend to kill off most disease carrying ticks! They also are resistant to rabies (possibly because of lower body temperatures than most placental mammals)
Description: Whale sharks spend around 7.5 hours per day feeding on sergestid shrimps and fish eggs as well as krill, jellies, copepods, coral spawn, and small fishes! A whale shark filters food from the water by “cross-flow filtration,” which means the particles do not catch on the filter. Rather, water is directed away through the gills while particles carry on towards the back of the mouth
Description: The goblin shark differs from other shark species by having a flattened snout that protrudes from the top of its head. Its jaw is protruding, and the inside contains 35 to 53 rows of upper teeth and 31 to 62 rows of lower teeth! Sightings of goblin sharks are very rare and indicate that the species lives in waters on continental platforms and slopes, at depths of 1,300-1,370 meters.
Description: Like most eagle species, the female “harpy” is almost twice as large as the male. he larger females tend to take sloths and monkeys; the smaller, more agile and faster males tend to take more quantities of smaller food items. This increases the pair’s odds of eating on a regular basis.
Description: Caracals, Also called a Desert Lynx, are found across africa and the Middle East to India. With powerful legs, these cats are known to jump 10 feet to swat birds right out of the sky. They are known to be solitary, and will aggressively defend their territory against others. Much of the Asian population of Carcals is declining rapidly, and in many areas they are seen as pests as they have been known to attack livestock when food is scarce.
Description: African Servals are slender cats with long legs, and ears that are the largest of any cats, proportional to their heads. If human ears were the same size proportionally to our heads as those of a servals, we would have dinner plate sized ears. Servals can jump up to 9 feet off the ground to grab a bird out of the air. Besides birds they are known to eat rodents, frogs, fish, reptiles, and even large insects. They often use their large ears to pick up sounds of their prey. While Serval populations are declining, they are not yet considered endangered. This is with the exception of One subspecies (the North african Serval). Servals are threatened by Habitat loss, Climate change, and sport hunting.
Description: Axolotls have begun to suffer from the introduction of large fish into its lake habitat. Populations are Also in decline as the demands of nearby Mexico City have led to the draining and contamination of much of the waters of the Xochimilco Lake complex, which is the only place they are found.
