Amazon Animals

The Amazon is considerably one of the places with a rich flora and fauna in the world. Due to the vastness of the rain forest, and the resources that could be gathered from the Amazon River, the Amazon has become one of the earth’s sources of pride when it comes to having a rich biodiversity. But despite having the rich biodiversity, Amazon still has problems with some species of animals since their numbers are slowly dwindling down. Somehow, there are still species of animals in the Amazon that made it to the list of endangered animals. Although the rainforest of the Amazon is a very suitable ground for different species of animals to reproduce, the population of some animals still continually decreases somehow. There different reasons why some of the animals from Amazon happened to make it to the list of endangered animals. Some animals have lost their habitat; some are being poached by hunters; But most commonly, the declining population certain animals in the Amazon has been attributed to man’s doings. Listed below are the endangered animals from the Amazon.
Golden Lion Tamarins
The golden lion tamarins is a variant species of monkey that has an orange color. Unlike the typical monkeys, the golden lion tamarins are very small. These type of monkeys have an average weight of around 3 pounds. Usually, golden lion tamarins wander around the Amazon rainforest in packs of around 2-9 other golden lion tamarins. They live inside holes of big and hollow threes. The diet of the golden lion tamarins would include fruites, insects, and lizards. These monkey relatives have been included in the list of endangered animals as its population drastically declined due to the destruction of their habitat.

Three-toed Sloths
The three-toed sloth is a furry creature that could somehow be considered as distant relative of monkeys. From its name sloth itself, the creature spends most of its time sleeping while hanging on the branch of trees. Typically, its suitable habitat is the rainforest wherein the temperature is temperate. This number of the three-toed sloths is continually decreasing over the years since their habitat is being destroyed by loggers.
Hyacinth Macaws
These birds are typically in the family of parrots. These macaws would have different colors but usually, their color is blue. These parrots live on nests on treetops. The number of the hyacinth macaws though is decreasing due to the destruction of their forest habitat.

It is the responsibility of every human being to save array of life on earth. These efforts have brought back several animals from extinctions. However, you may be amazed on seeing the endangered species list. We can get rid of this situation by creating awareness in people. Awareness programs should start from educational levels. We should convey our message about endangered animals for kids. By creating awareness in kids, we can build up the next generation for protecting endangered animals.

Do you know that human interventions have increased the extinction rates by 100 to 1000 folds than natural rate? Studies reveal that around 137 species of plants and animals are lost every day.  Forests are the main dwelling places of plants and animals. Wide varieties of plants and animal species can be found in the forests. By nature’s law, fittest animal survives in harsh conditions. In addition to that, deforestation creates more impact on these animals. This increases the extinction rate of animals. Likewise, animal hunting for collecting their skin is becoming a major cause for endangering of animals.

Creating awareness among people brought immense changes in protecting animals. They realize the need for protecting animals. As a result, several organizations are started throughout the world for preserving animal life. Some of these organizations gave importance to habitat and forest protection. Moreover, captive breeding and setting up of large number of parks helped a lot to solve the problem to an extent. From government’s side, gene banks are started for collecting genes of each of animal species.

These are the lessons that we should study from our past. We should study the impact of destruction of forests and hunting of animals. There is a harmonic between nature and animals. Anti nature behavior of people creates severe problems for both flora and fauna. This mentality of humanity has to be changed. We should know the importance of conserving forests. We should understand that they are the essential part of an ecosystem. If we succeed in conserving the forest, we can prevent the extinction of several species of animals and plants.

Reference: Illustrated Encyclopedia of endangered animals.