Axolotls are wonderful in a way. They are like salamanders that spend all of their lives in the water. They are dying out because people have drained lakes and ponds. Research shows there are between 700 and 1,200 axolotls left in a few spread out places in central México. Axolotls have a regenerative property that makes them ideal pets and lab animals. I don’t agree that just because they have regenerative properties, they can be lab animals or pets. This is my motto: if they’re endangered don’t mess with ‘em.10 |
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The takhi, or Przewalski's (sheh-val-skee) horse, is the only truly wild horse. They were extinct in the wild for many years until 2008, when their status was moved to critically endangered. The Przewalski's horse’s fur color is sandy or brown, with a pale belly and muzzle, dark tail and socks. They stand 13 hands tall from the shoulder. Adults have a weight of 550 to 750 pounds. Before the population went extinct in the wild, they lived in Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, and China. Currently there are 1,500 in zoos and breeding stations, and 400 in Mongolia and China.11 |
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