Overhunting of deer & wild boar, its main food, has threatened the existence of this Indonesian monitor
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Amur Leopard | Species | WWF  Of all the leopards, the Amur leopard is the most critically endangered. Hunted largely for its beautiful, spotted fur, the loss of each Amur leopard puts the species...
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Komodo dragon - Wikipedia  The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands ... Komodo dragons hunt and ambush prey including invertebrates, birds, and mammals. It has ... In the wild, their range has contracted due to human activities, and they are listed as...
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On a few small islands in the Indonesian archipelago, the ... - Nature  move about in search of food. ... ing a member of the monitor lizard family, Varanidae, which to- ... The deer has wandered within a few meters of a robust male ... hour, its hunting strategy is based on stealth and power. ... The basic strategy is .... rodents, monkeys, goats, wild boars and the most popular Komodo food, deer.
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Komodo dragon | Smithsonian's National Zoo  When threatened, Komodos can throw up the contents of their stomachs to ... The largest wild dragons more typically weigh about 154 pounds (70 ... Vision and hearing are useful, but the Komodo's sense of smell is its primary food detector. ... When the Komodo is hunting and catches its prey, such as a deer, it attacks the...
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Komodo Dragon Fact Sheet - San Diego Zoo Global Library  70 species and subspecies of Varanus have been described but only 50 ... One of world's major volcanic areas. ... In one monitor lizard, the Lace Monitor (Varanus varius), its toxin effects blood ... Other lizards use the tongue to manipulate food. .... or hunt animals along game trails: wild boar, sunda deer, water buffalo, large...
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Komodo dragon: one of Indonesia's rare conservation success stories  Dec 30, 2015 ... The conservation of the world's largest lizard is a victory in a country ... giant monitor lizard inhabiting a few islands in Eastern Indonesiais an ... This concern led to the establishment of Komodo National Park in 1980 and its listing as a ... The park covers not just the famousor infamousKomodo Island, but...
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Hunting Wolves, Saving Wolves . NOW on PBS  Feb 26, 2010 ... These wolves are killing every thing in sight and just not for food there .... Iam AGAINST wolf hunting and nothing will ever change my opinion. .... died from "multiple injuries due to an animal mauling" in Chignik Lake Alaska. ...... I hicke the country all summer and fall and the elk population has dropped by...
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Komodo dragon - Wikipedia  The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Padar. A member of the monitor lizard family Varanidae, it is the largest living ... As a result of their size, these lizards dominate the ecosystems in which they...
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Summary/Reviews: Carnivorous nights :  Tragically, this rare and powerful animal was hunted into extinction in the early part of the twentieth century. ... Journeying first to the Australian mainland and then south to the wild island of ... and a large predator with a pouch was-or perhaps still is-queen of the jungle. .... But no more tigers, live or dead, were captured.
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The fossa is the largest mammalian carnivore on the island of ...  It is the largest carnivore and top predator native to Madagascar ... The animal is unique to the Forests of Madagascar, (A Large African island in The Indian Ocean.) .... critically endangered blue anole (Anolis gorgonae), the world's only pure ...... Madagascar ...this is the fossa, which was initially thought to be a kind of cat but...
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Tasmanian Wolf: an Extinct Species - Bagheera  Although Tasmanian devil populations were reduced by disease at one time, ... compete for food with an introduced species, the dingo, a kind of wild dog. ... Although the species was believed extinct, reports of tiger-wolves in the wild continued. ... Chambered Nautilus Receives International Protection  No Decline in Tiger...
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African Elephants - Elephant Aid International  Abundance Of Elephants Strains South African Game Reserves ... has ramped up efforts to protect its last elephants by fitting individual animals with GPS .... WWF says that ivory poachers were seen using a scientist's observation platform to .... A GPS collared elephant known as Heritage has been killed at the Maasai Mara.
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Southeastern Asia: Island of Sumatra in Indonesia | Ecoregions | WWF  The Sumatran Lowland Rain Forests [IM0158] are one of the most diverse forests ... In the past fifteen years rampant logging, hunting, fires, and habitat loss in the ... About 150 million years ago Borneo, Sumatra, and western Sulawesi split off .... the largest of the four living tapir species and the only Old World representative.
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Weasels, Civets, Mongooses and their Relatives - Carnivore ...  and viverrids, as well as their natural habitats. It identifies taxa of .... the next two sections, but one aspect of relevance to conservation in general ... million mice and several million rats annually. The 8000 ... the risks of biological pest control by not only killing selected pest targets, but also ... The advent of poultry breeding-to...
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Fun, Frightening Facts about the World's Largest Lizard, The ...  May 26, 2013 ... Komodo dragons are actually monitor lizards from the Varanidae family, ... As glaciers melted and sea levels rose, island hopping became too ... in the harsh climate of Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands for millions of ... The Dutch colonial government realized the giant monitor lizards were magnificent and...
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Greater One-Horned Rhino | Species | WWF  The biggest threat to the greater one-horned rhino, also known as the Indian ... This pushed the species very close to extinction in the early 20th century and ... In almost all rhino conservation areas, there are other valuable plants and animals. .... Amur Tiger  Bengal Tiger  Javan Rhino  Indochinese Tiger  Malayan Tiger...
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KCA #8 Jeopardy Review Game Answer Key - Super Teacher Tools  #4, Don't tell Pumbaa that the Carnivore Restaurant in Nairobi has served the meat of this bumpy-headed African pig, warthog. #5, The World Ency. of Food says...
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7 reasons to think twice before visiting Thailand's "Tiger Temple"  Feb 21, 2014 ... 1. Tiger cubs are taken from their mother and given to tourists at two ... Tiger Temple claims they can't give the tigers red meat because it's too ..... Even a worm will turn and there will probably come a day where the tigers lose it and starts retaliating. The abuse cannot be tolerated, even if it's for tigers.
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Sumatran tiger - Wikipedia  The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is a rare tiger subspecies that inhabits the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2008 as the population was estimated at 441 to 679 individuals, with no subpopulation larger than 50 individuals and a declining trend. .... As Sumatran tigers are apex predators in their habitat, the continuing decline...
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Adopt An Animal, Adopt A Wild Animal, Adopt A Farm Animal  Giant pandas are an endangered species, threatened by continued habitat ...... animals, including wildebeest, impala, zebra, giraffe, buffalo and wild hogs. ...... Mostly white-tailed deer, sometimes wild hog, rabbit, raccoon, armadillo and birds. ...... the giant among living lizards, live on the small Indonesian island of Komodo.
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Richard Leakey Tries to Save the ElephantsAgain - Newsweek  Aug 28, 2014 ... A herd of elephants in Tsavo West National Park. ... When I ran [the Kenya Wildlife Service] I had a reputation for being on the side of the Maasai, ... Wildlife and Conservation Department, Leakey stopped a tidal wave of poaching. ... tusks hacked off and presumably already smuggled out of the country.