1. Some plastics take centuries to decompose, but most never do! 2. The Brazilian rain forest cover less than 7% of the earth surface, but contain over half the earth biodiversity! Only 6% of the rain forest in Madagascar, home of the rosy periwinkle remain standing! Very sad, but true! 3. The Quagga, an african relative to the zebra died out in 1883, the African Bluebuck died out in 1880. Stellars Sea Cow died out in 1768, it was a relative of the Manatee. In the 20th century the Carribbean Monk Seal in 1952, four of the marsupials, including the Tasmanian Wolf died in 1936 in captivity. Endangered are the elephant, rhinocerous, tiger, gorillas, california condor, gray wolf, snow leopard, black footed ferret, sea otter, whooping crane, salmon and whales!! Sad but I am sure that I missed some! 4. Beacause thier natural habitats are being taken up by the human species. Used for farm land or logging of the trees for paper and other products. There for there is not much wilderness left for them to hunt and make homes in. 5. Lobsters! They have been seen holding hands (claws), under the ocean floors. Lobsters can live up to fifteen years! They only have one mate for life. 6. A male lion will kill another lions cubs to make sure it is his own genes that are past down. 7. The Anaconda is the biggest snake known, they can grow more than twenty feet long and weigh more than two-hunderd-thirty pounds! They inhabit rivers in the Amazonian and South America. 8. Yes, elephants have very good memories and know each other very well. They can live up to sixty years. They communicate in frequencies below human perception. Most of them are from the same family and even look after the young ones of others too! 9. A mother elephant carries her baby for two years before giving birth. 10. Black Widow spiders can live up to two years! She can lay seven-hundred and fifty eggs in one sack. They take two to four weeks to hatch. Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. 100 points is a perfect score. 75 points or less, better study up on the animals and nature in your world before there gone! All research done using Encarta Encyclopedia.

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