Thursday, October 1, 2009
The Great Toothed Diver, Hesperornis, J. M. Gleason
The Great Toothed Diver,
Hesperornis, J. M. Gleason
Spectacled Cormorant, Pallas' Cormorant
Discovered in the Aleutian Islands by George Steller while exploring with Vitus Bering in 1741. The Spectacled Cormorant was extinct within about a century.
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Discovered in the Aleutian Islands by George Steller while exploring with Vitus Bering in 1741. The Spectacled Cormorant was extinct within about a century.
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HEATH HEN
The Heath Hen was established as distinct from its relative, the Prairie Chicken in 1885. Correllus State Forest on Martha's Vineyard was created in 1908 as a Heath Hen Reserve to prevent the bird's extinction. The last Heath Hen was sighted in 1932 shortly after a grassland fire.
GUADALUPE CARACARA
Guadalupe Caracara, Alfred Edmund Brehm
As with many recently extinct animals, this species was brought to extinction when collectors, including museums, sought rare specimens after hunters reduced their numbers on the island of Guadalupe, their only home.
As with many recently extinct animals, this species was brought to extinction when collectors, including museums, sought rare specimens after hunters reduced their numbers on the island of Guadalupe, their only home.
Passenger Pigeon
The passenger pigeon needs no protection. Wonderfully prolific, having the vast forests of the North as its breeding grounds, traveling hundreds of miles in search of food, it is here today and elsewhere tomorrow, and no ordinary destruction can lessen them, or be missed from the myriads that are yearly produced." Report of a select committee of the Ohio Senate in 1857 on a bill proposed to protect Passenger Pigeons. One of the most noted of extinct animals, passenger pigeons were reduced from numbers in the hundreds of millions for food.
THE GREAT AUK
The Great Auk or Garefowl was also known as a Penguin.the Great Auk was extinctby mid Nineteenth Century.
DODO
DODO:the portugese explorers discovered the maritus island and 50 Ib dodos.the last DODO was killed in 1681
Bachman's Warbler& AGASSIZ FUERTES(MALE AND FEMALE)
BIRDS:Bachman's Warbler(MALE)
Luis Agassiz Fuertes(FEMALE)
They Were listed as Endangered in 1967 by U.S.
UNESCO-WORLD CULTURAL AGENCY
The UNESCO the cultural wing of the UN(United Nations)which protects and take care the Historical Places/Sites/Monuments/ across the globe.
Do you know how many Historical Places under the purview of UNESCO ?It Is about 890 across the globe.All places are bueatiful and glorious .weather it is Pyramid/Taj Mahal/Great Wall of China/Hampi Vijayanagr(karnataka,india).
QUOTE
QUOTE:'It is Thousand Times Better To Have Commonsense Without Education than To Have Education Have.Education Without Commonsense'
FERNANDO ALANSO TO JOIN FERRARI
Spain Two-Time Formula-one'/F1 Champion Fernando Alanso signed a 5-year contract with Ferrari Worth 25 Million Euros a season.Alanso also under contract with French-Renault Until 2020 but has the option of leaving of the end this year.
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