Once Endangered Species That Are Now Extinct

Published on January 27, 2018
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Mountain Gorilla

Living above the equator in central Africa, the mountain gorilla is heading towards a dangerous place. There are only 880 of these 440 pound (200 kg) gorillas still living in the wild. The Congo Basin is no longer a real safe haven for them because of poaching and the encroachment of human activity in the area.

Mountain Gorilla

Mountain Gorilla

Gharial

The fish-eating gharial looks prehistoric and it seems like it doesn’t belong in this millennium, but the fact is that it does and we need to protect it. This animal is critically endangered and numbers are at a low of 235 crocodiles. The cause of their endangerment is largely based on mass fishing and entanglement in fishing nets.

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Gharial

Gharial