Bibliothèque et vidéothèque – Extinction
1 March 2020
BIBLIOTHÈQUE «Les animaux des mondes perdus » de Damien Laverdunt et Hélène Rajcak chez Actes sud Junior (2010) – A partir de 9 ans De
EXTINCTION
The IPBES report published in May 2019 states that 75% of terrestrial and 66% of marine environments are " severely altered". One million animal and plant species - out of 8 million known - are threatened with extinction.
In the latest edition of the Global Red List (version 2014.2), of the 74106 species studied, 22176 are classified as threatened.
Of these species, 41% of amphibians, 13% of birds and 25% of mammals are threatened with extinction at the global level. This is also the case for 31% of sharks and rays, 33% of reef-building corals and 34% of conifers.
In this assessment, France is one of the 10 countries with the highest number of threatened species: a total of 1048 globally threatened species are present on its territory, in metropolitan France and overseas.
Antioch Dunes shieldback katydid
29 February 2020
I'm glad you're talking about me: I was exterminated before anyone could even look at me: it's sad, isn't it!
The Chinese paddlefish
29 February 2020
I was called the king of the fishes, I could measure up to 7 meters and weigh several thousand pounds, but I will only be seen in pictures.
The woodland grayling
29 February 2020
I live in the woods and their glades. The tree trunks are a perfect hiding place for me. When I close my wings, my color blends perfectly into their bark.
The New Zealand piopio
29 February 2020
I was a tireless singer, generously regaling my Maori friends with my joyful vocals. They called me piopio and rewarded me with a few crumbs. I was a happy and unsuspecting bird.
The thylacine
29 February 2020
I was also called a Tasmanian Wolf or Tasmanian Tiger, and yet I was a marsupial.
I had the body of a wolf, the stripes of a tiger, the head of a dog, and the same diet: I liked to cover my tracks as you can see!
The javan tiger
29 February 2020
The first traces of my arrival on the island of Java date back 80,000 years.
I was a mini tiger, for a mini territory, much smaller than my cousins - but I still weighed about 100 kgs!
The passenger pigeon
29 February 2020
My obituary notice in the Cincinnati newspaper states that I died on September 1, 1914, at 1:00 p.m.
The Martinique muskrat
9 February 2020
People remember a recipe to cook me with orange juice: first remove my skin, then leave me out in the open all night, then boil me in two different waters.