ENDANGERED OCEAN ANIMALSBY: HAYLEIGH WILSON
HECTOR’S DOLPHIN
• 7,400 BELIEVED TO BE ALIVE IN THE COASTAL WATERS OFF NEW ZEALAND
• LISTED BY THE IUCN AS A "RED LIST" ENDANGERED SPECIES
WHY HECTOR'S DOLPHINS ARE IN TROUBLE: BYCATCH, POLLUTANTS AND BOAT
DISTURBANCE.
LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE
• FISHING GEAR IS THE SEA TURTLES' WORST ENEMY
• LOSS OF HABITAT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ALSO PLAY A LARGE ROLE IN PUTTING THESE
SPECIES IN JEOPARDY
• THE LOGGERHEAD IS ONE OF THE MANY SPECIES OF SEA TURTLES THAT ARE ENDANGERED
MANATEE
• THE SEA’S GENTLE GIANT
• A VEGETARIAN
• FEWER THAN 3,000 IN EXISTENCE
• LARGEST POPULATION OF MANATEE IS IN FLORIDA
• HUMAN POLLUTION PLAYS A LARGE ROLE IN THE ENDANGERMENT OF THESE SEA ANIMALS
SOUTHERN SEA OTTER
• WHILE NORTHERN SEA OTTERS HAVE AN
IMPRESSIVE POPULATION OF ROUGHLY
77,000, FEWER THAN 3,000 SOUTHERN SEA
OTTERS LIVE OFF THE COAST OF
CALIFORNIA.
• THE BIGGEST THREATS TO SEA OTTERS CAME
IN THE PAST, WHEN THE FUR TRADE CAUSED
THEIR NUMBERS TO DROP DRASTICALLY
FROM MORE THAN 1 MILLION TO FEWER
THAN 2,000.
• THREATS TODAY INCLUDE OIL SPILLS,
HABITAT LOSS, LOSS OF FOOD, DISEASE,
ENTANGLEMENT IN FISHING GEAR AND
CONFLICT WITH OTHER OCEAN ANIMALS.
GRAY WHALE
• KNOWN FOR THEIR DORSAL HUMPS
INSTEAD OF FINS THESE 50-FOOT WHALES
ARE ALSO NOTABLE FOR THEIR MOANS,
AND OTHER VOCALIZATIONS
• CENTURIES OF EXCESSIVE FISHING HAVE
LEFT THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS ALMOST
EXTINCT
• TODAY, GRAY WHALES ARE PROTECTED BY
LAW
• HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE AN INCREASE IN
GRAY WHALE POPULATION
CAPE PENGUIN
• PENGUIN BREEDS IN AFRICA
• KNOWN FOR THEIR LOUD CALL DONKEY-
LIKE CALL (REFERRED TO AS DONKEY
PENGUINS)
• LOSS OF NESTING SITES, OIL SPILLS AND
FOOD LOSS DUE TO OVERFISHING ARE A
MAJOR THREAT TO CAPE PENGUINS
HOW CAN WE HELP?
• RAISE AWARENESS!
• THE MORE INFORMATION YOU HAVE, THE
MORE YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH
OTHERS! STAY INFORMED!
• CLEAN UP MOTHER EARTH!
• DON’T POLLUTE!
• SUPPORT WILD LIFE FACILITIES/AQUARIUMS
(YES, EVEN SEA WORLD)
OTHER ENDANGERED OCEAN ANIMALS
7 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE THE OCEAN
• REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION
• USE FEWER PLASTIC PRODUCTS
• HELP TAKE CARE OF A BEACH
• TRAVEL THE OCEAN RESPONSIBLY
• SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO PROTECT THE OCEAN
• INFLUENCE CHANGE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO SAVE OCEAN LIFE
• 1 PERCENT FOR THE PLANET
• 5 GYRES
• AMERICAS CUP – HEALTHY OCEAN PROJECT
• THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC
• BLUE OCEAN INSTITUTE
• MISSION BLUE
• MANY OTHERS CAN BE FOUND HERE
HTTP://WWW.ONEWORLDONEOCEAN.COM/PAGES/PARTNERS-WORKING-TOGETHER
REFERENCES
• HTTP://WWW.WONDERS-WORLD.COM/2010/04/13-MOST-ENDANGERED-SEA-
CREATURES.HTML
• HTTP://OCEAN.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/OCEAN/TAKE-ACTION/10-THINGS-YOU-CAN-
DO-TO-SAVE-THE-OCEAN/
• HTTP://WWW.ONEWORLDONEOCEAN.COM/PAGES/PARTNERS-WORKING-TOGETHER
• HTTP://WWW.BAGHEERA.COM/INTHEWILD/VAN_ANIM_GRYWHALE.HTM
• HTTP://KIDSSTUFFWORLD.COM/2010/05/ENDANGERED-SPECIES-DAY-2010/
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