Endangered languages: what is to be done‚ and why? The threat to linguistic resources is now recognized as a worldwide crisis. Language death is what happens when the last speaker of a particular language dies‚ or when a language community ceases to exist. It is an extinction that is happening on a massive scale and with astonishing speed. According to Krauss (1992a)‚ as many as half of the estimated 6‚000 languages spoken on earth are "moribund"; spoken only by adults who no longer teach them
Premium Language death Sociolinguistics
Ailuropoda melanoleuca Description Ailuropoda melanoleuca is a carnivorous bear and Giant Panda species of land mammal. Giant pandas have been on the Earth for at least 8 million years. But now its main habitats are only in Sichuan‚ Shanxi and Gansu province in China. Ailuropoda melanoleuca can live up to 18-20 years in the wild environment; but they can be over 30 years old under captive conditions. They live in 2000 to 3000 meters of deciduous broad-leaved forest and coniferous and board mountain
Premium Giant Panda Endangered species Bear
for all animals to die. What will we do then? Every time a species goes extinct‚ it has a huge impact on the ecosystem. Say a predator goes extinct. Its prey will overpopulate‚ which can also lead to horrible consequences. Or what if a prey goes extinct. Its predator will have find a new food source or go extinct with it. Also‚ in a recent survey‚ nine out of ten people said they would pay tax dollars to save the giant panda. One out of ten people said they would pay to save the Eurasian Hazel Dormouse
Premium Endangered species Extinction Hunting
No to Panda A series of television commercials to sell Panda Cheese were released in 2010. They were produced in Egypt by Arab Dairy‚ the manufacturers of Panda Cheese. The premise in each commercial is alike‚ someone offers someone else Panda Cheese‚ they decline‚ and a Panda shows up to terrorize their surroundings. In my favorite‚ there is a dad and his son going grocery shopping. The son spots the Panda Cheese and asks if he can get it‚ but the dad tells him no. Right then‚ a Panda shows
Premium Comedy Humour Humor
Extinct Species: Dodo Bird Joseph Sulaiman Pd.2 The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves‚ it stood about a meter (3.3 feet) tall‚ weighing about 20 kilograms (44 lb)‚ living on fruit‚ and nesting on the ground. The dodo has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century. It is commonly used as the archetype of an extinct species because its extinction occurred during recorded human history and was directly attributable
Premium Columbidae
Imagine‚ that you are a panda‚ but a different panda and you stand out a lot and all the other pandas are jealous of you. To begin‚ with there is a panda who everybody loves and she gets all the attention because she is different. More importantly‚ she hated all of the attention she got all the boys and girls bullied her because she was different.” Hi ranger how you doing today? Says Angie the panda” “Am doing alright today”. The pandas are all mad at Angie because she get all the attention. “Angie
Premium Human Species Thought
Dilemma For several zoo visitors‚ pandas are a ‘must’ on their to-see list. Why are these cuddly‚ black-and-white species so adored by everyone over the world? Giant pandas are one of the most well-known endangered species‚ and the world is trying to reverse this. Although some believe that breeding giant pandas in order to prevent their extinction is imperative‚ in fact‚ this process should not be one of the wildlife fund’s main priorities. This is because giant pandas take a long time to reproduce
Premium Giant Panda Extinction Endangered species
Panda was the last Panda on a great mass of land. He was very lonely‚ and wanted to be around another Panda. One day Panda searched far and wide for something to eat. He could not find any‚ but he came upon a coyote. Panda said‚ “Coyote‚ do you have anything that I can eat?” Coyote replied‚” Yes‚ but I’m not going to give you any.” “Why not?” Panda exclaimed. Coyote did not like Panda because he thought Panda was too friendly. Coyote finally found his chance to get rid of him. “You are not going
Premium English-language films American films Confectionery
Animal that has gone extinct ( Alasmidonta mccordi The Coosa elktoe‚ scientific name Alasmidonta mccordi‚ was a species of freshwater mussel‚ an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae‚ the river mussels. This species was endemic to the United States. [pic] I didn’t manage to find any specific ecological role of Coosa Elktoe‚ however I found the ecological role of mussels. Mussels play a key role in aquatic environments and are considered to be "ecosystem engineers" because they modify
Premium Bald Eagle
Why save the giant panda from extinction? For every six million people living in the world‚ there is only one giant panda living in the wild. Ideally‚ there should be more human to panda ratio on our planet. Yet these numbers are quite astounding and saddening. Giant Pandas are disappearing left and right and are an endangered species due to human destruction of habitat and poaching. Yet organizations‚ such as WWF‚ are attempting to rescue these beautiful mammals by using a variety of strategies
Premium Endangered species Giant Panda Extinction