Category: Animals

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What Are Chondrichthyes?

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Chondrichthyes are a class of animals made up of cartilaginous fish that have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage. The fish classified in Chondrichthyes include, sharks, rays, skates, sawfish, and chimaeras.

Chondrichthyes can be divided into two sub classes:

A ray

Elasmobranchii. Sharks, rays, and skates  are classified in Elasmobranchii. Members of the Elasmobranchii have no swim bladders, rigid dorsal fins, and their eyes have a tapetum lucidum.

Holocephali. Chimaeriformes is the only surviving order classified in the sub class holocephali.  Chimaeriformes is made up of  chimaeras, ghostsharks, rabbitfish, ratfish, and spookfish.

A Blacktip Reef Shark(Carcharhinus melanopterus)

Physical Characteristics

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Caring for Our Precious Native Wildlife | Wildlife Warriors Missions

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The Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital works tirelessly to help our beautiful native wildlife. Today we wanted to share the stories of five different special patients.

Visit our website : https://wildlifewarriors.org.au/

About Wildlife Warriors –

We are Wildlife Warriors. We fight for an extremely important cause – to protect our wildlife and wild places! Join us on our missions as we follow in the footsteps of the original Wildlife Warrior, Steve Irwin, and continue the work that he was so passionate about.
From Tigers in Sumatra and Cheetahs in Africa, to Saltwater Crocodiles and Koalas in Australia. The ultimate mission is … Continue

Endangered Species Act 101: Section 7v10

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In the newest episode of our Endangered Species Act 101 series Megan Evansen, our Conservation Science & Policy Analyst, breaks down the difference between Section 7 and 10 of the ESA.

Red-cockaded woodpecker footage by: @Running Wild Media

Transcript:

The U.S. Endangered Species Act, or the ESA, has been working to protect threatened and endangered species since 1973. And it has an amazing track record – most species listed under the ESA are still around today. This is thanks to the many protections afforded to ESA-listed species and the prohibitions that work to keep species safe from harm.

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Stop Salmon Extinction

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Defenders of Wildlife supports the efforts of the Salmon Orca Alliance in calling for the removal of the lower Snake River dams to help protect salmon and southern resident orcas. Learn more at https://dfnd.us/orca

Video Transcript:

Hi, I’m Kathleen Callaghy, northwest representative for Defenders of Wildlife.

Chinook Salmon and Southern Resident Orcas are two of the Pacific Northwest’s most beloved and culturally significant species.

Both are negatively impacted by the lower Snake River dams.

That’s why we, along with other conservation orgs and many tribal nations, are advocating to remove them.

In fact, just last week, the Salmon Orca Project, … Continue