Intensive conservation measures mean the population is on the increase now, which is positive. Females also leave the nest unattended when finding food, leaving the eggs freely available to predators. It is effective against predators that rely on sight to hunt but not smell. If you want to read similar articles to The 10 Animals In Danger Of Extinction In The World, we recommend you visit our Endangered animals category. A kakapo’s natural reaction is to freeze and blend in with the background when threatened. The golden eagle has seen its natural habitat be destroyed by the development of deforestation, which is why it is part of the list of the 10 most endangered animals in the world.
While poaching is no longer considered a threat, the main threat to the giant panda is loss of habitat and fragmentation of their habitat due to agriculture. One of the main threats to Kakapos is predation from introduced species such as cats and stoats that hunt using scent. One of the most familiar endangered species in the world, the giant panda spends half its day eating, and bamboo makes up 99 of their diet. They were once common throughout New Zealand and Polynesia but now inhabit just two small islands off the coast of southern New Zealand. They are critically endangered with only around 140 individuals remaining, each one with an individual name. Kakapos are nocturnal ground-dwelling parrots from New Zealand, and yet another example of an animal brought to the edge of extinction by humans. Finally, climate change and changing sea temperatures may affect food availability, which will have a knock-on effect on survival and reproductive rates. Whales use sound to find mates, locate food and avoid predators, as well as to navigate and talk to each other. Vessel traffic also creates noise that interferes with their ability to communicate. They are still very much at risk of extinction, with boat strikes and entanglement in fishing gear some of the biggest threats. Females don’t breed for the first ten years of their life and then will give birth to a single calf every six to ten years. They are now protected, and hunting is illegal, but population recovery is slow. This indicates how dangerously threatened these animals are. There are currently only around 400 of them left, and only about 100 breeding females. The Critically Endangered status is just one level below the ‘Extinct in Wild’ and is the highest risk category assigned by the IUCN Red List. They were almost wiped out by hunters after their meat and oil-rich fat known as blubber, and are now one of the most endangered large whales. They are gentle giants that stay close to coasts and spend a lot of time at the surface skim feeding on zooplankton, all of which makes them an easy target and the ‘right whale to hunt’. It was whalers that gave the North Atlantic right whale its name.