ENDANGERED+SPECIES

//__ Endangered Species __// // Just to name a few: // = =
 * Hawkbill Sea Turtle **
 * //**Populations include only 8,000 nesting females **//
 * //** Loss of coral reef in a global threat to Hawkbill turtles **//
 * //** The threat to turtles by humans is on the rise as they are hunted in killed for; food, leather, oil, perfume, and cosmetics. **//
 * //** Habitat – frequently rocky areas, coral reefs, shallow coastal areas, lagoons or oceanic islands, and narrow creeks and passes. **//

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 * Tuna **
 * **// A Blue Fin Tuna can weigh up to 400 pounds //**
 * **// In the last 40 years its population numbers has dropped 70-80% //**
 * **// Reason for threat: overfishing //**

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 * Mediterranean Monk Seal **
 * **// Population less than 400 //**
 * **// Reason for endangerment – habitat destruction and over fishing, which in turn decreases food supply for these animals //**

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 * Great White Shark **
 * //** Population – no reliable population estimates can be determined, but researchers are in agreement that the numbers of great white sharks are now dangerously low **//
 * //** Threat – fishing and hunting for their teeth, jaws and meat. **//

== =** Narwhal **=
 * =// Population - 80,000, considered near threatened. //=
 * =// Threat- Hunting, industrial activities and climate change //=

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 * Staghorn Coral **
 * // Population – Declined 98% since 1980 //
 * // Not an animal but an important organism because it is the habitat of many other marine species. Marine species decline is hard to perceive because they are not as visible as animals on land. But unfortunately marine creatures are equally if not more vulnerable to the same plights faced by land animals //
 * // Coral is fast growing, however, recovery from disease or bleaching is very difficult //