Edge animals.After you have read "Animals on the EDGE" [p. 6], take a look at this list. It gives you the common names of the top-10 animal species on the ZooloGical Society of London's EDGE list. [EDGE stands for Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered.) In each name, two or more letters are circled. Take all the circled letters and unscramble Same as decrypt. See scramble. them to form a four-word message that answers the question: How should you treat Earth? (We've given you a few letters to get you started.) 1. YANGTZE RIVER Yangtze River Chinese Chang Jiang or Ch'ang Chiang River, China. Rising in the Tanggula Mountains in west-central China, it flows southeast before turning northeast and then generally east across south-central and east-central China to the East China DOLPHIN 2. LONG-BEAKED ECHIDNA 3. RIVERINE RABBIT 4. CUBAN SOLENDON 5. HISPANIOLAN SOLENDON 6. SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS 7. BLACK RHINOCEROS rhinoceros, massive hoofed mammal of Africa, India, and SE Asia, characterized by a snout with one or two horns. The rhinoceros family, along with the horse and tapir families, forms the order of odd-toed hoofed mammals. 8. BACTRIAN CAMEL 9. NORTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii), also known as the Yaminon, is one of three species of wombats. It was found across New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland as recently as 100 years ago, but is now restricted to a 3 km² range within the 10. SUMATRAN RABBIT RESPECT YOUR HOME PLANET! |
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