How do animals become endangered?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

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🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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There are hundreds of different plants and animals on Earth that are endangered. That means they’re at risk of going extinct if they’re not protected. Lots of people and organizations all over the world are trying to protect endangered species and keep them from disappearing forever. But how does a species become endangered in the first place? We asked wildlife biologist Sergio Avila to help us find the answer. Got a question that you’ve been saving for us? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we promise it won’t vanish from our to do list! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um.
0:06.7	Answering the questions that make you go um.
0:29.0	Moment of um um, um, um, um, um. Moment of um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Gerald, and I'm a polar bear.
0:30.5	Um.
0:39.4	It's pretty sweet being a polar bear up here in the Arctic, because there's all kinds of ways for a thrill-seeking bear like me to have fun.
0:43.4	I can paddle a floating chunk of ice out to look for tasty fish.
0:47.3	I can slide down a snowdrift on my belly.
0:52.1	One time my buddy Ralph and I were playing walrus tag.
0:56.4	That's where you poke a big bull walrus while he's napping and then run away.
0:59.5	And we both almost got totally tusked.
1:01.1	Good times.
1:04.1	Danger is like totally my middle name, I mean.
1:07.3	My middle name is actually Fuzzington, but it could be danger.
1:09.2	My mom is always like,
1:12.0	Gerald, we're already an endangered species. You don't have to go out looking for danger. My mom is always like, Gerald, we're already an endangered species.
1:14.6	You don't have to go out looking for danger.
1:17.6	Come on, mom, way to yuck my yums.
1:19.8	What's up with endangered species anyway?
1:21.9	Who decides what animals are endangered?
1:25.1	My pal, Pax, was just asking about this.
1:27.8	How do animals become endangered?
1:31.8	That is a great question.
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