How do animals become endangered?

Moment of Um

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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.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of arm.
0:04.0	Answering the questions that make you go on. Um, um, um, um, um, um,
0:13.0	moment, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Moment of Am comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Gerald and I'm a Polar Bear.
0:29.0	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.
0:39.5	I can paddle a floating chunk of ice out to look for tasty fish. I can slide down a snow
0:45.7	drift on my belly. One time my buddy Ralph and I were playing walrus tag.
0:52.0	That's where you poke a big bull walrus while he's napping
0:55.6	and then run away.
0:56.8	And we both almost got totally tusked.
1:00.1	Good times.
1:01.8	Danger is like totally my middle name, I mean. My middle name is actually
1:05.8	Fuzzington, but it could be danger. Uh, my mama's always like,
1:09.2	Gerald, we're already an endangered species. You don't have to go out looking for danger.
1:14.8	Come on, mom! Wait a yuck my yums! What's up with endangered species anyway?
1:19.8	Who decides what animals are endangered? My pal PACs was just asking about this.
1:25.2	How do animals become endangered?
1:28.2	That is a great question.
1:32.0	So in the most basic way, what makes a species endangered
1:38.0	is that the numbers in their population are so low
1:42.0	that even if they reproduce, this population might not go back to healthy
1:49.7	numbers that can sustain and survive themselves.
1:54.0	My name is Sergio Abila.
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