By: Mrs. Woistman’s Class Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dimarco Thompson Snakes – South America There are 2,700 left in this species around the world. They live in trees, water, forests, desert, and prairies. Snakes eat birds, frogs, small deer, and other reptiles.. Snakes eat their prey whole and are able to consume it. The threats are roads being built, habitat destruction, and trees being cut down.

Timothy Shreck Tiger - Asia There 3,000-4,500 left in the wild. Tigers live in parts of the South, Southeast Asia, China, and the Russian Far East. Tigers eat sambar deer, wild pigs, water buffalo, antelope, sloth bears, dogs, leaopards, crocodiles, pythons, monkeys, hares, humans, and domestic cattle. (Global warming ) ocean levels are hogging up lands and their habitats.

Khalil Vennie Black Footed Ferret – North America The ferret lives in prairie dog burrows. The ferret eats a lot of prairie dogs, but is not eaten by anything. Prairie dog colonies have been reduced to less than 5% of the area they originally occupied due to habitat destruction, poisoning, shooting, and exotic disease.

Joshua Shaffer Dolphins- North America Dolphins live in shallow areas of tropical and temperate oceans worldwide. Dolphins eat fish, squid and crustaceans. Global warming, marine pollution, and boat traffic are reasons why dolphins are an endangered species.

Ryan Bildhauer Desert Tortoise - Asia The desert tortoise lives in the desert where it is hot and dry. They eat grass and bushes. The desert tortoise is sensitive to human disturbances. There has been an increase in urban development. Certain fatal diseases have led to a decrease in the tortoise population.

Tyler Vates Hawaiian Monk Seal – North America The Hawaiian Monk Seal lives in the Central Pacific, in the mostly uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands. They eat fish, octopus, squid, and lobster. They are endangered because of humans, sharks, entanglement in fishing nets, marine debris, disease and hunting for skins.

Michael Shoup Penguin – Antarctica Penguins live mostly in the water. Most are found in Antarctica in the very cold waters in the icy ocean. Penguins eat krills, fish, and squid. Penguins are an endangered species due to global warming.

Zane Rosner Bats - Europe They live almost anywhere except polar regions or extreme deserts. They find shelters in cave, dead trees and buildings. The eat insects, fruit, bird, lizard and frogs. They are endangered because of people, turbines placed along migratory routs and disease called nose syndrome.