California Condor
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California Condor
The Earth is a like a huge mansion housing millions of species (Cunningham 109). Species range from gorillas to humans from birds to alligators. There many species on Earth many alike and many vastly different. However many species are becoming threatened, endangered or even extinct. A specific species that is endangered is the California Condor.
The California Condor whose scientific name is Gymnogyps Californianous is part of the vulture family (“California Condor”). The name Gymnogyps Californianous comes from Native American time, Gymnogyps means “naked vulture” which refers to their bald head and neck (“Wings of the Spirit”) and Californianous indicates the range of where the bird lives (“California Condor”). They are the largest flying bird in North America with wing spans reaching as big as ten feet from tip to tip (“California Condors – National Geographic”). The present population is 160 but in 1982 was as low as 25 ("NPCA | California Condor"). Thousands and thousands of years ago the California Condor lived up and down both the east and the west coast but in the 1900s the population decreased and the Condors only lived in Southern California ("NPCA | California Condor"). Due to many captive breeding places set up for the California Condor breeders have been able to try and restore the population ("NPCA | California Condor").
The California Condor can be found along the pacific coast from British Columbia to Baja California (“California Condor”). They can also be found by the Grand Canyon in Northern Arizona (“California Condor”). The California Condor likes to live in mountainous areas
because like the vulture they like to soar in the wind currents instead of flap their wings to fly ("NPCA | California Condor"). The California Condor feasts on large carcasses of mammals such as cattle, sheep, deer, and horses killed by other animals that are in a state of decay (“California Condor”). This is important in the ecosystem...
The Earth is a like a huge mansion housing millions of species (Cunningham 109). Species range from gorillas to humans from birds to alligators. There many species on Earth many alike and many vastly different. However many species are becoming threatened, endangered or even extinct. A specific species that is endangered is the California Condor.
The California Condor whose scientific name is Gymnogyps Californianous is part of the vulture family (“California Condor”). The name Gymnogyps Californianous comes from Native American time, Gymnogyps means “naked vulture” which refers to their bald head and neck (“Wings of the Spirit”) and Californianous indicates the range of where the bird lives (“California Condor”). They are the largest flying bird in North America with wing spans reaching as big as ten feet from tip to tip (“California Condors – National Geographic”). The present population is 160 but in 1982 was as low as 25 ("NPCA | California Condor"). Thousands and thousands of years ago the California Condor lived up and down both the east and the west coast but in the 1900s the population decreased and the Condors only lived in Southern California ("NPCA | California Condor"). Due to many captive breeding places set up for the California Condor breeders have been able to try and restore the population ("NPCA | California Condor").
The California Condor can be found along the pacific coast from British Columbia to Baja California (“California Condor”). They can also be found by the Grand Canyon in Northern Arizona (“California Condor”). The California Condor likes to live in mountainous areas
because like the vulture they like to soar in the wind currents instead of flap their wings to fly ("NPCA | California Condor"). The California Condor feasts on large carcasses of mammals such as cattle, sheep, deer, and horses killed by other animals that are in a state of decay (“California Condor”). This is important in the ecosystem...