Bluefin Tuna

INTERESTING FACTS

The Bluefin Tuna is one of the biggest, fastest, and most beautifully colored fish in the world! Their aerodynamic bodies are made for speed and endurance. The shiny blue color is for blending in with it's environment. The average size is 6.5 feet long and 550 pounds but bigger Bluefin is not uncommon at all. The Bluefin is one of the only warm blooded fish in the world! They live to around 15 years old.

STATUS

There are only 9,000 left in the world! Only enough for every one in New York to have a bite!

WHY THREATENED

 They are threatened by overfishing!

WHAT YOU CAN DO
Try to eat a minimal amount of Bluefin tuna by checking with stores and restaurants about what kind of tuna it is.

California Condor

INTERESTING FACTS

The California Condor is the largest bird in North America. It can fly as high as 15,000 feet in the air. They can live up to 60 years old.

STATUS

 There is only 127 left in the wild!

WHY THREATENED

 The California Condor has been impacted by lead poisoning, DDT poisoning, power lines, and habitat loss.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Don't put poison in the trash.  Little critters can get in your trash and eat the poison and those are the animals that the Condor eat. Also, The San Diego Zoo has a very successful California Breeding program that has helped increase the number of Condors from as low as 2-3 dozen in the 1970s to the current number.  Support of that program can help the zoo do more.

American Crocodile

INTERESTING FACTS

The American Crocodile is one of the biggest crocodiles in the world. It lives to around 70 years old. The American Crocodile lives in Central America, the Caribbean, southern Mexico and in Florida. It eats small mammals, fish, insects, snails, and frogs.

STATUS

There are more than 1,000 in Florida. Although we don't know the whole population we do know that the number of nests in all of the areas have been decreasing significantly.

WHY THREATENED

They are threatened from illegal hunting and habitat loss

WHAT YOU CAN DO
You can visit http://www.defenders.org/crocodile/what-you-can-do to learn some ways to save the American Crocodile and get informed visit my blog next Sunday for a new animal.