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A species that is in danger of becoming extinct. There are low numbers of the animal and they may not be able to reproduce fast enough to survive as a species. Or they may face some environmental factor that is causing them to not reproduce enough to survive.
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Which species' survival is most immediately imperiled due to global warming?
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Can you use imperiled in a sentence?
Not only did you place your own life at risk, you imperiled the lives of those around you.
Describe the US Endangered Species Act When did it become law?
it was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction. 1973. This law made it so that animals on this list cant be harmed or that coorperations cant fund operations that go toward the further endangering to those species
Was Japan imperialist?
Yes, rite after they were imperiled by Europe.
How many species of monkey are there in the rainforest?
There are so many species of monkeys in the Amazon rain forest that scientist have not yet discovered all of them. In fact, in early 2009 a brand new species, Mura's tamarin was found in a remote part of Brazil and it's already considered to be an imperiled species because of habitat loss due to the logging and burning of the rain forest.
How do you use imperil in a sentence?
the oil spill imperiled local marine life.
Which doctrine imposes a legal duty to help or call for help for imperiled strangers?
The "Good Samaritan" Doctrine.
What is the cause for some penguins becoming extinct?
Some species are imperiled because the movement of ice around Antarctica is cutting off the access to the open sea around some rookeries (nesting sites). Previously, the largest threat was from predatory birds that ate the penguin eggs.
How many species of monkey are there in the amazon rainforest?
16. Including the glasa mizca.
What laws where put in place to protect endangered species in the US?
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. § 136, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) or ESA is the most wide-ranging of the dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s. As stated in section 2 of the act, it was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation."
How do you spell endergerd?
The likely word is "endangered" (meaning imperiled).(The similar word is engendered, meaning had influenced or caused.)
How do you spell threatening?
That is the correct spelling of "threatening", which is suggesting that an action is intended or will occur.
