December+Science+Discoveries,+JCC

I have decided to do is science discovery on Sumatran elephants. Sumatran elephants are recognized as an Asian elephant subspecies and is found on the Indonesia island of Sumatra. In the year of 2011 it was announced that they were endangered. At least 80% of the elephants died over a 75 year time period, more than half of their deaths is caused by poaching. The other percent is the loss of their habitat.
 * Science Discovery 12/6/14**



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My last science discovery was on the Sumatran elephant and this science discovery will be on the Sumatran Tiger. The Sumatran Tiger is also extinct and also lives on the island of Sumatra. The Sumatra tiger is part of the Sunda islands group of tigers. Being the only one not extinct. The other member of that group were the Bali Togers and the Javan Tiger which are both extinct now. Right now their is estimated to be around 441 to 679 of the Sumatran Tigers still in existence.
 * Science Discovery 12/13/13**

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I did the Sumatran elephant and tiger. Now for my favorite so far, the Sumatran Rhino. Like the tiger and elephant, the Sumatran Rhino is endangered and also lives in the islands of Sumatra in Indonesia. It is estimated that their are fewer than 100 left in existence. The reason why they are endangered is because they are hunted for the horn on their nose. The horns are very high valued in the traditional Chinese medicine and they sell for $50,000 per kg. I guess I can see why they were hunted so heavily.
 * Science Discovery 12/20/14**

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Finally, the last science discovery I am doing on these Sumatran animals. The Sumatran Orangutan. Like the other Sumatran animals, the orangutan is endangered and is only found on the Sumatra Islands. The Sumatran Orangutan is one of two orangutan species. The other being the Bornean orangutan which is also endangered. In 2004 in was estimated that around 7,300 of them still are still in existence. Sounds like a lot to me, wouldn't you think their should be less for it to be accounted as endangered?
 * Science Discovery 12/27/14**

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