BIODIVERSITY CRISIS

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As shown by the title, our earth’s biodiversity is at crisis. But some may wonder, what is biodiversity? Wikipedia tells us that biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or on the entire Earth. Interesting enough, my science teacher was starting on the Biodiversity chapter when I spotted this poster. We learnt about the classification of species using their common characteristics, but I realize that there are always exceptions. For instance, we know that mammals give birth, however there are those which lay eggs. Also, some of them have wings or fins instead of limbs. This, I feel, is the wonder of biodiversity.

Although a number of new species are discovered and added into different families with millions of others everyday, less than one percent of all species that ever existed still exists today, and the number is still dwindling at an alarming rate. Have you watched the movie