To Marvin Krims an endangered species but then so are we all -F.M.E.
Contents INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE Dinosaurs CHAPTER TWO Extinct Birds CHAPTER THREE Extinct Mammals CHAPTER FOUR Endangered Animals CONCLUSION GLOSSARY
INTRODUCTION Once upon a time there were a lot of dodo birds Now there are none Dodos are extinct Many other creatures are also extinct Some died out many years ago We know about them because we have found bones or fossils Often we don't know what happened to these creatures we don't know why they did not survive Other living things died out more recently We know about them because people wrote descriptions or drew pictures of them We even have photographs of some that died out after cameras were invented An animal is officially extinct when it has not been seen for fifty years Every category of living thing has experienced extinction Insects birds reptiles mammals amphibians plants there are many animals from each group that are no longer here on earth Right now living things are dying out all the time Some animals are classified as endangered This means that few of them are still living and those that are alive are having trouble surviving They may soon become extinct
Oh you can't see a dodo at the zoo You can look until your face is turning blue Even if it makes mad you Or very very sad You still can't see a dodo at the zoo Oh you can't see a woolly mammoth at the zoo It doesn't really matter what you do They lived in days of old When it was very very No you can't see a woolly mammoth at the zoo cold can't see a saber toothed tiger at the zoo Oh you Because there aren't three or even two In spite of scary teeth Every one has come to grief No there is no saber toothed tiger at the zoo
