Endangered Species

Rio de Janeiro at the zoo maternity ward of the Endangered Species:
Rio de Janeiro at the zoo was abuzz with activity in recent months, and welcomed the newcomers to the group of animals as they battle in an attempt to rescue many of the country's endangered species. Among the black population are rare anteater his arrest, and a parrot Ararajuba golden yellow and Capuchin chest - just some examples of Brazil's rich wildlife and colorful threatened with extinction. Now to ensure their survival, and Rio de Janeiro garden turned into a maternity ward of sorts, with some of these animals born in captivity for the first time. In the heart of the historic neighborhood of Sao Cristovao, near Rio de Janeiro open football stadium air Maracan, the zoo is home to more than 500 mammals, 900 and 1,000 birds and reptiles, representing 400 species of the ecosystem of Brazil. "This is the first time species such as the anteater or Toucan beaks with the flu had been detected have reproduced. Demonstrate that these deliveries This species adapts well with the families and said, "Rodrigo Costa neighborhoods with joy. He pointed out that Tamuanda - Merrem anteater is in danger of extinction in the Rio State, as is originally from the Atlantic forest. This humid tropical forests, which included all the coast of Brazil when it was discovered in 1500, and is one of the richest and most diverse ecosystem in the world. But forests will disappear within 40 years if it continues to be destroyed at the current pace. Having succeeded in cloning animals give birth in captivity is not an easy task and requires a lot of patience. "For toucans, we examine how to adapt, what to eat, and how to make the nest and the couple was in itself, and we turned towards males and females until they actually got along," explained Costa. The couple are successful the proud parents of two little ones. When temperatures peaked above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) during the southern hemisphere's record-breaking summer in February, he was to penetrate the bird's nests to aerate them, he said. Bears and wolves and fed frozen fruit and ice cream. From neonatal or even hundreds of endangered species at the zoo and ibis scarlet and gold parrot and a little Ararajuba Cuxiu primates in the Amazon region (black bearded Saki or Chiropotes satanas), which give them a black-bearded look demonic. Capuchins, yellow, and chest (Golden-bellied monkeys, Cebus xanthosternos apella) are among the 25 most endangered primate species in the world. "This is born in Rio an important asset for the conservation," explained another neighborhood, and Anderson Augusto Mendes. Experts estimate that about 300 of these primates remain in the wild in the state of Bahia, north-east of the country. About 25 of them are now held in the garden, which was planning to return to the monkeys, for its natural environment, a process fraught with danger for animals born in captivity is not ready for such trials independently of surviving in the wild. Opened in 1888, in the zoo of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is the oldest. It is currently in the garden of the former Portuguese empire, the family home. President of the Rio zoo, Monica Valeria Bloom, call it the "most visited site" in Rio de Janeiro, even before Christ the Redeemer statue at the peak of the mountain from the city of Venice, and with about 100,000 visitors per month.