Cover of the textbook Cutting Edge Elementary - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11 - World culture - Animals in danger for the textbook Cutting Edge Elementary - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Araminta Crace from Pearson Education

Question

Go online to find out more about each animal and answer the questions.

Answer

  • Siberian tiger: Lives in Asia / the Russian Far East. There are just under 400. Russian civil war almost wiped them out. There has been heavy poaching of them.
  • Iberian imperial eagle: Lives in central and south-west Spain. There are just under 300. Loss of habitat, human encroachment and illegal poisoning are killing them.
  • mountain gorilla: Lives in Africa. There are just under 900. Poaching, habitat loss and disease are killing them.
  • giant panda: Lives in China. There are 2,000-3,000. Habitat loss and low birthrate are killing them.
  • hammerhead shark: Lives in warm tropical waters. Exact number unknown. Fishing is killing them.