~PIKA~
picture from: http://www.worldwildlife.org/pikas/
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Where in the world is your animal found?
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found in rocky areas, called Talus, within alpine regions of the Western United States and southwestern Canada.
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What is the diet of your animal?
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they cut and sun dry and later store vegitation for winter use in characteristic 'hay piles'
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What is the habitat of your animal?
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alpine regions, cold, snowy, temperature changing all the time
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Is your animal a herbivore,
carnivore or omnivore?
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a Pika is a herbivore
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Is your animal a primary, secondary or tertiary animal?
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A Pika is a primary animal.
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Who are your animals main predators?
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Poachers who hunt fot hem (man), and global warming
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Why your animal is endangered?
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Research has shown that golabl warming appears to have contributed to local extictions of the pikas. They are being endagered by golabl warming
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~Interesting Facts...~
- is a relative to the rabbit.
-the pika could soon beat out the polar bear for as the poster animal for the campagin to fight global warming.
-is the size of a baseball.
-It will die if core of body tempature meets 1 degree.
-these animals do not hibernate.
~Bibliography~
"Pikas." www.worldlife.org. 10 Dec. 2007 <http://http://www.worldwildlife.org/pikas/>.
"Nature Serve explorer." Natureserve explorer. 10 Dec. 2007 <http://http://www.natureserve.org/
explorer/>.
Brady, Margret. "Pika Peral." Ebscohost. 27 Oct. 2007. 12 Dec. 2007 <http://http://
web.ebscohost.com/srck5/
detail?vid=3&hid=15&sid=6ec5d41d-a405-48eb-8ad0-70b373d11304%40sessionmgr102>.
Cheek, Jerrie S. "Endangered Species." www.edtech.com. 11 Aug. 2005 <http://http://
edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/endangsp.html>.
Endangered Species Research Assignment.doc
Comments (13)
Anonymous said
at 1:07 pm on Dec 14, 2007
I like it! You really stretched to the limit on this.
Anonymous said
at 1:11 pm on Dec 14, 2007
AWESOME PAGE HAYLEY!! :D
i LOVE the pika! its so cute
Anonymous said
at 1:13 pm on Dec 14, 2007
PIKAS RULEE
Anonymous said
at 1:14 pm on Dec 14, 2007
pikas r wierd but cute lol
Anonymous said
at 1:16 pm on Dec 14, 2007
I like the picture, lots of facts to
Anonymous said
at 3:12 pm on Dec 14, 2007
I have never heard of Pikas before and they are really cool Just so you know you accidentily put fot instead of for...other then that it's awesome.
Anonymous said
at 3:13 pm on Dec 14, 2007
You forgot to put your name on.
Anonymous said
at 3:14 pm on Dec 14, 2007
pika, pika, i luv you so, pika,pika, i adore you so! it's a new poetry i just picked up. PIKAS RUL
Anonymous said
at 6:32 pm on Dec 15, 2007
lol nice poem adnan!!
Anonymous said
at 8:32 pm on Dec 16, 2007
I always wondered what a pika was. Good job!
Anonymous said
at 12:50 pm on Dec 20, 2007
HEHEHEHEHEHEHEH PIKA IS MY FAV WORD
Anonymous said
at 12:51 pm on Dec 20, 2007
thats nice to know! Adnan what was with the porm. thanks anyways.
Anonymous said
at 9:49 am on Jan 9, 2008
HEYY! Great page Hayley!!!
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