A new study warns that one-third of all animal and plant species on the planet could face extinction by 2070 due to climate change.
Scientists studied recent extinctions which happened because of climate change, so finally to estimate how many species would be lost over the next 50 years.
Researchers from the University of Arizona studied data from 538 species at 581 sites around the world and kept their atentionon plant and animal species that were surveyed at the same sites over time, at least 10 years apart.
More exactly, at a global level, up to 1 million species are at risk of extinction because of human activities, according to a United Nations report released in May. Scientists and experts mention that it is “a mass extinction event” – only the sixth in the past half-billion years – is already underway.
The heroes of this movies will reach everyone’s heart. During quarantine it is important to watch movies about animals combined with touching and fun moments.This movies always carry a life-affirming morality and teach viewers to be kinder to others!
Free Willy
Twelve-year-old tomboy Jesse gets acquainted with Willie's smart killer whale. Only now the evil owners want to kill the animal in order to receive insurance payment. But the devoted boy is going to desperately fight for the life of a friend.
For this and subsequent movies about Willy, they made a life-sized killer whale model that was so similar to the real one that Keiko, the male whale who starred in the picture, even tried to communicate with her.
Babe
An orphaned piglet Babe gets to the Hogget farm, where he is adopted by a shepherd named Fly. Soon, the owner notices that Babe is an unusual pig and wants to graze sheep, just like his adoptive mother.
The director of the film, George Miller, the author of the Mad Max franchise, was the first to force the animals to “speak” credibly on the screen. Therefore, the Oscar for the best visual effects picture deservedly. Up to this point, filmmakers for a long time did not dare to experiment with the articulation of animals and limited themselves to the application of voiceover.
The horse whisperer
A young rider named Grace has to amputate part of her leg after the girl got under the truck while riding. Her horse also receives serious injuries, both physical and mental. To save her daughter from depression, mother Grace decides to find a certain Tom Booker who can communicate with horses in one language.
Eight below
A scientific expedition sets off in search of a meteorite. However, an unexpected incident forces scientists to abandon their dog teams and go back. Now eight Siberian huskies must wait until they are rescued. At the same time, they have to withstand the unbearable natural conditions of Antarctica.
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
Professor Parker Wilson finds an Akita Inu puppy and gives him the name Hachiko. A devoted pet escorts the owner every day to work to the station, and meets him there in the evening. However, an unexpected tragic incident destroys this idyll.
The story of Hachiko actually happened in Japan with Professor Hidesaburo Ueno and his pet. She formed the basis of the old Japanese painting in 1987. But the director Lasse Hallstrom tried to make his version closer to the Western audience, so the action takes place these days in Rhode Island, and the charming Richard Gere plays the main role.
We bought a zoo
Remaining a widower, the writer Benjamin Mi is trying to improve relations with children - fourteen-year-old Dylan and very young Rosie. When the family is going to move to a new house, it suddenly turns out that, under the contract, the owners must take responsibility for the ruined zoo as well.
Nicostratos le pélican
The unsociable fisherman Demosthenes experiences the death of his wife and has little interest in the life of his son Janis. The latter, meanwhile, secretly saves from his father an unusual chick, who becomes a local star and attracts crowds of tourists to an inconspicuous Greek island.
Red dog
The film tells the real story of a ginger dog from a mining town that set off on a journey in search of a deceased owner. Thanks to his loyalty, the dog becomes famous throughout the continent.
Water for elephants
The young veterinarian Jacob takes a job at a traveling circus and falls in love with the beautiful trainer Marlena. But the woman is already married to the power-hungry and eccentric manager Augustus Rosenbluth.
Big miracle
Three gray whales somehow find themselves under a thick layer of ice near the town of Barrow. The poor journalist accidentally sees the television journalist Adam Carlson, and after a short time the news of the captured giants flies around the world.
An innocent joke or disrespect for the victims of coronavirus? The chocolate bunny in the medical mask provoked mixed reactions in Germany.
The chocolate Easter bunny, which appeared in the markets of Germany, with an edible protective mask on its face and a white chocolate nurse’s robe provoked heated discussions on the Internet. Some consider this chocolate figurine a good joke, while others think it is tasteless and vulgar.
At the WAWI-Schoko-Welt in Rhineland-Palatinate, the news of how their Easter chocolate was perceived was shocking and surprising. “We just wanted to make people smile,” a company spokesman told the German news agency. “No one thought to downplay the scale of the coronavirus crisis.”
WAWI CEO, Richard Müller apologized to all those who felt offended and hoped that "we will not lose our sense of humor even in these difficult times." The company announced that it will donate the chocolate bunnies from sale to charity. The manufacturer of chocolate products from WAWI-Schoko-Welt produces about ten million chocolate Easter hares per year.
Among the critical comments about the chocolate bunnies, one in particular, sounds as following: “Affected by the coronavirus deserve respect and sympathy” and “The coronavirus caused incredible suffering around the world. And here the Easter bunny is named after him.” But there were also positive reviews. Some people liked the idea. "Especially in such difficult times, it's nice to see that businessmen have a sense of humor," one user wrote. Another user writes: “Awesome bunnies! Hamsters would be even better!”
In the United States, kittens from the Atlanta Humane Society visited fish and jellyfish in the Georgia Aquarium, which suspended their work due to COVID-19.
Since the Georgia Aquarium closed due to the established quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic, fish and jellyfish didn’t have any visitors. But recently, they greeted unusual guests: rescue kittens and puppies from the Atlanta Humane Society, got the opportunity to explore the marine life from the other side of the glass.
The photos which appeared on internet show how the tiny animals admire the life of different fish and also jellyfish, which seemed to be very interesting creatures. The photos will full your heart with admiration and cuteness, seeing near the big blue tanks, little fluffy creatures, melts everyone’s heart during quarantine.
Two pups named Odie and Caramel can be seen playing around the tanks and enjoying the visit. The other visitors: Nemo, Dory, Guppy, Marlin and Bubbles, are the tiny kittens whose names are very appropriate to the unexplored marine life. In social networks, it is showed a video of how cats climb the glass wall of the aquarium, trying to get to the water inhabitants, while their marine brothers ignore what is happening. Judging by the video, the kittens liked the jellyfish more.
Abi was rescued and adopted by the wildlife specialists at the Kangaroo Sanctuary Alice Springs in Australia about 12 years ago—and she has consistently showed her affection to the rescuers by giving them hugs each day since rescuing her.
Queen Abigail—or “Abi”—was only five months old when she was rescued as a little baby orphan. This is rarely happening when a mother kangaroo is losing her baby, bit when this is happening humans are near to help.
The kangaroo still insists on starting each of her mornings by hugging her human family, in this way thanking them each day for being loved and saved.
Abi is still living in the sanctuary and is being grateful for her life near humans.