Man is considered the most intelligent creature on the planet, completing the chain of evolution. Some interesting phenomena arise, while others disappear. Everything happens quickly and mysteriously, that it is impossible to capture this wonderful moment.
To prevent the complete disappearance of some amazing animals, people have created a red book. It records the rarest and most endangered species of living things, as well as plants. There is a document so that everyone can get acquainted with the list of rare animals and contribute to their conservation on the planet. Below, a list of the five rarest animals that need to be protected, there are only a few of them left on Earth.
Chinese Pangolin - fifth place
Also, this beast is called a scaly anteater because of its appearance. These large lizards are completely covered with keratin scales. Distributed in the southeast of China. So far, their number reaches several hundred individuals. But, poachers every year take lives from hundreds of dinosaurs, at least. Therefore, the number of these unique animals is rapidly declining every year. They are unique creatures, in addition, they bring great benefits to the environment and are not dangerous to humans.
Dolphin Irrawaddy - fourth place
These aquatic creatures are the only living representatives of the genus Orcelles in the world. They live only in a single place on the planet - the Mekong River.These unique dolphins have been known to science only since the 19th century. In the 21st century, their number is less than a hundred individuals. And, this figure is rapidly decreasing. The species disappears due to poachers and people polluting their habitat. According to scientists, if local authorities do not change the status of dolphins and no punishment is provided for their catch, then soon the species will completely disappear from the face of the earth.
Far Eastern leopard - third place
The most interesting factor that draws attention to animals is their exclusive appearance. Each animal has its own unique spotted pattern, which is never repeated. Therefore, poachers and strive to capture at least one such skin. At the moment, in the world there are no more than fifty such leopards. They disappear faster than they have time to multiply. Unique predators are found only in Russia and China.
Javan rhino - second place
The name of these large harmless animals received due to habitats. They are found only on about. Java in Indonesia. They are unique due to their horn, which usually reaches up to 25 cm in length. It is because of the value of the horns on the black market that these beautiful animals are being killed. For one kilogram of bone poachers help out at least 30 thousand dollars. Local laws do not greatly affect easy money seekers. Therefore, now there are less than fifty rhinos.
They breed quite slowly. And attempts to breed them in zoos are unsuccessful, they give offspring only in the wild.In addition to poachers, the deforestation and high-speed deforestation, in which animals live, also decrease.
The rarest animal
Saola is the rarest and least studied animal, the number of which is not known for certain. For the first time, scientists learned about this artiodactyl only in 1992. All the times, when scientists managed to see a unique creature, they were recorded in the reserves of Vietnam. This was only a few times, which indicates a small number of these animals.
What kind of lifestyle they lead, how they breed and what exactly they eat is a mystery. Attempts to keep Saola in captivity ended in their death, therefore they abandoned this idea so as not to destroy the population of these mysterious creatures.
