Canadian Lynx
Essay by Woxman • March 6, 2012 • Essay • 582 Words (3 Pages) • 2,630 Views
Did you know a Canadian Lynx can spot a mouse from 250 feet away? Have you ever seen a Canadian Lynx before? You may have heard of the scientific name for the Canadian Lynx which is Lynx Canadensis. The Canadian Lynx is just like a cat but bigger, vicious, and dangerous. Those adorable Canadian Lynx are threatened and your help. The Canadian Lynx are just like us and they need to be saved by you.
The Canadian Lynx has an astonishing body. The Canadian Lynx has black tufts of fur on the tip of their ears that they are known for. Their fur color is about a brown sugar color, some strawberry, and a hint of blonde. They have big paws to crawl and play in the snow and long whiskers. The Canadian Lynx weighs about 18 to 45 pounds and its life span is about 10 to 15 years. Next time you see a Canadian Lynx admire it and help that adorable cat.
Have you ever wondered what a Canadian lynx eats or where it lives? The Canadian Lynx Lives in cold snowy areas mostly in Canada and living in temperatures from 30 to 64 degrees in the winter and 40 to 70 degrees in the summer. The Canadian Lynx eats mice, grouse, ptarmigan, and red squirrel they also depend on rabbits for their survival. The Canadian lynx is at the top of the food chain.
Have you ever wondered if the Canadian Lynx could be extinct? The Canadian Lynx are almost near to be extinct but their threatened. Human's kill for their rare fur by trapping, habitat destruction, hunting, forest fires, and logging. The population of the Canadian Lynx is somewhere from 1,000 to 2,000. There is one law in Canada to save the Lynx which is the Lynx conservation agreement law and some organizations are Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and Forest Service to help the Lynx by stopping people to kill them. If you live in Canada make sure you kill a deer instead of a Canadian Lynx or just don't kill anything.
If you had a pet Lynx wouldn't you want to help more of them, well I know I would want to help more. Imagine you Living in Canada and seeing a lynx every day, but open your eyes now what do you see nothing is what you see just you snow and trees, the effect that the Canadian Lynx would have on us would be terrible and frightening and not seeing a beautiful Canadian Lynx when you wake up each morning. To save this species is for you to wake up and realize that this is the real world and get up help. Tell all those hunters out there to stop hunting and who knows if they'll ever listen, maybe one person will. Maybe you just need to stop littering or maybe we need to speak out. Next time you see your friends or family remind them that there are animals that need to be saved including the Canadian Lynx.
Maybe someday you will wake up and realize that the Canadian Lynx needs your help. Now listen do you hear a whisper, that's me telling you to get up and do something about this. There are people out there willing to risk their own lives
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