What are sacred species? 

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The species which is traditionally conserved and dedicated to the local deities and are of cultural /religious values.

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Description : What are endemic species?

Last Answer : A species which is found only in a particular area because of isolation and climatic condition.

Description : What are critically endangered species?

Last Answer : Species which is at extremely high risk of extinction. 

Description : What are endangered species?

Last Answer : Species which are in the dangers of extinction due to the loss of natural habitats. 

Description : What are rare species?

Last Answer : A small population which are neither endangered nor vulnerable but are at the risk. 

Description : What are vulnerable species?

Last Answer : Species which are likely to become endangered if environmental degradation continue to persist.

Description : What are threatened species?

Last Answer : The species which are either endangered or vulnerable 

Description : What are key stone species?

Last Answer : Organism that helps to maintain species diversity within an ecosystem by keeping the number of other species in a ecosystem constant.

Description : What are invasive species?

Last Answer : Foreign species that grow and reproduce rapidly causing major disturbance in the habitats.

Description : Define a species.

Last Answer : A group of closely related organisms which can interbreed to produce viable and fertile offsprings.

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Last Answer : Variety of different species in a given geographical area. 

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Description : What is in-situ conservation of wild life?

Last Answer : It is the conservation of wild species in their natural habitats. 

Description : Expand IUCN.

Last Answer : International Union for Conservation of Nature and natural resources. 

Description : What is mass extinction?

Last Answer : Extinction of large scale species due to environmental catastrophe. 

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Last Answer : Biodiversity provides economical, ecological and ethical benefits to the mankind. 

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Last Answer : Diversity of organisms between the communities in the given geographic area.

Description : What is alpha diversity?

Last Answer : Diversity of living organisms within the community or different communities sharing the same habitat.

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Last Answer : (d) conserving rare and threatened species.

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Description : Why do some people act like the Constitution of the United States is somehow sacred and untouchable?

Last Answer : They only do so for the 2nd amendment. Everything else is fair game. Like the 14th, that granted citizenship to blacks, among other things. Conservatives would love to repeal it

Description : What are some sacred Chinese animals?

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Description : WTF? Wile E. Coyote could outrun The Road Runner by almost 2/1. Is anything sacred anymore?

Last Answer : Gun to head. Trigger pulling…....

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Description : Shouldn't black holes be regarded as sacred?

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Description : I got acceptance letter from sacred heart university,Fairfield.what's your opinion about this university?

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