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We have some websites for donations for the black-footed ferret. The websites you can donate or "adopt one". Hopefully you will take action on the cause!!
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How can you help restore or maintain the black-footed ferret's ecosystem?
https://docs.google.com/a/dps109.org/document/d/12jftb2rX5EfmcSbgzh3LBH7fnwr-pN9xUnfRVj6D1mo/edit
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Negative impacts: the diseases that are spreading among them, people thinking that they are pests and they are killing them, people have plowed all of their land area, and their habitat. The black-footed ferrets most dependable food source is endangered.
Positive: thousands of captive raised ferrets are being released in the North America, people are giving them vaccines and medications for the diseases, and new populations are forming in the wild. It has a lot of protection in place from the government.
There is: sun, plants (producer), insects(consumer),prairie dog (secondary consumer), black-footed ferret (Third order consumer),American badger (Fourth order consumer); the decomposes in the grasslands are : bacteria, fungi, earth worms and insects.
https://docs.google.com/a/dps109.org/file/d/0B8-rU1td0-UVV1lUWFlWTHlsRUE/edit
The type of adaptations are below.
The behaviors are: they are nocturnal, they are solitary besides when it is breeding time, and it spends most of its time underground. It is a vocal animal with hisses, chatters, and whimpers. The Black-footed ferret is a playful animal.
The black-footed ferret is endangered because their habitat is lost. They have reduced prey populations and non-native diseases threaten their health. In 1985 there were only 10 left.
They are losing their habitat, the prairie. People are destroying the prairie land and building new buildings. They are losing their homes.
The ferret’s are having a hard time finding food. They eat squirrels, mice, other rodents, and prairie dogs. The ferret depends on the prairie dog for food, colonies, and raising their young. The prairie dog’s sites are getting harder to find and this affects how they find food and survive. Also, there was a massive hunting for the prairie dog and their population decreased. Farmers on the Great Plains wanted to get rid of them because they were considered pests.
The diseases that threaten them are: Sylvatic Plague: it is a bacterial disease of wild rodents that is transmitted by fleas. Canine Distemper: it is a contagious virus that has no cure.
The black footed ferret is predatory to prairie dogs, birds, rodents, and bugs.
It is competitive for water, food, space, and mates.
It is mutually-beneficial to the prairie dog because it takes the home of a prairie dog. It eats the prairie dog so its population does not get out of control. Once a black-footed ferret eats a prairie dog it takes the living quarters of the prairie dog.
What is abiotic and biotic?
Abiotic- characterized by the absence of life or living organisms.
Biotic- non-living organisms
The abiotic factors are: air, water, dirt, and rocks. The biotic factors include: grasses, trees, prairie dogs, birds, bugs, coyotes, owls, wild cats, badgers, and foxes. These abiotic features help the black footed ferret; air helps it breathe, water helps it drink and bathe, the dirt helps it build its home, and rocks help it with the home also. These biotic features help the ferret: grasses are for eating and hiding from prey, and they help them catch prey. Prairie dogs, birds, bugs are also their prey. Coyotes and owls are the predators.