Hey everyone. I have KY wildlife question. If you can plz list any endangered species...?

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& tell what the animals were good for... Thanks everybody

Answer 1

Here is a list of endangered animals in KY:

http://www.endangeredspecie.com/states/k...

The removal or disappearance of one or several species may irreversibly damage the ecosystem and lead to its decline.  The irreversible loss of biodiversity has a serious impact on the ability of remaining species, including humans, to survive. Humans depend on species diversity and healthy ecosystems to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture. In addition, we benefit greatly from the many medicines and other products that biodiversity provides.

For example, the undersea kelp forest ecosystems of the northern Pacific rim are some of the richest marine habitats known—they are the home or breeding ground of many species of fish and other wildlife, such as sea otters. When the sea otter population off the western coast of Canada and the United States was hunted almost to extinction in the 19th and early 20th centuries, invertebrates such as the sea urchin were left without a major predator. The population of sea urchins increased dramatically and rapidly consumed the kelp and other seaweeds, turning the rich ecosystem into a barren undersea terrain. Conservation efforts throughout the latter half of the 20th century, such as the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972), allowed for the protection and reintroduction of the sea otter to these ecosystems and the kelp forests once again thrived.