6. Convert this into a letter of alphabet :
A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5, F=6, G=7, H=8, I=9, J=10,
K=11, L=12, M=13, N=14…….. Z=26.
7. Think of the name of a country in North Asia (below) which starts with this letter.
8. Think of an animal whose name starts with the country’s fourth letter.
If the answer you have is “Giraffe in Mongolia” then it means it still has a long way to go. But,
if one day, you are given the answer “Gobi Bear in Mongolia”, then congratulations, we have
made it!
The extinction of dinosaurs is due to the change of climate, so they were killed naturally.
However, the situation with the Gobi bear is another completely hair-raising story. It is due to the
juvenile and nonsense of human beings - furtive hunting, harvesting, poaching and an increase
in illegal mining are all the causes of this phenomenon. So, in order to halt it, we ought to put
laws in place and at the same time, educate the people on the importance and emergency of this
act.
As we come to the end of this story, you should be hammered by this strong message.
Concerted action now can reverse the Gobi bear’s “final countdown” into a countdown to end
the ignorance about it. Such inspiration would be a tribute to the thousands of species that went
extinct because of us. Saving the Gobi bear will mean that we are not helplessly regretting
the mistakes of our past or indifferently shrugging off the issue, but that we are learning from
them and aspiring to become better, less destructive beings. If indeed human beings were the
greatest catalysts in the extinction of the Gobi Bear, what more can or should be said, but that
our generation has been impoverished by the unnecessary loss of this very unique and very
mysterious animal.
Bibliography:
Who Was the First to Discover Dinosaur Eggs ? Dated February 8,2012.
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Year of Protecting Mazaalai – the Gobi Bear
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Animal facts: Gobi bear
