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What is Biodiversity?
The variety of all living things on earth!
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What's Your Biodiversity IQ?
Which of the following environments on our planet are tooharsh to support life?
A. Boiling sulfur springs(temp 100°C)
D. None of the Above
B. Deep-sea hydrothermal vents C. Frigid ice of the Arctic and Antarctic(temp 350°C) (temp up to -70°C)
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What's Your Biodiversity IQ?
If we gave a prize for the “strongest creature for its size,”which animal would win?
A D
B
C
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What's Your Biodiversity IQ?
Which of the following would we have to do without if therewere no bees?
A B C
D
E
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What's Your Biodiversity IQ?
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
A. Flying lemur C. Flying squirrel
B. Bat
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What's Your Biodiversity IQ?
What is the fastest flying bird?
A. Philippine Eagle
B. Peregrine Falcon
C. Pallid Swift D. Ostrich
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What's Your Biodiversity IQ?
Biodiversity includes which of the following?
A. The color of our skin
C. The different types of forests
B. The stripes on a zebra D. The different species of frogs
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What's Your Biodiversity IQ?
What is the biggest threat to biodiversity?
C. Pollution
A. Specimen collection
B. Habitat Loss D. Tourism
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What's Your Biodiversity IQ?
Which has the biggest biodiversity?
A. Tundra C. Tropical Forest
B. Temperate Forest D. Grassland
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What's Your Biodiversity IQ?
Among the three, which country has the highest percentageof endemic terrestrial vertebrate species?
B
C
A
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Philippine Biodiversity
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PHILIPPINES SPAIN BRAZIL
TOTAL 1,139 435 3,131TERRESTRIALVERTEBRATESPECIES
ENDEMIC SPECIES 558 25 788
% ENDEMIC 49 6 25
TOTAL LAND AREA 300,780 451,171 8,511,165(km2)
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Philippine Biodiversity
MAMMALS206+ species of terrestrial mammals, 117 species (57%) endemic
27 species of marine mammals* Heaney et al. 2010
Hi! I'm aPhilippine
mouse deer,one of the
smallestdeer in the
world. Youcan't find
meanywhereexcept inPalawan.
Do you know what a healthy sea cowlike me likes to eat so I can grow big
and strong? SEA GRASS!!!
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BIRDSI'm a Phlippine Eagle, the
576+ species, 195 endemic
I'm not really bleeding,but my heart looks likeit is so they call me ableeding heart pigeon.
You can find menesting in Luzon.
King of Birds! I'm a top forestpredator and the largestraptor in the world!
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REPTILES
258+ species, 170 (66%) endemic* Diesmos et al. 2002
I'm a leatherback, the largest sea turtlein the world. I can grow up to 7ft long
and weigh over 2,000 lbs! I can alsodive deeper than any other sea turtle -
up to 4,200 feet! Awesome, dude.
I may look like a meanie, butI'm a very good parent to my
kids so please don't be meanto me and my kind. There areless than 200 of us Philippine
crocodiles in the wild.
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AMPHIBIANSThey call me pygmy forest
101+ species, 78 (77%) endemics* Diesmos et al. 2002
No, I'm not a worm nor am I asnake. I'm a legless amphibiancalled a caecilian. Very few
people know about me because Iburrow into the ground and am
very hard to find.
frog because I'm thesmallest frog in the
Philippines! I live in theCordillera and Sierra Madremountains and in Sibuyan
Island.
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FISHAbout 4,050 species in the Indo-Pacific region
2,228 coral reef fish species in the Coral Triangle (37%World; 56% Indo-Pacific)
People call me Nemo these
I'm a whale shark,the largest fish in
the sea! But I'm nota whale, I'm a
days, which is short foranemonefish. I make my
home among the stingingtentacles of a sea anemone.
Yes, I'm a fish! I'm ayoung batfish and I'm
mimicking a toxicflatworm so predators
won't eat me.
shark. You'll oftensee me swimmingin Donsol,
Sorsogon.
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INVERTEBRATESMollusks: 22,000 species
Insects: 20,940+ species, 70% endemicCorals: At least 484 hard coral species
I'm not called flamboyantcuttlefish for nothing! I change
Do I remind you ofsomething? A brain
perhaps? That's whyI'm called brain coral!I can grow up to 6ftand live up to 900
color very quickly when I'mdisturbed or attacked. You
wouldn't want to eat me thoughbecause I'm poisonous!
I'm called Palawanbirdwing because I have avery large wingspan for a
butterfly. I can fly reallyhigh and for long
distances. You can onlyfind me in Palawan.
years!
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Philippine Biodiversity
INVERTEBRATESMollusks: 22,000 species
Insects: 20,940+ species, 70% endemicCorals: At least 484 hard coral species
Did you know? Philippine Coral Reefs are considered to be thecenter of the center of marine biodiversity!
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Philippine Biodiversity
INVERTEBRATESMollusks: 22,000 species
Insects: 20,940+ species, 70% endemicCorals: At least 484 hard coral species
Throughout the world's ocens, coral reefs cover approximately617,000 km2. Philippine coral reefs cover an estimated area of
about 30,000 km 2 .
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PLANTS15,000+ kinds of plants, 50% endemic
I'm a PhilippineI'm called Rafflesia and I'm a
parasitic plant. I have thelargest flower of any plant, butdon't come too close because
it stinks!
Ironwood, the hardesthardwood species inthe Philippines. If mytrunk was 70cm in
diameter, it would takeyou 2-4 days to cut it!
I'm Apitong, and Ibelong to a family of
trees that are importantsources of timber.
Please don't cut medown though because I
am already criticallyendangered.
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Pilipinas: Ang Paraisong PINAKA!
Giant ClamThe largest clam in the world
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Pilipinas: Ang Paraisong PINAKA!
Whale SharkThe largest fish in the sea
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Pilipinas: Ang Paraisong PINAKA!
Philippine Pygmy Forest FrogThe smallest frog in the Philippines
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Pilipinas: Ang Paraisong PINAKA!
Philippine CrocodileThe most endangered crocodile in the world.
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Pilipinas: Ang Paraisong PINAKA!
Leatherback Sea TurtleThe largest sea turtle in the world
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Pilipinas: Ang Paraisong PINAKA!
Philippine EagleThe largest raptor in the world
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Pilipinas: Ang Paraisong PINAKA!
Golden-Crowned Flying Fox and Large Flying FoxThe largest bats in the world
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Pilipinas: Ang Paraisong PINAKA!
RafflesiaThe largest single flower in the world
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Pilipinas: Ang Paraisong PINAKA!
Philippine IronwoodThe hardest hardwood tree species in the Philippines
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It's Rare, It's Endangered, It's FOR SALE!
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It's Rare, It's Endangered, It's FOR SALE!
How would you like it ifwe placed you in a
cage even when you'vedone nothing wrong?
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What Have You Done for the Forest Today?
I NEED A HERO!
Remember the 4Rs!
Eat less red meat!
Spread the word!
Plant a Tree!
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