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ENDANGERED SPECIES IN THE PHILIPPINES

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Philippine Eagle Philippine Freshwater


The monkey-eating eagle, the Philippine Crocodile
eagle is native to the southern Philippines. It Locally known as Mindoro crocodiles, they
is characterized by a brown and white are endemic in the Philippines. The
feather pattern and bushy crest and is Philippine freshwater crocodile is quite small
believed to be one of the largest and most compared to other crocodiles, growing to
powerful birds on Earth. Deforestation, about four and a half to five feet long and
mining, and pollution are major threats to weighing approximately 15 kg. Experts
the Philippine eagle's survival. attribute illegal hunting and dynamite fishing
to the decline of the Philippine freshwater
crocodile.

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