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The most familiar type of hammerhead shark is the scalloped hammerhead, as they are often seen close to costal areas. Still, they are considered critically endangered because they are hunted commercially for their fins and skin, as well as for simple sport fishing.

Overall, the scalloped hammerhead is rather shy and generally not aggressive towards humans. To put it into perspective, humans have only suffered 17 documented, unprovoked hammerhead attacks since 1580, none of them resulting in death. The width of the hammer-shaped head corresponds to about 30% of the total length of the shark. This shape is also very useful for hunting, because it allows the shark to bore into the seafloor and pin their prey down.

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South America has only one species of bear: the spectacled bear. Each bear has unique markings on their face, neck and chest, just like human fingerprints.

The bears are very adaptive and can live in a wide variety of habitat types and altitudes, such as grasslands, forests and scrub deserts. Nevertheless, it is well known that this species will go extinct in the near future due to loss of habitat, brought on by a steadily increasing human population and our need to transform their habitat into either residential areas or farm lands. Only few conservation plans have been successful so far. #Awaregust prompt list by dnknhlft_illustration on IG

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Today's animal on the list is the Black Musselcracker! (Again, it has a hilarious German name: Muschelknacker) It is an African fish which can reach up to 1.5m length!! For me personally, it has a very interesting face because the brow and the nose are very prominent.

Unbelievable how it is endangered primarily because of its slow growth rate; this makes it vulnerable to over-harvesting, as they are caught so early in life that they have not yet had a chance to reproduce. But I am glad to have read that, thanks to some new protective regulations, it may still have a chance for a comeback!

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The pygmy raccoon lives exclusively on the Mexican island of Cozumel. The only way they differ from everyday raccoons is that they are much smaller.

Generally, they are not afraid to live in close proximity to humans, but that's why many pygmy raccoons are killed by cars these days. Snakes as well as dogs living alongside humans have become their biggest threats, not only because these animals kill them, but also because they pass on infectious diseases to the raccoons.

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The Addax is an African white antelope. In the past, they were widespread across the whole savannah, but today they only live sequestered in small reserves. While I was drawing their faces, I noticed their X-shaped markings; some of them even have different "hairdos" with dark brown fringes.

Formerly, they were hunted for their meat and skin by natives, but this is not what caused the species to be critically endangered. Sport hunting from vehicles and even from the air rapidly threatened the population. Fewer than 500 live in the wild today.

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The Livingstone's flying fox is the largest and rarest kind of bat. They mainly live in montane forests, which are located on steep slopes, but due to the destruction of these, this bat's population is decreasing drastically. Unfortunately, they are slow to adjust to new habitats, and this also quickens their decline.

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Originally, the Tasmanian devil was also a native of Australia, but has been gone from there since the 14th century. They have been aggressively hunted because they are said to endanger livestock. Nowadays, they're under protection, but during the last few years, a reoccurring disease has threatened their population from which they cannot recover. Their small population makes it nearly impossible for the next generations of Tasmanian devils to develop an immunity.

The name "devil" derives from the fact that their ears become an angry red whenever they get agitated, but also because they have a loud screech that can be heard kilometres away! Generally, they seem to have a very curious, inquisitive nature regarding everything they encounter.

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Did you know the first film recording of the Andean cat dates back to the year 2000? The scientific data on them is rather vague, but it's estimated that there are roughly 2,000 left of this species and their numbers are still decreasing. Direct threats are loss of habitat and over-hunting, in addition to the illegal trade of live specimens.

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