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POUL 1010E Exam 2 Questions and
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dollar value of illegal wildlife trade and its value relative to other organized
illegal trade - ✔✔$5 to $20 billion annually. It falls right behind the black
marketing of drugs, weapons, and human trafficking.
the threats to the United States from illegal wildlife smuggling - ✔✔1.
threats to environment
2. national security ( invasive/non invasive species)
3. Habitat destruction (leading threat)
4. Threat to the current bird population
5. disease to humans and other animal species (Bird flu, ebola, mokeypox)
who regulates the legal importation of birds? - ✔✔the Fish and Wildlife
Service (true or false question)
methods used by wildlife smugglers - ✔✔- USPS, FedEx, DHL (small % of
shipments actually inspected)
- Secret compartments
- Illegal species mixed with legal species
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- Packaged in other misleading containers, such as plastic detergent
containers
- Smuggling of collected eggs on humans in special clothes
define CITES and know its purpose - ✔✔Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species; an agreement that establishes international
controls over trade in wild plant and animal species that are threatened due
to excessive commercial exploitation. Only provides the framework for
implementation; each party must adopt its own domestic implementation.
-appendix 1 = most threatened with extinction
-appendix 2= highly controlled
-appendix 3= protection in at least one country
US version of CITES? - ✔✔Endangered Species Act
purpose of the AFA - ✔✔To represent all aspects of aviculture and to
educate the public about keeping and breeding birds in captivity. Defines
anyone keeping exotic birds in captivity as an aviculturist.
world (geographical) distribution of parrots in general terms - ✔✔Southern
hemisphere & tropics; most are found in South America and Australia.
Carolina parakeet range and extinction - ✔✔Most northern of any parrot
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Extinct in 1904 due to habitat destruction, hunting due to being agricultural
pests, and for food and feathers.
distinctive anatomical features of parrots (foot arrangement, use as hands
and beak
structure) - ✔✔Feet: Zygodactyl (4&1 toes backwards)
-Large parrots are slow or flightless, small parrots are faster
-Beak is used as a climbing tool
feather color of most parrots - ✔✔green
food source for lories and lorikeets - ✔✔pollen & nectar, supplemented with
fruits
significance of parrots ingesting clay - ✔✔neutralizes toxins that are
consumed with their food; could also be a source of sodium that would
otherwise be deficient in parrots without the consumption of clay
parrot male & female relationship (role in family? monogamous or
polygamous? - ✔✔Role: females incubate eggs, male gets food
long-term Monogamous
the main threat to parrots is man for pet trade and for food - ✔✔Man (for
pet and for food)
POUL 1010E Exam 2 Questions and
Answers 100% Solved
dollar value of illegal wildlife trade and its value relative to other organized
illegal trade - ✔✔$5 to $20 billion annually. It falls right behind the black
marketing of drugs, weapons, and human trafficking.
the threats to the United States from illegal wildlife smuggling - ✔✔1.
threats to environment
2. national security ( invasive/non invasive species)
3. Habitat destruction (leading threat)
4. Threat to the current bird population
5. disease to humans and other animal species (Bird flu, ebola, mokeypox)
who regulates the legal importation of birds? - ✔✔the Fish and Wildlife
Service (true or false question)
methods used by wildlife smugglers - ✔✔- USPS, FedEx, DHL (small % of
shipments actually inspected)
- Secret compartments
- Illegal species mixed with legal species
,©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
- Packaged in other misleading containers, such as plastic detergent
containers
- Smuggling of collected eggs on humans in special clothes
define CITES and know its purpose - ✔✔Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species; an agreement that establishes international
controls over trade in wild plant and animal species that are threatened due
to excessive commercial exploitation. Only provides the framework for
implementation; each party must adopt its own domestic implementation.
-appendix 1 = most threatened with extinction
-appendix 2= highly controlled
-appendix 3= protection in at least one country
US version of CITES? - ✔✔Endangered Species Act
purpose of the AFA - ✔✔To represent all aspects of aviculture and to
educate the public about keeping and breeding birds in captivity. Defines
anyone keeping exotic birds in captivity as an aviculturist.
world (geographical) distribution of parrots in general terms - ✔✔Southern
hemisphere & tropics; most are found in South America and Australia.
Carolina parakeet range and extinction - ✔✔Most northern of any parrot
, ©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
Extinct in 1904 due to habitat destruction, hunting due to being agricultural
pests, and for food and feathers.
distinctive anatomical features of parrots (foot arrangement, use as hands
and beak
structure) - ✔✔Feet: Zygodactyl (4&1 toes backwards)
-Large parrots are slow or flightless, small parrots are faster
-Beak is used as a climbing tool
feather color of most parrots - ✔✔green
food source for lories and lorikeets - ✔✔pollen & nectar, supplemented with
fruits
significance of parrots ingesting clay - ✔✔neutralizes toxins that are
consumed with their food; could also be a source of sodium that would
otherwise be deficient in parrots without the consumption of clay
parrot male & female relationship (role in family? monogamous or
polygamous? - ✔✔Role: females incubate eggs, male gets food
long-term Monogamous
the main threat to parrots is man for pet trade and for food - ✔✔Man (for
pet and for food)
