Natalie Cain

The waste of water for non-biodiverse lawns for hundreds of thousands of homes threatens native plants and species that hold together the environment. I wanted to portray a threatened monarch butterfly made up of all the vital biodiversity it requires to survive and how these lawn deserts are failing it.

The Brown Spotted Owl’s habitat is threatened by larger wildfires caused by global warming. By combining with asbestos it will be able to withstand the fires even as it continues worsening.

No Shot: North American birds of prey like the Eagle, Red tailed hawk, Falcon and North American Kestrel all have a more likely chance of being needlessly killed by birdshot and shotguns along power lines then electricity. By utilizing armor they will have a better chance of survival.

Sea turtles adapted with razor sharp fins and shells will allow for them to slice through ocean fishing nets that have by-catch (unwanted marine life caught in the nets) and free them, allowing marine animals to survive longer.

With constant tourism along mountains and hiking, trash is left behind with no cleanup crew due to the altitudes and inaccessibility. By utilizing the trash to their advantage snow leopards can adapt and blend in with the trash for a higher chance of survival.

One of the most docile and threatened creatures, pandas, utilize their mis-treated bamboo forests as defense for their habitat and their own lives against poachers and tourism.

Adelie penguins are one of the most threatened penguin species and despite their size, they can band together and utilize the trash patches in the ocean and arctic to become bandits of the ocean and reclaim what they lost.

Cheetahs’ way of life is threatened by constant safari commotions, poaching and general human interference as well as habitat loss from tourism. By having their patterns evolve they may have a better chance of blending into all the tire tracks and maybe the humans will finally leave if the cheetahs are no longer seen and found as easily.

Yachting and boating disrupt and harm whales like orcas. If they utilize pieces of boats as armor and weapons they can destroy any boats that threaten them.

The three toed sloth is such a docile creature whose jungle habitats are constantly shrinking from deforestation and pollution. If they can fight back and sabotage human destruction they give themselves a better future.

Amensalism