Introduces thirty different animals found in the world today that are in danger of becoming extinct including the red-crowned crane, the giant panda, the Amsterdam albatross, the Iberian lynx, and the largetooth sawfish.

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Red-crowned crane -- Polar bear -- Grévy's zebra -- Lau banded iguana -- Variable harlequin frog -- Kemp's Ridley -- Indri -- Tiger -- Giant panda -- Numbat -- California condor -- Black rhinoceros -- European eel -- Tapanuli orangutan -- Amsterdam albatross -- Blue whale -- Asian elephant -- Iberian lynx -- Russian sturgeon -- Galápagos giant tortoise -- Rosalia longicorn beetle -- Golden lion tamarin -- Largetooth sawfish -- Eastern gorilla -- African wild dog -- Sunda pangolin -- Mediterranean monk seal -- Korean clubtail dragonfly -- Kakapo -- Okapi.