And a soda can lying on the ground won t disappear for over 200 years. Every week about 20 kinds of plants and animals become extinct on Earth. They disappear from the Earth forever. They use up so much energy that they need to eat all of the time. Bees Make 60,000 trips to flowers just to make one teaspoon of honey.
Scientists guess that the bugs spiders eat in one year weigh as much as all the people on the Earth.
You can help wild animals in your area by making your back yard a wildlife habitat. The average American uses seven trees a year, in paper, wood and other products made from trees. That s over one and a half billion trees a year. Volunteers take care of their favorite section of river, stream or lake. The Envioromental Protection Agency is a source of local and national information with a searchable databasebased upon entering a zip code.