The whale Shark also known as the largest fish in the world, is a very incredible creature! This giant fish has a size of 18 -33 feet and weighs about 41,000 lbs! The alien-like fish is grey with a white belly and dots all over its back. Most Whale Sharks are spotted because they want to be left alone. This animal is like a flat cone with eyes on opposite sides of their heads, and a long tail. That is my best way to describe them. They have over 300 teeth but don’t use them! Instead they use the filter feature and swim with their mouth open to suck up the little fish in its filter. The Whale Shark gives birth to about 300 live young and stay with them for about 2 years. This animal is indeed the biggest fish in the world and one of the most interesting! Identify the text structure used in this paragraph:

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The giant tortoise is endangered for too long! They have been hunted to almost extinction since the 1700 and the 1800’s. They were killed for meat and medicine. Predators eat the the eggs before they hatch making it much more difficult to keep them around. Habitat destruction is caused by people, because of us making more islands for ourselves especially on the island Santa Cruz. As a result the Giant Tortoise continues to be endangered.

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The Sumatran Rhinos are surviving with only 80-30 left. The issue is that they don't have any way to protect themselves because most of their harm is caused by humans. One way we can protect them is by protecting their habitat by not building roads where they live. Another problem is that humans are settling where they live. We need to be fighting wildlife crime by reporting kills and reporting when they find someone killing the rhino. One thing that only humans can do to help is to NOT KILL THEM FOR THEIR HORNS! One of the biggest reasons there are not many left is because we are killing them for their horns. Sumatran Rhinos can't do anything about them being endangered because it's mostly humans but they are on the road to extinction.

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