Holidays that have Made a Difference.0:24
Did you know that there are more than 5,000 endangered animal species in the world today?0:27
And at least one species dies out every year?0:31
Well, these three people decided to do something about it.0:35
They've all recently been on a working holiday to help an endangered species.0:38
They told us all about their experiences.0:43
Hayley has just spent three months on a floating houseboat in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.1:04
I was part of an observation team doing research and it was amazing.1:09
She says, Every year we lose about 10% of these clever creatures.1:14
They swim in polluted waters and sometimes get caught in fishermen's nets.1:20
There are more than 300 dolphins here, and we had to record new births and monitor the babies.1:25
In the evenings, we sat on the porch and listened to the sounds of the jungle.1:32
Then we went to sleep in hammocks.1:37
Ryan has just spent six months in a tent tracking these gorillas in the rainforest of Cameroon.1:58
After he saw a documentary about them.2:03
He says, I was very shocked when I heard there are only 300 of these gorillas left because of hunting and deforestation that has destroyed their habitat.2:06
Every day we walked for miles up steep slopes in the rainforest.2:18
Our guide was a poacher in the past who hunted the gorillas for their meat.2:23
I was so excited when we saw our first gorilla.2:27
We recorded lots of information about its location and activities.2:32
We also talked to locals and suggested alternatives to cutting down forests for farming.2:36
This was the most interesting and challenging experience of my life.2:42
Loggerhead sea turtle.2:57
Mary has just come back from the Greek island of Zakynthos after helping with a turtle conservation project there.3:06
She says every summer, thousands of females return to lay their eggs in the sand on the beach.3:13
The problem is that tourists often damage their nests by accident.3:19
They also leave rubbish like plastic bags that the turtles mistake for food.3:24
Every day at dawn, our team did a survey of nests and eggs.3:29
It was tiring, but we saw some spectacular sunrises.3:33
During the day, we patrolled the beach and told tourists all about the turtles.3:37
I've already told my friends that I'm going back next year and that they're coming with me.3:42
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