Holidays that have Made a Difference.0:25
Did you know that there are more than 5,000 endangered animal species in the world today?0:28
And at least one species dies out every year?0:32
Well, these three people decided to do something about it.0:36
They've all recently been on a working holiday to help an endangered species.0:39
They told us all about their experiences.0:44
Hayley has just spent three months on a floating houseboat in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.1:05
I was part of an observation team doing research and it was amazing.1:10
She says, Every year we lose about 10% of these clever creatures.1:15
They swim in polluted waters and sometimes get caught in fishermen's nets.1:21
There are more than 300 dolphins here, and we had to record new births and monitor the babies.1:26
In the evenings, we sat on the porch and listened to the sounds of the jungle.1:33
Then we went to sleep in hammocks.1:38
Ryan has just spent six months in a tent tracking these gorillas in the rainforest of Cameroon.1:59
After he saw a documentary about them.2:04
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.2:07
Every day we walked for miles up steep slopes in the rainforest.2:19
Our guide was a poacher in the past who hunted the gorillas for their meat.2:24
I was so excited when we saw our first gorilla.2:28
We recorded lots of information about its location and activities.2:33
We also talked to locals and suggested alternatives to cutting down forests for farming.2:37
This was the most interesting and challenging experience of my life.2:43
Loggerhead sea turtle.2:58
Mary has just come back from the Greek island of Zakynthos after helping with a turtle conservation project there.3:07
She says every summer, thousands of females return to lay their eggs in the sand on the beach.3:14
The problem is that tourists often damage their nests by accident.3:20
They also leave rubbish like plastic bags that the turtles mistake for food.3:25
Every day at dawn, our team did a survey of nests and eggs.3:30
It was tiring, but we saw some spectacular sunrises.3:34
During the day, we patrolled the beach and told tourists all about the turtles.3:38
I've already told my friends that I'm going back next year and that they're coming with me.3:43
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