Your name: Matthew King Date: October 16, 2015 Your section: 001 1. Complete Classification: (ITIS: 2014 ) Common Name: Two-toed Amphiuma Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Caudata Family: Amphiumidae Genus: Amphiuma Species (G. s.e.): Amphiuma means Species information 2a.…
Sloths are one of the slowest mammals. They are so slow that alge actually grows on their fur. The algae is great for camouflage because sloths are almost always habitating in trees. Sloths do well in trees because of their 3 to 4 inch long claws. They live in trees because they are able to move faster in them.…
How Burmese pythons are changing Florida’s Everglades By: Daisja Mckinney The presence of the Burmese python is negatively impacting Florida’s everglades. According to the news article by Andrew Ng, Senator Bill Nelson brought a 16-foot Burmese python snake skin to a meeting to prove how much of a threat the pythons are!…
Sloths By: Amanda Adey Have you ever wondered what a sloth eats, or what it does to get food? Maybe you wonder what it’s habitat is like? Maybe you’ve wondered about why they have green fur? Perhaps you’ve wondered just how big are they, really?…
The exhibit Evolving Planet showed how one period led to another. It gives evidence of changes and adaptionsThrough each time a person can see that there were similarities between animals and how they adapted to fit into that period. In the Quaternary Period during the Ice Age I saw what was called the Giant Ground Sloth which is a much bigger version of sloth that we see today. They evolved in the South American grasslands and then later migrated to North America. They could survive cooler climates of their large size and good insulation.…
Seth Reid is the Alpha of the Greenspoint Bear sloth, but he has a secret no one in his sloth knows. He has a mate, well actually he has two, and the only find out when one of them comes looking for Seth's help. Colby Harper has come to face Seth Reid in order to save the man she loves. The only problem is despite the fact she should hate him for abandoning her eighteen years ago, she's kind of still in love with Seth Reid as well.…
Ranges of body weight and size observed are 7.5–346.5 kg and 76.0 –255.5 cm for captive males, 8.1–379.5 kg and 71.0–266.5 cm for captive females, and 120.0–270.0 kg and 162.0 –230.0 cm for free-ranging manatees, respectively.[8] The maximum actual Amazonian manatee weight reported is 379.5 kg.[8] Calves of the species are born weighing 10–15 kg and 85 –105 cm long.[8] The Amazonian Manatees increase in length approximately 1.6-2.0 mm per day. This length is measured along the curvature of the body so absolute length can differ between individuals. As calves, they gain an average of 1 kilogram per…
In their paper “Trans-Pacific Consumption of Cephalopods by North Pacific Killer Whales (Orcinus orca), “ Hanson and Walker points out that cephalopods, specifically squid, may be a larger part of the diet of many transient killer whales in the North Pacific Ocean that was once thought. They identified three particular ecotypes of whales observed in the North Pacific which include residents and offshores that both feed primarily on other smaller fish, and transients which feed on marine mammals. The research involved acquiring four female killer whale specimens from four different locations. Two of these killers were West coast U.S. transients, one was an Eastern Tropical Pacific pelagic from Hawaii, and the last was a Western North Pacific…
Sea Otters Enhydra Lutris, also known as sea otters are the heaviest members of the weasel family and the second smallest marine mammals (Basic Facts About Sea Otters). Sea otters make up four different types of species: Enhydra (sea otter), Pteronua (giant otters), Aonyx (clawless otters), and Lutra (river otters) (Seaworld). Sea otters are not found just anywhere in the world. Most sea otters are found in coastal areas and islands of eastern and western North Pacific Ocean such as California, Alaska, Washington, south along British Columbia, and Aleutian Islands (seaworld). Sea otters have physical characteristics such as various shades of brown, short legs, about 4 feet in length, webbed and strong feet, long tails, fur that is long and…
Non-human primates may not have as complex of a language system as humans do, but there is evidence that they have complex communication systems that could be considered simple language systems; but equally fascinating is that some non-human primates can be taught new and simple language systems outside of their normal systems. The idea is that language develops when there is a benefit to the animal. Innate language amongst the groupings and other groupings in the same area is in order to communicate for survival; mating calls, warning calls, and so on. The learned language systems are a response in order to receive rewards or to get the attention of humans in order to benefit the non-human primate in one way or another; sounds to grab attention…
In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, there is a section titled Charity. Charity is about the acceptance of God’s love. When man is saved from God, God reveals himself, and his love, to man. It is man’s decision whether to accept or deny God’s love. If man accepts God’s Divine Charity, he recognizes God as the one true creator and accepts his love in return.…
Wanna know how Cat and Mice don’t like each other? Their are stories that explain it; how cat and rat became enemies and Cat and Mouse. They mainly became enemies because of false and true accusations. But its different according to the different stories. This essay will show the differences and similarities between the two stories.…
Through the works of Dante Alighieri, he provided insight as to how he interprets the seven deadly sins; a Christian concept. His use of the contrapasso throughout the Divine Comedy allows us to explore other meanings and causes to the sins. The sin; sloth, has an ironic punishment in Dante’s inferno and purgatorio, with an underlying reasoning of misguided love. While exploring other sources and authors interpretations of “sloth”, I have found that the explanation has changed and has been identified differently throughout the ages. I worked with the history of the seven deadly sins and scholars classifications.…
Capybaras are the world’s largest rodent at one and a half to two feet tall at the shoulder, four feet in length, and up to 150 pounds. They were once thought to be related to beavers but it has been discovered that they are more closely related to the rat. They are simi-aquatic animals and use water to escape from predators. They can stay submerged for up to 5 minutes and can press their ears to their heads in order to keep water out. They eat grasses and aquatic plants and have special digestive adaptations that allow them to retain nutrients from their highly fibrous diet.…
Even humans do it. But the only problem is that sloths are only 25% muscle, this means that they can't shiver when it is cold. Fortunately for sloths, there are not as many cold nights in the South American Forests. 5. The food that a sloth eats takes up 20-30% of its body…