Carnivora

As already stated earlier Zeus is a very obedient dog. He knows many tricks such as sit, lie down, roll over and he can even play dead. With the help of a dog’s favorite treat, one can teach them almost anything they’d like. However, it is more than likely that a dog will only learn something if he is getting rewarded for it. This can possibly be seen as a negative ability because if one was truly intelligent and learned with reasoning they could learn without reward or punishment, but many animals and even humans learn by associative learning. In replication of Pavlov’s experiment an unconditioned stimulus was paired with a neutral stimulus. After conditioning the later one will become the conditioned stimulus. Pavlov showed that a ring of a bell would trigger an association with the sight of food and cause a dog to salivate. Associative learning is the direct effect of the structure of the brain. Scientists reproduced this experiment and the output neuron from a NOMFET synapse activity models the dog’s salvation. At first the devise were programmed so that sight of food triggered salvation and the synapse stays below threshold. When both triggers are used simultaneously the synapse reaches its threshold and the association is made. The graph from this experiment shows that that the conductivity change by the presynaptic pulses alone is not enough to create association (Bichler, et al. 2013). Another form of learning common in dogs and many other animals is trial and error…

For many decades, the Giant Panda taxonomic classification was being debated since the animal shared both characteristics with bears and raccoons. However, molecular studies suggest that Giant Pandas belong in the bear family. The Giant Panda belongs in the Urisdae, although they have a different early history from the main Ursine stock. The closets relative that the Giant Panda has in the family is the Spectacled Bear of South America. Although, the Red Panda has yet to be classified in which…

Budgerigars Budgerigars live in Australia in big flocks, during the day they spend most of their time in and under trees due to the heat. They eat the food the tree has in it and fly off only if danger is in the area. Budgies, or budgerigars are native to Australia, they exist in the wild as well as captivity and they make great house pets for any pet owner that is beginning with birds. Budgies take well to the domestic life and are very social animals. Many parents give a budgie…

Signs of Mink Present Successfully identifying signs of mink present is first being able to identify the animal and knowing its habits and preferred habitat. With their range encompassing almost all of the 49 continental states and a healthy population, finding signs of the presence of minks isn’t difficult if you recognize what to look for. Is it a Mink, Weasel or Otter? Minks are members of the weasel family and look very similar to weasels and otters. When attempting to identify the animal…

I looked up at the night sky and thought of the stories he used to tell about the stars, the constellations, and it seemed sad that I couldn’t remember a single one of them. There’s a string of stars called Orion’s Belt, and I think Orion is known as a hunter, but I’m not sure of what. It’s funny to think that, because in a way I’m a hunter, too, only I hunt pokemon. I don’t hunt them in a harmful way, I hunt them to capture them in a device called a pokeball. A pokeball is a like a little…

building their homes in the mountains very soon and that will take the panda’s home once again. Habitat destruction then leads to food shortages and starvation, which will be discussed below. Another reason for the heavy habitat destruction of giant pandas was the event that took place on May 2008, when a magnitude of eight Sichuan earthquake hit southern China2. This earthquake caused about twenty-three percent of the panda’s habitat to be destroyed, and the remaining habitats were fragmented…

Have you ever been to the Sedgwick County Zoo and walked out of the tiger exhibit and see an empty exhibit? Although it may look empty it’s really not, if you look inside the tree stump you’ll see a shadowy figure which is really a red panda sleeping. Red panda’s sleep during the day and are most active at night. You know the feeling when you eat something sweet for the first time in a long time? Well red pandas do too, they love the taste of aspartame which is used in most fake sugars. The red…

The Black Footed Ferret is a mammal that is a nocturnal carnivore, but is close to the brink of extinction. The ferret gets its name not only from the black colors around his legs, but also from the dark spots around its eyes, and tail. The Ferret’s body is about 15 to 20 inches long, with a tail of about 4 to 5 inches long. They have small legs, but sharp claws for digging their homes, or into the prey’s homes. They also have very strong jaws made for chewing meat of the prey. The Ferrets are…

William Atkins The Koala The koala bear is a marsupial .it length runs about 33 inches long. It has a fuzzy coat of fur, huge ears, and it doesn't really have a tail. they are known for their small yellow, beady eyes. In most species the females weigh more than the male but not koalas The females weigh between 13.2 and 24.2 lbs., while the male weigh between 17.6 and 30.8 lbs. The koala thick fur is used to help keep it cool and but also warm. Their fur also acts like a rain repellent . The…

The red panda is a scientific phenomenon, generally scientists are able to trace a direct linage to a specific species relatively easy, but for this creature that is not the case. A red panda can be compared in size to a large house cat, they range between 20 to 26 inches from head to body with a tail extending an additional 12 to 20 inches, and weigh around 12 to 20 pounds. They have similar physical characteristics to that of the giant panda and a raccoon, the face of a red panda typically has…