During the “Whale Tales” I observed, that the Pakicetus was more of a land animal that had a long skull and long teeth unlike the Ambulocetus which had more aquatic lifestyle with shorter legs, feet enlarged like paddles, and had a long and muscular tale. In other words, the Pakicetus was a land animal and had land features unlike the Ambulocetus which lived in the ocean and had body features for swimming. This means that the Ambulocetus evolved from the Pakicetus because one was a land animal while the other one was a water animal and had similar body parts. This shows evolution because it shows that these two whales evolved from each other from being a land animal who could barely swim to a water animal who barely lived on land. This supports my claim because it shows how evolution occurred with whales and it compared two…
Imagine having to give a presentation in class on a topic that is completely new to you. Your research consists only of typing the topic into Google and copying down the definition that pops up, and that is it. When you go to give your presentation, you put up a slide with only that definition on it. How well do you think that presentation will go? Probably not real great because the context is missing.…
Construction workers were just digging on a mountain in Santa Cruz County, California. They were surprised when they came across fossils during their dig, but it's not unusual to find fossils in a mountainous area. what was extremely odd about this fossil is that it was an almost completely intact fossil of a whale. Whales in the mountains How did the whale get there?…
By examining characteristics such as skeletal structures as well as specialized systems within both species conclusions can be made as to what role these characteristics play for those remaining in…
Bearded dragons are native to the deserts of Australia, and as such, thrive in hot environments. However, they need some water too and striking that delicate balance between humidity and heat can cause some health issues. Like most infections and diseases, it all goes back to husbandry. Like all reptiles, bearded dragons are prone to respiratory infections. These are typically caused by their habitat being too cold or too humid.…
The Mesozoic Era was a point in time about 252 to about 66 million years ago. During this era, there were three periods. The Triassic period, The Jurassic Period, and The Cretaceous period were all very significant in earth’s evolution. Not just in animals, but in land, plants, climate, and even insects.…
The creature that is being examined in this experiment is the now extinct Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, a dinosaur that lived in Northwestern Africa about 95 million years ago. The Spinosaurus (fig.1) was a creature that has been estimated to be anywhere from 13 to 18 meters (43 to 60) long, weighed 7 to 9 tonnes (8-10 tons), and is agreed to be by most paleontologists the largest carnivorous dinosaur of all time. It is thought to be a piscivore, although the Spinosaurus’ diet and lifestyle is very controversial. It was named in 1915 by the German paleontologist Ernst Stromer. It lived in North Africa, from the Bahariya Formation in Egypt to the Kem Kem Formation in Morocco.…
The three-spined stickleback fish is a well known fish to Alaskans it has two pointy spikes on its back and it is a yellowish brown color. It is located in the Pacific Ocean and some salt water lakes near Alaska. The first recorded spotting of the stickleback was in 1964. The rates of fish being caught near Alaska have been recorded for many years and the rate of stickleback caught in the 1990's is double what is being caught now. Mating occurs in early spring and summer for these fish and it starts with the male building a hollow nest with seaweeds or aquatic plants.…
The reading states that dinosaurs are endotherms and provides three reasons of support. In contrast, the professor explains that scientist have serious problems regarding this issue and mentions that it was not proved, and repudiates each of the author's reasons. Fisrt, the article claims that dinosaurs fossils have been found in polar regions which just endotherms can live. Conversely, the speaker refutes this point by imaprting that the area where dinosaurs been was warmer than today. He asserts that dinosaurs have maigrated during cold weather and seasons.…
Have you ever thought how strange the platypus looks? The platypus is a unique and interesting animal. When it was discovered the guy thought a ducked justed dived because he only say the foot of it. So when he the animal came on land, he was very frightened because he never saw that animal before.…
The Family Tetraodontidae and its Toxic Defense Mechanism Tetraodontidae, a family commonly known as the pufferfish, uses unique defense mechanisms in the wild to protect themselves against predators. Pufferfish diet consists mainly of invertebrates, so they are not viewed as dangerous or predatory animals in their ecosystems. These defense mechanisms are necessary to the survival of the Tetraodontidae family. The Tetraodontidae family’s defense mechanisms of inflation and use of the deadly neurotoxin tetrodotoxin make the family especially devastating to any predator that dares to ingest it.…
1. In the documentary video of Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial, the basic conflict in the town of Dover, PA is that the school board of Dover High school intended to introduce the theory of Intelligence Design to the science class in the ninth grade, trying to break the exclusive mode of setting Darwin’s evolution theory as monopoly. Some residents, mainly the parents of the ninth grade students who insisted their beliefs on Darwin’s theory sued the school board for enforcing the teaching policies of including the intelligence design theory in the science classes. 2. The basic principles and origin of the theory of evolution by natural selection is that species arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations…
On a sunny day in New York a new dinosaur museum opened featuring the newly discovered spinosaurus fossil. The fossil stood nearly 12 metres tall and 20 metres long the biggest yet. Every citizen of New York would visits the museum. In celebration to this a new movie Triassic park was made.…
"Animalia" redirects here. For other uses, see Animalia (disambiguation). Animals Temporal range: Cryogenian – Present, 670 –0Ma Had'nArcheanProterozoicPha. Animal diversity.png About this image Scientific classification e Domain: Eukaryota (unranked): Unikonta (unranked): Opisthokonta (unranked): Holozoa (unranked): Filozoa Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phyla List of animal phyla Synonyms Metazoa Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.…
My genius hour topic for 2017 was based upon animal extinction. For me, animals are highly important to this world, and we humans are going against animal species, leading up to my inspiration to choose the topic I went with. My starting plan was to go without a partner because that way, I could take all the decisions without having to care for someone else. Once I decided to go on without a partner, I decided to do a website that I could display my topic on, being the easiest option I could take. But I was a bit wrong, making a website isn’t difficult, but finding sources to back up my topic was quite a challenge, because there weren’t many sources talking about how animal extinction can affect us humans.…