Bonobos and chimpanzees are a unique pair of organisms that are a great example of how two different species are so closely related, but are so distant in characteristics. Both bonobos and chimpanzees fall with in the same genius but are two different species altogether. Two million years ago both bonobos and chimpanzees originated from the same common ancestor, making the genome of the two species about 99.6 percent identical. Yet, differences between bonobos and chimpanzees are revealed when we compare their appearance, social behavior and governing societies. The Congo is the only place where bonobos are found, and because of tensions between the people of the country, the study of bonobos in the wild has been very difficult.…
Keywords: Ethiopian Wolf, evolution, physical traits, behavior, habitat, adaptation, ancestor, Eucyon. Introduction Wolves are seen all around the globe as strong…
Have you ever heard of the Iron Giraffe? The Iron Giraffe plays a big role in giving Sudan clean drinking water. It is a wonderful gift for Sudan and especially southern Sudan. The Iron Giraffe is one of the greatest things that Sudan could ask for because it provides them with clean drinking water, and hundreds of American schools support Sudan by giving them the clean drinking water they have. Do you know what the Iron Giraffe Challenge is?…
The Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) digestive system and how they have adapted Tannin in their diet. 17201576 Tannins are a rich secondary metabolite (Barbehenn, R., & Constabel, C. 2011) that is found in a variety of plants including ferns, monocotyledons and dicotyledons which bind to proteins to form a compound known as tannin protein complex (T-PC). (R. Osawa et al, 1995). This protein complex is not easily broken down by enzymes in the mammalian digestive track.…
The weight for adult males are six to seven pounds. Ring-tailed lemur backs are gray and brown, arms and legs are gray, and their heads and neck are dark gray. They have white bellies. Their faces are white with dark eyes and a black nose. Their tails have 13 alternating black and white stripes.…
Today topic is okapi that is the same of giraffe's categocy that shares a number of common like dark coloured, tongue, and horn covered in skin. They're endemic to tropical forest of the Democractic Repiblic ò Congo where they occur accross the central, norther and eastern regions. According to the reporter:" There were 150,000 okapies on the world. " Most of okapies concentrade in Congo where always has civil wars, arm races, and poor. During a fighting, they're running, hinding, and using lots of weapons to kill enemies but it effects to okapi's habitat too.…
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…
Well Okapi's look like a zebra, giraffe, and a deer all mixed together. They look kind of funny but they are really cute. They are one of the animals that is misunderstood kind of like snakes or spiders. Scientists have studied them and found out that they are the only biological living relative to the…
Fossa fossana, otherwise known as the Malagasy Civet or even Striped Civet is an euplerid only found in Madagascar. The Malagasy Civet is a small (About 26.9 inches head to tail), nocturnal mammal. Found throughout Madagascar in rain forests and lowlands, the Malagasy Civet creates a couple and claims territory. The niche of the Malagasy Civet is to feed upon invertebrates, small amphibians and some small mammals. The Fossa fossana typically sleeps in hollow trees and rock crevasses during the day, to wake up at night and forage for earthworms, rodents, bird eggs, and sometimes fruit.…
Take a look at the picture below and try to identify what it is: fat_giraffe_ANN One should be able to tell that it is a giraffe, despite it being strangely fat. We recognize images and objects instantly, even if these images are presented in a form that is different from what we have seen before. We do this with the 80 billion neurons in our brain working together to transmit information. This remarkable system of neurons is also the inspiration behind a widely-used machine learning technique called Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). Some computers using this technique have even out-performed humans in recognizing…
After months of research, I have figured out that some animals use tools to their advantage. Sea otters are an example of that. A major part of the sea otter’s diet is the hard shelled abalone. As you can see from the name, they have a hard shell. The creature lives on the water's surface.…
The Okapi is a diurnal animal meaning that they are most active during the day when they spend the majority of their time roaming set paths through the forest in search of food. They are solitary animals with the exception of the time mothers spend with their calves but are known to tolerate other individuals and may occasionally feed together in small groups for a short period of time. Okapi have overlapping home ranges with males tending to occupy a larger territory than females, which is marked with both urine and by rubbing their necks on trees. Males also use their necks to fight with one other to both settle disputes over territory and to compete to mate with a female during the breeding season. Okapis are known to also communicate with…
On Sunday, October 21st, we arrived at the cape of the island. We felt the heat of the sun radiating off of us. When we went ashore, we saw the the small shelters filled with furniture but no one was in the island. The small houses were made out of animal skin. I ordered that nothing should be taken , from the Native American’s houses.…
A hippo isn’t just a huge water mammal that lives in Africa, it’s also Greek for horse. Horses in the wild live in herds, but nowadays they rely on humans for their survival; this can change some of their characteristics. Horses have many different breeds, but they can have many different health problems. When horses live in the wild they live in large groups called herds for survival; but now the depend on people for their care (Emery, 2015). Horses need to be kept clean; such as their bodies and hooves.…
The scientific name of the giraffe is Giraffa camelopardalis, and they are found from central, eastern and southern Africa, living in the savannahs, grasslands and woodlands preferring the open lands where they find their food. There were eleven species in existence but seven have since become extinct and now four species left are the Giraffa giraffa, Giraffa tippelskirchi, Giraffa reticulate and Giraffa camelopardalis. Giraffes are social animals, living in herds consisted of either unrelated males or related females and their offspring.…