Amphibian

submarines. Aircraft assisted on helping protect, attack and locate Nazi U- Boats and report it back to the navy’s headquarters. Aircraft was very useful to fly beside convoys for support to spot enemy ships and force them to surface. The Canso Amphibian, which was the Canadian version of the Catalina, was also replaced by Liberator Aircraft, to become faster and fly a greater distance near the North Atlantic . To avoid a high number of causalities, the sailors also received upgraded training…

Biologists at the University of California, Riverside have made an incredible evolutionary discovery that links sexual selection and placentation (Science Daily, 2014). The study of 150 species of Poeciliidae (Figure 1), describes the morphologies of males in species with placentas. Sexual selection- “special case” of natural selection, which acts on an organism’s ability to obtain, or successfully copulate with a mate, is not exceedingly important in species with placentas (Science Daily, 2014)…

BIO106-Topics in Environmental Science Professor Julie Allman October 22nd, 2014 An exotic predator's ecological impact on Florida ecosystems The sub-tropical environment of southern Florida supports a wide variety of introduced exotic reptile and amphibian species. The majority of these species were introduced by human activities. Irresponsible keepers, animal dealers, and the international trade has released large predators like African and Asian pythons, South American tegu lizards, and…

The Potential Risk of Genetically Modified Organisms Since 1982,” Genetically Modified Organisms have been used in our foods. These “Genetically Modified Organisms are a result of a laboratory process where genes from DNA of one species are extracted and artificially forced into the genes of unrelated animals or humans” (Smith). In other words, Genetically Modified Organisms are harmful for our society and should have never been introduced to our world. Have you ever wondered how our food is…

Mammals include ferrets, pet skunks, domestic pigs, hamsters, rabbits, gerbils, hedgehogs, etc. Other exotic animals may include reptiles, birds and amphibians of all sorts. Their job description is similar to that of a small animal vet. Both small animal and exotics vet can work in a private practice however and exotics vet can work in a zoo as well. Personally, I feel exotics veterinarians have a very…

Have you ever been to Texas? Well, this was my experience going down to Texas. The Trip down to Texas was long a solid 8 hours I’d say. It was not a very comfy ride down there. My brother and I Matthew sat in the middle seats my Great Aunt (Grammy) slept in the back the whole time. Matthew and I both had 1 pillow and 1 blanket. But I brought my snuggy. My Mom and her Boyfriend took turns driving but Jeremy drove most the way there, He is a truck driver though. The Trip just to Arkansas felt like…

two to twelve (Kierulff et al., 2012). According to the Smithsonian Institute, GLTs are preyed upon by cats, snakes, hawks and other raptors. GLTs are omnivores with their diet consisting of fruit, nectar, plant exudates, and small animals such as amphibians and arthropods (Kierulff et al., 2012). An ecosystem role of GLTs is seed dispersing, this is important to the restoration of deforested areas and increasing diversity (Lapenta et al., 2008). GLTs prefer to sleep in tree holes, most…

Scientist think that Ambulocetus probably drank freshwater and saltwater, which supports the hypothesis that Ambulocetus lived by a bay or the ocean (“The Evolution”). This animal, an amphibian, obtained limbs with fingers/hooves and hind feet that could swim well. They could survive on land and swim greatly in waters, with their back feet and moving their tail in a wave-like motion to help (WGBH). Ambulocetus hears through the lower jaw…

In the educational realm, collaboration is necessary in order to help with student success. Perhaps the most important type of collaboration, is student collaboration. I fully believe that students often times learn best from one another, as opposed to listening to a teacher lecture. As a teacher, it is one’s responsibility to teach students the required content in a way that appeals to their unique learning ability. It is also the teacher’s responsibility to guide the students in such a way…

These are probably the heart-breaking images one would see going into the Amazon Rainforest today. The Amazon Rainforest is home to 40,000 plant species, 427 species of mammals, 1,300 species of birds, 378 species of reptiles, 400 or more species of amphibians, and close to 3000 species of fish. This means that the Amazon is home to over 45,000 animal species and plant species that humans are killing by the minute. In fact, by the time this presentation is over 200 football fields worth of trees…