Amphibian

can never be grasped outside of their living space. Then the metamorphosis occurs and he becomes just like them – trapped and imprisoned inside not only one of their little bodies, but their oppressive tank as well. The process ends and the now amphibian consoles his solitude by hoping the strange outsider who stopped visiting will once write about the…

toads, living in the tropical jungle, might be less adaptive to the change since they used to stay in a small or no temperature deviation environment. However, the global warming not only rises the temperature but also increases the sea level. As amphibians, toads can stay in water and land as they want. Also, El Nino and La Nina can impact toad as well. During El Nino year, higher temperature and deficient water resource cause toads to…

negative affect humanity has had on the earth is the main root for the sixth extinction. As time has gone on, the speed of human-generated extinctions has increased exponentially. A fungus discovered in North America has taken its toll on thousands of amphibians, and a fungus found in Europe has knocked off entire colonies of bats in the eastern United States. Humans made it easy for species to travel across oceans and into new territories where they had no challengers. These animals create…

Is Learning For Leaning's Sake Valuable How does one determine what is "valuable"? Some perspectives involve only educational costs versus financial gain then surmise value only if there is net monetary gain. However value encompasses much more than money, and learning for learning's sake yields many things of value outside the financial realm. Many proponents of learning for learning's sake say it will take one beyond their own experience. Other proponents believe that learning for…

article, “Aquatic insects that are related to the pests [are] targeted by the pesticide.” This is basically saying that the aquatic insects that are a primary food source of fish and amphibians, also get killed by the pesticides. A decrease in the aquatic insects can lead to a decrease in the population of fish and amphibians. This can all have a domino effect on other aquatic life. These genetically modified crops can also have similar effects on land; the same toxic used to kill off weeds can…

What is biodiversity? Introduction Biodiversity is defined as the variety of life on Earth at all its levels and includes genes to ecosystems, as well as the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain it (Cardinale, 2012). The Earth’s biodiversity has long been a source of wonderment and scientific curiosity, but is increasingly becoming a source of concern. The sheer diversity of life is of inestimable value. Biodiversity has a number of functions on Earth, from providing a foundation…

conservation results. I am glad that I did decide to choose this hotspot because I was able to learn so much from my research that I was unaware of. I would have never thought that the Tropical Andes contains 5% of the vascular plant and the most diverse amphibian species in the world. The Tropical Andes plays an important role in our world and wildlife. I believe that every hotspot around the world is important and we have to do everything that we can in order to protect these…

Just like pores on human skin which absorb elements of the world around us, the holes all over the sponge’s body as essentially pores as well. The function of the holes all over the sponge’s body is to allow water to be absorbed into the sponge’s body. Through the absorption of water, the sponge also absorbs food and oxygen to ensure survival. There is no one set type of symmetry for sponges. Therefore, not all sponges have the same type of symmetry. Sponges can range from asymmetrical to…

one of the main points of the book. Griffith asks what happened to the frogs in El Valle, he knew the golden frog was at risk for possible extinction, but had the extinction come sooner then he thought? The golden frog once was an extremly popular amphibian of El Valle, so famous their were seveal different types of figurines sold of the golden frog. The sounds of the golden frog could be heard through El Valle. When researchers went to find golden frogs they were stunned to see little to no…

Tiktaalik shows us how even early tetrapods relate to humans. Tiktaalik is nearly perfectly for proving his theory about the transitions between organisms, in this case, fish and amphibians. It has a scales and fins with webbing, but the fins contain the standard limb structure of one bone, two bones, lots of bones, digits. It also has a flattened head and even the neck of a tetrapod. It has a limb structure that is just like humans…