Biome

snakes in the area of Rio. The rain forest is being cut down so their environments are being lost and they are having to move. Species get so use to growing up and living in their respectable environment. So when they move, they aren’t use to the biome they will die. But just not the snakes are endangered, but a lot of species are dyeing because of the forest destruction. It happens all over the world and there are people that try to stop it, but a lot of the people just don’t…

evolutionary history goes far back, it has amazing adaptations, has close relatives, and have been impacted by humans. Habitat The red kangaroo is among one of the many species of kangaroos that live in Australia. Red kangaroos can live in many different biomes such as mulga and mallee scrub, saltbush shrubland, arid grassland, and desert. This particular species of kangaroo prefers to live on plains that have grass. Red kangaroos prefer to have shade, so their environment typically includes…

The posk, a mixture of an opossum, skunk, and fox, would be beneficial to the Temperate Deciduous Forest because the superspecies would have unique characteristics from each of the animals. The Temperate Deciduous Forest is home to many species such as beavers, newts, opossums, porcupines, foxes, scorpions, skunks, and weasels. The weather in the Temperate Deciduous Forest is cool and rainy. It also has four seasons, just as we do. In the fall the leaves change colors, in the winter they fall…

Imagine a cure for cancer was lost by the time you finished reading this. It’s really not that crazy to think about, if you knew the effects of tropical deforestation. People have found so many cures for so many different diseases and illnesses in all parts of the Rainforest. And lots of people believe that there is a cure for even cancer out there. But, we will never know, at the rate we are destroying this vital ecosystem. Tropical Rainforest are types of forest that have extremely tall trees…

With the biotic world still being destroyed and harmed at an alarming rate, entire biomes are endangered and whole ecosystems are threatened by anthropogenic pressures. These changes globally have impelled zoos and aquariums to create and establish conservation benefits. This coupled with the growth in economic rationalism and the rise of corporate management, rationalises the feasibility of projects in terms of economic efficiencies. Which has seen the battle between balancing of public…

“5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Liftoff!” The message came over the intercom, it was time. I engaged the thrusters and aimed for the NARSS(North American Recreational Space Station). This will be my home for 15 years. You are probably wondering how I got here. Ever since I was five years old, I wanted to travel to space. Due to my good grades in math and science, I was able to enter into a competition to be the first to go to a space station resort and school orbiting earth. The station was constructed in 2050…

I. Introduction A. Common and Scientific Names 1. Common Names: anhinga, darter. Also known as: snake bird, water- turkey, and American darter. a. The word of anhinga comes from Brazilian Tupi Language which means devil bird or snake bird (Encyclopedia of Life). 2. Scientific Name: Anhinga anhinga 3. Anhinga anhinga Sub-species a. Anhinga anhinga leucogaster (Viellot 1816; Nelson 2005) b. Anhinga anhinga anhinga (Linnaeus 1766; Nelson 2005) B. Geographic Range 1. Southeast United States to…

Learning about Animal and People Minds Ever since I can remember I have been interested in and fascinated by animals. It is possible that my love for animals came from watching Disney movies such as The Lion King and One Hundred and One Dalmatians. My curiosity increased when I read Temple Grandin’s book Animals in Translation. Grandin discusses how animals think and communicate by using examples such as what melanin does in the brain (78). I have also grown up with animals throughout my life…

Africa Report: Event 1 stereotype, selection bias, culture, biome, climate. In modern society, (from a western perspective) we see Africa as a place with broken governments, disease and death, poverty and despair and non-educated and illiterate people. The west see Africa as a place of crime a place of danger and Corruption. People are often basing their knowledge of Africa upon racial stereotypes. The media is a dominant force in swaying our perspective and opinion on Africa. Why do we think…

Systems, or networks of interdependent components, function in cycles, so each component or element of the cycle can influence another. Feedback loops are the increase (positive loops) or decrease (negative loops) in a process or component and the fluctuation of any element of the cycle with affect the whole. Different loops interact within ecosystems and create what is referred to as “dynamic equilibrium.” In an elk population, if there is an abundance of elk being born and continuing to…