Camouflage

At 18 feet tall, giraffes are the world’s tallest land mammals. Giraffes weigh between 1,750 and 2,800 pounds. They inhabit the forests and open plains of the African savannah. Giraffes are herbivores and they have only three natural predators which are: humans, lions and crocodiles. They can live to be as old as twenty-five years old, the oldest giraffe on record was forty years of age when she was euthanized due to health issues. Today there are around 80,000 giraffes living and they are…

“Thus, rather than establishing the categorical ban announced by the Court of Appeals—which might frustrate the construction of new plants that would improve existing conditions—the Clean Water Act vests in the EPA and States broad authority to develop long-range, area-wide programs to alleviate and eliminate existing pollution.” Arkansas v. Oklahoma, 503 U.S. 91, 108 (1992)(emphasis added) (internal citation omitted). Here, the Court is determining if the EPA has authority to regulate…

changes can be structural, or physical; or they may be behavioral, or related to the animal’s behaviors. Spotting a sea horse in its natural habitat is a tricky treat for SCUBA divers. These fish are masters of disguise. They can change colors to camouflage themselves, and feature bumps called tubercles that also help them blend in. This means that they can hide themselves well. In source 1, paragraph 1, The sea horse has a Greek name, “One glance at a sea horse and you know why it got the…

nothing. Then off to your left you see something black and white. Wondering what is is? It’s a herd of zebras, grazing out in the open grasslands of East Africa. The zebra can be found in East Africa, and has black and white stripes know on them as camouflage, and is an herbivore which means it eats plants, grasses and figs. The zebra is a black and white striped mammal that lives in the grasslands or woodlands in East Africa. They also live in open plains, semi-deserts, and some live in zoos.…

Polar Bears Did you know that polar bears have lived on earth for more than 150,000 to 1.7 million years? The first polar bear was found by Constantine John Phipps in 1774. Polar bears are in serious danger of going extinct due to global warming. Did you know that polar bears can be pregnant from 195 - 265 days? Polar bears are only found in the Arctic. Their frequently seen along or near coasts. The most important habitats for polar bears are the edges of pack ice, where…

In biology, evolution is the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations. The theory of evolution was developed by the naturalist Charles Darwin. Evolution relies on the process of natural selection, another thing discovered by Darwin. The theory of evolution is based on the idea that all species are related and gradually change over time. Desirable traits are the traits that help an organism survive. The organisms that have traits that help them live are able to pass…

his face every time I answered his questions. We made our way through the hunting section where I showed Abner all the various firearms Americans can purchase. There was also Camouflage shirts and cameras that hunters use in the woods. We walked through the apparel section where I helped Abner find his size in a Camouflage shirt and…

Sitting two inches taller than a regular stock truck, it looks like a beast rolling down the highway. Camouflage covers the bottom quarter of the truck giving it that backwoods look. A large camouflage duck head sits in the middle of the back window, and greets vehicles who come up behind the truck on the highway. The chrome brush guard on the front makes it look like it can take on anything. A Yakima…

more points on the antlers the better. There are also many different guns you can use to hunt deer. You can hunt them with rifles, muzzleloaders, and bows. A lot of people will get a treestand so they can be invisible in the trees with a lot of camouflage. Once you kill a deer you will need to skin it and get all the meat. You can also mount the head so you can hang it…

Because their skin changes from different colors or textures when there are different levels of light. A new protein was discovered from experimenting with these camouflage cells as well as the blind mice eye cells: melanopsin. This protein specifically works with darkening. Looking farther into other eye, melanopsin was also found in ganglion cells, the cells in the retina. Melanopsin was also found in human eyes…