Flying fish

According to DeGraaf & Yamasaki, green heron’s habitats are found in a variety of freshwater and saltwater habitats that are primarily shrub or forested wetlands. They are also found in brushy areas that are margins of slow-moving rivers, lakes, and ponds. Frequently inhabits marshes, beaver’s ponds, salt marshes, mudflats, harbors, and human-created canals and ditches. To feed, they have to be near wooded wetlands near shallow bodies for feeding. These waters should be abundant in small fishes,…

that have lead up to a depletion our our ocean fish. As our underwater wildlife ecosystem decreases, we keep moving backwards with fisheries overfishing and diminishing the underwater wildlife. Overfishing occurs when there is a popular fishing area constantly being fished out to the point where the reproduction cycle can't keep up. Recent studies have shown that overfishing has exploited 52% of fish stock (subpopulations of a particular species of fish). More than 85% percent of the world’s…

In the article, "Repelling Germs with Sharkskin" written by Esther Landhuis, it discusses the benefits of sharkskin for humans. As the article unfolds, you will see a scientist named Anthony Brennan, inventor of the sharkskin texture, realized many marine animals have "crusty" skin due to the buildup of algae and barnacle. This prompted him to wonder what the skin was made up and why it was so different than other animals. The scientists soon found a process that helped them find what the skin…

table quantifies the number of amino acids that are different in the same position of the amino acid sequence of myosin heavy chain 6 alpha protein in zebra fish, cod, tilapia, salmon and flounder. The sequence alignment from the NCIB website is used to compare the genetic sequence of myosin and determine how closely related two species of fish are based on the number of amino acid sequence they have in common. The table indicates that flounder and tilapia have the least variation in the genetic…

Why Tearing Down Dams Could Help Save Endangered Killer Whales In the industrialized world, it’s easy to see that construction and manufacturing have had an enormous impact on the ecosystem. Whether you believe in climate change or not, the affects of pollution on the environment are plain to see. In her 2017 article entitled “Why Tearing Down Dams Could Save Endangered Killer Whales,” Hanna Brooks Olsen examines the effect of declining Chinook Salmon population on pregnant Orcas near Seattle.…

33-km long island of Aruba is sited on the Caribbean Sea at the south. It combines three other nations to form the Kingdom of Netherlands. Inhabitants here have a Dutch citizen and there is a moderate population at the island. You do not need to sail all the way to Africa to look at ostriches any longer, because Aruba is home to 80 of these intriguing birds! The huge flock is taken care of at the Aruba Ostrich Farm accompanied by the emus. A sociable guide takes visitors through the huge ranch,…

The Pacific walrus, or in scientific terms: Odobenus rosmarus divergens, is a large flippered marine mammal. The walrus is naturally a carnivore, and it is the only living species left in the family Odobenidae and the Genus Odobenus. This species is divided into three subspecies: the Pacific walrus, the Atlantic walrus, and the Laptev walrus. They are all named after where they live, for example the Atlantic walrus lives in the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific walrus lives in the Pacific Ocean and…

During the season of water lilies, Wart says that he would like to be a fish, specifically a perch, because they are braver than the roach and not as mean as the pike. Merlyn casts a spell and a man with an anchor tattooed on his stomach appears, and pointed his trident at Wart causing him to turn into a fish. Merlyn tells him for this once, he will go with him during his transformation as a tench fish of about five pounds and leather colored with small scales. To move, Wart must do jack knives…

Soul Surfer Review The title of my book is Soul Surfer and is the book I'll be reviewing. It is written by Bethany Hamilton. She writes about her life and how it changed after the attack. If I were to give a rating on a scale of 1-5, I would give it a 5. It's very well written but is confusing to follow at times. Soul Surfer is a autobiography about Bethany Hamilton's life before and after the shark attack. She talks about how surfing is such a huge part of her life before the attack. Then…

Eurasian Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) is a 14cm long “Demersal; potamodromous fish that can live up to 11 years. “Originally, minnows were spread because fishermen used them as live bait for catching species like brown trout (Salmo trutta), Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), perch (Perca fluviatilis) and pike (Exos lucius) (Huitfeldt-Kaas 1918). This practice is considered to be the main reason for most introductions throughout the 1900s. However, minnows have also been accidentally introduced in…