Reptile

Today’s Snakes Travel Like FedEx & UPS!! (Fly, Walk, & Deliver) Snakes are found throughout the world except Antarctica, Iceland, Ireland, Greenland and New Zealand. Most snakes are found in tropical regions. Often observed flicking its tongue, snakes use their forked tongue to smell the air. Snakes are ectotherms, meaning they must regulate their body temperature externally by sunning themselves or retreating to cool, shaded areas. Venomous snakes…

The Australian Salt-Water Crocodile [Crocodylus porosus] is an ancient group of achosaurs, which first appeared in the fossil record during the Late Triassic; over 200 million years ago. An ancestor of the Salt Water Crocodile, is the Isisfordia duncanii, which originated in Isisford Qld during the Mid Cretaceous period. The Isisfordia duncanii is essentially, the beginning of the lifestyle, known as “semi aquatic ambush predators” and despite being considerably smaller than the average Salt…

The names Pyro, Pyro Drastica. I'm a hotheaded 15-year old who lives in the magical land of Mongolia and life is pretty normal for me. Except for the fact, my dad's a wizard saint. You see, in Mongolia, there are a variety of wizards and witches that house different powers, my father for one uses a magic called Fire Magic. He tries to tell me that he can see the inner fire within me and that I might also be a Fire wizard but I think that's complete bullshit. I mean, why would I be a wizard and…

Like a myth coming to life, chameleons have a “superpower” that we wish we had: genetic camouflage. Though tons of animals can do this, the chameleon is the most iconic. They use this ability to heat up, communicate, warn off predators, or to find a mate. Scientists have studied how they do this in order to see if this can aid the human race. This research paper is on the process in which chameleons change their skin tone and how they survive with such a unique ability. Pigment causes skin…

Caretta caretta, loggerhead sea turtles are one of the most abundant turtle species in the United States. The loggerhead lives in some of the most frigid waters, and typically live near the coast, frequenting North Carolina as well as Florida. These sea turtles have massive, log-like heads, and extremely strong jaws for munching on shellfish. Loggerheads are ominvores and typically masticate creatures such as horseshoe crab, mussels, clams, fish and jellyfish, while sometimes eating seaweed as…

[1] The Reptile Room begins with the Baudelaire children riding down Lousy Lane with Mr. Poe to live with their new guardian, Dr. Montgomery Montgomery. [2] When they arrive the children are frightened by the hedges shaped like snakes. While they drive past the hedges the children ask Mr. Poe about the hedges and he tells them that Dr. Montgomery is a Herpetologist which means he studies snakes. As they go to knock on the door it swings open to reveal Dr. Montgomery Montgomery who asks if they…

me money—dollar bills folded fine in a peculiar way” (229). Warren’s action with the folded up dollars would strike anyone as odd, yet, as the narrators have established Warren to be an “off” character, it ultimately fits. Evelina’s chapter “The Reptile Garden” contains a section titled “Warren” where we find most of their interaction (226-230). This is first case of the novel offering more than a few lines regarding…

Europe and North Africa, with a single genus, Rhinoclemmys, being native to Central and South America. Officially described in 1831 by John Edward Gray (1800-1875), C. dentata is one of various species of cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises and whales), reptiles and fish studied and described by the British zoologist. A prolific writer, during his tenure as the Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum (1840 to 1874), Gray produced over 1,000 papers on an array of topics related to his field of…

Bane asks, “Can we go to the Reptile House?” Maisie says, “I want to buy a zoovenier!” I say, “I’m cold!” Kyran says he will take us to see the lizards and to buy zooveniers, but first we have to tickle Michael. “It’s justice,” he says, so we all pile on top of Michael while he lies there not saying or doing anything. We tickle him some, but it isn’t any fun because Michael is balled up on the ground like a big baby. Finally, Indie says that the shop is going to close in a couple of…

Animals are the most used symbols in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. Animal symbolism is a common theme throughout many novels. William Faulkner uses symbolism to relate to ways characters look at each other. Faulkner uses animal imagery to illustrate the theme respect in the book As I Lay Dying. For example, shortly after the death of Addie, her youngest son Vardaman compares her dead mother with the fish he had caught. In the same way, for Darl, Jewel's horse is his mother. Finally the cow…