Urchin

gelatinous flesh that also serves as their defense. They have no natural predators and for good reason, the're basically an animate ball of snot! No, in their waters they are the predators. Their diet consists of small crabs, mollusks, shellfish, and urchins. The blobfish's…

purple sea star (P. ochraceus) are considered to be keystone species will result in the imbalance in the environment. One of the organisms impacted is fish. As with the reduced number of sea stars, the number of sea urchin will increase and hence, more kelp will be digested by the sea urchin. As kelp is mainly used by fishes for protection against predators, the absence of kelps will make these fishes more vulnerable to the predator and hence their number will decrease. This impacted human as…

gains a little more courage when he is on the island with Timothy. In the novel it says, “ But I knew that lurking in the tide pools were the treacherous sea urchins, Stepping on them invited a sharp spine in your foot…” (Taylor 94). This shows that Philip becomes courageous enough to go fishing in a tide pool that could have dangerous sea urchins in it. Finally, Philip courageousness shows when he goes fishing for the first time by himself. IN the novel it states, “ After a few minutes, I had…

One culture that has been affected by its physical location is the Minoan Culture of the Aegean islands. This culture was located on the island of Crete during the time period of 3650 BC- 1420 BC. It is clear to see the major influences of this cultures by examining not only the artwork, but the Palace of Knossos. In this essay I aim to display how the sea influenced Minoan culture by using Minoan art. The Palace of Knossos was home to King Minos of the Minoans. In this palace we can see…

While Sebastian was a guard, two twin brothers, Marcus and Marcellian, went to jail for refusing to make public sacrifices to the Roman gods. The twins were both deacons of the Christian church. While they were in jail there parents came to visit them and try to persuade them to renounce their faith; however, Sebastian convinced both parents to convert to Christianity. St. Sebastian also converted several other prominent individuals, including the local prefect. This led to his discovery and he…

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…

through Tom erasing the soot that defines him as a boy in Victorian society. Mother Carey’s incarnations are the inciting force that evolves Tom into becoming a camp version of an androgyne. For instance, when Mrs Bedoneasyoudid turns Tom into a “sea [urchin]” for stealing lollipops, his beastly soul reflects his beastly body. As Tom is used to “hunting and tormenting creatures for ere sport” (30), he is now turned into something beastly which contrasts his boisterous role through his excessive…

Burning of fossil fuels and deforestation are two major factors of human activities that contribute to the increment of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution. The carbon dioxide is absorbed into the ocean resulting in a process called ocean acidification. It is a process where the carbon dioxide released dissolves into the ocean changing the chemistry of the ocean and leads to decrease in the pH of the ocean making the ocean more acidic. Ocean acidification is…

different parts of its ecosystem it affects. One part of the sea otters ecosystem that it affects is the kelp forests in the water. The sea otter and the kelp forests have a mutualistic symbiotic relationship because with the otters eating the sea urchins, the kelp forests stay healthy and provide a home for the otters. This relationship also helps ecosystems above the water because the kelp forests absorb vast amounts of CO2 in the air. One benefit of removing the sea otter from its ecosystem…

Hawai’i is known as the endangered species capital of the world with the largest number of endangered species per square mile than any other place on Earth (Meditz et al., 2013). Hawai’i is called this because of an invasive algae called Gracilaria salicornia, or gorilla ogo. Studies on Gracilaria salicornia provide background information of on the specific algae. Current research also analyzes the ecology of the algae, along with how the algae affects Hawaii's economy. Additional research…