November 17, 2010 4th Degree Level of Social Behavior What animal is the largest primate in the world? You guessed it. The tropical forest dwelling, chest pounding, opposable thumbed and toed gorilla. Gorillas have many defining physical characteristics, starting with their stomachs. Their stomach size is larger than their chest due to the enlarged intestines, which digest the bulky fibrous vegetation they consume.
They use both of these skills when it comes to catching their prey. These types of animals has the ability and popularity that should make it easy to thrive, but their are only around twelve thousand cheetah’s left in the world today. Cheetah’s are on the endangered species list. Conservationists believe that there are multiple reasons for this. One reason could be that the cheetah’s natural habitat is being destroyed.
Mbuti are the only true Pygmy tribes. The population of Mbuti range approximated 30,000 to 40,000 in Central Africa. Mbuti Are Hunters and gatherers, they (Mbuti) hunt animals and gather wild fruit. Mbuti are no more than four feet six inches tall. Western Scientists have speculated on why Mbuti are short.
Like all penguin species, emperor penguins have streamlined bodies to minimize drag while swimming, and wings that are more like stiff, flat flippers. The tongue is equipped with rear-facing barbs to prevent prey from escaping when caught.Males and females are similar in size and coloration. Emperor Penguin Diet: Due to the large size of the Emperor Penguins, they consume more food than the other species. Their diet consists of all sizes of fish, krill, squid, and crustaceans. Emperor Penguins can dive much further than any other penguin.
• The largest flower on Earth comes from a tropical forest - the Rafflesia grows up to 1 metre across. • About 2,000 trees per minute are cut down in the rainforests. • At least 11 million hectares (110,000 square kilometres) of tropical forest are lost each year, approximately 20 hectares (50 acres) per minute. • Every second, a slice of rainforest approximately the size of an American football field (1 acre) is mowed down. That is 86,400 football fields of rainforest per day, or around 30 million football fields of rainforest each year.
It height to shoulder is about 5 feet and Weight about 450-550 pounds. It length is about 5 to 6 feet. The Okapi has a long, sticky tongue which it uses to get leaves and for grooming. Male okapis have short, skin-covered horns called 'ossicones' on their forehead which develop between one and five years of age. Okapi Diets: Okapi are grazer.
Technique Evaluation/Critical Thinking Essay The excerpt, Another Way to Die, by Haruki Murakami from the novel The Wind-Up Bird emphasized the various ways that one could meet their maker. The author writes this excerpt from the point of view of one of the main characters, the veterinarian of the Hsinching zoo. The narration allows the reader to almost place themselves into the setting and better grasp what the experience must have been like for him. It depicts the familiar sounds and smells of the day to day life that the veterinarian experienced prior to the attack that had ensued upon the area around the zoo. This portion of the novel takes place in August of 1945, over a period of approximately one day.
----------------------- Week 8 – TTL Group Activity – Transnational reworking of a rural livelihood The Amazon rainforest, or also known as the Amazonia; is one of the world’s greatest natural resources. Described as the “Lungs of our Planet”, approximately 20% of Earth’s oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest. The Amazonia possesses is some of the riches and diverse ecosystems, with over 500 mammal species, over 300 reptiles species, and a third of the world’s bird population. As the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazonia covers approximately 40% of the Southern American continent. Today the Amazonia has had 20% of its forest destroyed as a result of cattle ranches, mining, logging and agriculture.
It is a moist broadleaf that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. B. It represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests and it comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world. C. Amazon rainforest is getting smaller and smaller due to anthropic factors and nonhuman factors. IV.
Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It’s size is unmatched by other rainforests, because it covers over forty percent of South America, and is present in nine different countries. The total area of the Amazon consists of 1.7 billion acres, with 1.4 billion acres of dense forests. It is such a vast ecosystem, providing a home to one-fifth of the worlds plants and birds, as well as one-tenth of the world’s mammals. It is easy to see why this rainforest is so marveled upon.