Chris Chapman Dr. Karen Keane-Hines Anatomy &Physiology II MANATEE Long ago manatees were mistaken for mermaids or sirens-luring sailors to their deaths on rocky shores. So the order of these marine mammals has been named, Sirenia. There are five species: Amazonian, West African, and West Indian with two sub-species the Florida and Antillian Manatee. All have front flippers and a solid, flat, paddle shaped tail. Another related species, the Dugong, has a fluked tail.
Habitat loss, and other smaller factors, are driving this remarkable specimen extinct. This fish plays a fairly important role in a Coral Reef ecosystem. It, to put the task in simple terms, converts coral to sand, providing a home for countless crustaceans, microorganisms, and predators. Very few species of fish exhibit this behavior and, thus, makes the Rainbow Parrotfish a vital asset for this ecosystem. The juvenile Rainbow Parrotfish generally spends its time in "mangrove sanctuaries", areas where the roots of a mangrove tree grow into the ocean and serve as a safe haven for small fish.
The characters change in this story which takes place in only five hours change drastically. In the story Grayson ,17-year-old Lynn Cox is the protagonist; who helps the baby whale get to his mother. The antagonist of the story is mother nature who stops the two whales from
For example, there are tons of animals born with defects and other abnormalities. Like the pink hippopotamus found in Kenya, or the pink albino bottle nose dolphin. This bottle nose dolphin was discovered in Lake Calcasieu in Louisiana in 2007 by charter boat captain Erik Rye. Rye told ESPN " It was absolutely, stunningly pink, it looks like it just came out of a paint booth." I have never seen a pink dolphin, but it is on my list of things to see.
When I ask the kids at Rosario Beach (at Deception Pass State Park) which critter is their favorite, they often tell me it's the hermit crab. It's easy to figure out why kids and adults love hermit crabs. Their antics in the tide pools are certainly entertaining. I'll bet you didn't know that some hermit crabs are terrestrial. One amazing species (Birgus latro) can climb coconut trees, cut a coconut loose, and can make a hole in a coconut so it can eat the inside!
Their image as a selective eater is only a legend. Rainbows are not quite as piscivorous or aggressive as brown trout or lake trout (char). Young rainbows survive on insects, fish eggs, smaller fish (up to 1/3 of their length), along with crayfish and other crustaceans. As they grow, though, the proportion of fish increases in most all populations. Some lake dwelling lines may become planktonic feeders.
At any second, one of the eighty-five recreational swimmers could submerge, and never recover to the surface. It’s up to the lifeguard to make sure that doesn’t happen. When we think of life-saving careers, we picture doctors and police officers-rarely lifeguards. Instead, we envision the Baywatch beach run with the renowned red bathing suit or perhaps a tan teenager slumped in his lifeguarding chair, polarized sunglasses cocked just enough so that his closed lids are visible. As a pool protector, Geena Carey-a friendly seventeen-year-old with a sharp mind and bright smile-can relate.
These people also think that it opens the California dams to a whole host of nonfood genetically engineered organisms. Well, they do have a point, but, how would the Glofish get to the dams? A great thing about Glofish is that they can detect when they are in polluted water. These fish swim light up and swim away from areas of polluted water.” Glofish are a helpful resource to today’s society.
The smallest lizards are geckos. The peacock day gecko is part of the family of day geckos. I loved learning about the peacock day gecko.The peacock day gecko is a cool lizard! | | |
The coqui is a very tiny small tree frog that in about one inch long. Some coquis are green, brown, and yellow and some are clear. This little tree frog has a real high unique pitch sound and when the sun starts to go down the singing of the coqui begins and they will sing all night until the sun starts to come up. But these tiny tree frogs are causing a huge stir in Hawaii. In this paper I will discuss a little on the history of the coqui, and where it originated.