Ap Psychology Case Study Powerpoint

Most nesting locations are amongst dense shrubbery and branches of small trees and are built lower to the ground. In order to defend his nest the male sings in a loud, clear whistle from the top of a tree or another high location. Sometimes males will attack their reflection often spending hours charging at what they perceive as unwelcome intruders.

Unfortunately, they don't have a lot to defend themselves from with the tail being the only thing useful, but luckily, they don't have a lot of predators. The biggest predator is humans actually due to the fact that some people hunt them and that some boaters hit them with their

Some female reptiles will guard the eggs they lay, and others will not, but egg guarding is about as far as parental care typically goes. Alligator mississippiensis is one of the rare exceptions to this common reptilian trend. Gravid female alligators will build nests, lay the eggs, and protect them from possible predators. When presented with a possible threat to her clutch, the female will hiss, or lunge at the perceived predator (Kushlan, 1973). Come hatching time, she may open the nest or help the juveniles out of their eggs, and carry them in her mouth to the water (Passek, 1999). In some cases, males have assisted the hatching of the offspring by breaking open the eggs, similar to the female. According to Passek, hatchlings communicate with each other while still in the eggs by using vocalizations. When hatched, these vocalizations are calls that alert the mother to possible distress.

They exhibit a polygynous mating system, which means they have one-male and multi-female groups. The male’s large home ranges envelop the home ranges of several females. The males will mate with all the females in their home range and even some in extending home ranges. Females will also mate with members of different home ranges. The two remain together for several days while mating and will copulate several times in that period. Litters are usually fathered by one male, and the males will defend and mark their territory while mating. Females will mate every other year from May to August. They will stay in heat from June to August, and most mating will occur in June or July. Most interestingly females display a delayed implantation where the embryo is not implanted immediately at copulation but actually waits in diapause for about six months. Fertilized eggs develop to the blastocyst and will remain there until implantation to the uterine wall which typically occurs in the months from December to February. This means pregnancy may last anywhere from 120 to 272 days. Which will depend on when the embryo is fertilized and when it is implanted. Parturition is perfectly timed for the optimum survival of their young, which is usually when the most food is available. Females build snow-dens to birth and nurse their young. They typically have two dens, a natal den for giving birth and then when this den is

The ornate box turtle is a extremely common species of turtle that lives throughout the United States. The turtles can be easily recognized by their dark brown shell with bright yellow markings. Almost every box turtle is unique in marking, from yellow to orange spots on their body to the different patterns on their shell. The male and female box turtle are distinguishable by their eye color and tail size. Male ornate box turtles have red eyes and longer tails, while females have brown eyes and shorter tails. These turtles have a interesting life style because they usually live their entire life's within only a few acres. The turtles start out the day basking in the sun. from there they go out hunting for food. Ornate box turtles move and hunt

Nests are normally very ugly in design. Once the nest is built a girl swims near.lay her eggs in the nest. Then this is how they bass create more and more.

Male tarantulas are bright in color, smaller in size, and are more active than females. Females tend to be plumper and more relax. It is usually impossible to tell male from female in juvenile spiders. In adults you need to look right after a molt. At that time, a male will exhibit a structure called the pal pal bulb on the underside of the front leg-like structure called the pedipalp. He then uses his pedipalps to deposit sperm into female´s reproductive organs on the underside of her abdomen Male tarantulas are smaller than females, making copulation dangerous for them. Reproduction of a tarantula is very complicated. Summer and fall are the usual time for tarantulas to mate. The male tarantula searches for a female late at night and in the evening. As the males travel over a great distance at times, humans who see them sometimes assume they are migrating. Actually this is simply part of the mating process of tarantulas. When he finds a willing female waiting in

The Western Painted Turtle is the largest of four species of turtles. They can grow up to about 8 inches and the males are generally smaller than the females. Their shells are nice and smooth and are about 250mm long. They are called painted turtles because their lower shell is a bright red with yellow and olive green colored designs spread through their shells. They have yellow lines on each side of their neck that are about the same size that go all the way to their head. They are cold blooded animals so they cannot control their body temperature. They have to go under the mud or sand to keep themselves warm. Western Painted Turtles are aquatic reptiles so

Sea turtle hatchlings are now having trouble finding their way to the sea because of all the lights from buildings that are built on the coast. They get disoriented when they are born and will wander in the wrong way away from the sea. This leads them to predators that live inland or will even cause the turtle to become dehydrated and die. Humans are also building coastal armoring that is blocking female turtles from reaching a suitable nesting habitat. This is a severe problem in Florida where they have many coastal rock elevations and sand bags. Where all this beach development is occurring thousands of sea turtles are trying to nest. Beach dredging is also having a direct effect on sea turtle's trying to nest. If the sand is too impacted or is drastically different from native beach sediment, the mother will have trouble creating the

Lobsters are benthic organisms because they on the ocean bottom (Townsend, 2012). These animals are on the bottom of the seabed and do not swim as much as organisms that never touch the seabed (Townsend, 2012). In this case, epifaunal is a word to characterize that lobsters live on the seabed (Townsend, 2012). Lobsters do not burry themselves into the seabed, but instead hind under rocks for protection from prey (Townsend, 2012). In addition, the mobility of lobsters was designed to catch prey and the mobility of a lobster is used for a survival technique that is heavily influenced based on feeding styles (Townsend, 2012). Furthermore, feeding styles increase growth in a lobster therefore molting and temperature of ocean are also important to study (Townsend, 2012). Studies are trying to find correlations that climate change can be linked to molting patterns, or with more carbon dioxide in the water lobsters carbon shells could be impacted (Townsend, 2012). Surprisingly, after over twenty years of studying many lobsters researcher Dr. Jelle Atema has come up with a detailed explanation for lobster mating behaviour where female lobster does not have a shell (University of Maine, 2016). On the other hand, Dr. Robert Steneck debates technology is best used to understand the lifestyle of a lobster (Gulf of Maine Research

Females lay their eggs in running water, and the larvae attach themselves to rocks. Success of breeding

Because of the environment an anglerfish lives in the male is always looking for a mate. Male anglerfish are always smaller than female anglerfish. They have evolved to be parasitic as they attach to the female anglerfish for nutrition. The reproduction process of anglerfish, is an interesting example of sexual dysmorphism. A male anglerfish bites into the female anglerfish with its teeth and attaches to the female. As the male’s mouth and the female’s skin weld the male loses all organs except for his testes and his vision. The male anglerfish have large noses to sense the pheromones of a female, and while they are maturing they lose their jaw teeth and their digestive systems becomes delapitated. The tissues of a male and female anglerfish fuse together when an

First off the Robinsons tamed the turtles. The robinsons snuck up on the turtles and caught them, they made sure to not let them loose. (WYSS, Pg.167) Then they grabbed some cords and carefully strung it through the turtle's shells. (WYSS, Pg.167) The turtles fought back a little but they were able to tie the cords to a stake. (WYSS, Pg.167) Finally they flipped the turtles on their backs to soothe and calm the turtles. (WYSS, Pg.168) The turtles use was to have more facility along the shore for finding food. (WYSS, Pg.168)

Mating season starts after hibernation, between May and July. The female alone takes the role of raising the litter, which could have up to ten offspring. The spines gradually but in a short time begin to develop. At birth, the offspring is blind and has a layer of barely developed spines

alligators use a complex series of underwater bellows, sighs, grunts and other vocalizations to attract mates. Before mating, female alligators prepare soft nests of sticks and vegetation. Each female lays 30 to 50 eggs, deposits them in the nest and guards them during the 65-day incubation period.