Cheetahs: Life In The Ice Age

For many years, I have always wondered how Michigan was shaped. I did not realize that water could have such a huge impact on the way Michigan was made. From doing research, I recognized that there has been four Ice Ages on Earth. The last Ice Age, Pleistocene Epoch began and ended two million years to 12,000 years. At this time, hot and cold temperatures swayed and glaciers receded to advance into the interglacial periods. In the United States, and around the world glaciers have carved out our landscape, making what the world is today.

The Paleolithic era was an era of hunting, gathering, and no permanent settlements. This constant moving helped many people survive better because there was more food available as they were not exhausting the resources of one set place. “First hunter-gatherers enjoyed a varied diet” page 97. The varied diet of hunter-gathers caused them to have a very healthy lifestyle, which helped them survive more efficiently. The Paleolithic

Although it may not feel like it, we are currently in an ice age today. An ice age is just a period of time when the Earth’s climate faces a constant and drastic decrease in temperature. Periods of colder temperature during an ice age have been called "glaciations" because they result in something being covered by glaciers or ice sheets. Shorter-term, irregular intervals of warmer temperatures have been called "interglacials", which is what we are currently living in today. However, some scientists believe that the climate may dramatically decrease in the near future, and we could see glaciers return again like we did in the last glacial period. This last glacial period is referred to as “The Ice Age.” It was the most recent glacial period within our current ice age occurring in the

The Little Ice Age had many diverse effects on Earth’s spheres. For example, along with the erosion and aerosol pollution mentioned before (Parry, 2012), the unusually cold weather led to famine, which helped bring about the widespread Black Plague, which killed over half of the population of Europe. The potato also became a more widespread crop, as it could grow even in the cold weather (Cohen, 2012). Wet springs caused flooding, and hot summers caused droughts. The cold winters also froze the Thames River and rivers in North America (Wolfe,

The documentary “America’s Ice Age” presented a lot of information, some of which I already knew. However, I also learned a lot of new information, and still have questions about some of what I learned. I learned that nearly two thirds of North America was covered in ice when the largest glaciers were around, and that these glaciers contained 39 thousand cubic miles of water. I also learned that the glaciers left chatter marks, grooves in bedrock caused by glacial plucking, on the top of Bear Mountain, 1280 feet above sea level, which meant that 17 million cubic miles of ice covered North America, equaling about 68 thousand trillion tons. I also learned that a coral stone quarry was found six miles from the current coast in Florida, and one mile down from the

The ice sheets, called the Laurentide and the Cordilleran glaciers stretched south to the center of the continent, and covered the currently known Canada and Alaska to Tacoma. On the eastern side of the continent, it covered the region to near where New York is currently. Various environmental situations south of the ice sheets remained in place, though in the north part of the continent, once been covered with dense forests, fertile land, and abundant game, ended up cold and barren. Hidden lands started to become exposed. Forceful winds moved seeds planting many types of vegetation alongside the glaciers. Ten thousand years ago, the glaciers withdrew to their current size. Such as widespread range of animals increased on the continent up to the end of the Ice Age. At this time much of the mega fauna were wiped

The ring of seats zipped down as fast as a cheetah. The only sound I could hear was the ear piercing shriek of the other passengers, a pitch only dogs could be able to hear. It was my first time doing anything like this, and I thought I would almost die.

First, cheetahs enjoy their meat, and some of their common prey animals are smaller antelopes and wildebeests, guineafowl, gray duikers, impalas, kudus, gazelles, springboks, ostriches, jackals, hares and even birds.

Did you know that a male cheetahs are called king cheetahs? Read this paper and you will learn about cheetahs characteristics, types, habitats, and cool things they can do.

“The Ice Age”. Hearing these three words, you might think about the delightful animated kids movies that our modern culture has come to love. You might think about how old the ice cubes are that you put in your freezer a while ago. But by the end of this section, in which you will learn about glacial forces, your appreciation for “The Ice Age” will surpass boundaries that you never dreamt were possible. While the average human being’s understanding of the ice age may remain limited, you may find yourself becoming what some may call “an expert” on how glacial forces shaped the Howe Sound - Whistler region.

Naturally occurring genetic differences among the same species is genetic variation, which is very important to the existence of that certain species. “This variation permits flexibility and survival of a population in the face of changing environmental circumstances” (Nature Education). When a species has low genetic variation all of the individuals are nearly identical. When something negative impacts the environment such as, disease or habitat loss, all of the individuals will be affected in the same way. A population with high genetic diversity some individuals would have genetic makeup that allows them to adapt. Once they have adapted the species has a much better chance of survival, especially when they reproduce, and the trait will be passed on. Genetic diversity is always changing within a species, and the variants that survive in the next generation, will contribute to them in the future. Without genetic variation animals cannot adapt, which makes them much more vulnerable to becoming endangered and even extinct.

Do you think having cheetah’s around is important? Would you care if one day all the cheetah’s would be extinct? Well this may soon a reality for cheetah’s. They are considered a very fragile population. There are only 12,500 cheetah’s that still exist. Those questions in the beginning of the passage I would personally answer yes too. I would care if cheetah’s were to go completely extinct. “They are one of the most specialized land animals on earth.” If they were to be gone the animal world would lose a very smart species. According to the passage they are also very courteous to other animals. In the passage it states, “ If other large animals, especially lions or hyenas, are in the area the cheetahs leave the antelope

Stereotypic behaviours (SB) can be caused by a lack of stimulation in their environment or lacking of wanting or needing to perform certain behaviours, which may cause stress in this animal. SB don’t usually have a clear purpose and are reduced by the easiest technique; Environmental enrichment (Mason et al., 2007). A captive Cheetahs past experiences, a new environment even an illness could trigger stress resulting in SB being performed. This doesn’t necessarily mean the individual is distressed, the individual may be bored so it paces to occupy itself, but this isn’t natural. If visitors see an animal showing SB they may assume that the animal is stressed and in a bad state of welfare; this is not a correct representation of this species or of the zoo.

The end of the Ice Age around 16,000 to 10,000 signified the beginning of human settlements. Without grueling geographical obstacles, humans were able to explore the changed environment and discover new species

Over 800 birds occur in the United States. Also, there are over 410 mam species." (https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife.aspx) There are a lot of different animals in the world, but only in America you can find the creatures like white-tailed deer, wild boar, and mountain lion. Black bear is the most dangerous animal in the United States located in Utah. Furthermore, America has the most dangerous animal in the world similar to Russia, which is the mosquito. Mosquitoes are viewed as the most dangerous animals on the planet on account of their capacity to spread savage illness. In my opinion, America has more wild animals than Russia, that's why there are many animals' deaths, unlike in Russia. But the Russian problem is human, who kills animals for making natural expensive clothes. Besides that, Russian and American animals are pretty similar; they have the same types of dangerous and rare