Platypuses Research Paper

The Emperor Penguin lives in Antarctica on the Antarctic ice surrounded by very cold water. They are the largest Penguin to live with an average height of 45 and weigh on an average of 66lb. They are also considered the most beautiful of all penguins that live right now. The Emperor Penguin has big heads, thick necks, wedged shaped tail, and tiny flipper-like wings. They feed on fish, squid, krill, and cephalopods where they catch it by diving into the ocean up to 700 feet. They remain under the water for about 18 minutes while finding food. Both male and female penguins look very much alike with the same colors and same size. To identify them, you would have to check their behavior to see which one is a male or female. The female

The two and three toed sloths have just a few things in common. They both have long sharp claws that can open cans. They use these claws to defend themselves from predators, and to hold on to the tree limbs while also reaching for their food such as leaves and buds. It can take about a month for a sloth to digest one leaf. The toe toed species may also eat twigs, fruits and small prey. They get their water mainly from the leaves they eat. Sloths mainly stay in the trees only coming down once a week to use the

The Mountain Pygmy-possum Burramys parvus is one of five living species of pygmy-possum, all of which are classified within a single family. () The Burramys parvus have a body which is 10-12centimetres long when it becomes mature. The long tail (13-16 centimetres) is prehensile; it can be curled up to grasp branches of shrubs or carry nesting material. The Burramys weight varies during the course of the year but averages 35-40 grams. () Bogong moths are a vital food source for Burramys when they awake from hibernation. () The breeding season for Burramys is associated with several events that may prompt breeding activity: the equinox (equal day night length), the loss of snow cover, and the arrival of the Bogong Moth). Male Burramys move to

Can you imagine a world without any animals? Would plants overpopulate? How would we survive? Well, scientists estimate that about 150 to 200 species of plants, animals, birds, and fish become extinct every day. They say that species are disappearing at an alarming rate. Long-eared Owls are becoming even more threatened every day and everyday more habitats are lost. We need to help them gain their populations back again.

Barred owls are large, stocky owls with rounded heads, no ears tuffs, and medium length rounded tails. Barred owls live in large, mature forests near water. Spotted owls are dark-brown, large owls with rounded heads, the wings are broad and rounded, and the tail is short. Spotted owls also live in mature, large forests but, are sensitive to habitat disturbance. Now, Barred owls and Spotted owls are in a intense war for homes.

The semipalmated plover is also from the Order of the Charadriiformes and are also of least concern. These can swim short distances across small water channels or inlets during foraging while on migration. They can also run several steps while stopping, staring and quickly snatching its prey. Stops, stares, then quickly snatch its prey. They prey on insects, marine worms, crustaceans, and small mollusks in open sites near sub-arctic lakes, in and around marshes and rivers, inland on dry and gravel or sparsely vegetated sites. They breed during the months of March to June and is known to inhabit North and Central America as well as western Caribbean. The osprey are from the Order of Accipitriformes and are of least concern. Their size serve

The western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) has a pacific coast population that breeds primarily on coastal beaches from southern Washington to southern Baja California, Mexico. The major coastal habitats include sand spits, dune-backed beaches, beaches at creek and river mouths, and salt pans at lagoons and estuaries. Other nesting locations include bluff-backed beaches, dredged material disposal sites, salt pond levees, dry salt ponds, and river bars (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2001). Plovers often return to the same breeding sites yearly. Nesting locations occur in flat, open areas that have sparse vegetation with sandy or saline substrates. Western snowy plovers have been listed as threatened on the federal endangered species list since 1993, and are listed as a species of special concern by the state of California (California Department of Parks and Recreation, 2015).

The mutated Brown-throated sloth should sexually reproduce. The mutated Brown-throated sloth has turbo speed, to run away from predators, with a heterozygous genotype. Also, it has a bright stripe, which alerts predators to its presence, with a homozygous recessive genotype. If the sloth were to reproduce asexually, the offsprings would be a copy with the bright stripe and turbo speed. But, if it were to reproduce sexually with a mate that has no turbo speed with a homozygous recessive genotype, and no bright stripe with a homozygous dominant genotype, the offsprings would have a fifty percent chance of turbo speed and a one-hundred percent chance of no bright stripe. The sloth should reproduce sexually because of the possible offsprings. With

According to the “Extinct Giant Ground Sloth” article by scientists at the San Diego Zoo, the ground sloths wastes fossil had should signs of plants. Also based off of its structure scientists believe that they also used their claws as defense. The ground sloths snout were very powerful. The San Diego Zoo, stated that they had long boxed shaped that had dull teeth. The structure of the

Burmese snakes are native to Southeast Asia and are one of the world’s largest snakes that live near or in marshes. People who live in the United States have decided to take these snakes and turn them into pets. Some pet owners have released the Burmese pythons, mostly in the Everglades Florida which has caused the Everglades ecosystem to change, and people are intervening to reverse the problem.

The Two-Toed Sloth is herbivore or plant eater that eats plants such as leaves and fruits. It can survive due to less amount of the food with the slow rate of metabolism. Also, it is an animal that doesn’t usually drink water, but it receives water from food they eat. It has 4 stomach same as cows, but it uses longer time on digesting food by using bacteria. Compare to human, sloth has about 50% rate of metabolism less than usual mammals. Sloth is active at night on finding food and moved to rest at another area. It expels waste and secretes

It said in the article http://nationalgeographic.org/media/pterodactyl-fossil/ that “Pterodactyls had long beaks filled with about 90 teeth. They used these teeth to prey on fish, the main source of food in their diet.”

During my travels, I took a trip to Costa Rica to enjoy the beaches, the views, the surfing, as well as to see my favorite animals, sloths. I found myself exploring the Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica whose mission is to place focus on the rescue, rehabilitation, release and research of sloths and conserving the Costa Rican rainforest. Many of the sloths in the sanctuary were recovering from wounds due to human interference. While sloths have evolved over 64 million years making them perfectly designed for a quiet life in the rainforest, humans are encroaching on sloth homes much faster than our lazy friends can adapt. Unfortunately, due to the increase in habitat destruction over recent years sloths are at a higher risk for extinction.

Conservation Efforts: An organization in California called ¨Audubon¨ is providing comprehensive resources for information, education and community involvement. Audubon hopes to encourage people to learn about plovers and how they can help save them and their habitat.

America. These cats are native to Maine, and are also seen as the “State Cat”. They