Research Paper On Western Painted Turtles

Baby red-eared slider turtles are brightly colored. With bold patterns on their yellowish under shells. Which serve as a warning to predators. the bright colors of skunks and other animals. They signal that the animals will spray nasty chemicals. In contrast, the turtle's colors warn largemouth bass. that the baby turtle will actively defend itself. When a bass gulps down a turtle, the feisty baby laws and bites. Forcing the bass to spit it out. To avoid a similar painful experience. The bass will avoid other baby red-eared slider turtles. The turtle loses its bright colors as it grows too big. For a Bass's afternoon

The novel “The Back of the Turtle” by Thomas King is relevant to Canada in both present day and history. Through the setting, characters and theme the story is portrayed in a way that makes it sound like a calamitous prediction for the future of Canada’s treasured natural world. Riddled with corporate greed and environmental disaster, the story follows those involved and affected by the catastrophe that destroyed Samaritan Bay. His lifelike characters are tangled with labyrinthine emotions that add another layer of complexity to the story. In my opinion, the novel “The Back of the Turtle” by Thomas King is a great novel because of the depth of storytelling that the author can achieve, and deserves to be recognised as a “Great Canadian Novel”.

Florida is a very beautiful state with very beautiful sights and animals. Unfortunately, some of these animals that people love to look at aren’t even supposed to live in Florida. In this paper, we will learn about how Florida has creatures in their land and sea that shouldn’t be there because they were “dropped off” or “set free” from people who owned them just for how the animal looks. One of the animals we will learn about will be the green iguana who was liked and bought just for his color and his bold look.

Humans have been giving common names to plants and animals for as far back as cavemen go. It has been no different for the American Alligator commonly known as the “gator”. The name “Alligator,” according to Kelby Ouchley, is an Anglicized term from the Spanish word “lagarto” (lizard). This name can be traced back to early Spanish explorers in North America, who came across the giant lizard looking type of animal. In 1802 the renowned French herpetologist, Francois Marie Daudin, officially described the American Alligator as Alligator Mississippiensis. The term Mississippiensis comes from the Mississippi river where many of these lizard like creatures were found and the Latin term ensis meaning “belonging to.”

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

West Indian Manatees have a light and dark grey tone to them. They can grow up to 10ft in length and can weight up to 1,200lbs. Their tail is a paddle shaped and they have two flippers. The tail and flippers help them move around. The Manatees have wrinkles on their head and face. Their nose is a darker gray with whiskers besides them.

The Northern Snakehead, Channa argus, is a freshwater fish species native throughout eastern Asia but can be found worldwide due to incidental and purposeful introductions. In the United States there are many reports of several species of snakeheads that have been sold through aquarium trade in pet stores and purchased from live food fish trade (Maryland DNR, 2003). There are a total of four species of snakeheads that have been introduced in the United States: Northern snakehead (Channa argus), blotched snakehead (C. maculata), bullseye snakehead (C. marulius), and the giant snakehead (C. miicropeltes) and have though to been introduced through intentional releases from pet stores or accidental releases from the live fish trade (Maryland DNR,

Red eared slider turtles can live for many years. An easy way to help ensure a long life for your pet is by feeding your red eared slider a variety of healthy foods. Another benefit to introducing variety is that your turtle will not get bored with its meals if you make its diet interesting.

The Russian tortoise is an active breed than most of the other tortoises. They are relatively small, making them a suitable pet for people who have small breeding spaces. A new hobbyist will enjoy keeping this tortoise since they are easy to handle.

The desert tortoise is widely spread across the Mojave desert and Sonoran desert of the southwestern United States and the northwestern part of Mexico, especially the Sinaloan thornscrub, western Arizona, southeastern California, southern Nevada and southwestern Utah. Desert tortoise inhabits areas covered with creosote bushes, rocky canyons, semi-arid grasslands and hillsides. It usually lives on the altitude of 1000 to 3000 feet, but it can survive even on the elevation of 5000 feet. Some even live in Death Valley.

The Galapagos tortoise belongs to the phylum Chordata. This means that it has a notochord, this is a hollow dorsal nerve cord, a post-anal tail (for anytime in their life), Pharyngeal slits, and an endostyle. An endostyle is an organ that helps the animal filter-feed. The scientific name for the Galapagos tortoise is Geochelone nigra. Its name was made from the genus it was from (Geochelone) and the black coloration of the tortoise (nigra). The Galapagos tortoise can be up to 5 feet which was the largest ever recorded. They have five front claws and four back claws which help when crossing rugged terrain and are pointed inward. The tortoise has a toothless jaw due to its primarily vegetarian diet. They usually have a large dome shaped shell

People can have all kinds of animals as pets nowadays. One of these possibilities among the unusual ones is the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans. This turtle is considered one of the most voracious invasive species in the world, and virtually already occur in all continents due to artificial introduction made by pet owners who irresponsibly release their turtles in the natural environment. Illegal trade, unregistered pets and weak laws and/or inspection contribute to the success of its introduction.

The leatherback sea turtle has a very distinct type of leather shell rather than a hard calcium based shell. They have a unique reproductive behavior as the female mates with a male, that is at least three to five years, then come ashore and build nests of eggs buried in the sand, which is about fifty to two hundred and fifty eggs. This paper will analyze breeding behaviors during breeding season, I will do this by showing how these organisms forage during breeding season and the studies done to show foraging trends in this species to support the ideas of foraging of these organisms.

As a good researcher your job is to observe and not get in the middle of the interactions on what you're investigating. However sometimes the way you look at things, your principles and your view of right and wrong can make you intervene on your research. The researcher in the article attempted to remain neutral in the experience of the green tortoise ride; however it became harder and harder as people involved him in their activities and he “let himself get into the experience.” As an observer, he was able to distinguish the initial groups that formed “disapproving riders vs tortoise veterans riders.” As an observer, he was able to notice the evolution of the disapproving riders and how they became part of the whole group and let themselves experience the “magic of the Green Tortoise.” As a rider of the Green tortoise, I feel you have to come with an open mind. It seems the purpose of the ride is to “relax” and not worry about the “normal” activities, schedules, routine, etc. You have to embrace the freedom the journey gives you to be able to appreciate such freedom. Once embraced, you have to accept the freedom of the other riders and not affect yours. For example; the author talks a lot of the “sexual comments” the drivers and other riders would make. They need to not affect your embraced freedom and those comments are theirs. A question I would like to ask the author is “If he was not doing his research the first time he decided to ride the Green tortoise, would he had been part of the group sooner?

Projeto TAMAR researchers (The Brazilian Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program) patrolled nesting beaches in the State of Bahia and Sergipe, from September through March (1988 – 2015) to encounter nesting females. They measured curved carapace length (CCL) from the anterior point of the midline (nuchal scute) to the posterior tip of the supracaudals (Bolten 1999) and collected skin samples from 154 nesting sea turtles between 2002 and 2015. The researchers sampled tissue between the first and second scales on the front flippers or on the neck region with a 6-mm disposable biopsy punch and stored it in 70% ethanol. They tagged individual females with Inconel flipper tags (National Band and Tag Co., style