The Hedgehog: Atelerix Albiventrism

“Like animals to the slaughter.” This phrase has been used since biblical times, describing an unconcerned manner - unaware of an impending catastrophe. Perhaps there is some relation to George Orwell’s Animal Farm? Was this intentional? In this dark fairy tale, George Orwell describes a mid-20th century farm in England that has been taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. The humans are replaced by pigs, who eventually end the cycle worse than it began. The animals chased out a tyrant, just so they could be repressed by a power just as terrible. The worst thing was, that they couldn’t fight back. They lacked the education and knowledge required to defend their basic rights. Due to the

Hedgehog is a gene active in ZPA. ZPA is only located in little clusters and with this hedgehog gene, it creates a mirror image in limbs for the development and growth. The gene creates digits that are clearly different from one another depending on how close they are to the ZPA. The chicken version of the hedgehog gene was named Sonic hedgehog and it activates once Vitamin A is injected. All creatures have the Sonic hedgehog and they all can be activated by injecting Vitamin A. When tested on a skate, the Sonic hedgehog turned on at the same time as a

Habitat: Their habitats are on crops, arable and waste land, gardens. Commonly on footpaths and in

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

Humans and Weasels are from the same kingdom, but from different families. Weasels are part of the Mustelids family. The earliest Mustelids appeared roughly 35 million years ago. Weasels are the smallest Mustelids, weighing 1.2 to 2.4 ounces. There are about 10 different species of weasels. Weasels are furry mammals that are excellent hunters. Weasels are fearless carnivores. Weasels live in forests, meadows, and grasslands. They can be found in North America, northern South America, Europe, Asia, and north of Africa. Weasels can live up to 10 years.

The tail of these weasels make up about 50% of their total body length. They have small, slim heads with long whiskers, and tiny legs. These types of weasels shed their fur twice a year, which is a response to the changes in daylength. It is known that long-tailed weasels that are populated in the north are white in the winter and brown in the summer, as for the once populated in the south are brown most of the year. In the source “Critter Catalog,” it states that their head and body length ranges from 203 to 266 mm, and their tail length ranges from 76 to 152 mm (Newell, 2002). The weasel has various types of environments that are comfortable and earthly like crop fields to small wooded areas to suburban areas. The weasel’s nests and burrows are built in hollow logs, rock piles, and under barns. Every now and then, weasels use rodent burrows instead of making new

Controversy in Rabbit Run The novel, Rabbit Run by John Updike, commences by describing Harry (“Rabbit”) Angstrom’s background. He was a high school basketball player and now is married to a woman named Janice Springer. Rabbit discovers that his wife is pregnant and he mentions to his wife that he is going to pick up his son, Nelson, but instead drives far away when he gets frustrated with his wife’s behavior.

Ground squirrels can be found in usually dry open areas most particularly in grazed rangelands, pastures, or grain fields (Salmon, 2016). They usually avoid areas such as the dense woods or thick chaparral. These animals are herbivorous and their diet is consisted of plants, seeds, grains, and nuts depending on the season (Salmon, 2016). These include green grasses, almonds, pistachios, walnuts, as well as fruit trees like apples, peaches, and oranges. They can adapt to their environment by using a burrow system where the dig 2-4 feet beneath the ground and there they sleep, rest, store food, and above all protect themselves from potential predators (Salmon,

Imagine audiences sitting in the movie theater trying to escape from looming hardships of World War II. They sit and watch as the commercials begin to play when one of the most familiar tunes in animation begins to play. The commercial presents itself deceptively using the classic Looney Tunes curtain opening and theme music with the simple title of “Bugs Bunny.” The only hint at the true purpose of advertising at this point is the producer listing of the U.S. Treasury Dept. Defense Savings Staff. The curtains quickly open with an approaching Bugs Bunny miming the fife with his carrot as “The Girl I Left Behind” plays in the background. This is all set against a redrawing of the classic American

In the Taiga biome, the animals living there can survive through the cold and snowy climate of the biome. The Gray Wolf or the Timber Wolf is the top of the food chain and is the largest wild canine. The Gray Wolf lives in the forests of the Taiga Biome and is part of a species of lupus. The River Otter inhabits the swamps, lakes and rivers of the Taiga Biome. The River Otter also inhabits the woods in the Taiga Biome. River Otters are a species of canadensis and are also omnivores so they eat both plants and animals. The Snowshoe Rabbit or also known as the Varying Hare also lives in the forest areas of the Taiga Biome. Snowshoe Rabbit is found mostly in the higher parts of North America and they migrate throughout the midwest United States.

Did you know that there are different kinds of sloths? If you don’t know what animal it is it is one of the slowest animals you can find they are really slow .Well let me tell you more about them there is so many kinds of sloths there is a Brown Throated Sloth this Sloth weights 5 -14 lb. Another kind is a Pale Throated Sloth this one weights 8.4 -14 lb. Another kind is a Maned Sloth this Sloth weights 9.9 - 22 lb. Sloths live in South America, Central America, and North America. Another thing is that Sloths eat insects, little reptiles, and sometimes even birds sloths eat small because of their diets. They sleep by hanging upside down, Another way they sleep is by curling themselves up into a little ball and sleeping in the fork of

Axolotls can be seen in a variety of colors, but look different in captivity and the wild. In captivity, axolotls can be grey, brown, white with black eyes, almost black, golden albino, and white albino. They can also be near-black, chocolate brown, a creamy color, of anywhere in between when seen in the wild. Their diet in the wild consists of worms, insects, and small fish, due to them being carnivorous. They can also be fed trout or salmon pellets, frozen or live bloodworms, or waxworms in captivity.

The average litter size is 500. Its predators are birds and fish. It has a tadpole look for its whole life. They are generally white or pink but you can also find them looking with black, grey, and brown colors. It can live up to 25 years but the average only lives up to 15. There is

On the very first page of Chapter one in the textbook Greek Art and Archaeology by John G. Pedley I saw my favorite artwork from the course. This piece is the four-inch terracotta hedgehog from Chalandriani, Syros. It is from the early Cycladic period. I could relate to this piece in a way because I have an interest in hedgehogs and have a couple as pets. Besides from being very cute this piece is interesting and makes me think about the history of hedgehogs. I would like to find out more about this piece and what kind of hedgehog is it. It does not look a lot like modern hedgehogs, especially the ones kept as pets, but it has a closer resemblance to European wild hedgehogs. I wonder if it is an early ancestor of today’s common hedgehog and I wonder what the views surrounding this animal were. This artwork is housed at the national museum in Athens so I went to their webpages for more

This hedgehog is generally common, it is a well known species, and it is a favorite in European gardens for it’s appearance they mostly eat on slugs, earthworms, beetles, caterpillars, and other insects. Another European animal is known as a European mole, common mole, or the northern mole. The European mole lives in an underground tunnel system, they live in those underground tunnels so they can hunt their prey. They mainly eat earthworms, they also eat insects, centipedes, they even eat mice and shrews. The climate is a cool summer humid multicultural. This climate is mostly categorized in Central and Eastern Europe, this climate is mostly found in Main and Michigan. But in Western Europe, their summers are mild, but the winter is colder and snowfall is a common