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RED-CRESTED TREE-RAT BY MARGOT Introduction: The red-crested tree-rat is a tree-rat (Santamartamys rufodorsalis). Also known as the red-crested soft-furred spiny-rat. It feeds on greens and plant-matter. Only three of it’s kind have ever been seen! Before May 2011 it hadn’t been seen since 1898 making people believe in was extinct. Sadly it is critically endangered. Description: Red-Red Crested-Tree can be between 51 and 122 cm long to the tip of their tail. Their tails can be up to 28 centimetres

Douglas Adams, who is normally “a writer of humorous science-fiction adventures,” takes on the journey of a lifetime in his only non-fiction book, Last Chance to See. In the novel, Douglas Adams teams up with zoologist Mark Carwardine to take off on expeditions, in search of exotic and endangered species, investigating the odds for these animals’ survival. They take us on their quest, overviewing some of the world’s most in-need species in terms of protection to save these populations. The multitude

There are people all over the world that criticize the way people think and behave. People think that it is so easy doing what others have to, even if they have never been in the same situation. If you were the president and you chose to bomb a country that was planning to bomb you soon and another country suffered from its aftershocks and somebody said that you are doing your job wrong, but they never seen or done the job before do you think that that person’s opinion would be right. When you tell

The Evolution of Pandas Pandas have undergone an interesting history as they evolved from their Kretzoiarctos beatrix ancestors. They look a lot different than they did before. They’ve evolved to now have six toes, which help it eat different types of bamboo. Thanks to the bamboo, its adaptations have changed, along with the panda itself. Pandas have evolved. Most of its adaptations are from the bamboo it eats to survive. An adaptation it has to help it eat different types of bamboos is its

As an Australian native marsupial, the koala has been listed as endangered across majority of its natural habitats. At one point, its population had grown to almost 10 million, but has dropped to 100,000 or less still in the wild because of human activity. Many have taken action to restore the population of the koala. The koala’s background proves that their population decline is effected mainly on humans. Numerous people refer to the koala as a koala bear, but in reality it is a marsupial, similar

Pandas: Did you know pandas have been on earth for 3 million years? The discovery of pandas was spreaded around the world about these ¨cat like creatures¨. About these creatures that were different than any other animal. Pandas are one of the most popular parts of China and attractions in China, but few zoos in China have pandas. Attractions meant to attract tourists and just regular people in general. Pandas are fuzzy , lazy, with white and black spotted fur.

Architeuthis dux, better known as the giant squid has been around for years. During that time, scientists studied the predator and photographed the giant creature that lived in the deep waters of the ocean. Yet, there is an even larger predator. The Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni: The Colossal squid is longest creature of the deep. It weighs over 1000 pounds, and has shorter tentacles (“Meet” 71) Purely by accident, a colossal squid measuring 14 feet was netted by a fisherman in 2007. Many years prior

The day was as bright as lava going out of a volcano and the jungle looked as if it was a vast glittery ocean of green, the sky was as blue as it would get, and it was the time of year when the leaves and bamboo was as fresh as it would ever be. Lili and Bobo were brother and sister, they both woke up when they smelled fresh bamboo that their mom was cooking on the stove once they ate their breakfast they both padded outside to play some games then they went to look in the mirror they were both fluffy

paleoceanography isotopic studies because of their large size making it easier to gain detailed samples of shell carbonate. The density of the shell better preserves original carbonate of the shell. Introduction to Tridacna The reef dwelling giant clam or Tridacna is one of the genuses that survived the waves of Paleozoic extinction. The genus Tridacna evolved over 65 million years ago in the Eocene along with modern corals

The self -guided field trip that I conducted was to the Santa Ana Zoo. I went to the Santa Ana Zoo on April 7th, 2017. What I learned while being at the zoo was how animals interacted with each other and their environment. A couple of the animals were able to live in the same environment because they don’t eat or harm one another. An observation I made was that they grouped different animals in a huge cage like lemurs, a couple of birds, and a porcupine in which they lived very peacefully minding