Sperm whale

With a lightning strike, the long, lance-like bill of a white stork jabs through the marsh grass and snatches up the singing frog. In an instant, the tireless music-maker becomes the dinner of a spy. White storks are master eavesdroppers. They rely on the songs of moor frogs to guide them when they’re hunting. The birds are so skillful that they can stealthily follow frog sounds to within two or three strides of an unsuspecting singer. Some spies can intercept signals sent by plants

Language of Whales One would not think to compare humans with cetaceans such as whales. The cetacean brain is comparable to the size of the human brain, and is as complex as the human brain, although its structure is evolved differently (Sato 1).Whales are similar to humans in that they are able to communicate, have many languages, and learn from one another. “With limited sight and sense of smell in water, marine mammals are more dependent on sound--which travels four times faster in water than

the Whale, as written by Nathaniel Philbrick, describes the harsh journey of a crew aboard The Essex who are abandoned after having their ship attacked by a sperm whale. There are three crucial parts to the Revenge of the Whale storyline; the first blood, the whale attack that split the crew apart, and the jarring conditions near the end of the book where the crew was at the edge of sanity. The first scene that I would include in the movie would be the first blood that was drawn from the whale(s)

the island. Philbrick does an incredible job of telling the story of 20 regular men doing their jobs whaling. They set sail on a renewed ship called the Essex. The Essex took a beating from a storm before it finally met its match an angered sperm whale. The whale rammed the ship to the point beyond repair. It forced the whalers to put what they can on to the smaller whaler boats. Surviving at sea with limited resources the sailed until they were completely out of everything. The men resorted to the

usually, and involves the joining of gametes [ e.g. sperm, pollen, egg] to form a single cell called a zygote [ or fertilised egg ]. The offspring are similar, but not identical to the parents. Sexually Reproductive organisms include mammals, most reptiles, and flowering plants. ADVANTAGES There is greater genetic variation of the offspring and therefore, greater chance of survival in changing environments. Asexual Reproduction is the process by

organophosphates, carbamates, and pyrethroids, and each class of pesticides effects humans differently. In the empirical article “Organophosphorous pesticide exposures and sperm quality,” Melissa Perry, et al. look at the association between urinary organophospophorous (OP) pesticide metabolites and the concentration and motility of sperm. The researchers of this study conducted an extremely thorough recruitment and subject selection process. This study focused on newly married couples from agricultural

title of the paper? # 12 Title: The ecological and evolutionary consequences of sperm chemoattraction Outline of the Main Points to be included in your Poster Presentation of your article WHY: To determine the potential significance of sperm attractants stabilizing species barriers and increasing gamete interactions evolutionarily and ecologically. WHAT: I hope to learn of the both the negative and positive effects of sperm chemoattraction. HOW: 1. Skim and outline: a. What is the overall objective

The Sperm and the Egg Felicia Felix PSY/265 December 4, 2011 Professor Tiffany Hamlett This is the journey of the white knight, Sperm, and his princess, Egg, on their journey to Castle infundibulum, which is the outer part of the fallopian tube, and the land of the uterus. With their arrival, it will be decided whether they will become a male or female embryo and in turn that embryo will become a baby! Princess Egg has waited a long time and looked forward

that our cultures and technologies are in some way unnatural. However, I believe that not only are we a part of nature, but our cultures are also deeply entwined with how we view nature. In this paper, I will review Emily Martin’s The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles as well as Michael Pollen’s Why ‘Natural’ Doesn’t Mean Anything Anymore in order to examine how nature, culture, and power relate with each other. Martin asserts that gender

creation of a new life is a complicated process where many sperm cells travel a long road just so they can sacrifice themselves for that one lucky sperm cell. As you can tell a lot of deaths occur when the sperm cells try to travel to the uterus most of them get lost along the way and don't take the right turns others just aren't lucky to be chosen to be the one who gets to take over the egg. Once fertilization occurs that is when the sperm penetrates the egg. That is called Conception, after three