A Kaleb Lamb Ms. Gourd English 9 May 7, 2018 ESSKEETIT!! One day deep in the highland and plains of South Africa. Two friends were dropped of by there helicopter to explore this bare landscape. The two boys were friends back in the United States.…
A gray tube, the dorsal vessel, ran along the earthworm’s back. The coelom was the space around the organs, as it is a body cavity surrounding the organs. 7. The crop, gizzard, and intestine contained soil (food). The gizzard had a much thicker wall than the crop, which reflects their functions.…
Barnacles are an interesting marine species. Barnacles belong to the crustacean family, along with crabs and crayfish. They are arthropods, or invertebrates. Barnacles are unusual in that stand on their head and eat with their feet.…
The hermit crab is a type of crab that doesn't have a very hard shell. Not a true crab, it uses other animals' old shells for protection; they especially like old whelk shells. As the hermit crab grows in size, it must find a larger shell. The hermit crab is a crustacean; there are about 500 different species of hermit crabs around the world.…
Imagine a magnificent creature that can be described as a typical crab, but isn’t. This crab seems to be more sophisticated. Most people wouldn’t think of the horseshoe crab, which dates back to about 400 million years ago, 200 million years before the dinosaurs existed. The horseshoe crab marvelous reign may come to an end because we are interacting with these fascinating creatures. Humans should not interact with these magnificent creatures because interacting with these creatures can cause the decrease in other endangered species which provide jobs for many ornithologists (bird watchers), implementing human structures can lead to the downfall of the horseshoe crabs, and lastly, using horseshoe crabs as eel and conch bait will lead to the…
Zebra Mussels Invasive species are pretty common this day and age. An Invasive species is a species of animal living in an ecosystem it does not live in naturally (NISC, 2006). Usually, when a new species is introduced into the ecosystem through humans, it does not have any natural predator. This means the species invading the ecosystem can reproduce all it can, taking the ecosystem over.…
Before analyzing any situation, one must begin at the very root of the cause in hopes understanding it better. Sea World is surprisingly not the first establishment that decided to economically strive through the exploitation of animals. Orca whales that were captured and delivered to their lifelong home in SeaWorld amusement parks went from swimming up to 100 miles a day to being put in tanks that are much too small for them. The average size of an orca whale can reach up to 20-26 feet long and can weigh as much as 22,000 pounds. The size of the orca whales in comparison to the tanks they live in at SeaWorld are said to be in comparison to a “bathtub.”…
Garden snails The garden snails are slow,are rarely seen , and are animals that can be very large . To start us off, garden snails scarcely emerge from their home. The garden snail would hardly emerge during the day but at night and the early morning these snails will come out. Another thing,snails are very slow animals.…
Blue-Ringed Octopus The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill twenty-six adult humans within minutes. Their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realizing they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis start to set in. No blue-ringed octopus antivenom is available yet, making it one of the deadliest reef inhabitants in the ocean. Blue-ringed octopuses are one of the deadliest animals in the sea. Through their range in Australia and the eastern Indo-Pacific, several humans suffer bites each year.…
Organic Snail and Slug Control Nothing is more frustrating than heading out into the garden and seeing your seedlings and plants chewed up by snails and slugs. With just one night’s of feasting, the slimy pests can devastate a newly planted vegetable garden. Fortunately, gardeners have organic options in control that aren’t toxic to the surrounding ecosystem. What Exactly is a Snail and Slug? Believe it or not, but snails and slugs belong in the mollusk family.…
Gastropods that lack a conspicuous shell are commonly called slugs rather than snails. Some species of slug have a red shell, some have only an internal vestige that serves mainly as a calcium repository, and others have no shell at all. Other than that there is little morphological difference between slugs and snails. There are however important differences in habitats and behavior.…
The Blue Crabs Promise Summer Excitement For those living in Charles County, MD, one of the greatest summer pastimes is catching The Blue Crabs play a game or two. The Blue Crabs are a minor league baseball team that offer excitement for their fans all year long. The team plays from April through August, which gives residents plenty of time to catch several games. One of the most exciting portions of this season is the addition to roster that was just announced earlier this year, Steve Lombardozzi.…
The digestive system is made up of the alimentary canal which include the mouth or oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, and large intestines including the accessory organs of digestion which involve the teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gall bladder and the pancreas. The alimentary canal and the accessory organs perform the following functions which include; ingestion, secretion,…
An organism discovered on the Japanese seashore behaves as a predator and a plant in a bizarre lifecycle that may bring biologists closer to understanding how chloroplasts became part of plant cells, according to a study from the University of Tsukuba. Before understanding how this mysterious single-celled organism works, it had to be given a proper scientific name. Analysis of its cellular structure and genetic profile showed that it is most closely related to organisms assigned to the genus Katablepharis. However, electron microscopy revealed certain quirky features that are not consistent with Katablepharis classification.…
Segmentation (the sloshing motion that mixes chyme with the enzymes and chemical fluids in the small intestine) and pendular movement (a constrictive wave that involves forward and reverse movements and enhances nutrient absorption) will be the main contributors to mechanical digestion in the small intestine. The liver, gallbladder, and pancreas secrete enzymes, fluids, and hormones which will help in the chemical digestion of the macronutrients into their simplest components so that they can be absorbed by the body via villi and microvilli (known as the brush border) and eventually circulated through the blood stream and lymph…