The Aye-aye It Pays to be Ugly In this paper‚ the writer will take on the persona of one of the strangest primates in the world – the Aye-aye. Found only in the forest of Madagascar‚ this unusual creature said to be closely related to chimpanzees as well as humans is a nocturnal primate under the family of lemurs (Daubentonia madagascariensis). Considered to be giants compared to other lemurs in the island of Madagascar‚ what makes this primate interesting to talk about is its unique yet strange
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Abstract In this experiment‚ the preferences of mealworms towards lighted and dark environments were tested. The main question posed was whether the behavior of the mealworms would be affected by the variable of light‚ and whether they would move towards or away from the light source (taxis). We placed ten mealworms into two adjoining containers and tried to simulate the effects of above ground and underground by exposing the mealworms to minimal amounts of light in one of the containers (underground)
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October 7‚ 2013 CASE STUDY (Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Endoparasite Detection) Introduction Parasitic infections are considered to be a public health problem of global importance by the World Health Organization. The Philippine government has been creating projects to help eradicate this public health problem in the country and although the percentage of infected people has decreased‚ this has not been fully successful just yet. Successful eradication of parasites would involve
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ROLE OF YOUTH IN OZONE LAYER PROTECTION Ozone layer plays a vital role in protecting animals‚ human beings and plants from ultraviolet radiation. Ozone layer is destroyed by a group of manufactured or human made chemicals such as chlorine bromine. These chemicals are called "ozone-depleting substances". Ozone layer is destroyed by some natural’s ways and some humane made activities. A single molecule of chlorine can break apart thousands of molecules of ozone. Chlorofluorocarbons the most widely
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• • -‐ $ 2 5 / m Si lk -‐ -‐ natural protein fibre protein fibre of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons. The shimmering appearance of silk is due to the triangular prism-‐like structure of the silk fibre -‐ -‐ -‐ versatile and very
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PROSPECTS OF GROUPER CULTURE IN INDIA P. NAMMALWAR I‚ R. MARICHAMY 2‚ A.REGUNATHANI AND K. KANDASAMYJ Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute‚ Kochi - 682014 INTRODUCTION The "Groupers" of the genus Epinephelus are excellent marine food fishes in the IndoPacific and Garribean regions an ave assumed importance for commercial culture in recent years. About 49 species of this genus have been reported from the seas around India. Most of them inhabit coral reefs and rocky habitats‚ while others
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allow outsiders fish in their waters without a local apprentice. 8.Besides the lobstermen’s efforts‚ what are other factors that may be influencing the numbers of lobsters? A steep decline of predatory fish and a new oceanography that allows larvae to flow into their “nursery”. 9.There are signs that the numbers may be dropping. What are the plans to try and keep the industry booming? Maine will be putting in more rules and regulations on how many lobster traps each lobsterman can use and
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termites to live in their nest. The soldiers are the ones that build and protect the nest. The workers are much like peasants‚ which collect food. Then there are the reproducers they mate and produce more termites for their nest and care for the young larvae. Since termites live in dark and
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colony loss since the fall and winter of 2006 with signs similar to those of colony collapse disorder. The symptoms include the dwindling and insufficient numbers of worker bees with few or no dead bees around the colony‚ the presence of bee brood (bee larvae)‚ the presence of food‚ pollen and honey deposits that are not immediately stolen by other bees or pests (or is noticeably delayed)‚ and the presence of a queen bee. This is a seemingly spontaneous disease‚ but there is much speculation about the
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Name___________________________________ Score________________ Section___________________________________ Date_________________ EXERCISE NO. 1a MITOSIS OBJECTIVES The students should be able to: 1. identify the different steps involved in mitosis and meiosis; 2. describe the behavior of the chromosomes during each stage of cell division; 3. identify specific events in mitosis and meiosis that allow the inheritance of traits and generation of variation. MATERIALS
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