Of all the species that have existed on Earth 99 percent have gone extinct and even fewer make it into the fossil record and a very small fraction of those that fossilize are actually found even partially complete. Even if all of them did fossilize many would be too hard dig for many of them. And also it is highly unlikely that most would be found complete‚ due to the number of natural disasters and processes that have happened from the animal’s death to whenever it is discovered. Natural disasters
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Amphibians are becoming a vanishing species. There are a number of causes for them dieing. But the most recent and worst cause has been discovered. It is responsible for killing off our amphibians. They are dieing by the thousands. They were able to survive and hold on through past extinction spasms‚ surviving even when 95 percent of other animals died out. They even stayed alive when the dinosaurs disappeared. If amphibians could live longer than dinosaurs‚ then why are
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this ecozone is the Taiga forest consisting of stunted coniferous trees‚ such as black spruce‚ jack pine‚ paper birch‚ trembling aspen‚ etc. The northern edge of the ecozone is bordered by the treeline. Wildlife: This region is famous for one of the most impressive displays of wildlife: 50 species of mammals including the barren-ground caribou‚ wolf‚ lynx‚ arctic fox‚ the grizzly bear‚ etc. Also‚ there is a massive bird migration of swans‚ geese‚ loons‚ ducks‚ tree sparrows‚ etc. every spring‚ making
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Hippo Sanctuary? 1.3 Research Objectives The objectives of the study include: a. To find out the contributions of tourism development on income generation among the people of Wechiau. b. To identify the challenges associated with the management of the attraction in the community. c. To examine the role of residents in ensuring the sustainability of the Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary 1.4 Justification The effectiveness
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Anthony’s High School in Long Island. I am writing with some concerns about the wildlife trafficking and terrorists who are doing this. And I think this problem has decimated iconic animal populations. We need to combat wildlife trafficking. Some reports said iconic animals would become extinct in 10 years like elephants and rhinoceroses. I have realized that The United States has been committed to combating wildlife trafficking‚ related corruption‚ and money laundering. The USAID organization has
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What is it?Lactobacillus is a type of bacteria. There are lots of different species of lactobacillus. These are "friendly" bacteria that normally live in our digestive‚ urinary‚ and genital systems without causing disease. Lactobacillus is also in some fermented foods like yogurt and in dietary supplements.Lactobacillus is used for treating and preventing diarrhea‚ including infectious types such as rotaviral diarrhea in children and traveler’s diarrhea. It is also used to prevent and treat diarrhea
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1. Describe the three medical uses for drugs and give examples. (2 points) The three medical uses for drugs include to prevent disease‚ diagnose disease‚ and to treat signs‚ symptoms‚ conditions‚ and diseases. Examples could include‚ preventive use(prophylaxis) diagnostic use(radiopaque)‚ and therapeutic use(antibiotic drugs) 2. Give the meaning of and describe the linguistic origin of the symbol Rx. (2 points) 3. Give the name of a medication in current usage that originated from the natural
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THE CONCEPT OF SPECIES What are species? Species are the basic taxonomic units of biological classification. This grouping of organisms of "like kind" into discrete and stable units has been traced at least from the time of Plato and Aristotle. The term derives from the Latin "specere" (to look at‚ to behold)‚ with the meaning of "kind‚“ "quality‚" "appearance‚" "shape‚" or "a peculiar sort.“ In the past‚ species were classified according to their shape. Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)‚ the
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Ring Species: A Catalyst for Speciation After spending time on the Galapagos Islands studying the origin of various species‚ former divinest Charles R. Darwin proposed the evolutionary theory of natural selection‚ a mechanism by which advantageous variations in a population are preserved while unfavorable variations are lost (Berkeley‚ 2008). As a result of these variations‚ some individuals are better acclimated to their environment than others. This results in the better-suited individuals outcompeting
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