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    Hawkbill Sea Turtle Thesis

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    • Thesis • The Hawksbill Sea Turtle will become extinct with the rising temperature cause by the changes in our climate. • Taxonomy o Kingdom: Animalia o Phylum: Chordata o Class: Reptilla o Order: Testudines o Family: Cheloniidae o Genus: Eretmochelys o Species: imbricate o (NOAA 2005) http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/turtles/hawksbill.html#taxonomy • Distribution o Found in the tropical regions of the globe o Inhabit the Atlantic‚ Pacific‚ and Indian Oceans  “Hawksbills are believed to inhabit

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    Black Mamba

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    Blake Dawson 12-5-12 Period 1 Ms. Chylek Black Mamba The black mamba is one of the deadliest creatures on the planet‚ and one of the most feared in some parts of the world. Its scientific name is Dendroaspis polylepis. If bitten by a black mamba‚ you have 20 minutes to live unless you get antivenin in this time. It can grow up to 14 feet long‚ and is commonly up to 10 feet long‚ and is a formidable foe to all animals. In captive‚ it has lived up to 10 years‚ but they may be able to live much

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    Essay On Diamondback

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    Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Rare and much more fascinating than any other snake in its biome the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is a heavy bodied snake with a rectangular shaped head and two dark diagonal lines on each side of its face running from the eyes to its jaws. With its dark diamond shaped patterned back and black and white bands just above its rattles. This intriguing and luring skin texture is pretty to look at however it is a venomous pit viper found in the southwest. Their name

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    Most lizards have dry‚ scaly skin. the lizards tail will fall of if bumped to ratted this is to make the enemy confused. lizards tails do grow back that is where they store all there fat. Some lizards eat bugs and spiders‚ Others eat plants‚ small animals‚ or even other lizards. Lizards live in deserts‚ forests‚ prairies‚ marshes‚ and rocky areas. Most lizards live on the ground or in trees. lizards are cold blooded‚ they so most of there work at night seeings how they spend most of the day in

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    Philippine Endangered Animals that need to be Saved The Philippines‚ a Southeast Asian country with more than 700 islands‚ is in dire straits. Mainly because of urban planning‚ corporate progress and human greed‚ some of its animals are soon to be extinct. The sad thing about this is – regardless of the help from various local and international help – government support on animal conservation is little to none. Here are some traits of these endangered species‚ to give you an idea on why they need

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    The chapter in Stephen J. Gould’s Bully for Brontosaurus titled “To Be A Platypus” touches on the discovery and classification of the duck-billed platypus native to Australia. The chapter opens with a note on the origin of the telegram‚ in which the platypus was first described using the four words “monotremes oviparous‚ ovum meroblastic” by Cambridge biologist W. H. Caldwell. Fundamentally‚ this translates to the platypus being a mammal that possesses a duck-like bill and lays eggs. The “duckbill”

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    Hawksbill Turtles

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    Cons) Sea turtles are an important part of our ecosystem. Sea turtle population has declined over the years‚ but one specific turtle‚ the Hawksbill Sea Turtle is on the critically endangered list. Hawksbill Turtles get their name because of their beak shaped jaw. Hawksbill Turtles have very pretty shells and unique patterns along their shells. “They have overlapping scales with 5 central scutes‚ 4 pairs of lateral scutes‚ and 4 prefrontal scutes”. (MarineBio.org). These turtles like to live near

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    Sea Turtles

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    If I was writing a report on an endangered species I would choose the sea turtle. The reason I would choose the sea turtle is because in our source “Turtles in Trouble” it gave us the story of a turtle named Adelita. This turtle traveled 6‚000 miles alone to Japan. To me that is pretty amazing that a turtle can remember where she laid her eggs especially since it is very far away. Another reason I choose this article is because was pretty reliable. This article was reliable because scientist Jay

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    Many kinds of crocodiles are in the world. Also Alligators too. However‚ many people do not know between different crocodiles and alligators. So people just use two words or just use one word. If people search crocodiles and alligators‚ people will find many different things. Crocodiles and alligators have different things that are families‚ jaw and teeth. Their families are different. The alligatoridae‚ which includes the alligators and the caimans. The crocodylidae‚ which includes the “true” crocodiles

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    Rattlesnake Vs Cobra

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    During “Snake Week‚” we read many stories that talked about different snakes. Such snakes are the rattlesnakes and the cobra. We read‚ “A Running Brook of Horror” by Daniel Mannix‚ “How to Recognize Venomous Snakes in North America‚” which was a manual and‚ “Rattlesnake Hunt‚” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. From these stories‚ I was impressed by all of the research found about the rattlesnake and the cobra. This is some of the interesting facts I found out about these snakes. I found some similarities

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