Once seen throughout the southeastern United States, fewer than 100 Florida panthers are estimated to live in south Florida today. The current range is less than five percent of their original range across Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and parts of Tennessee and South Carolina. Today, the main threats are habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation (National Park Service, n.d.). We need to recognize the signs and figure out how the stop the extinctions of today’s ecosystem. To get an idea of the shape and characteristics of a mature Florida panther, picture a large cat that has no spots and consists of mainly one color.…
China Tigers color stripes are usually black and there fur is orange with white on there face. The China Tigers weight is about 350 pounds to 650 pounds. The China Tiger is very long. It's about 7 feet to 10 feet. The China Tigers teeth are very sharp, it's like a needle.…
Pthirus pubis, also known as pubic lice or crab louse, is an ectoparasite, which is strictly host specific to humans. Pubic lice have three stages: egg, nymph, and adult (CDC, 2017). Pubic lice targets coarse hair at its base and normally remain on its host until it is removed, controlled, or treated. Initially, the female will lay two to three eggs, also known as nits, over the course of twenty-four hours (CDC, 2017). The nits have a whitish in color and have an oval-like structure, with an incubation period of six to eight days.…
Ever since I was little, I’ve always wanted to help people. Being a Boy Scout gave me the opportunity to do so. When I was eight years old I joined the cub scouts which began my life long campaign of helping people. I started off learning to take the oath to serve the people weather it be by the organization or myself. I assisted by selling popcorn for charity organizations ( The San Antonio Food Bank and The Knights of Columbus) or for money that we needed for our camp out trips.…
Aspect 1 – Who am I? The scientific name for a cat is Felis catus, the common name is feral cat, domestic cat or stray cat. The Feral cat is classified as cats that live freely in the wild and are not reliant on humans for their food or shelter. Aspect 2 – Reasons for the Introduction…
Today I’m going to study the Tunisa. The Tunisa is a vicious amphibian predator. It lives in the South American rainforests and Pacific ocean, but today I’ll be in the rainforests to study one of these animals. It is quite hard to spot a Tunisa because of its camouflage but i've just spotted one. When it’s not blending into its surroundings its main color is green on its scales.…
The panther Domain is Eukaryote, it’s kingdom is Animalia, and class is mammalia. Some behaviors that the panther has is that it loves water. Sometimes photographers have found them swimming in the water and hunting in the water for food to eat. They have also been found swimming…
Tiger Shark is known as the shark with the greatest matspektrum - it eats everything from crustaceans, squid and turtles, sea snakes, dolphins but also other small sharks. Tiger shark, however, has been the rumor "sopätare" because it also tends to eat a variety of man-made tools and things. Tiger shark is the top predator and is almost always at the top of the food chain, the times, however, orcas chasing Tiger Sharks. Most Tiger Sharks tend to be 20 years, but there are individuals who have been a full 80 years. Tiger shark has a bite strength of about 60kg.…
Many people usually think of the Leopard as an African animal, which most are, but the Amur Leopard, believe…
The Tarantella is one of the oldest Italian folk dance that can be traced back to the middle Ages. Many labelled the tarantella the dance of healing/cure of the sick and courtship. It is also one of the most known, popularized, traditional dance in Italian society. The tarantella is characterized by upbeat music followed by a lead singer. The dance is also accompanied by light and quick steps mixed with teasing, flirtatious gestures between partners.…
Along the Central Asia there is a beautiful specie of leopard that is disappearing in the past few years. That animal is the snow leopards, they mainly feed on wild sheep, ibex, marmots and hares. They have long-paled gray fur that covers its body, and its patterned with black rosettes. They weighs about 145 lb, and they normally inhabit on cold snowy mountains or rocky outcrops. A long time ago there’s about 7,500 of these tiger-like mammals roaming in the world, but now there’s only about 6,000 of them left.…
Amur leopards are one of the rarest big cats in the world. With as many as 35 to 57 Amur leopards left in the wild, they’re labeled under the critically endangered list. Those 35-57 leopards are spread out over 36,000 hectares of land. For these big cats to survive, there needs to be around 100 individuals. Thankfully, the Amur leopard population had boomed from 30 to 57 since 2007.…
In The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga portrays a gut-wrenching, vivid display of a country that is defined by the oppression of the proletariat by both the super-structure and bourgeoisie. India is a relatively new “free” country, and can be defined by three periods: the early caste/pre-colonization, the British rule/colonization, and Western globalization/post-colonization. During the last period, an economy based in capitalism grew from the ashes of the previous British colonization where a vacuum for power was left after India received freedom from their previous oppressors. However, a transition into running their own country saw a government that only cared about making the rich, richer put into place, therefore further suppressing the proletariat,…
Domestic Cat SCIENTIFIC NAME: Felis catus TYPE: Mammals DIET: Carnivores SIZE: 28 in WEIGHT: 5 to 20 lbs PRESENCE IN WORLD HISTORY Ancient Egyptians domesticated cats first as early as 4,000 years ago. They were the first to keep and use cats to control vermin and other pests to protect stored food.…
They are the top predator in every ecosystem they inhabit. Until the 20th Century there were nine tiger subspecies that probably numbered over 100,000 animals. They included the giant 660-pound, or 300 kilo, Siberian (Panthera tigris altaica) and Caspian (Panthera tigris virgata; now extinct) tigers as well as the relatively small—and now also extinct—200-pound (90 kilo) Balinese tiger. Depending on whether there are any remaining South China tigers—nobody has seen one in years—there are either 5 or 6 tiger subspecies remaining in existence; all are endangered.…