Zoology Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (181) essays
Zoology essays:
Population Issues Report – Western Lowland Gorilla
... the Western Lowland Gorilla lives in are; Lowland tropical forests in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria, as you can see in figure 2. These animals are slowing declining in number, due to logging trees in their habitat, Ebola ...
Fer de lance
... de Queimada Grande, a speck of land off Brazil's southeastern coast. There, a unique species of the fer-de-lance pit viper, armed with a super-potent venom and found only on the island's 430,000 square meters, is jungle king. Legend has it that the snake guards its forest realm ...
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
... square kilometers in the troubled Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The irony is that despite a troubled history marred with civil and tribal unrest, the region is considered one of the most biologically diverse areas in the African continent. The Ituri consists of lowland tropical forests ...
Zebras
... endangered. (Zebra)"One reason all horses are vulnerable in the face of hunting pressures and habitat loss is that they reproduce slowly. "Gestation lasts eleven to thirteen months, depending upon the species ...
Homology and Analogy Essay: Animal Form and Function - Examples of Analogy and Homology of Morphological and Behavioural traits.
... the trees. Primates have adapted fingers and opposable thumbs to aid gripping and climbing, this is important as infants cling to the fur of their mother and must have strong front limbs. Sloth's have claws instead of ...
Personal Reflection on Work Experience - Lost Dogs Home
... and other pups. One of the things that might have stood out from the average day for me was defiantly the surgery. Its pretty cool watching a surgeon cutting open a dog for de-sex them or tearing their way though the knee to replace a ...
The Black Rhinoceros
... forest fires, droughts, and loss of habitat are the only factors that limit their population. Rhinos have hardly any competition for food because they are one of the largest primary consumers and the savannas are plentiful of grass and shrubs for consumption. The ...
Shark Hunting: The Loss of an Apex Predator, and the Corruption of the Ocean Ecosystem
... Habitat loss is another continuing problem that sharks face, and this, coupled with overfishing, leads to an increasingly adverse effect on shark populations. Politics are at the forefront of many arguments for the resistance of shark hunting, and the attempt to spare ocean ecosystems of ...
"Raptor Red" by Robert T. Bakker
... the dull green undergrowth of the conifers that bound the edge of mud flats and river beds. The eyes follow every movement among the great herd of plant eating dinosaurs that mills around in the open meadows, feeding high in the trees and sniffing the air for danger. The ...
Woodlice in general in NZ
... the exposed surface area and help reduce water loss from the clump. The woodlice in the centre of the group will have a lower humidity gradient and therefore loose water vapor at a much reduced rate when compared with an isolated woodlouse. Even the woodlice on the outside of the ...