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Species[edit] These species are called aspens: Populus adenopoda: Chinese aspen (China, south of P. tremula)Populus grandidentata: Bigtooth aspen (eastern North America, south of P. tremuloides)Populus sieboldii: Japanese aspen (Japan)[citation needed]Populus tremula: Eurasian aspen (northern Europe and Asia)Populus tremuloides: Quaking aspen (northern and western North America) Habitat and longevity[edit] The aspens are all native to cold regions with cool summers, in the north of the Northern Hemisphere, extending south at high altitudes in the mountains.
Crocodile. Etymology The word "crocodile" comes from the Ancient Greek κροκόδιλος (crocodilos), "lizard," used in the phrase ho krokódilos tou potamoú, "the lizard of the (Nile) river".
There are several variant Greek forms of the word attested, including the later form κροκόδειλος (crocodeilos)[4] found cited in many English reference works.[5] In the Koine Greek of Roman times, crocodilos and crocodeilos would have been pronounced identically, and either or both may be the source of the Latinized form crocodīlus used by the ancient Romans. Crocodilos or crocodeilos is a compound of krokè ("pebbles"), and drilos/dreilos ("worm"), although drilos is only attested as a colloquial term for "penis".[5] It is ascribed to Herodotus, and supposedly describes the basking habits of the Egyptian crocodile.[6] Species Distribution of crocodiles A total of 14 extant species have been recognized.
Characteristics. Eric carle african animal art. Bloody Ivory : Stop Elephant Poaching and Ivory Trade. Poachers Are Killing Thousands of African Vultures to Hide Evidence of Their Crimes. Ending "Shamu" stunts isn't enough to protect whales, activists say. SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Animal rights activists applauded SeaWorld's plans to end its orca shows in San Diego.
However, they said the marine park should stop keeping killer whales in captivity altogether. SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. made the announcement Monday about ending the shows. Visitors at the San Diego park made it clear they prefer seeing killer whales act naturally rather than doing tricks. The famous "Shamu" show began at the San Diego park many years ago. It featured killer whales doing flips and other stunts. New Focus On Natural Orca Behavior SeaWorld head Joel Manby said the park will offer a different kind of orca experience, starting in 2017.
Representative Adam Schiff of California plans to introduce a law to end breeding orcas in captivity. He said that as long as SeaWorld holds orcas in captivity, the problems caused by confining the whales will persist. Company Income Drops After Film SeaWorld is based in Orlando, Florida. Frozen Scythian stallions unravel mysteries of horse domestication.
First tamed by humans about 6000 years ago, horses today bear distinct marks of their early domestication.
Thousands of years of inbreeding, for example, have littered horse genomes with detrimental DNA. And because modern stallions all share a similar Y chromosome, early equestrians must have studded their herds with just a few males. Or so researchers thought. Now, by sequencing the genomes of 11 frozen stallions buried 2300 years ago in a Scythian prince’s tomb in the permafrost of Kazakhstan (above), researchers have discovered that the first horses came from plentiful male stock. Especial: Darwin en Argentina. Enslaved worker ants fight back through acts of sabotage.
What's particularly fascinating about this discovery is that the enslaved ants are not the ones passing the "destroy enemy pupae" genes to the next generation.
Instead, this characteristic is arising and being reenforced among the free ants. [Puts on evolutionary biologist wizard's hat] Ahem. While learned behavior is certainly possible, I wouldn't completely exclude genetic causes, or at least a genetic predisposition towards this behavior. When talking about genetics and evolutionary adaptation, it is vitally important to understand that all evolution cares about is the survival of genes rather than the survival of individual organism. This is something that proponents of intelligent design often don't understand, when ranting about bombardier beetles and exploding carpenter ants.
Mind you, I'm not saying this is the mechanism by which this skill is passed along, (creatures like ants and bees have certainly proven to be excellent communicators), just that it certainly could be. Animals. Turbidity. Plants. Explicacion. 12 Animals You've Never Heard Of. Tiny Ancient Fossils Provide First Glimpse of Organisms Eating Each Other.
Posted on May 1, 2013 Tiny 1,900 million-year-old fossils from rocks around Lake Superior, Canada captured ancient organisms eating each other.
The fossils, preserved in Gunflint chert, capture ancient microbes feasting on a cyanobacterium-like fossil called Gunflintia. Malus P. Mill. - Checklist View. 15 Intimate Portraits of Lions. The Great Barrier Reef: a catastrophe laid bare. It was the smell that really got to diver Richard Vevers.
The smell of death on the reef. Ocean Animal Encyclopedia. Jump to navigation Ocean Animal Encyclopedia Pages the Full Creature Index.
