Earle E. Williams
The cheetah
Jesse Arreola
Grade 7 Science
May 11 2015
I am going to tell you some basic facts about the cheetah. The cheetah lives in Africa mostly in the bottom of Africa there is around 7,000 cheetahs there. The cheetah is a mammal which means they eat animals. The cheetah is a carnivore it means they eat animals such like gazelles; wildebeest calves, impalas, and smaller hooted in their habitat. The cheetah’s fur helps the cheetah camouflage which helps allot by catching his prey. The species is now at parts of eastern, central, and South Africa with small populations found in southwest Asia. The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world; cheetahs could go up to 70 to 75 miles per hour in a small
These animals are diminishing in numbers because of illegal hunting and encroachment by humans. The mountain gorilla is considered to be critically endangered. There are roughly 700 mountain gorillas remaining on Earth, and nearly half live in the forests of the Virunga Mountains in central Africa. These gorillas live on the green, volcanic slopes of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo—areas that have seen much human violence from which the gorillas have not escaped. The greatest threat to the mountain gorilla...
After millions of years that humans separated from their relative primate how is that humans became bipedal. So many changes have happened to the human body to decide to stay on the ground and abandoned their lives in the trees. Primates evolved different body structures according to their lifestyle and the ecosystem in which they lived. As Charles Darwin natural selection stays; it could be as a result of new environments, the need for food and shelter, which forced humans to adapt and survive. Although, most of primates’ anatomy reflects habits of movement, it could be easy to see the external differences but there are many differences that have been intensely studied and researched.
I am presenting information on the life, past rate of growth and future of the Olive Baboon. I will demonstrate the community relationship shared by the adult females, males, and juveniles in the troop and how the ranking of females plays an important part of troop dynamics. I will explain the specifics of the climate of the savanna biome and what adaptations the Olive baboon, native to this habitat, has to support its survival and the food chain it is part of. I will further show the omnivores behaviors as a predator to rodents, hares, and Thomson gazelles, as a prey to lions, leopards and hyenas, and as an herbivore, that eats tubers, lemon grass and acacia. Further, I will explore the symbiotic relationship that the Olive baboon shares with the elephants. I will further examine the pivotal role of the Olive Baboon in the ecosystem and their impact on human beings. Finally, I will explain the Olive Baboons place in the biogeochemical cycles that sustain life, in the biome through the recycling of phosphorus, carbon, nitrogen and water
Another common leopard gecko morph is an albino leopard gecko! This morph is most characterized by light colors, stripes (tan, light yellow and orange, light purple, etc.), and a certain paleness of the skin. As a reference, an albino's skin looks like that of a gecko prio to shedding! Don't be mistaken, these geckos look really
“Bam bam bam” you hear gun-shots in the forest a person comes out with and endangered Jaguar its face covered in blood you want to help save its species, but you don't know how, but then you ask yourself “Do I want to save this species?” the Florida Panther should be helped and if not goodbye Florida Panther. Should we help wild cats? So many species of wild cats are endangered like the cheetah and the Back Jaguar, Tigers snow leopards, and lions are all on the endangered list. We need to help them because if there numbers drop to zero there won't be anymore wild cats. Can you imagine a world without cheetahs? Like in Asia the wild cats Asiatic cheetahs, Amur leopards, Sunda clouded leopards, clouded leopards, Asiatic lions, snow leopards and tigers are all endangered.
Now, as I have said there are a few similarities and much diversity between the animals. Mongooses are small mammals that look like a cat and a weasel mix. When they are born, like most mammals, they cannot see. Even though this happens they are independent to find their own colony after four to six months of being alive. A mongoose can grow to have a length of eight to twenty-six inches from head to the end of the tail. When running at full speed they can get up to twenty miles an hour, the average person can only run fifteen miles an hour in short bursts.
The Triceratops (figure 1) was and herbivore that lived in the late Cretaceous period, which was around 125 million years ago. The Triceratops existed at least 66 million years ago. It was a Rhinoceros-like dinosaur that had a sturdy body structure. It had four legs, three horns, and big eyes. Triceratopses were very complex.
Some of history’s historical events have affect the the habitats and how the Zanzibar Leopards lived. The leopards are only found in Tanzania in the Zanzibar Archipelago, on Unguja Island. The leopards where found in and around the Jozani Forest. The Unguja Island was separated from the main part of Tanzania during the last ice age, when the glaciers started to melt. One of the problems that lead the leopards to extinction was the population and agricultural growth, as more people came to Unguja, they had to clear more of the forest so they could build more homes and farms. Another problem was in 1964 after the Zanzibar revolution the island started an anti witch and leopard hunt, the reason the leopards were involved was because the leopards
The gorillas live mainly in coastal West Africa in the Congo, Zaire, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. Gorillas live in the rain forest. They usually live on the ground but build nest in trees to sleep in. Gorilla troops keep a 15-20 square mile range which often overlaps the range of other troops. There are three different kinds of gorillas. The eastern lowland gorilla the western lowland and the mountain gorilla. They are herbivores and eat only wild celery, roots, tree bark pulp, fruit, stems of many plants and bamboo shoots. They spend nearly half their day eating.
they also live in other types of forests in Madagascar. Lemurs can only be found living in
When Cheetah wakes up he has a gold coat on,a gift from Hermes, which represents his ego, greed, and the fact that he can run fast but not for long. He knows he lost and starts crying the tears stain the coat with black dots and lines down his face. Cheetah is still so hot and his legs ache so much that he only can run for so long. Cheetah is punished by being turned into a Cheetah which is a animal with gold fur and black dots and lines covering it. Cheetahs can only run for so long is because of how hot and how tired Cheetah was after the
The Dama Gazelle are herbivores. Their diet consists of shrubs, acacias, and desert dates. During the wet season, this species migrates to the Sahara Desert. During a drought, this species migrates out of the Sahara Desert to moister habitats. They do not need much water to survive. These animals can live off little droplets of water from their food source. One article from “National Geography” states, “Dama Gazelle numbers have fallen by about 80% in the last decade and continues to fall.” These species is endangered because of illegal hunting, habitat destruction, drought, and competition for food. A statement from the “International Endangered Species List” says, “At this rate, the Dama Gazelle is headed toward extinction.” If this species becomes extinct, it will affect the entire ecosystem and cause a ripple effect. Once they become extinct, it will cause other species to become extinct and possibly cause plants to take over the desert. They move in small herds to protect themselves from natural predators such as lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. A fun fact about these interesting creatures is that Dama Gazelles may stand on their hind legs to eat from acacia trees and other plants as high as six feet from the ground! They are the largest s...
The cheetah is known as a very interesting animal for many reasons. One of the prime examples of why so many people believe the cheetah is such an amazing animal is because of the speed it contains. For example, the cheetah can accelerate to speeds of over sixty miles per hour in a matter of three seconds, which is in fact, faster than some cars.(Cheetah facts, about cheetahs 1). Believe it or not, sixty miles per hour isn’t the fastest a cheetah can run! The fastest recorded time for a cheetah’s running speed was seventy five miles per hour while using their tails to steer. (Murray 1) (One Kind, Cheetahs 1). For example, cheetahs can turn in midair when they’re at a full sprint, which is pretty amazing. (One Kind, Cheetahs 1). Another reason the cheetah is such an incredible animal to observe is their hunting ability. Cheetahs are often predators in the wild, which means they hunt other
They Hyena mostly live in Africa, south of the Sahara, but except in the Congo Basin. Also large numbers of Hyenas live in Ethiopia, British Somalialand, and Ngrongoro Crater. Their habitat is usually a flat grassland. It is mostly dry and sometimes rocky area. There are few trees or plants. Mostly there are shrubs. There are also some mountains in the region.