There are many different kinds of animals in the Amazon Basin. Two that the author will be telling about are a Crab-Eating Fox and a Maned Wolf. They are both animals that live in the Amazon Basin. Throughout this paper the author will be telling about the Crab-Eating Fox and the Maned Wolf. For the thesis statement, the author will be having two thesis statements because they have two animals. The first thesis statement is about the Crab-Eating Fox: The Crab-Eating Fox may be related more to foxes, but is also related to wolves. The second thesis statement is about the Maned Wolf: The Maned Wolf looks more like a fox than a wolf.
The first animal the author will be talking about is the Crab-Eating Fox. A Crab-Eating Fox comes from the species of a Cerdocyon which means half dog and half fox. The
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Crab-Eating Fox’s Kingdom is the Animalia. Its Phylum is Chordata. Its Class is Mammalia. Its Order is Carnivora and its Family is Canidae. There is only two different types of Crab-Eating Foxes: the Crab-Eating Fox and the Short-eared Zorro. Some different types of names are: Crab-Eating Fox, Cerdocyon thous, Common Zorro, Crab-Eating Zorro, Savanna Fox, Forest Fox, and Wood Fox (Lucherini). The Crab-Eating Fox size is an estimate of twenty-four to twenty-eight in length size and eleven to eighteen in weight. Its tail is usually about twelve inches. Its range mass is about five to eight kg. They are covered in brownish grey hair. Their ears, legs, and face are a reddish color. The average lifespan of a Crab-Eating Fox is about eleven years. (Soft Schools). The gestation period of a Crab-Eating Fox is fifty-two to fifty-eight days. After that they give birth to two to six cubs. They reach independent stage at three months. They reach gender maturity at nine months. The mating behavior is monogamy which means they mate two or more times. The reproduction season begins in November or December and again in July (Animalia). The habitat of a Crab-Eating Fox is the forest and woodland parts of the Amazon Basin. The Crab-Eating Fox is a nocturnal animal, so they spend time hunting in the nighttime and at dusk. They live in other animal’s dens during the day. Their dens or hideouts are usually in tall grasses or bushes. The Crab-Eating Fox is common in population. Even though people are really harmful to them (Animalia). Crab-Eating Foxes are omnivores, so they eat meat and vegetables.
They truly do eat crab like it says in their name. They eat crab, fish, reptiles, rodents, insects, eggs, and fruit (Animalia). They walk in groups, but hunt by themselves. They do different hunting skills for the type of prey. They eat different foods in different seasons which means they eat more crab in the wetlands and more insects in drylands (Soft Schools).
The Crab-Eating Fox has a unique interaction with Red foxes, Culpeo foxes, Gray foxes, Arctic foxes, Jackals, Wild dogs, and Dingoes. They all live in peace, but do not live in the same habitat. They also share the same food. Since there is only one type of Crab-Eating Foxes, the author likes the short-eared Zorro. They like it because its ears are so cute! They have gray fur with red ears. They are cutest and only type (Di Bitetti).
The Maned Wolf is the second animal the author will be talking about. The Maned Wolf comes from the species of a Chrysocyon brachyurus. It means half fox and half wolf. The Maned Wolf’s Kingdom is Animalia. Its Phylum is Chordata. Its Class is Mammalia. Its Order is Carnivora and its Family is Canidae
(Nowak). The head and body length of the Maned Wolf is nine hundred fifty to one thousand, three hundred twenty mm. Its tail length is two hundred eighty to four hundred ninety mm. Its shoulder length is 740-900mm. The Maned Wolf weighs about 20-26kg. The average lifespan of the Maned Wolf is about 15 years (Nowak). Two unique characteristics of the Maned Wolf is they have long legs, so they can be able to see over the tall grasses while they run (Nowak). Another is the mane on the Maned Wolf’s neck stands erect when danger is near (Harvey).
The maned wolf is omnivorous and is a secondary consumer alike the Coyote and Darwin's fox. It has a similar diet to the coyote’s, since it feeds on small and medium sized mammals such as rodents, birds, fish and rabbits. Unlike the coyote and Darwin's fox, the maned wolf does not have any specific enemies or predators, but it may be attacked or even killed by feral dogs.
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Whales living in captivity become aggravated and have been known to take out anger on themselves by self harming. In the pools they live in, metal bars are placed in between the pools to prevent the killer whales from swimming to another pool. On several occurrences, the whales have attempted to bite and break the metal bars. This leaves the whales with broken teeth and a risk of infection. Infections in killer whales can lead to death in many cases. If a whale gets an infection, they have to be taken out of the pool and placed into another pool by themselves to prevent any problems with other killer whales they live with. In many cases, whales with infections need serious care from whale specialists.
In addition, these devils are carnivores. These animals can also be scavengers. Although some people would expect them to be
wolves. In Call of The Wild the main character is a Husky dog and in White
Not many people know about the arctic wolf, it is the snowy white version of a wolf. They have a really big appite when it comes to eating. They most only eat one meal a day and eat up to 20 pounds in that one meal. They are mostly carnivores; they mainly eat big animals like the caribou and the musk ox so they can feed themselves and the whole pack (Arctic/Antarctic: The Arctic Wolf). People eat up to three meals a day, but wolves can go up to days with out eating a single thing (Arctic/Antarctic: The Arctic Wolf). When wolves are hunting they have to be able to have a plan to catch their food. Wolves would get all the pack members that are hunting to surround the animal, and pounces on them. One bit to the neck and the animal would be dead. When they are eating they will eat everything, like the meat, shin, fur and bone (Arctic/Antarctic: The Arctic Wolf). Also Arctic wolves can live up to 20 years in captivity, while they can only live 7- 15 years in the wild (Arctic/Antarctic: The Arctic Wolf). Arctic wolves are one of the most prettiest and unique types of wolf. When Arctic wolves are pups t...
The two become great friends and treat each other like brothers. The wolf calls Torak Tall Tailness and Torak calls the pup Wolf. The brothers track, hunt, and play together for many moons. Torak comes to the realization that Wolf is his guide, and together they begin to head north towards the Mountain of the World Spirit. Part 2: Chapters 7-13.
Every play written uses dramatic elements. The main dramatic elements are plot, character, theme, and language. Lillian Hellman, who wrote the Little Foxes, incorporates these elements beautifully in her play. The play is set during the spring of 1900 and takes place in the Deep South part of the United States of America. Just as every other play, the Little Foxes has included the dramatic elements in her play, particularly the plot, character, and language that all incorporate an underlying theme of greed.
To start off, the horseshoe crab lived 200 million years before dinosaurs. What’s astounding is that while dinosaurs have become extinct, the horseshoe crab is still alive and well today (Horseshoe Crab:Saint Louis Zoo). Next is that it might not seem like it, but this critter is actually a predator. The crab likes to feed on things such as small clams, crustaceans, worms, algae, and other animals (Steel). Furthermore this animal is also known as the king crab. Finally the male horseshoe crab is actually shorter than the female the crab. The male is about 14-15 inches long from head to tail, while the female is measures in to be 18-19 inches long (Horseshoe Crab
The article I chose came form the website www.sciencedaily.com. The research in this article was conducted by Professor Dorothee Huchon and Professor Paulyn Cartwright and published in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The article relates to taxonomic classification we have covered in class. More specifically it relates to the kingdom animalia and the phylum cnidarian.
The name coyote is a Spanish alteration of the original Aztec name coyotl. The Latin name Canis latrans, meaning barking dog, was given to it by Thomas Say, who published a description of the species in 1833. Since 1967, its official name in the U.S. has been coyote. In some parts of the U.S. coyotes are called "brush wolves.” Wolves are much larger and hunt in packs.
(London, 53) White Fang matures into a big, strong wolf that is considered half-dog and half-wolf. He and his mother survive on their own when the rest or their
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