Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield (Turtle). This reptile is the object in Kay Ryan’s poem entitled “Turtle”. Kay Ryan makes a remarkable observation of a turtle. Along with her observation is the relation of a turtle’s daily life to the life of a human being. Despite the heavy shell that it carries around, the turtle proves to be a very strong animal because it never chooses to give
Reptiles, the class reptilian, are an evolutionary grade of animals. The reptile family consists of an order and a class one big family of species that has all evolved from one another. These 3 groups being Crocodilian, Squamata, and Testudines. Reptiles have been around for millions of years. The earliest known reptiles originated 340-335 million years ago during the carboniferous period, having evolved from advanced reptile-like amphibians that became increasingly adapted to life on dry land. Although
Anatomy A way to identify a fish is by their body structure, they have fins and a backbone. The anatomical adaptation of fins helps them survive and makes them and marine animal unique in that they use them to maintain their position, move, steer, and stop. Most fish have scales and breathe though gills. Most fish also have a mucus layer that helps them prevent infections. With in what we consider “fish,” there are many that don’t very much look like they are earth creatures. The strangest fish
ago. Turtles can live up to 100 years old fi they are able to protect themselves from harm. The Latin name for a sea turtle in general is Chelonioidea. Sea turtles are classified in following: Animalia Kingdom, Chordata phylum, Repitila class, Testudines order and Crypotdia suborder. They are also classified in the Chelonlidae or Dermochelyidae family. The genus and species of sea turtles depends on the species it is. There are seven species of sea turtles which are Green turtles, Logger head, Leatherback
of this. Therefore people should be informed about sea turtles characteristics, reproduction system and also learn about past incidents that has harmfully affected the sea turtles. Turtles; they are reptiles of the order Chelonia, also known as Testudines. In general they are mostly recognized especially by the enclosure of the internal body organs in a hard shell. These species can be omnivorous, carnivorous or herbivorous, some species that live in land prefer eating green. All turtles lay eggs
Evolution of Turtles and Their Body Plan Turtles are one of the most unique animals that roam the Earth today. They have the most unique body plans any animal has ever had. Being one of the oldest reptiles, from the order Testudines, they have gone through millions of years of adaption and evolution. Their evolution have left biologist puzzled and has demanded the attention of zoologist to study and discover the adaptation of these fascinating creatures. With the recent discoveries of Eunotosaurus
turtles are omnivores and can eat anything from insects to aquatic crustaceans, to macro algae (Deurmit L 2007). According to Deurmit (2007) Caretta caretta is classified into Animalia Kingdom, Chordata Phylum, Vertebrata Subphylum, Reptilian Class, Testudines’ Order,
phylogenetic retrofitting, which means adding some kind of data to a phylogeny that was not originally included. In M. S. Y. Lee’s article “Turtle origins: insights from phylogenetic retrofitting and molecular scaffolds”, the origin of the turtle (Testudines) is very controversial, and has been the source of experimenting to try to prove whether it should be placed under anapsid-grade parareptiles, according to Bayesian analyses, or diapsids as sisters to living archosaurs. The use of experiments including
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the word hyperbole comes from the Greek huperbolē (sometimes transliterated as hyperbolē), or ‘excess’ (from huper / hyper ‘above’ + ballein ‘to throw’). In Roman texts, the word could appear in its Greek transliterated form or in its Latin form, superlatio (PORTER, 2001), which means “exaggeration” and therefore, in rhetoric studies, ‘hyperbole’ (FARIA, 1962). It can also be expressed in English by the words ‘overstatement’ and ‘exaggeration’, which
The Great Barrier Reef What is the Great Barrier Reef? The Great Barrier Reef is a huge, colourful and bright coral reef, situated off the coast of Queensland in the Coral Sea. It is so big that it is the only living thing that can be seen from Space! It consists of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands that stretch over 348,700 km². It is in a wet, tropical climate with reasonably warm Winters and a high humidity in the Summer. Water temperatures span from 14 degrees Celsius in the Winter
When examining the most significant structures of ancient Rome, it might be surprising to discover that the bath complex served as one of the more important establishments in Roman society. Bath complexes functioned as “vast recreation, community and social centres” by providing citizens with a place to exercise, fraternize and bathe themselves each day. In terms of leisure, Roman bath complexes contained nearly everything that a person could want or need in one convenient location. To Romans, “bathing