Ravens are large black birds with a wingspan of 46-56 inches that eat both animals and plants. They are highly intelligent and can imitate sounds. Ravens build large nests out of sticks lined with materials like bark or plastic bags where they lay 3-7 eggs that hatch within 18-20 days, and the young fledge 35-42 days later.
Butterflies have two antennas, four legs, and a thorax to support their wings. Monarch butterflies have a wingspan of four inches and live in habitats across North and South America. Monarchs go through a life cycle starting as eggs and transforming through stages as a chrysalis and pupae before emerging as adults over two weeks. While some butterflies are eaten by spiders and birds, monarchs have a defense of being poisonous to animals.
Bees come in a wide range of sizes, from the smallest being 2.1 mm long to the largest reaching 39 mm. They have adaptations for feeding on nectar and pollen, using a long proboscis to obtain nectar from flowers. Most bees have two pairs of wings, though some species have shorter wings or are wingless. The European honey bee is the best known bee for its production of honey through beekeeping.
Chrysomelidae and Lucanidae Families of ColeopteraBinita Suwal
The two important families of coleoptera including beetles and weevils. Identification methods are; they are mandibulated, having elytra. Beetles of Chrysomelidae are also called Chrysomelidae, Tortois beetle or Eucalypt beetle
The document provides an overview of the animal kingdom phylum tree. It lists the major phyla including vertebrates, insects, mollusks, annelids like earthworms and leeches, velvet worms, arthropods like insects and crustaceans, echinoderms like sea stars and sea urchins, and tunicates like sea squirts. Vertebrates are a subphylum of chordates, and insects represent the largest phylum.
The document discusses the characteristics of Hymenoptera, which includes bees, ants, and wasps. It lists three ordinal characteristics: they have chewing mouthparts but bees also suck nectar; they undergo complete metamorphosis; and adults have two pairs of membranous wings or none. The document then provides information on specific species or groups, including their common and scientific names as well as food sources. It covers species such as honey bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees, carpenter ants, red harvester ants, velvet ants, cicada killers, paper wasps, mud daubers, blue mud daubers, and ichneumon wasps.
Allomyces is a genus of fungi that reproduces asexually through zoospores with whip-like flagella. Species of Allomyces are commonly found in soils in tropical regions, especially in ponds, rice fields, and slow-moving rivers. The thallus of Allomyces has a trunk-like basal cell that gives rise to branched rhizoids and side branches that terminate in sporangia, zoosporangia, or gametangia depending on the life cycle stage.
Ravens are large black birds with a wingspan of 46-56 inches that eat both animals and plants. They are highly intelligent and can imitate sounds. Ravens build large nests out of sticks lined with materials like bark or plastic bags where they lay 3-7 eggs that hatch within 18-20 days, and the young fledge 35-42 days later.
Butterflies have two antennas, four legs, and a thorax to support their wings. Monarch butterflies have a wingspan of four inches and live in habitats across North and South America. Monarchs go through a life cycle starting as eggs and transforming through stages as a chrysalis and pupae before emerging as adults over two weeks. While some butterflies are eaten by spiders and birds, monarchs have a defense of being poisonous to animals.
Bees come in a wide range of sizes, from the smallest being 2.1 mm long to the largest reaching 39 mm. They have adaptations for feeding on nectar and pollen, using a long proboscis to obtain nectar from flowers. Most bees have two pairs of wings, though some species have shorter wings or are wingless. The European honey bee is the best known bee for its production of honey through beekeeping.
Chrysomelidae and Lucanidae Families of ColeopteraBinita Suwal
The two important families of coleoptera including beetles and weevils. Identification methods are; they are mandibulated, having elytra. Beetles of Chrysomelidae are also called Chrysomelidae, Tortois beetle or Eucalypt beetle
The document provides an overview of the animal kingdom phylum tree. It lists the major phyla including vertebrates, insects, mollusks, annelids like earthworms and leeches, velvet worms, arthropods like insects and crustaceans, echinoderms like sea stars and sea urchins, and tunicates like sea squirts. Vertebrates are a subphylum of chordates, and insects represent the largest phylum.
The document discusses the characteristics of Hymenoptera, which includes bees, ants, and wasps. It lists three ordinal characteristics: they have chewing mouthparts but bees also suck nectar; they undergo complete metamorphosis; and adults have two pairs of membranous wings or none. The document then provides information on specific species or groups, including their common and scientific names as well as food sources. It covers species such as honey bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees, carpenter ants, red harvester ants, velvet ants, cicada killers, paper wasps, mud daubers, blue mud daubers, and ichneumon wasps.
Allomyces is a genus of fungi that reproduces asexually through zoospores with whip-like flagella. Species of Allomyces are commonly found in soils in tropical regions, especially in ponds, rice fields, and slow-moving rivers. The thallus of Allomyces has a trunk-like basal cell that gives rise to branched rhizoids and side branches that terminate in sporangia, zoosporangia, or gametangia depending on the life cycle stage.
1) Vogtia malloi, a moth native to South America, was introduced as a biocontrol agent to manage the invasive aquatic weed water hyacinth in India.
2) The moth was mass cultured and released in test ponds and aquariums containing water hyacinth.
3) The larvae of V. malloi fed within the stems of water hyacinth, damaging multiple stems and causing up to a 48% reduction in shoot biomass of the weed.
The orange-bellied parrot is a small green bird with blue around its beak and an orange spot on its stomach. It nests in tree hollows close to its food sources and lays 4-6 eggs. The parrot feeds on seeds and plants but is threatened by predators like cats and foxes, as well as habitat loss. It breeds in Tasmania and spends winters in Victoria and South Australia.
The peacock is a large bird known for its colorful tail feathers. It is typically blue and green and can reach up to 5 feet in length. Peacocks are omnivores that eat plants, berries, frogs and snakes. They live in groups called parties and inhabit rainforests and streamside forests in parts of Asia and Africa. Males display their elaborate tails to attract females for mating.
Hummingbirds have evolved into many species through the process of natural selection, as shown by studies on regional populations of long-billed and short-billed hummingbirds in Ecuador. These studies found that long-billed hummingbirds thrived in areas with longer flowers as their bill shape was more efficient for feeding, resulting in more reproduction over time and the emergence of a distinct long-billed species. Natural selection determines which hummingbird characteristics are best suited for different geographic regions based on flower types, illustrating how distinct species can form from changes in a population's traits.
The Common Pond Hawk Dragonfly is an insect found near bodies of water like ponds, lakes, and rivers. It has a two-part scientific name and undergoes complete metamorphosis with three life stages: egg, nymph, and adult. As a nymph, it lives in water and breathes through gills, while the winged adult breathes through a tracheal respiratory system and preys on mosquitoes and other flying insects.
The national bird of Jamaica is the hummingbird, known as the doctor bird or swallow tail hummingbird. It has uniquely beautiful iridescent feathers and the males have exceptionally long tail feathers of up to seven inches. The doctor bird has been immortalized in Jamaican folklore and song for its magical associations according to Arawak beliefs.
Bats are flying mammals in the order Chiroptera. They have wings made of skin stretched between their forelimbs and tail, weak hind limbs with five clawed toes and knees that point backwards. Bats have large external ears, small eyes with poor vision, and include species like Pteropus and Pipistrellus. Pteropus is a fruit-eating bat commonly called a "flying fox" found in India, with brown fur, a long snout without a nose leaf, wings, small pinnae and a tail not included in the interfemoral membrane, that feeds on fruits such as guavas, bananas and mangoes.
The document discusses 5 kingdoms of living organisms - Animal, Plant, Monera, Fungi, and Protista. Within the Animal Kingdom, it describes the characteristics of 5 animal classes: mammals have hair and feed milk to young, reptiles have scales and some have shells, fish have fins/scales and breathe through gills, birds have feathers and fly, and amphibians live both on land and water. Key details are provided about physical features and life cycles of examples within each class.
This document discusses the evolution of birds from reptiles. It notes that birds are classified as Aves and have adaptations for flight like wings, feathers, and airspaces in bones. Archaeopteryx is identified as an important early bird that lived 150 million years ago - it had feathers but also claws and a long tail, indicating its reptilian ancestry. The document then discusses how early birds may have evolved flight through gliding and using wings to capture insects before full flight developed. Transitional fossils like Archaeopteryx provide evidence of the evolution between reptiles and modern avian traits.
Peafowl are birds that include peacocks and peahens. Peacocks are the male birds known for their colorful tail feathers, which can span up to 6 feet. Peafowl live in areas with low trees and plants, eat a variety of foods like grains and small animals, and peacocks will fan out their tails and display their colors to attract mates and assert dominance.
This document contains brief mentions of various types of animals including migratory geese, clown fish, fighting squirrels, bee-eaters, beavers, turtles resting on a hippo, a type of poplar tree, sparrowhawk and jay birds, black-footed ferret, cormorants, bees pollinating flowers, a type of viper, thousands of walrus, a cave spider from Tasmania, vultures, monarch butterflies, and an owl. It also notes that the photos belong to their original authors.
The document summarizes information about several bird species:
The Golden Pheasant is a game bird native to western China with a distinctive golden crest, rump and bright red body. The Greater Bird-of-Paradise received its name because early specimens reached Europe without feet, leading to the belief they never touched the ground. The Rainbow Lorikeet is a colorful parrot found in Australia and nearby regions that lives in rainforests, coastal bush and woodlands. The Orange-bellied Parrot is a small Australian parrot, one of two that migrate, and is critically endangered with only 36 known to be alive after the 2011/2012 breeding season.
The document provides an overview of Phylum Arthropoda, which includes insects, arachnids, crustaceans, millipedes, centipedes, and others. It describes key characteristics like segmented bodies, jointed appendages, and a chitinous exoskeleton. Examples are given for each class, describing features like number of body sections, legs, respiration methods, and habitats. Life cycles and images of common orders and species are also included to illustrate the diversity within the phylum.
The document discusses different types of plants including gymnosperms, angiosperms, pteridophytes, and bryophytes. It then focuses on plant structures like epidermal cells, guard cells, stomata, xylem, and the parts of a plant stem. Photosynthesis and respiration are also covered, including chloroplasts and the processes of each. Key plant organelles and biological processes are outlined.
The document discusses plant structures including roots and shoots. It describes the main functions of roots as anchoring the plant, absorbing water and minerals, and food storage. The three basic types of root systems are described as fibrous, taproot, and storage taproot. Key root terms like root hairs, fleshy roots, and aerial roots are also defined. The functions of stems include attachment for leaves/flowers/fruit, housing the vascular system, storage, and helping plants spread. Different stem types such as simple, branched, climbing, creeping, rhizomes, and stolons are outlined.
ZOOPHILY- POLLINATION WITH HELP OF ANIMALSHarshika4
what is zoophily, Types of zoophily, entomophilous flowers characteristics, Pollination in yucca, poliination in salvia, Calotropis, Trap door rmechanism, pseudocopulation, Save the pollinators
This summarizes the key information about the Nymphalidae family of butterflies:
1) Nymphalidae is the largest family of butterflies, with over 6,000 described species. It includes well-known butterflies like monarchs and painted ladies.
2) Nymphalid butterflies are often called "brush-footed" because the front pair of legs are small and brush-like, used for sensing rather than walking.
3) Species in this family can be found on every continent except Antarctica, and occupy a wide range of habitats from forests to deserts. They have diverse food sources including flowers, tree sap, and dung.
The document summarizes key aspects of bryophytes:
- Bryophytes are nonvascular plants represented by three phyla: mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
- In bryophytes, the gametophyte generation is dominant and produces gametes, while the sporophyte generation is smaller and temporary.
- Bryophytes lack specialized tissues for transport and support and rely on rhizoids and one-cell thick structures, keeping them generally small.
Plants and animals commonly found around Sofia include clover, oak trees, hornbeam trees, Scots pine trees, lapwings, voles, hares, hedgehogs, tortoises, and red foxes. Clover is a small herbaceous plant, oaks can reach heights of 30 meters and produce acorns, and hornbeams typically grow to 20 meters. Lapwings are migratory wading birds, voles have many litters per year, and hares can run up to 72 kph. Hedgehogs have protective spines and tortoises can live over 150 years. Red foxes are omnivores with varied diets.
1. The abdomen of insects is segmented, with the basic number being 11 segments plus a telson bearing the anus. The 8th and 9th abdominal segments in females and the 9th in males contain external reproductive organs or genitalia.
2. Abdominal segments contain structures like spiracles, tympanums, and appendages that vary between insect groups. Appendages include styli, collophores, retinacula, furculae, gills, dolichasters, and prolegs.
3. Winged adults have appendages like cornicles, caudal breathing tubes, cerci, median caudal filaments, pygostyles, anal styli,
El documento habla sobre panoramas y música relajante. Proporciona un tema musical llamado "indian dream- spa music" para escuchar el sábado 21 de julio de 2012. También incluye una dirección de correo electrónico.
1) Vogtia malloi, a moth native to South America, was introduced as a biocontrol agent to manage the invasive aquatic weed water hyacinth in India.
2) The moth was mass cultured and released in test ponds and aquariums containing water hyacinth.
3) The larvae of V. malloi fed within the stems of water hyacinth, damaging multiple stems and causing up to a 48% reduction in shoot biomass of the weed.
The orange-bellied parrot is a small green bird with blue around its beak and an orange spot on its stomach. It nests in tree hollows close to its food sources and lays 4-6 eggs. The parrot feeds on seeds and plants but is threatened by predators like cats and foxes, as well as habitat loss. It breeds in Tasmania and spends winters in Victoria and South Australia.
The peacock is a large bird known for its colorful tail feathers. It is typically blue and green and can reach up to 5 feet in length. Peacocks are omnivores that eat plants, berries, frogs and snakes. They live in groups called parties and inhabit rainforests and streamside forests in parts of Asia and Africa. Males display their elaborate tails to attract females for mating.
Hummingbirds have evolved into many species through the process of natural selection, as shown by studies on regional populations of long-billed and short-billed hummingbirds in Ecuador. These studies found that long-billed hummingbirds thrived in areas with longer flowers as their bill shape was more efficient for feeding, resulting in more reproduction over time and the emergence of a distinct long-billed species. Natural selection determines which hummingbird characteristics are best suited for different geographic regions based on flower types, illustrating how distinct species can form from changes in a population's traits.
The Common Pond Hawk Dragonfly is an insect found near bodies of water like ponds, lakes, and rivers. It has a two-part scientific name and undergoes complete metamorphosis with three life stages: egg, nymph, and adult. As a nymph, it lives in water and breathes through gills, while the winged adult breathes through a tracheal respiratory system and preys on mosquitoes and other flying insects.
The national bird of Jamaica is the hummingbird, known as the doctor bird or swallow tail hummingbird. It has uniquely beautiful iridescent feathers and the males have exceptionally long tail feathers of up to seven inches. The doctor bird has been immortalized in Jamaican folklore and song for its magical associations according to Arawak beliefs.
Bats are flying mammals in the order Chiroptera. They have wings made of skin stretched between their forelimbs and tail, weak hind limbs with five clawed toes and knees that point backwards. Bats have large external ears, small eyes with poor vision, and include species like Pteropus and Pipistrellus. Pteropus is a fruit-eating bat commonly called a "flying fox" found in India, with brown fur, a long snout without a nose leaf, wings, small pinnae and a tail not included in the interfemoral membrane, that feeds on fruits such as guavas, bananas and mangoes.
The document discusses 5 kingdoms of living organisms - Animal, Plant, Monera, Fungi, and Protista. Within the Animal Kingdom, it describes the characteristics of 5 animal classes: mammals have hair and feed milk to young, reptiles have scales and some have shells, fish have fins/scales and breathe through gills, birds have feathers and fly, and amphibians live both on land and water. Key details are provided about physical features and life cycles of examples within each class.
This document discusses the evolution of birds from reptiles. It notes that birds are classified as Aves and have adaptations for flight like wings, feathers, and airspaces in bones. Archaeopteryx is identified as an important early bird that lived 150 million years ago - it had feathers but also claws and a long tail, indicating its reptilian ancestry. The document then discusses how early birds may have evolved flight through gliding and using wings to capture insects before full flight developed. Transitional fossils like Archaeopteryx provide evidence of the evolution between reptiles and modern avian traits.
Peafowl are birds that include peacocks and peahens. Peacocks are the male birds known for their colorful tail feathers, which can span up to 6 feet. Peafowl live in areas with low trees and plants, eat a variety of foods like grains and small animals, and peacocks will fan out their tails and display their colors to attract mates and assert dominance.
This document contains brief mentions of various types of animals including migratory geese, clown fish, fighting squirrels, bee-eaters, beavers, turtles resting on a hippo, a type of poplar tree, sparrowhawk and jay birds, black-footed ferret, cormorants, bees pollinating flowers, a type of viper, thousands of walrus, a cave spider from Tasmania, vultures, monarch butterflies, and an owl. It also notes that the photos belong to their original authors.
The document summarizes information about several bird species:
The Golden Pheasant is a game bird native to western China with a distinctive golden crest, rump and bright red body. The Greater Bird-of-Paradise received its name because early specimens reached Europe without feet, leading to the belief they never touched the ground. The Rainbow Lorikeet is a colorful parrot found in Australia and nearby regions that lives in rainforests, coastal bush and woodlands. The Orange-bellied Parrot is a small Australian parrot, one of two that migrate, and is critically endangered with only 36 known to be alive after the 2011/2012 breeding season.
The document provides an overview of Phylum Arthropoda, which includes insects, arachnids, crustaceans, millipedes, centipedes, and others. It describes key characteristics like segmented bodies, jointed appendages, and a chitinous exoskeleton. Examples are given for each class, describing features like number of body sections, legs, respiration methods, and habitats. Life cycles and images of common orders and species are also included to illustrate the diversity within the phylum.
The document discusses different types of plants including gymnosperms, angiosperms, pteridophytes, and bryophytes. It then focuses on plant structures like epidermal cells, guard cells, stomata, xylem, and the parts of a plant stem. Photosynthesis and respiration are also covered, including chloroplasts and the processes of each. Key plant organelles and biological processes are outlined.
The document discusses plant structures including roots and shoots. It describes the main functions of roots as anchoring the plant, absorbing water and minerals, and food storage. The three basic types of root systems are described as fibrous, taproot, and storage taproot. Key root terms like root hairs, fleshy roots, and aerial roots are also defined. The functions of stems include attachment for leaves/flowers/fruit, housing the vascular system, storage, and helping plants spread. Different stem types such as simple, branched, climbing, creeping, rhizomes, and stolons are outlined.
ZOOPHILY- POLLINATION WITH HELP OF ANIMALSHarshika4
what is zoophily, Types of zoophily, entomophilous flowers characteristics, Pollination in yucca, poliination in salvia, Calotropis, Trap door rmechanism, pseudocopulation, Save the pollinators
This summarizes the key information about the Nymphalidae family of butterflies:
1) Nymphalidae is the largest family of butterflies, with over 6,000 described species. It includes well-known butterflies like monarchs and painted ladies.
2) Nymphalid butterflies are often called "brush-footed" because the front pair of legs are small and brush-like, used for sensing rather than walking.
3) Species in this family can be found on every continent except Antarctica, and occupy a wide range of habitats from forests to deserts. They have diverse food sources including flowers, tree sap, and dung.
The document summarizes key aspects of bryophytes:
- Bryophytes are nonvascular plants represented by three phyla: mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
- In bryophytes, the gametophyte generation is dominant and produces gametes, while the sporophyte generation is smaller and temporary.
- Bryophytes lack specialized tissues for transport and support and rely on rhizoids and one-cell thick structures, keeping them generally small.
Plants and animals commonly found around Sofia include clover, oak trees, hornbeam trees, Scots pine trees, lapwings, voles, hares, hedgehogs, tortoises, and red foxes. Clover is a small herbaceous plant, oaks can reach heights of 30 meters and produce acorns, and hornbeams typically grow to 20 meters. Lapwings are migratory wading birds, voles have many litters per year, and hares can run up to 72 kph. Hedgehogs have protective spines and tortoises can live over 150 years. Red foxes are omnivores with varied diets.
1. The abdomen of insects is segmented, with the basic number being 11 segments plus a telson bearing the anus. The 8th and 9th abdominal segments in females and the 9th in males contain external reproductive organs or genitalia.
2. Abdominal segments contain structures like spiracles, tympanums, and appendages that vary between insect groups. Appendages include styli, collophores, retinacula, furculae, gills, dolichasters, and prolegs.
3. Winged adults have appendages like cornicles, caudal breathing tubes, cerci, median caudal filaments, pygostyles, anal styli,
El documento habla sobre panoramas y música relajante. Proporciona un tema musical llamado "indian dream- spa music" para escuchar el sábado 21 de julio de 2012. También incluye una dirección de correo electrónico.
This document appears to be a collection of photographs from around the world with captions indicating the location and photographer. There are over 50 photos showing people and places from countries like the Philippines, Malaysia, Turkey, Nepal, United States, India, Serbia, Greece, Italy, Pakistan, Romania, Brazil, Iran, Australia, Bolivia, Portugal, New Zealand, Macedonia, United Arab Emirates, Poland, Ireland, Belarus, Morocco, United Kingdom and more. The photos are intended to portray ordinary people from different parts of the world.
Audrey Hepburn was a famous Belgian-British actress known for her beauty, grace and film roles. Some key facts about her include:
- She was born in 1929 in Brussels, Belgium and stood at 5 feet 7 inches tall as an adult.
- Some of her most famous roles included Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany's. She won an Oscar for her role in Roman Holiday.
- Despite aging, she maintained a healthy lifestyle and down to earth personality in Hollywood. She shone like a perfect diamond among excess.
- She believed inner beauty was more important than outward appearance and encouraged sharing kindness with others through her words.
The document is a slideshow with 36 pages. It discusses automatic playback and has a navigation bar at the bottom indicating the current slide and total number of slides.
Costa Rica é um país da América Central localizado entre o Oceano Pacífico e o Mar do Caribe. É conhecido por suas belas praias, florestas tropicais e por ser um dos países mais pacíficos e estáveis da região. Costa Rica aboliu o exército em 1948 e investe fortemente em educação e proteção ambiental.
Birdsong: The Call of the Natural World (Script)DavidLee1474
The final draft of my nature podcast script which explores several of the world's most fascinating birds including, but not limited to, the wren and the peregrine falcon. Certain words have been highlighted to indicate where material has been cut during post-production.
This document provides evidence for organic evolution from several sources:
1) Fossil records from sedimentary rocks show connecting links between different species over time.
2) Homologous and analogous organs between different species indicate common ancestry.
3) Embryological studies show that animals of the same class have common early embryonic structures.
4) Connecting links are organisms that exhibit characteristics of two adjacent groups, providing transitional forms.
5) Geographic distribution patterns show that isolated populations of the same ancestral species vary over generations in different climates.
The document provides information about different types of birds found around the world. It discusses the nightingale and its loud singing in urban areas to overcome noise. It also describes cuckoos as a family of birds that includes roadrunners, koels and coucals. Peacocks are described as large, colorful pheasants known for their iridescent tails over 60% of their body length. The chaffinch is one of the most common birds in Britain and Ireland with patterned plumage helping it blend in on the ground. Wood pigeons are the most numerous large wild bird in Britain with an estimated population of 2.5 million pairs. Sparrows are small passerine birds that often
Sparrows are small, mostly brown birds that are very common throughout the world. They are divided into two main families - Old World Sparrows found in Europe, Asia and Africa, and New World Sparrows found in North and South America. While sparrows can be difficult to identify due to their dull plumage, understanding their behaviors such as flocking, foraging, diet and flight patterns can help in identification. Sparrows are also known for dust bathing and often live closely around human settlements. There are over 50 species of sparrows found in North America alone.
Birds are classified in the class Aves. They have bilateral symmetry and evolved from dinosaurs over 250 million years ago. Key shared characteristics with other animals include feathers, a four-chambered heart, large brains, and wings that allow for gliding and flapping flight. Birds reproduce through internal fertilization and lay hard-shelled eggs. Examples provided include the Indian peafowl, American flamingo, and ostrich.
This document provides information on avian fauna (birds) including their:
- Morphological features such as feathers, scales on legs/feet, and diapsid skull inherited from reptiles.
- Evolution from dinosaurs including Archaeopteryx as the earliest known bird with both reptilian and avian traits.
- Taxonomy including modern bird groups of Palaeognathae and Neognathae.
- Life history traits like laying eggs, being precocial or altricial, and rapid growth to adult size within a year.
This document summarizes several polyneopteran orders: Plecoptera (stoneflies), Embioptera (webspinners), Dermaptera (earwigs), Zoraptera (angel insects), Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects), and Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, etc.). It describes morphological characteristics, life cycles, habits and habitats, and other details about each order. It was presented by Kamalraj.G from the Department of Entomology at Annamalai University in India.
1. Birds evolved from feathered, winged dinosaurs and share adaptations for flight including modified forelimbs as wings, lightweight skeletons, and high metabolic rates.
2. The fossil Archaeopteryx, dating to around 150 million years ago, provides evidence of this evolution as it had both reptilian and avian features like teeth and clawed wings, indicating it was an ancient gliding bird.
3. Other early bird fossils like Sinornis and Eoalulavis, dating back 135-115 million years, show more advanced flight adaptations like shortened tails and sternums for flight muscles, suggesting powered flight capability evolved earlier than previously believed.
The document provides information on various endemic bird species found in India. It discusses the key features of parrots, peacocks, mynahs, sparrows, crows, pigeons, cranes, kingfishers, eagles and kites. For each species, it mentions their physical appearance, behaviors and scientific names. The birds described in the document include the national bird of India, the peacock, as well as commonly seen birds like crows, pigeons and sparrows.
Characteristics And Characteristics Of The SpeciesMary Brown
The document provides information about two parasites: Toxoplasma gondii and Enterobius vermicularis. Both are classified as protists and parasites that derive nutrition from their hosts. While T. gondii infects many warm-blooded animals and causes the disease toxoplasmosis, E. vermicularis is commonly known as the pinworm and specifically infects humans, causing enterobiasis. A key difference is that T. gondii infects various tissues throughout the body, while E. vermicularis infects the gastrointestinal tract.
This is my first slide show presentation in IT1 subject and it is entitled BUTTERFLY. I hope for those people who wants to able to view i wish you will like it.
The document provides information about several types of birds. It states that peafowl are forest birds that nest on the ground and eat plants, insects, and small animals. Parrots are some of the most intelligent birds and can imitate human voices, though wild populations have declined due to trapping and habitat loss. Sparrows are small, brown birds that commonly live near humans. Pigeons and doves build flimsy nests and eat seeds and plants. Eagles are large raptors with powerful beaks and talons that build nests in tall trees. Hawks have exceptionally good eyesight due to many photoreceptors in their retinas.
Archosaurs were the dominant land vertebrates during the Mesozoic era. They tended towards bipedalism with reduced forelimbs and hindlimbs that bore most of the weight. Their skulls were diapsid with an additional opening called the antorbital fenestra. Thecodonts gave rise to later archosaurs including pterosaurs, the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight, and dinosaurs, one of the most successful animal groups in terms of longevity. Dinosaurs included the lizard-hipped saurischians and bird-hipped ornithischians.
Archosaurs were the dominant land vertebrates during the Mesozoic era. They tended towards bipedalism with reduced forelimbs and hindlimbs that bore most of the weight. Their skulls were diapsid with an additional opening called the antorbital fenestra. Thecodonts gave rise to later archosaurs including pterosaurs, the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight, and dinosaurs, one of the most successful animal groups in terms of longevity. Dinosaurs included the saurischians with reptilian pelvises and predatory carnivores, and the ornithischians with avian pelvises, herbivorous diets, and one small bipedal group
Class Insecta - Order Leptidoptera and Order OdonataEileen Aycardo
This presentation talks about the Class Insecta specifically the Orders Leptidoptera composed of butterflies and moths and Order Odonata composed of damselflies and dragonflies.
It describes ther anatomy, fedding behavior, habitat.
This document provides information on gardening to attract butterflies in Louisiana. It discusses the benefits of butterfly gardening, including that butterflies are pollinators and ecological indicators. It also outlines the basic requirements for a butterfly garden: food, water, shelter, and space to reproduce. The document then describes the life cycle of butterflies and lists common butterfly species found in Louisiana. It provides tips for planting locations and features to include like nectar plants, drinking water, basking spots, and fruit.
1. The document discusses the common peafowl, specifically the Indian peafowl. It describes the classification, appearance, habitat, and distribution of male peacocks and female peahens.
2. Male peacocks have iridescent blue-green plumage and elongated tail feathers called a "train" with eye-like patterns. Females are duller in coloration and lack the elongated tail feathers.
3. Peafowl are found in forests, farmland, bushlands and rainforests, preferring areas with open spaces for displaying and dust bathing. Their historic range was northern India but they are now protected in several national parks and reserves in Nepal.
The document provides information about different types of birds through a series of paragraphs. It discusses the characteristics and behaviors of peacocks, pigeons and doves, parrots, penguins, owls, kingfishers, woodpeckers, cranes, hummingbirds, and sparrows. For each group of birds, it describes traits like appearance, habitat, diet, nesting behaviors, and geographic distribution. The document takes an encyclopedic approach to covering multiple bird taxa in brief sections.
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37. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peafowl
PEAFOWL
Peafowl are three Asiatic species of flying
bird in the genus Pavo of the pheasant
family, Phasianidae, best known for the
male's extravagant eye-spotted tail, which it
displays as part of courtship.
39. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peafowl
PEAFOWL
Peafowl are omnivorous and eat most plant
parts, flower petals, seed heads, insects and
other arthropods, reptiles, and amphibians.
In common with other members of the
Galliformes, males possess metatarsal
spurs or "thorns" used primarily during
intraspecific fights.
40. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peafowl
PEAFOWL
Charles Darwin first theorized in On the
Origin of Species that the peacock's
plumage had evolved through sexual
selection. This idea was expanded upon in
his second book, The Descent of Man and
Selection in Relation to Sex.