The document discusses two contestants competing to be the sexiest bachelor in the phylum Arthropoda. Contestant 1 is a bee that can be found in gardens and likes collecting honey. Contestant 2 is a spider that hunts small animals and uses its stinger to defend itself. The passage provides background on arthropod anatomy, adaptations, and the ideal traits each contestant seeks in a mate to reproduce.

1. Phylum Arthropod Peter Lee

2. Hey what sup guys! I’m always working hard and trying hard all the time. I don’t like to waste my time and you will be busy all the time when you’re with me. Guaranteed. You guys caught me at a bad time. I was just about hunt this lovely meal. I can give protection to anyone at anytime. I may look fierce but I’m very gentle. The sexiest bachelors in the phylum Arthropods Contestant #1 Contestant #2

3. Where can I be found? Contestant #1: I can be found in many simple places like old mouse hole, cool dark place under a large stone or under a wooden floor of a garden shed or other buildings. I love to eat nectar and pollen. They give me the strong proteins and nutrients for me to go to places Contestant #2: I can be found in many humid, cool, and dry areas. You can usually find me under stones, tree barks or any other small place. I love to eat and love to hunt. I like to eat things like small rodents spiders and many other smaller insects

4. What I like to do Contestant #1:I’m always busy doing things constantly. Anything from catching my food, to making a house for my wife. I love to collect honeys for my hobby. Contestant #2: One thing that I love to do it hunting. One strike from my deadly stinger will do the work. Also it usually gets all the ladies for me. I’m constantly on the move and hiding from bigger creatures because they intimidate me.

5. Geneology Arthropods are a highly successful group of animals. The four main families of the arthropods are trilobites which are now extinct, chelicerates including spiders, and scorpions, crustaceans which are crabs, shrimps, and uniraminans which are insects, and centipedes The phylum arthropod is the largest of all animal phylum and accounts for over three quarters of all currently known living fossil organisms. Arthropods are characterized by their jointed limbs and cuticles. Also arthropods body consists of repeated segments with a pair of appendages.

6. Body structure and Adaptations There are many special features for us arthropods. Some of the excellent features include… Hardened exoskeleton Jointed appendages Fused and modified segments Respiratory structures Specialized sensory structure Compound eye Bilaterally symmetrical protostomes with strongly segmented bodies.

7. Ideal Mate Contestant #1: I’m looking for a mate that will create lots and lots of offspring. I will not accept one or two offspring. I will be able to provide you with anything that you need so all you need to worry about is creating many offspring. Contestant #2: I’m looking for an aggressive mate that will be able to take the heat from me. It will take me about 1-25 hours just for me to find the right atmosphere so you must be patient. I also don’t want a long relationship, just looking for a partner for reproduction