The first reason why sloths and their homes should be protected is because they serve as prey to their predators. Mackenzie
They tend to eat insects found on leaves and the bark of oak and other trees, and are never on the
It spends the day in shade on its rocky outcrop and goes onto the plain to eat during the day. When the weather is cooler, it will eat at the going down of the sun and in the morning, and only avoid the hottest part of the day. Predators The main native predator of the Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby was the Wedge Tailed Eagle, but evidence seems to suggest that Wallabies have never been an important part of their diet. Goannas may also eat the occasional Wallaby.
Sloths By:Cameron R, Did you know that sloths are the slowest animal in the world? Did you also know that sloths spend almost their whole life in trees? While they are in the trees they eat leaves that are on the trees. If they are not eating leaves they will eat little insects on the ground.
Sloths are very strange animals with their sluggish behaviors, yet they are very interesting at the same time. Sloths belong to the mammalian order Xenarthra, which also includes armadillos and anteaters. There are two different kinds of sloths, the two-toed and the three-toed sloth. There are four species of three-toed sloths and two species of two-toed sloths. Two of these species of sloth can be found in the tropical forests of Costa Rica, the brown-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) and Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni).
Desert bighorn sheep are the parks largest and most magnificent animals. They are always on the move, and very mobile (so they can go form water source to water source.) This is surprising as they have to carry up to 30 pounds of curling horns. Their agility is a critical factor for surviving in death valley. Along with the fact that they have a high ability to travel to water and high mountain slopes.
Their primary prey is the flying squirrel but also eat wood rats, mice and other small rodents. They thrive in the dense douglas-fir and hemlock tree forests of the Pacific Northwest and are a crucial part of the ecosystem there helping
From the beginning of The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert we can see a very different style of writing from what we previously encountered in Encounters with the Archdruid. The Story is told in a more colorful and up beat way. As we begin the book the author talks about humans and their destructive nature on the planet. I really enjoyed how Kolbert depicted as if she was telling the history of any other creatures. When she describes how man is pollution of the planet she did in a way that to me painted the picture of an animal that was destructive in nature, as If the best thing for earth and all of its inhabitants would be the removal of this plague.
Grizzlies are at the top of their food chain. Grizzlies like to eat fish, berries, insects, seeds, grass, elk, deer, fungi, and sometimes dead animals. Grizzlies are omnivores which means they eat both meat and plant. The grizzly helps in the nutrient cycle by keeping the ecosystem balanced. The grizzly does this by eating the fungi, elk, deer, dead animal, and fish.
The Earth's climate went through several major changes throughout the Tertiary period that led to the flourishing of primate species and the extinction of other primate species. The plesiadaptiforms, which are not considered real primates because of the lack of key primate features, went extinct at the end of the Paleocene epoch. At the beginning of the Eocene epoch came the euprimates, considered the first real primates, whose features made them well-adapted to arboreal life. Euprimates had convergent eye orbits, opposable digits, nails, and larger brains than plesiadaptiforms. This coincides with a period of global warming which made for a more tropical and forested habitat.
Sloths usually only go the forest floor to defecate, this makes them very vulnerable but when in the trees their color, slow movement and the algae on them acts as camouflages. A sloth’s fur is specialized to grow in the away from the sloth’ body to protect it from the weather when the the sloth is upside down and some of the sloth’s fur have tiny cracks that can collect water .Sloths are folivores, they mainly eat leaves and plant material , some two toed sloth sometimes will eat insects and other small animals. Since sloths mainly eat leaves, it does not give them enough nutrients they need so they have specialized chambered stomachs to slowly digest their food. Sloths also have very low metabolic rates and they have low body temperatures. Researchers have found out that sloths in the wild actually sleep about 10 hours a day and don’t sleep for fifteen or more hours like captive
The following poems all teach readers the importance and significance of wildlife and the horrible treatment they too often receive from human beings. As everything becomes more modern, we can not help but stray farther away from nature. This increasingly insensitive attitude can have detrimental effects on the environment. Although the elements of poetry used in the following poems vary, Gail White’s “Dead Armadillos,” Walt McDonald’s “Coming Across It,” and Alden Nowlan’s “The Bull Moose,” all share one major conflict; our civilization 's problematic relationship to the wild.
Therefore, it is prudent to evaluate the existence of big foot, or lack thereof of, based on the hypothesis that big foot is merely a product of fiction without any scientific backing. One fact against the existence of big foot is the apparent lack of any fossil records or bone structure of a creature similar to big foot that has ever been excavated. If indeed big foot exists in the current world, then researchers could
The illegal hunting and trade of primate meat is a large contributing factor to the decline of primate species in the tropics. This, in addition to habitat loss and fragmentation, disease, and the pet trade, is putting many primate species at high risk of extinction. Poverty, population growth, construction of roads, emergence of regional and international markets, and new hunting technology are triggering the increased hunting pressure on forest mammals. Primate species are especially vulnerable to increased hunting pressure because of their slower reproductive cycles. The decline of primate species must be stopped to avoid their extinction and the potential consequences that this could have for tropical forests.
Unlike virtue, which is desirable and moral, vice is immoral or wicked behavior. As one of the “Seven Deadly Sins”, the vice of sloth is defined as reluctance to work or make an effort. According to Franklin, sloth is caused by habit which takes “the advantage of inattention” (Franklin, 331). In other words, a lazy person unconsciously sticks to their life routine, which keeps them from doing anything more productive than their usual chores. On the other hand, Saint Augustine believes that sloth is caused by the “peculiar attractiveness” of not having to do anything (Saint Augustine, 299).
