The ocean is an exciting yet mysterious body of element that is still being discovered today. One of the smallest creatures to occupy the ocean habitat, the Snapping Shrimp is security to protect itself and live. The shrimp has very alarming defense mechanisms for its size. The extraordinary shrimp also has somewhat of an abnormal relationship with another sea creature. We as human beings can learn so much from this small animal. Overall, the snapping shrimp is a fascinating creature that continues to thrive in the ocean. In this paper, I will compare the instinctive snapping shrimp to my small stature as a defender of the United States Air Force.
The Snapping Shrimp possesses several names; Symbiosis Shrimp, Pistol Shrimp, Alpheid Shrimp, Alpheidae, and Alpheus heterochaelis. Those are only a few to name. With over 600 species in its family, the shrimps commonly dwell in tropical waters similar to the Mediterranean Sea and the tropical oceans of the Caribbean. The shrimp can be found mostly in waters of sandy layers, rock caves, coral reefs, submerged sea grass flats and oyster reefs in dim light.
The Snapping Shrimp grows to be about 2 inches long. The shrimp has two claws. One normal
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As I walked around base people would call out “Clarke!” or “Little Clarke-y”. My official name in service is Staff Sergeant Stacey Clarke but a few may call me Sergeant. I had the opportunity of being stationed in South Korea for my first duty station, United Kingdom for my second duty station, and Washington State for my last duty station. I also had the opportunity to deploy to Kuwait and Qatar on two separate occasions. Police officers of the Air Force are required to work out and inside in all weather conditions. So if it was raining, sleeting, snowing, windy, hot, or cold, we were required to work as if everything was
Because of its size and abundance, T. californicus is commonly regarded as the insect of the sea. This creature is generally very small, from 1-3 mm in size as adults. They are cylindrically shaped, and have a segmented body (head, thorax, abdomen) though no noticeable division between body regions (Powlik 1966). Each segment of the body has a pair of legs. They use their 'legs' to propel themselves through the water in short rapid jerks. They have 2 pairs of long feathered antennae, a chitin us exoskeleton and a single eye in the middle of their head, this simple eye can only differentiate between light and dark.
The North American brine shrimp goes through several stages in development before reaching adulthood. The brine shrimp is first encased in a protective capsule within a female brine shrimp’s brood sac (Drewes, C, 2006). Here, egg development rapidly...
“Taxonomically speaking, a lobster is a marine crustacean of the family Homaridae, characterized by five pairs of jointed legs, the first pair terminating in large pincerish claws used for subduing prey…. Moreover, a crustacean is an aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, which comprises of crabs, shrimp, barnacles, lobsters, and freshwater crayfish” (Wallace, 55). This is an example of Logos since the author uses scientific facts to convey the message he wants to communicate in an objective way. Wallace also uses logos as a persuasive device by presenting facts on the science of the lobster’s neurological system and its ability to feel pain. The Maine Lobster Promotion Council states “The nervous system of a lobster is very simple, and is in fact most similar to the nervous system of a grasshopper. It is decentralized with no brain. There is no cerebral cortex, which in humans is the area of the brain that gives the experience of pain”. Wallace counter-argues this statement by mentioning the fact that since lobsters have a simpler nervous system compared to humans, they are unable to produce their own natural opiates. “One can conclude that lobsters are maybe even more vulnerable to pain, since they lack mammalian nervous systems’ built-in analgesia, or, instead, that the absence of natural opioids implies an absence of the really intense
Wallace then goes on to point to the evidence that lobsters exhibit pain behavior; therefore, showing that lobsters experience suffering. In particular, Wallace illustrates the behavior that lobsters display during the age old cooking method of boiling. Asserting that even the most “stuporous” lobster “tends to come alarmingly to live when placed in boiling water” (467-2). Wallace compares the physical resistance that lobsters show when being put into a boiling pot, to the same actions a human would take to avoid a painful experience: “[T]he lobster will sometimes try to cling to the container’s sides or even to hook it’s claws over the metal rim like a person trying to keep from going over the edge of a roof” (469-2). Wallace emphasizes
Cleaner fish and cleaner shrimp fill the same ecological niche. Cleaner fish and cleaner shrimp fill the same ecological niche. Cleaner fish and cleaner shrimp fill the same ecological niche (OpenStax College, 2013).
Procuring and digesting nutrients happens in different ways in all different organisms but it all happens with the same goal of nourishing their bodies to continue living. Snapping turtles have a tongue that is thin and pink, appearing as a worm which
Although there are hundreds of different species of corals, they are generally classified as "hard coral" or "soft coral".
Al Dhaheri, S. and C. Drew. 2003. Guide for the Management of the Brine Shrimp (Artemia Franciscana) at Al Wathba Wetland Reserve. Terrestrial Environment Research Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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 body of the shrimp is two parts the thorax which is the body and the head , the body pieces are connected by the cephalorax and a narrow abdomen. The mouth if the shrimp works with the gills so they can be used. Shrimp have a hard shell that keeps everything together and protects them, its legs, eyes, and rostrum grow out of the hard shell. The use their nose or a sharp peak which there there basically the sing thing to protect their self from all the bigger and other animals it come in contact with and it sticks them with and it has a length that the shrimp lets out to be able to reach where the shrimp wants to get the other animals. Shrimp have some similarities to fish like when they travel, breed, and eat its usually done in schools (schools area group of the species). A (shrimp) single female is capable of producing a large number of offspring, one shrimp can lay up to one million eggs in a single session, take two weeks to hatch it takes two weeks to
The bottom of the deep sea exists in darkness as little light penetrates through the surface. Therefore most inhabitants have to rely on their senses to survive. The fish require light to survive; they ...
Within ten minutes, the three of us were making our way across the uneven blood stained boards of the fishing pier. I must say, I had an uneasy feeling when we finally arrived at the end of the pier. From the shore the pier seemed short, but in reality the wooden planks carried us out into the ocean approximately the length of a football field. To make matters worse, when I looked down over the shaky, wooden, guardrail I realized if I fell in, I would be gone forever. Oh well, I was here to fish and that is just what I was going to do. After all, I knew how to fish; I have caught plenty of fish in my day.
The purpose of this lab was to study the response of the genus Daphnia to chemical stimuli and to examine human responses to different stimuli. A stimulus is an incentive; it is the cause of a physical response. Stimuli can have a physical or chemical change; an example of a physical change is a change in temperature and sound. An example of chemical change would be changes in hormone levels and pH levels. Muscular activity or glandular secretions are responses that occurs when stimulus information effects the nervous and/or hormone system. Daphnia is a genus; it is a small crustacean that lives in fresh water. The body of the daphnia is visible and its internal organs are clearly seen thus it was chosen for this exercise. The
This small but deadly jellyfish packs a mean punch. It is a strange but interesting creature, which was discovered in a curious matter. Hopefully, I told you what these these little traps do because, if you are stung, you will have the worst experience of your life. I hope you appreciate this little survivor, but admire it from a
The experiment measured the survival rate, the growth rate, and the size of the brine shrimp at the time harvested in various environments. To obtain these measurements, three environments were created: sea water, brackish water, and freshwater. For this experiment the scientists used 5 liter plastic buckets. Every two days, half of the water from each bucket was discarded and new water, of each respective salinity, was added into each bucket...