A dark figure swings from the trees, more are following. All of a sudden, they stop and hang by their tails, looking like a giant spider. They all pick plants and insects off the top of the pond, eating until they are full. The dark figure is a spider monkey, a critically threatened species. Most are endangered. 1. When they hang by their tails, they look like giant spiders. Spider monkeys love to hang by their tails. They look like giant spiders for many reasons. The most important reason they hang by their tails is because they catch their food that way. They hang over water to catch bugs and drink water. They will also sometimes eat hanging upside down. Some other reasons are to look out for predators, scare predators, and sneak up on their prey. Also, they just want to have fun a with one another. Hanging by their tails is crucial to their survival and to have fun. 2. Ateles means imperfect. There are many reasons why spider monkeys might seem imperfect. Is it because they have no thumbs? Is it because their tails are longer than their bodies? There are answers to those questions. Their tails are used as a fifth limb. They use it for balance atop the trees. They hang by their tails to have fun and just chill and relax. Despite not having thumbs, they can grip easily on trees. Spider monkeys can still groom without thumbs. …show more content…
Most are also endangered. There are only about 2,000 spider monkeys in the whole world! Some of the reasons why are that they are still hunted by local people for their meat and coat. Some spider monkeys even get malaria, which can kill off their band. Also, spider monkeys are very noisy, which gives away where they are hiding, even though they will give off many different types of warning calls. They are losing a lot of territory due to deforestation. It doesn’t seem like a lot because forests are so big, but little by little, there might not be any spider monkeys
While reading Saint Monkey, there were several parts that reminded me of “Trilobites.” Saint Monkey tells the story of Audrey and Caroline living in a small town wanting to become jazz singers out of their hometown. When Audrey’s dad died is what really made me connect this story to “Trilobites.” One of the main parts of “Trilobites” is when Collie’s dad died and how it affects the rest of the story. One should realize how Saint Monkey and “Trilobites,” are similar through the characters and conflicts and how conflicts throughout the stories affect the characters and what writing style the author chooses to use.
The second step shown in these monkey’s evolutionary progress is that now these animals appear to be goal oriented. Like mentioned previously, these monkeys had been working for themselves. They would do what ever they could to benefit themselves, get food, and have a nice place to sleep. Yet, once the changes begin and they have a leader, the monkeys begin to act as a group. They are more coordinated and it seems that their living style has changed from anarchy to monarchy. They attack a larger animal and kill it as a group. In turn, the raw meat is then split between the monkeys and everyone gets a share.
They have wide chests and their arms are longer than their legs. Chimpanzees’ hands have four long fingers plus an opposable thumb. Their feet have five toes which includes an opposable big toe. Chimpanzees’ can grasp things with both their hands and their feet. Male chimpanzees are larger than female chimpanzees and are slightly sexually dimorphic. Chimpanzees are quadrupeds that typically walk using the soles of feet and the knuckles of their hands. They sometimes walk upright only when they need to use their arms to carry things but this is a rare occurrence. Chimps are also good at brachiating and climbing trees which is where they spend most of their time even when they sleep. Their dental formula is 2.1.2.3. Chimpanzees’ have y5/x4 molars, making them frugivores, and a diastema to fit their upper canines. Their diet includes fruit, leaves, flowers, seeds, smaller mammals, birds, insects, and grubs. When chimps aren’t resting, they can be very active. I enjoyed watching the Chimpanzees’ swing on the ropes and climb up and down the trees. Chimpanzees are
Primates, any placental mammal of the order Primates, normally having flexible hands and feet and, in the higher apes, a highly developed brain (“Primate”, 2016), have been one of the most popular animals and prominent attractions in zoos.
Throughout situations and research conducted by not only Robert Sapolsky or Jane Goodman, but from many other credited sources, we can blatantly see the, if not identical, similarities between the two species of humans and baboons. The most apparent likewise characteristics of this can be read and documented in Professor Sapolsky’s book, A Primate’s Memoirs. Sapolsky, who spent hundreds if not thousands, of hours studying these Savanna Baboons, sheds a vast insight into ideas of social dominance, mating strategies, instinctual prowess, community settings, hygiene, and reform of an entire generation; many of which can be unknowingly seen directly in the common occurrence of a humans daily life.
From a far distance I was able to see the largest of the primates, Gorillas. The gorillas at the
The class spiders belong to is Arachnida. Class Arachnida contains one of the defining traits of a spider, having eight legs. Other species included in this class include scorpions, tics, and harvestman. The order that defines spiders is Araneae which contains three suborders that are Mesothelae, Mygalomorphae and Araneomorphae. A specific characteristic to this order is that these species bodies are segmented into two distinct sections, the cephalothorax (anterior) and abdomen (posterior). Finally, the genus of the South Black Widow spider is Latrodectus. This genus is famous for having spiders with a poisonous bite (Preston-Mafham 1984).
The destruction of their habitat and destruction are the two great threats to the gorillas. The places where they are found are poor and densely populated. The land that is set aside for gorillas is being taken over by agriculture. The wire traps that poachers set out for antelope usually end up catching gorillas instead. People kill them for their heads and hands as trophies. The western lowland gorilla is listed as an endangered species.
The Ape Cave is located on the south side of Mt St Helens. You must drive to highway 503 past the town of Cougar. The cave is open all year round, however, the parking lot in winter could be snow covered. The Ape Cave was formed from lava that had flowed down from the volcano through steams over 2000 years ago. As the outer layer cooled, the inner area stayed hot and the lava continued to flow for months possibly up to a year after an eruption. The lava tube is the third longest known tube in the continental United States.
Almost everyone in the world has a favorite children story or cartoon thar he or she used to read or watch. When i was child I used to watch Tarzan cartoon every night before i go to sleep. Sometimes my parents would read me Tarzan's story when they had free time. There are many social science themes in Tarzan's story which are friendship, love, enemy, and braveness.
The research concluded that spiders which were able to camouflage had better hunting success than those who could not. This was to be expected and did not seem to offer any new or valuable research to the scientific community. One interesting thing is it does show that these spiders were aware of their surroundings and able to change their behavior based on this principal. This shows some intelligence or understanding on the jumping spiders part. Yet there was no control group to compare this to and each spider was only used once. This paper also shows the difference between male and female behaviors but more experiments will have to be done to corroborate these
Arachnida is a subphylum of Arthropoda, consisting of over 100 000 species, many of them being parasites which can carry disease. They are found in all environments, and mostly have eight legs, which is a feature, together with the fact that they do not have wings or antennae, often used to distinguish them from the other subphyla, though there are exceptions. They include spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites. Their bodies are divided up into three parts: the cephalothorax, the opisthosoma and the thorax, and use a type of lung for gas exchange. Most Arachnids are carnivorous, and eat pre-digested insects and other small animals. They reproduce using internal reproduction usually lay eggs, except for the scorpion which bears living young. The word ‘Arachnid’ comes from the Greek word ‘Arachne’ meaning ‘spider’.
Great Apes are at the brink of extinction due to deforestation, hunting, and bushmeat trade. Our closest cousins are now viewed as economic commodities rather than valuable agents to the environment and humanity. In order to explore this issue, there must be an examinitation of why primate populations are dwindling, if these populations can replenish themselves, and what measures the international community is taking to alleviate the problem.
Since Sony received the rights to the Spider-Man franchise they have gone on to produce two different versions of the wall crawler, Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man. Spider-man directed by Sam Raimi was released in 2002 and fans instantly were glued to watching the hero on the big screen for the very first time. Critics loved it like The New York Daily quote “Spider-Man is an almost-perfect extension of the experience of reading comic-book adventures.”Due to its success Sony went on to produce two more movies under the title in 2004 and lastly in 2007. With disputes over the script and release date of the fourth installment Sony went in a completely new direction releasing The Amazing Spider-Man series directed by Marc Webb in 2012 leaving
Numerous Macaw species are presently endangered in nature. While the Scarlet Macaws aren’t an endangered species as of now, they are still at danger because of a blend of components. They confront environment misfortune through deforestation, and get captured from the wild for pet exchange.