Comparative Anatomy |
The Domestication Project was a project where we focused on the process of domestication, how effective it is, and how it affects everything around it. In this project, we all picked a focus question that we would really put our time into. This question was formed around the idea of dog behaviors. In this unit, I learned about dog sizes and breeds and how each of those affect aggression and playfulness and adoption rates.
My focus question was based around the correlation between dog breed and aggression. The reason that I picked this question is because I myself have a pit bull mix and a rottweiler. They are two of the sweetest dogs I know, and I believe that their breeds get a bad reputation, so I wanted to prove that it was just that. A reputation. I collected information from videos and studies done on dog breed and aggression. My results were that there are two main factors that go into dog aggression. Aggression towards strangers and aggression towards other dogs. It really just depends on the situation. Some future questions I might have is what could we as owners do to prevent aggression. |
A lizard is part of the animalia kingdom, and it's phylum is chordata. This just basically means that it is an animal and it eats insects and small animals. The external anatomy of a lizard is fairly simple. There are the eyes, ears (which are little holes in the sides of their heads), their gulgar fold (the little flap of skin on their neck, arms, legs, tail, and digits (fingers). Their internal anatomy is not that much different from ours. They have their heart up at the top, surrounded by lungs and underneath their lungs is the intestine.
A lizard typically eats insects, plants, fruits, and small animals. This places them in the chordata phylum. A lizard's life stages are also fairly simple. They start in an egg, and hatch and go through life normally. How long they live depends on the species. You can find them in desserts, forests, parries, marshes, and rocky areas. |
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