This cactus uses the Calvin Cycle. This is a light independent reaction used to acquire carbon.
My cat is a common endotherm. Endotherms are animals that create their own body heat.
They regulate their body temperature from the inside.
These bluebird eggs represent amniotic eggs. Amniotic eggs are eggs from vertebrates where each egg has multiple membranes. The amnion membrane protects the developing organism.
This Maryland blue crab is a good example of an animal that has a segmented body.
Animals with segmented bodies have body sections that are seperated by multiple joints.
This owl house represents commensalism. Many owls use old woodpecker holes as nests, what this owl box represents. Commensalism is a relationship where one organism benefits from, but does not affect, the other.
This turtle represents a heterortroph. A heterotroph is any organism that does not produce its own food and acquires it from another organism.
Fish are hydrophilic organisms. They love water and are dependent on it.
Theses baby birds show a k-strategist at work. K-strategists are organisms that have a low number of offspring that are high maintanence.
Piping plovers are littoral zone organisms that live closer to land than to the water.
Sand fleas are a littoral zone organisms that live extremely close the water.
Tiger swallowtails are great pollinators. Pollinators are organisms that carry pollen between plants.
This magnification of microrganisms shows population. Populations are the number of organisms of the same species in a given area.
This ant lion shows an interesting example of predation. It digs a funnel that ants fall into that leads to the ant lions jaws. Predation is when one animal eats another.
Slugs are r- strategists that have a large number of low maintenance offspring.
Thanks, interesting pictures! Where did you take most of them? Like the baby birds.
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