Journal Entry - Reginald

  1. The common earthworm is at the species level formally known as ""apporectodea caliginosa, once zoomed out we can see that this species belongs to the genus "lumbricinae" which branches off from belonging to the class "clittelata" which belongs to the phylum "annelida" under "trochozoa", "spiralia", "protostomes", "nephrozoa", "metazoa", all under "holozoa". Upon zooming out we see that it belongs to the domain "eukaryotes" ("eukaryoata",) branching off from "archea and eukaryotes" found under the kingdom "animalia" which finally branches off from "all life" ("biota").
  2. The specific adaptations that can be observed throughout the species has proven to be very diverse in this wet ecosystem of flaura and fauna making it very difficult to choose one adaptation that all species all share. However, all adaptations have been adaptations which rose from the ability to adapt to water as well as the ground and which we notice such as breathable skin (toads and frogs), the expanding and or elongating of body parts to create greater surface tension to walk or sit on water and or to be able to go in the water or be on land (like how toads have grown a thick skin to accommodate their life on land but they still go in the water to lay eggs) which all have been adaptations stemmed from increased access to oxygen and better mobility in and out of water (or on the water's surface).
  3. The american toad "anaxyrus americanus" has adapted a thick skin for life on land which also secretes toxins when they are in immediate danger (from predators). Although american toad's have developed a very thick skin and are primarily on land, they have kept the feature of webbed feat (which helps them both in water to swim and in land to move dirt) and still lay their eggs in water.
הועלה ב-ספטמבר 22, 2020 10:31 אחה"צ על ידי regdes regdes

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