Black Footed Penguins Lab Report

In this photograph that stands about two feet in height and in length, was seen at the Irving Art Center. At the time of the visit the gallery had an exhibit from the National Geographic called “The Rarely Seen: Photographs of the Extraordinary.” The photograph is titled King Colony, and it is by Frans Lanting. In Lanting photograph includes tens of thousand of Aptenodytes patagonicus which are also known as king penguins. The Aptenodytes patagonicus or king penguins seem to be frozen because they are motionless and calm, also, there is so many of them that blend into the horizon.

The vocal uniqueness in animals is present in a variety of species such as bats, dolphins, and birds (such as songbirds).

Aims were stated in the introduction of this paper. Author were attempted to figure out what kind of sounds will spinner dolphins produced during the foraging behaviour and what were the relationship between these sounds and different stages of foraging behaviour. Hypotheses were also clearly stated in both abstract and introduction in this paper. Benoit-Bird hypothesized that the group social communication of spinner dolphin during the foraging behaviour was mainly produced by a low frequency acoustic, whistles while echolocation clicks in high frequency were more likely to detect when they were trying to capture preys. These hypotheses were made by the used of information from previous studies and thus they were

​On the Silver Bank, males compete for females by escorting receptive mates and aggressively defending them. Their famous ‘song’ is also thought to be a form of courtship. Solitary males sing highly complex songs that are similar within a population but evolve over successive seasons. Calves are born here after a 10 to 12 month gestation period and accompany their mothers on the return migration to polar feeding grounds. Studies have shown that individuals return to the same feeding ground consistently each year.

Populations of Canada geese display monogamy, forming pair bonds for life, only taking new mates after mate loss (Mowbray et al., 2002). Reaching sexual maturity by an average of 2 years old, Canada Geese search for mates (via honking) and copulate near bodies of water (2002). Males and females both select nesting sites near water and build nests using available nearby materials, usually dry grasses, twigs, and leaves (2002). Creating their nests near bodies of water, Branta canadensis can take advantage of abandoned nesting sites of birds and can also make their nest on top of mammal homes like beaver lodges, and mounds (2002). Clutch size depends on subspecies and if the nesting was late, usually ranging from 2-8 eggs (2002). Late nesting

Penguins are very interesting birds, and the have a long history behind them that is more than 60 million years old. They are believed to be descendants of early birds that roamed the Earth. It is believed that the penguins are derived from a type of bird that is able to fly. Yet they needed to be able to adapt to the waters if they were going to be able to survive. As a result their wings changed over time to what we call flippers. They were no longer able to fly but they didn’t need to. Instead they were able to feed from the water and they were also able to walk upright on

Sandhill cranes are graceful, tall (they stand almost 4 feet), long-lived birds. During mating, pairs vocalize in a behavior known as “unison calling.” Their unusual calls are both haunting and beautiful. As with many birds, they will often be heard before they are seen. They throw their heads back and unleash a passionate duet — an extended litany of coordinated song. Courtship includes an elaborate “dance,” with birds spreading wings, running, leaping high in the air while calling, and otherwise cavorting — not only during mating but all year long.

The communication between humpback whales of different regions is shown by a pattern of horizontal transmission of multiple song types in an unidirectional pattern eastward through the populations in the western and South Pacific over an 11-year period displays (Murray et al., 2012). “Most song types were first documented in the eastern Australian population and spread to New Caledonia and Tonga, and then on to American Samoa, the Cook Islands, and finally to French Polynesia” (Garland et al., 2011). This example of cultural transmission of behavior was replicated in multiple populations in a vast geographic region and the level and rate of change of this cultural transmission is unparalleled by any other nonhuman animal (Murray et al., 2012). The vocal linkage between the Indian and South Pacific Ocean basins raises the question of how far a single song type can be horizontally transmitted and how adaptive humpback whales are to change in their habitat (Southern Indian ocean humpback whales found singing different tunes, 2015). Investigating the underlying mechanisms of song evolution may allow insights into the transmission of cultural traits and the evolution of culture and behavior in humpback

Darwin's finches, inhabiting the Galápagos archipelago and Cocos island, constitute an iconic model for studies of speciation and adaptive evolution. A team of scientists from Uppsala University and Princeton University has now shed light on the evolutionary history of these birds and identified a gene that explains variation in beak shape within and among species. The study is published today in Nature, on the day before the 206th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin.

Darwin has listed different names for each bird, they are all variations of Finches, apparently descended from a common ancestor. However, each bird has a different length beak and many are differently shaped to allow them to more efficiently eat the available fodder. Coincidentally, Mr. Darwin failed to catalog specifically where each bird came from and had to ask the ship’s captain to supply this information along with his collection to Mr. Gould for identification and cataloging. An interesting part of the conversation between Mr. Darwin and the ship’s captain is the captain’s argument for the fixity of species, that each one was created by God exactly the way it was, and placed on each island, and that it is heresy to say that they came to be there any other way.

The Emperor Penguin can potentially spend up to 75% of their lives inhabiting in the water, and therefore has multiple necessary adaptations to ensure that it is able to sustain life while doing so. Swimming adaptations for penguins are essential as many predators inhabit the surrounding sea. The Emperor has a streamlined body shape and when in water the penguin hunches its head into its shoulders, this reduces drag in a dense medium such as water, which consequently means that the penguin is extremely agile in the water. The penguin’s tale has also adapted to be a useful aspect of their body as it is able to aid steering while swimming. Emperor penguins also have favourable aspects to their wings. Their wings are shaped similar to that of paddles/flippers and resemble the movement of wings of a bird flying through the air, consequently, the penguin can appear to be “flying” underwater. The muscle development within the penguin's wings and breast is very advanced, this aspect of their body structure, along with the penguins webbed feet, therefore helps to propel the bird throughout the water. Another particular adaption that the penguin has is that its bone is relatively dense, this ensures that the penguin is able to stay submerged as it acts against buoyancy. It is estimated that the Emperor Penguin in

Seahorses are an iconic, shy species that have become adapted to live in a variety of habitats. They have the ability to camouflage and a prehensile tail that can only be forcibly unlocked in the most extremes of weather. They have the ability to grow and reabsorb spiny appendages on their body, depending on the habitat they live in. The seahorse male is the only male animal in the world to have a true, full pregnancy. There are two species of Seahorse in the British Isles, the spiny seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) and the short snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus); both widely distributed and both specialising in differing habitats due to subtle differences in the shape of the snout and body and their dietary needs, although they can also be occasionally found in the same habitat together (Garrick-Maidment 2004). Seahorses are typically found in pairs, once they have migrated back into shallow waters from their deeper, winter refuge. They are normally observed in shallower water of 2 meter (m) as the sea temperature warms up to 9 ºC or more (Garrick-Maidment, 2013), they then form

Since the beginning of time, people have always wondered why birds sing and chirp. The answer lies in “The Legend of the Birds.” Here is how it goes… Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was a tree that reached to the heavens. Inside this tree there lived all the birds in the world of different breeds, color, shapes, and sizes. Now each bird lived peacefully in the tree speaking the language that humans do today. The flock of the birds included laws about obeying the rules, how to act, and the most important rule, which was to never travel to the land of the Pandas, Pandaria.

For our study, we will look at the behavior of feeder guppies (Poecilia reticulata) in response to a tapping noise on the glass of the aquaria. We intend to test for stress induced behavioral responses that may occur in response to the tapping noise.

Not many people wonder why penguins cannot fly, but they once did. It all started many years ago when Zeus ruled the Earth. One day, all the greek gods and goddesses were sitting on Mount Olympus eating their grapes. It was a hot sunny day and all the birds were chirping songs for the gods. When all of a sudden all the penguins that existed penguins attacked the gods and stole all of their grapes. Zeus and the other gods were furious. Zeus tried striking lighting bolts at the penguins, but they all flew away too quickly. Zeus was determined to find these penguins and punish them.