...I will write about a snake. The snake I will writing about is the California King snake. How it evolves in its environment. What are its physical attributes? What is a snake? A Snake is any of numerous limbless scaled reptiles (suborder Serpentes syn. Ophidia) with a long tapering body and with salivary glands often modified to produce venom which is injected through grooved or tubular fangs. Found across the Western and Southwestern United States, the California king snake (Lampropeltis getula californiae) is one of 80 recognized subspecies of the king snake. The subspecies has a number of different color morphs. California kings are popular and harmless pets. Hybrids with other king snake subspecies and closely related snakes such as the corn snake (Elaphe guttata) are available. Description At a maximum length of 48 inches and 5 inches in girth California kings are smaller than other king snake species. The head is small and barely wider than the body and the scales are shiny and smooth. The typical coloration is white bands over a black or dark brown background, but there are unbanded races with a single vertical line running from head to tail and others with lateral stripes. Desert king snakes tend to be brown with yellower stripes while coastal animals have the highest contrast black and white bands. The pet trade has albino varieties, but albino snakes are rarely found in the wild. Range While common in California, California king snakes are also found as far...
Words: 807 - Pages: 4
...variety of exotic pets to choose from, have you ever considered a making a snake your choice? The two most popular snakes to buy are red-tail boa constrictors and ball pythons. These snakes are similar, but there are underlying differences that make the choice to buy one or another very important. Ball pythons and red-tail boa constrictors have many things in common with each other besides the obvious point that they are both snakes, both suffocate their prey, and both are reptilians. These snakes are both known for being very docile creatures. When handled on a regular basis, these two species of snakes are not known to be aggressive. When you think about it, no one would want to stay in a cage all day every day. A regular basis does not have to mean daily. A regular basis is just about constancy. If you are going to let your snake out of its cage twice a week, you need to make sure you stick to this regimen. Another way that ball pythons and red-tail boas are alike is their habitats. These snakes are good about regulating their own body temperature, but they need a little assistance from their owner/caretaker. The tank that you place them in, as their home, needs to have a cool side and a heated side. This can easily be done with the purchase of temperature measuring strips and a heated lamp. Placing the heat lamp and one strip on one side and just the second strip on the other side of the cage, the snake has the ability to slither to either side to regulate its own body temperature...
Words: 983 - Pages: 4
...20 facts about baby animals 1. Some animal babies are tiny versions of adults. 2. Baby animals start life in different ways. 3. Some hatch out of eggs and some are born live. 4. Birds, amphibians, fish, and many reptiles do this inside an egg. 5. A baby bird enters the world by hatching out of a hard – shelled egg laid by its mother. 6. Many birds incubate their eggs by sitting on them to keep them warm until they hatch. 7. Emperor and king penguins, which live in Antarctica, warm their eggs by resting them on top of their feet. 8. Many snakes begin life in eggs too, but snake eggs are tough and leathery rather than hard and brittle. 9. A snake called the Indian rock python lays between 50 and 100 eggs at a time. 10. Since snakes are cold blooded, the mother rock python has to twitch her muscles to create heat. 11. During the two months it takes for the eggs to hatch, the mother python stays in one place and dose not even eat. 12. Frogs lay their eggs in jelly – like clumps along the edge of a pond. 13. Mother frogs do not take care of their eggs. 14. When a baby, or tadpole, hatches, it doesn’t look anything like an adult frog. 15. It has a tail, it has no legs or eyes, and it is completely helpless. 16. The tadpole grows legs, its tail begins to shrink, and it looks more and more like its parents. 17. Some baby animals do not hatch from eggs. 18. Mammals differ from other kinds of animals in other ways...
Words: 317 - Pages: 2
...blanket that sat on the ground, wrinkling it up as he went. Little did we know we were about to be called upon by the Lord above to do a little bit of something new today. It was time for our weekly picnic that we always had with each other and my dolls. Just as we were finishing up our creamy peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches we heard a loud shrill, “HELP! GET IT AWAY FROM ME!” I looked immediately over to Fuzzy and we sprinted across the tree-lined trail to my grandmother’s home. We came upon her standing on a green plastic lawn chair with a large wooden shovel in her hand. “Grandma, what is wrong?” I shouted from afar. “It’s a snake! There is a snake in the flower bed!” she panted out frantically. Being the rebel I was, I strolled over there rolling my eyes at my grandmother’s silly sense of panic and began searching for the snake. If only I could go back in time and do what any regular kid would do when they sense panic in an authority figure. I would have sprinted the other direction in a heartbeat. I ran to the distress call of my grandmother only to find her weeping in the corner of the yard. “Heavenlee, listen to me, call the police,” she said with a quivering voice. This made me shudder just a little bit. My grandmother was a strapping almost six foot tall, broad shouldered, rugged to the bone woman. I had always looked up to her for her very presence was menacing. She was the embodiment of the word tough. So, to see her whimpering, then revert to a fetal position...
Words: 1014 - Pages: 5
...story of when she killed a snake in her backyard, which really represents her personality and why I love her. I. Introduction a. Hi everyone! I hope you are all having a great time and enjoying the party because it took me a great time to plan it. b. But yeah, I know you’re all probably bored to death after having to stand still and listen to all of these speeches and are probably thinking right now “oh no, here comes the twenty-year-old granddaughter whose going to ramble on for hours”. c. So, instead of standing here and listing all the reasons why I love my grandma and why I wish her all the best for her birthday, I’m going to tell a story. II. Encountering the Snake d. It was summer of 2012 and I was hanging out with my ex at in my grandma’s pool when all of a sudden we see this 3 feet long snake approaching he edge right where we were. You would expect that my ex was going to solve the problem, right? Well, the first thing he did was freak out life I did. e. We easily spent around 5 minutes trying to remember all those facts you here about how to react when encountering a snake, those that you never really pay attention to because you don’t really think its ever going to happen, and then another 5 minutes trying to figure the shortest way to get inside the house. f. Finally, we decided that the best solution was to simply run as fast as we could. We barged into the house yelling about the snake and my uncle, who was sitting...
Words: 560 - Pages: 3
...important and they should be respected. For example, many important people throughout history were considered different, such as Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Harriet Tubman, Peter Tchaikovsky, and Abraham Lincoln. They did great things, but some people thought they were weird, because they had strong feelings about something. I can relate to these people, because I’ve been in that situation before, many times. It all started in elementary school when I realized that I wasn’t like everyone else. My mom says that I have a tendency of obsessing on certain subjects. Unfortunately, these subjects don’t interest other kids my age and they really don’t interest my teachers. In fact, my kindergarten teacher said she would scream if I mentioned snakes or lizards one more time, while she was teaching the days of the week. I would get in trouble for not paying attention, and the teasing began. In third grade, my teacher informed me that I have Asperger’s Syndrome, and I said, “So what? Do you know that Godzilla’s suit weighs 188 lbs.?: Later, I asked my mom, “What is Asperger’s Syndrome? Am I gonna die?” She said that it’s like having blinders on, and that I can only see one thing at a time, and that it’s hard to focus on other things. Like, I would tell anyone and everyone that would listen about Godzilla, because my big obsession was, and still is, Godzilla — not a real popular subject with the middle school crowd, and so the teasing continues. I might be different, because I...
Words: 480 - Pages: 2
...My spirit animal is a snake. Snakes are known to be cunning, resourceful, quick witted, and use brains over muscle. Snakes also have an amazing sense of smell. Trust me, I can smell cologne from the other side of the world. Snakes are portrayed as evil and or mischievous. To add more, snakes shed their skin, thus meaning rebirth. Rebirth as in before I was a snake, I was a feisty demon rat child. Growing up, we were all troublesome and malicious. But me especially. I am not entirely sure why I was a no-good-demon-brat, but I do have a few pointers. My oldest sister, Samantha, wasn’t the best influence on me. When I was little some memories are still vague, but I do know that she did some pretty, well, kooky stunts. The act I remember most...
Words: 855 - Pages: 4
...The Snakes That Are Destroying the Everglades If you had a pet Burmese python that grew too large, would you release it into the wild when you could not take care of it any more? First, you need to know what a Burmese python really is. The Burmese python is a snake originally from Burma (now Myanmar) which can grow up to lengths of almost 25 feet, weigh over 200 pounds, and can eat an alligator, or even a full grown human, whole. They are an invasive species in the Everglades. The presence of the Burmese python is changing the Everglades by Invading the ecosystem, impacting the environment, and bringing tourism. First, Burmese pythons are invading the ecosystem. Most of the Burmese pythons living in the Everglades are there because of bad decisions made by idiotic people. Some people at one point decided to get a Burmese python, ignored the fact that it would one day get too large, and when that day came, released the python into the Everglades (Source 1 paragraph 3). Basically, that means that people allowed a species to invade a complex and fragile ecosystem. Also, these snakes are destroying the natives animal populations by eating more than the environment can handle. This basically means that the Burmese python could very well replace other species of animals by eating them away. So far, the damage to the...
Words: 539 - Pages: 3
...Let’s learn about two really cool stories. One is La Bamba the second one is Medusa’s Head. La Bamba is about a boy and a disc. He drops the disc in front of everybody. In Medusa’s Head There is a boy named Persues has to go on a mission to find Medusa and cut off her head. I the first story La bamba is all about a boy who wants to do the talent show and lip sync to this song called La Bamba. The author who wrote this is Ritchie Valens. What happened was The boy heard there was a talent show going on and thought more people would want to hang with him because nobody really likes him. This story was really calm until the talent show happens.This is like Medusa’s head in a way. In the second story Medusa’s Head There is a boy named Persues...
Words: 306 - Pages: 2
...VU 21477 TASK 1 1. What kind of text is this? A guide. 2. What is the of the text? First aid for Australian snake bite. 3. What is the purpose of this text? To provide the steps on what to do after got beaten by a snake. 4. Who would need to read this text? Anyone that got beaten by snake and someone want to provide first aid to them. 5. How many steps are these in these instructions? 10 step. 6. List four features that guide the reader through the text. Step-by step instruction Clear English Easy to understand 7. List all the verbs that are at the start of the instruction sentences. Distributed, movement, survivability 8. In which step do the instructions say when first aid should start? When should first aid start? Step 4- Start aid should start immediately. 9. List four things you...
Words: 744 - Pages: 3
...Childhood Sexual Behaviors Sexual development starts in the womb where it has been found that baby boys can have an erection. Although there is no evidence that babies are actually aware that they are sexual aroused it does show that in both girl and boy babies that they do have some excitement at times when their genital area is stimulated while having a diaper changed. In some cases babies may learn to self stimulate although it is not clear if they understand the concept of what they are doing except that it feels good. Early Childhood sexual development at the ages 3 to 8 the kids this age tend be interested in anatomy and behavior. Children, this age may play with other kids both same sex and opposite and my explore each others anatomy purely out of curiosity and in and incent way. Preadolescence ages 9 to 13 have sexual related activity but not always sexual is the terms of sex. At the age boys and girls will have close friends normally of the same sex and although may hang in groups with the opposite sex they are still at the age at least in earlier years of still not being very interested in the other. As they get older but still in preadolescences the opposite sex maybe become more interesting and peer pressures will also set in. When an adolescent goes through their sexual development, this when things really start to change for a teen such as body changes and development with sexual desire. Masturbation is at heightened state at this...
Words: 330 - Pages: 2
...Spermeo and Egette are from totally different worlds, but their sole purpose for creation is to meet up together so that they can become one and form a human being with many more little Spermettes and Eggettes in their futures. This is all done in the land of reproduction, where they must mature in their separate homelands before the two become one. Spermeo’s homeland is in a place called Testes, and Eggette’s homeland is called Ovary. Their worlds are far apart, but by happenstance, they will one day get a chance to meet one another. Once they both reach the land of reproduction at the optimum time, the cycle called life will begin. Spermeo is created in Testes along with thousand others just like him at one time. The land of Testes churns about 30 billion Spermeos per year. This greatly increases the odds of Spermeo coming into contact with Egette, but Spermeo is determined to fulfill his purpose in life with Egette. Before Spermeo is mature enough to leave home, he has a process he must go through to be able to penetrate Eggette when they meet, as they have only one opportunity to do so successfully. His creation starts in Testes which is actually a production plant that houses machines called interstitial cells, testosterone/other hormones, and seminiferous tubules. These machines all work together to produce the best Spermeos possible. Going through the testosterone machine is one of the most important processes for Spermeos because it determines if there will...
Words: 1092 - Pages: 5
...Syphilis Organism: Treponema pallidum, Eubacteria Transmission: * Direct contact with a syphilis sore. * Contact occurs during vaginal, anal, or oral sex. * Sores can be located on the external genitals, vagina, anus, or rectum. * Syphilis can be transmitted from pregnant mother to child (causing stillbirths or problems with child.) * Cannot be transmitted in contact with non body items such as doorknobs, toilet seats, hot tubs, etc. Symptoms: * Most noticeable are a red sores (called chancres). * Many do not have symptoms or do not notice the sores, which heal in 3-6 weeks without pain. * Secondary symptoms include: rashes and lesions, fever, sore throat, headaches, and fatigue (resembling other diseases). * Later symptoms: difficult muscle control, numbness, and dementia. Prognosis: * First, a single chancre which will heal without pain. * Second, several weeks later, rashes and lesions which do not cause itching and will heal on their own along with the other secondary symptoms. * The first and secondary stage symptoms will heal with or without treatment, but without treatment victims are susceptible to the later stages. * In the late stage, the disease may damage the internal organs, including the brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver, bones, and joints. * If gone untreated, damage from the later stage may eventually lead to death. Treatment: * Diagnosed through studying the chancre...
Words: 462 - Pages: 2
...* Question 1 0.75 out of 0.75 points | | | Freshly deposited sperm are not capable of penetrating an oocyte. | | | | | Selected Answer: | True | | | | | * Question 2 0.75 out of 0.75 points | | | Surfactant production in premature infants is rarely a factor in providing normal respiratory activity. | | | | | Selected Answer: | False | | | | | * Question 3 0.75 out of 0.75 points | | | The embryonic stage lasts until the end of the eighth week. | | | | | Selected Answer: | True | | | | | * Question 4 0.75 out of 0.75 points | | | Implantation begins six to seven days after ovulation. | | | | | Selected Answer: | True | | | | | * Question 5 0.75 out of 0.75 points | | | "An episiotomy is an incision made to widen the vaginal orifice, aiding fetal expulsion." | | | | | Selected Answer: | True | | | | | * Question 6 0 out of 0.75 points | | | "When a year has passed without menstruation, a woman has reached menarche." | | | | | Selected Answer: | True | | | | | * Question 7 0.75 out of 0.75 points | | | The cervix typically dilates to about 10 cm during the dilation stage of labor. | | | | | Selected Answer: | True | | | | | * Question 8 0.75 out of 0.75 points | | | "The ""fluid-filled, hollow ball of cells"" stage of development is the blastocyst." | | | | | Selected Answer: | True | | | | | ...
Words: 5834 - Pages: 24
...Erectile Dysfunction Obinna Nwaudo Baltimore City Community College Professor E.B.Iweha BIO 112 April 9,2016. NAME OF DISEASE. Erectile dysfunction is a disease condition characterized by the inability of an adult male to develop or maintain an erection of the penis that is strong enough for sexual intercourse. This condition is also known as impotence. Erectile dysfunction affects an estimated 18 million men in the US alone. Achieving and sustaining erection is difficult for patients suffering from this disease. HISTRORY OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION. Erectile dysfunction has been affecting men since the ancient times, during the 16th and 17th century in France, impotence was considered a crime and a legal ground for divorce and the courts were allowed to “inspect” the complainants, a practice that was later abolished in 1677. In the early 1920 John Brinkley started to cure impotency in the US with goat glands implants and injections. The most significant advance in therapy for erectile dysfunction was made by a British physician Giles Brindley, who used a non specific vasodilator called Papaverine to induce erection in impotent men. Giles Brindely’s drug laid the foundation for the later development of specific, safe and effective therapies like Viagra. DESCRIPTION OF THE DISEASE. Individuals suffering from erectile dysfunction are unable to develop and sustain an erection, this inability to keep erection can be as a result of physiological or psychological reasons...
Words: 1072 - Pages: 5
