Reptile Assembly

2/4/09

Today I went to a super-cool assembly about reptiles. I learned that it is not good to have some of these animals as pets, as they can be extremely dangerous to us. Something that I learned that can be linked to biology was how the color of these creatures skin was a form of natural selection. If there skin/scales were a green or brown color, they often blended in with their surroundings so that they wouldn’t be attacked of eaten by predators. Cool beans!! The tortoise had a very hard and tough shell, and the presenter (Erin) told me that it was for protection. The only animal that is strong enough to break its tough shell would be a lion. The tortoise was an herbivore, meaning that it only eats plants. Unfortunately, the tortoise as feed meat and its shell become very bumpy and rough. The alligator had its eyes and ears very close to each other on the top of its head. They are like that because when they are in the water, they can just perch their heads up to get a view of what is going on above the surface. Something else I learned in the presentation today was why the snake’s tongue is shaped so uniquely. The snakes tongue has senses that can smell for food. If the snake was getting a signal from its left side of its tongue, they would know to move to the left in order to get food. The last animal we saw today was the long, yellow snake. The snake was supposed to be a green/brown color, but because of a genetic disorder, it is albino, therefore making it a different color then what it’s supposed to be. All of the animals I observed were consumers. TTYL!

XOXO,
Willomena the Wiki Shirt.