Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The two types of jawless fish



                                                                               Hagfish                                                  

Sup guys.  Today I'm talking about the two types of jawless fish.  One of them is the hagfish.  The hagfish are very unique because they are invertebrates and have no jaws.

Another thing that's different about them is that unlike other fish they have bad eye sight and no scales.  Instead,they use tentacles that are on their faces to feel and sense everything that's around them.

They also like their food dead and eat left over dead skin and other stuff that's left over.They also have defense reflexes that make  and put slime all over their bodies so when predators like sharks attack them,they make tons of slime.  They can make slime for days.  They get the slime off of them by wrapping themselves into a knot and scraping it off.

These fish also have no bones.  Instead, they have dense fiber called cartilage. Their spine is made out of this, like our ears and noses are also made out of it.  They also live in the ocean.

They're not going to starve to death so these are some of the things they eat invertebrate fish,carrion and injured fish.They also eat it inside out.
                                                                                   

                                                                  Lamprey


The second jawless fish is the lamprey so yeah lampreys aren't that different from hagfish but,this is what makes them so different the lampreys teeth,mouths and sucking ability.

They eat by putting their mouths on a fish and sucking the meat and blood out of them.  There are lots of them too.



They are much more dangerous then hagfish with their teeth and sucking abilities.  Unlike other fish they are also parasites.


See you later.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

The levels of classification


                         
 Today i'm talking about the seven levels classification.  Since the african lion is one of my favroite animals let classify that.              

 The first level is the animal kingdom.   It classifies all living animals,so since were talking about african lions,that would be the first level they would go to.

The second level is the phylum level.  To african lions it's chordata. Chordata means animals with backbones,so this level would be full of vertebrates like elephants and sharks.        

The third level is the level of class.  To them it's mammalia.  Mammalia means mammals who can breed or give milk,like dolphins and wolves.  

Now let's go to the fourth level, the level of order.  To lions it's carnivora.  Carnivora means animals who eat meat like foxes and bears.

 The next level is the level of family.  To lions that's felidae.  Felidae means animals who are from that family of animals.  For lions that would be that cat family,so tigers,panthers and other types of cats would be in this level.

The sixth level is the level of genus.  To them this is panthera.  Panthera means big cats who can roar like panthers,lions and tigers.

The last level is the level of species.  To lions, this means panthera leo.  Panthera leo means lion,so panthera leo is the species of cats since thats the last level. 

Since the genus is panthera and the species is panthera leo.  The scientific name would be panthera leo.  Good bye guys.