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Looking at these few websites, i found many different things that were interesting. I first found out that chimps and people are 98 percent the same. Then, did you know that people have only 46 chromosomes, while goldfish have 94 chromosomes and toucans have 106 chromosomes. Also, we have two copies of every chromosome in our body. Lastly, i found that chimpanzees and other great apes are out closet evolutionary cousins. But you didn't know that chimpanzees have 48 chromosomes and we have 46. Only a two chromosome difference. I found that fact the most interesting fact of all. After I figured all those facts out, i looked on Brain Pop, and found that there are two types of cells; Proaryotic and Eukaryotic. Proaryotic cell has no membrane and can live on its own. Then, the Eukaryotic cell has everything including a nucleus. And we humans are made up of those two types of cells. Now, after learning about these facts i learned many different things and found them very unique.

Class response

There was so many different topics to choose from, because we learned about so many things. The topic I manage to pick was the owl pellets. When we did owl pellets i learned many things like owls swallow their whole prey becuase they can;t chew their own food.Another thing i learned was that the organ that creates the owl pellet is called the gizzard. Also, i learned that the owl cna't eat anything until the pellet is out. I learned many other things, as well.My source is at http://www. biology.com/worksheets/owlpel let.html My opinion to this owl pellet lab was gross becuase i wouln't want to touch the pellet. But in order to get the project done was i had to touch it, so that brought down my interest in the owl pellet lab.

Are wolves the Pronghorn's Best Friend.?

Who: Gray wolves, proghorns, coyotes, and other types of wolves.
What: Scientist noticed that ever since Yellowstone Park allowed wolves back into the park, the percentage of proghorns increased by fifty percent. This made them believe that the wolves and proghorns where having a complex relationship even though wolves are the predators of proghorns.
When: March 4, 2008
Where: Grand Tenton National Park, and parts of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Why: Because the wolfs are basically protecting the proghorns which increases the population of proghorns.
The hyperlink of this article is on www.sciencedaily.com.
My opinion of the article was that it was very interesting because over a three year period 100 fawns in wolf free and wolf abundant areas of Grand Tenton National park and montored their surival throughout summer.The results showed only 10 percent of fawns surived in areas lacking wolves, ut where coyote densities were higher.Areas where wolves were abundant 34 percent of pronghorn fawns surived.I thought that little piece of imformation was interesting to me.

My favorite subject right now is science because i like learning about all different types of plants, trees, animals, mammels, sea creatures, paracites, insects, and dinosaurs even though they are exstinct. Plus science was always my favorite subject. The best book i ever read was My Side of the Mountain because its very interesting how he becomes friends with animals and it tells you tips and different ways how you can survive on a mountain by yourself.My favorite food in the cafeteria is their hot dogs they are amazing except they only have them once a week. On the weekend, when all my chores are done i like to go to the movies with my friends or maybe going ice skating me and my friends have the best times together.If I won a free airline ticket to any place I wanted, I would go to Jamica because its such a beautiful pace to go to and i would just love waking up every morning and seeing a beach, i would love that everyday.My favorite color is purple.If i had a pet i would have kangaroo because they have a little pouch which it holds things and espically me and i would name it Jackers This year if i work hard enough, i hope to make my mommy proud and take me out to eat or give me money and just keep working hard to get into a good college.