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blank page: this is only a place holder for the moment . accidentally adorable! lila the leopwafish jess doutrich making meaning autumn 2010 pratt institute In the middle of Kansas, stood a genetics lab. One day, a tornado came along and mixed up the dna of all the wild animals in the lab. What came out as a result was... “accidentally adorable!” TOR DNA IS RABLE TORNADO STRIKES KANSAS GENETICS LAB: DNA IS MIS-MATCHED! THE RESULT? ” “ACCIDENTALLY ADORABLE!” /HRSZD¿VK project summary + (a mix and match of wildlife) This project focuses on play and education, using plush animal “hybrids” to bring attention to wild animal conservation. The end result will be a collection of plush animals that share a common theme; mix and match. Each plush will incorporate 2 animal species; each from different spectrums of the animal kingdom. (i.e. reptile with a mammal, fish with bird, etc.) The hybrid quality will come from the body of one animal mixed with the “graphic” patterning, texture or color of another animal. Overall, this product aims to establish a positive relationship between the user and wild animal. The animal species chosen to mix and match were random except that they were opposite in taxonomic class. 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    THE EFFECTS OF FIRES ON PLANTS AND WILDLIFE SPECIES DIVERSITY AND SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AT ABERDARE RANGES, KENYA WANGARI FAITH NJERI BSC HONS (2011) A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY OF CONSERVATION SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI. 2016 DECLARATION This thesis is my original work and has not been presented for a degree in any other University Wangari Faith Njeri Signature........................................................ Date................................................................. This thesis has been submitted for examination with our approval as the University Supervisors Dr. J. M. Githaiga School of Biological Sciences University of Nairobi Signature........................................................ Date................................................................. Mr. Aggrey K. Mwala Department Of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology University Of Nairobi Signature........................................................ Date................................................................. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Githaiga and Mr. Mwala, my supervisors, for the great support and guidance they accorded me throughout this research project, without which this research project would not have been successful. I would also like to thank Kenya Forest Service staff for allowing me to carry out my research work at the Aberdares forest, offering me accommodation at the station and for providing security personnel to guard me during my visits to the forest. I would also like to thank Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, for enabling me pursue my Masters degree by awarding me a full scholarship for the two years of study. I am very grateful to my dear mother and my entire family for the great support they offered me, both financially and morally.
  • Ultimate Kenya

    Ultimate Kenya

    A pair of fantastic Sokoke Scops Owls. (DLV). All photos taken by DLV during the tour. ULTIMATE KENYA 1 – 20 / 25 APRIL 2017 LEADER: DANI LOPEZ-VELASCO Kenya lived up to its reputation of being one of the most diverse birding destinations on our planet. Once again, our Ultimate Kenya recorded a mind-boggling total of more than 750 species. This was despite the fact that we were prioritizing Kenyan specialities (a task in which we were extremely successful) rather than going all out for a huge list! 1 BirdQuest Tour Report: Ultimate Kenya www.birdquest-tours.com The first leg of our epic adventure saw us focusing on the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest where the birding is tough but the rewards are great. Over the course of the two and a half days our talented local guide helped us find all of the main specialities, with the exception of the difficult Clarke’s Weavers, which were presumably on their recently discovered breeding grounds in marshes to the north. Crested Guineafowl and Northern Carmine Bee-eater. We spent much time creeping along sandy tracks, gradually finding our targets one by one. We succeeded in getting great views of a number of skulkers, including a rather showy East Coast Akalat on our last afternoon, some reclusive Eastern Bearded Scrub Robins, a very obliging Red-tailed Ant Thrush and skulking Fischer’s and Tiny Greenbuls. Once in the Brachystegia we kept our eyes and ears open for roving flocks of flock-leader Retz’s and Chestnut-fronted Helmet Shrikes, and with these we found awkward Mombasa Woodpeckers and a single Green-backed Woodpecker, and a variety of smaller species including Black-headed Apalis, Green Barbet, Eastern Green Tinkerbird, dainty Little Yellow Flycatchers, Forest Batis, Pale Batis, cracking little Amani and Plain-backed Sunbirds and Dark-backed Weaver.
  • Evolution, Culture, and Care for Betta Splendens1 Craig Watson, Matthew Dimaggio, Jeffrey Hill, Quenton Tuckett, and Roy Yanong2

    Evolution, Culture, and Care for Betta Splendens1 Craig Watson, Matthew Dimaggio, Jeffrey Hill, Quenton Tuckett, and Roy Yanong2

    FA212 Evolution, Culture, and Care for Betta splendens1 Craig Watson, Matthew DiMaggio, Jeffrey Hill, Quenton Tuckett, and Roy Yanong2 The commercial betta, or Siamese fighting fish (Betta to have shaped the evolution of labyrinth fishes, a group splendens), is one of a group of fishes called the anabantoids that formed ~60 million years ago. Life in hypoxic environ- (suborder Anabantoidei), most of which occur in fresh ments appears to have been the driving force behind the waters of Africa and southern Asia. There are roughly 137 evolutionary diversification of labyrinth fishes, including labyrinth fishes in three families, Anabantidae (28 species), the genus Betta, the most diverse group within the family Helostomatidae (1 species), and Osphronemidae (108 Osphronemidae with over 73 species. A variety of behav- species including B. splendens). The anabantoids are also ioral, morphological, and physiological traits evolved in known as labyrinth fishes, which, unlike most other fishes, response to development of air breathing as an adaptation often do not rely primarily on the gills for respiration. The to living in a hypoxic environment. While the labyrinth gills of labyrinth fishes are relatively small and primarily organ may be one of the most obvious traits, others, such as excrete the waste products ammonia and carbon dioxide. bubble nest building for reproduction, are also associated In fact, many labyrinth fishes are obligate air breathers, with this adaptation. The bubble nest allows eggs to develop meaning they must breathe at the surface to survive. in environments with elevated temperature and low pH and Other fishes have evolved a number of solutions to allow dissolved oxygen, relatively free of predators.