For a class project I have decided to make a food web illustrating the digestive tracks of different animals in a particular area. From this I am hoping to learn and teach people about those animals digestive tracks.
The Grey Wolf
As I proceed in my project I will continue to reflect on one of the top predators, the Grey Wolf.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Research is a funny thing. Sometimes you just dread the work but, once you're done you feel like you never have enough. Anyways, I believe I have finished my research. With the researching done for the most part, I can continue to look into ways to present my information and findings. The tool I think that I'm going to use is Prezi. Although I am still open to suggestions since I have only just recently tried this tool out. I am going to try to organize my information into both a food web and demonstrate the digestive tracts of the animals.
Planning for your final project can be very different from the actual outcome of what you thought. Which is why I still have an open mind to what my final project will look like. Who knows, it might even just turn out to be a poster. Which might be easier for me to have for future references when I'm in college studying animal biology or zoology. I will update when I actually pick a tool for my final presentation.
Below is a tutorial of the tool Prezi
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Albert Einstein once said that, "If we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be called research, would it?" Throughout my research process I find myself getting lost at points. However, I figured out that research can be very confusing and that I need to keep calm and not get frustrated when I cannot find specific information. So far, I have accomplished researching the herbivores category on the digestive system. The animals I placed in that category include the moose, rabbit, and the mountain goat.
While researching I came across some very interesting and new information for each of these animals. For example, I learned that the moose's digestive tract is very similar to that of our own domestic cattle. The moose has four parts to its stomach, which after eating the moose will spit the food in its stomach back up to its mouth where it will be re-chewed to be digested completely.
Another thing I uncovered, was that the rabbit digestive tract separates the plant fiber in its system in to two groups, digestible and indigestible. The digestive fiber may release some nutrients and some may be reabsorbed into the body, the rest have to go back into the colon to be coated into a protective layer of mucus which is later released from the body as a special kind of waste called cecotropes or cecal droppings. The rabbit eats these droppings so they pass through the digestive tract again, after this process the small intestine can easily absorb the nutrients. While the indigestible fiber is still essential for the digestive system it takes food through the system and is later released as waste.
Finally, I research the mountain goat. I did not get that far, however. What I did learn was that the mountain goat has four stomachs because the mountain goat is prey to predators the goat will retreat into the mountains before continuing digesting the food it has just swallowed. Which the goat re-chews like the moose and the cattle. I will continue researching the digestive tract of the mountain goat then I will hopefully move on to my predator category.
Located below is a picture of a Rabbit digestive system and a video to further explain the process.