BIOL 1902 Lecture 1: Natural-History-Notes-2-Classes-1-9
14 Dec 2016
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Introduction: : natural history is the enjoyment of nature (living, breathing, dynamic plants and animals). It is the enjoyment of observation of living plants and animals (flora and fauna) and their interactions. Someone with an interest in all this would be a naturalist. Historical naturalists: : linneaus , charles darwin , john james autobonn , ernest thompson seton , roger tory peterson ! >types of naturalists; herpetologist: studies amphibians and reptiles! Camou age: concealment : every habitat that animals live in have general patterns (i. e grass lands; vertical lines). Therefore animals tend to try and look like their background - called background matching (i. e savannah. Some also have breast-bands which are also disruptive patterns: coincident disruptive coloration : whenever animals has different parts of the body align fo r the. > masquerades technique can also involve animals taking parts of their environment and using ! them as camou age (camou age looper caterpillars) !
