Monday, January 26, 2015

Shark Finning







Watch the two videos on shark finning and answer the following:
  1. What is shark finning?
  2. Why does shark finning happen?
  3. Why is shark finning a problem for the ecosystem?
  4. What do you think should be done? How?

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Inside Nature's Giants - Great White



Watch the video on the Great White Shark Dissection.  How is it adapted to be a top predator in the ocean?  

Friday, January 16, 2015

Lamprey Flee Death



How could wild life officials use what they learned about lamprey to control the invasive and problematic lamprey population in the Great Lakes?

Lamprey



Check out the Lamprey.  It is a parasitic jawless fish.  What adaptations does it have to help it survive?  What characteristics make it similar and different from other fish? 

Eddie and the Hagfish



Watch and learn about two very strange characteristics of hagfish…also I think Eddie looks like he might be Mr. Thomas's long lost twin.