https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00 en-us 2017-01-09 17:15:47 UTC 2023-03-28 16:08:06 UTC hello@padlet.com lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146117810 The Northern African python is a non-venomous species of constrictor snake. That means that the snake puts pressure around its pray before eating it. The scales on the python are in a black and white pattern. There native range is in Africa where they can grow up to 20 feet. In Africa where the python came from they where known as the African rock python. It is still unclear how the rock python made its way to Florida, but they believe that some were dumped illegally into the everglades. The Northern African python is eating different animals in the everglades.

]]> 2017-01-09 20:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146117810 lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146300644 2017-01-10 16:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146300644 lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146301665 An ecological footprint is the impact of a person on the environment. The word "footprint" in ecological footprint means what the person leaves behind. Personally the resources I use the most are service, goods, and energy use. For everyone in the world to live like I live, it would take 4.4 planet earths to provide enough resources. And it takes about 19.4 global acres of land to support my lifestyle. At home my family recycles all plastic and paper. And when we have a chance to try to carpool to school and from school. By recycling paper and plastic we are helping by giving back into the earth. Than by carpooling places we can reduce polluting the air. But there are still some ways that I can improve my ecological footprint. Some examples would be unplugging chargers when I'm not using them, walk or ride a bike around when I get a chance, and turn all the lights off when I'm not home. ]]> 2017-01-10 16:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146301665 lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146639653 2017-01-11 19:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146639653 lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146645921 Planetary Management is the belief that human needs are more important than the wildlife. They believe that because humans have more complex and smarter brains.]]> 2017-01-11 20:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146645921 lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146650581 2017-01-11 20:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146650581 lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146845197 The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed on December 28, 1973. The law protects species that are endangered or threatened. It is important because it protects the animals and there habitats. It keeps people from disturbing them and hunting them, giving the species and opportunity to reproduce before they go extinct. This law has been very effective for many animals for example the American Alligator, the Grizzly Bear, and the Eastern Red Wolves and all animals that where endangered but taken off the list. ]]> 2017-01-12 16:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146845197 lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146853151 2017-01-12 17:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146853151 lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146854280 2017-01-12 17:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146854280 lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146854521 I took this video at the turtle hospital, these are turtles that are either sick or hurt. The turtle hospital is important because they take in turtles and nurse them back to health and they release them back into the wild. Some of the turtles can be to injured to be put back into the wild, so the turtle hospital will keep them in captivity. In captivity the turtles can't be targeted on my predators like they would be in the wild. ]]> 2017-01-12 17:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146854521 lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146902414 The Florida panther also known as the Puma Concolor Coryi are endangered in Florida. The panther has short, light brown fur and a white muzzle, chest and stomach. They grow to be 2-3 feet tall as an adult. Also the males weigh 120-220 pounds as an adult, and the females weight 64-140 pounds also as an adult. There are only about 100-180 Florida panthers in the wild. They are living in the forests and swamps of southern Florida. In the wild the panther usually lives 8-13 years. The Florida panther is strictly carnivores, that means they only eat meat. About 90% of there diet is feral hog, white-tailed deer, raccoon, and armadillo, rabbits, rats, and birds, and sometimes they will eat  alligators. They where heavily hunted after 1832 when a bounty on panthers was created. They where perceived as a threat to humans and animals, where they nearly where extinct by the mid-1950s. By 2007 there population had tripling to about 100 panthers. The Florida panther can run up to 35 mph. They can help the ecosystem by keeping the population of wild deer to a good level. Different groups of people are working to make an effort to protect thousands of acres of prime panther habitat for them to live in. ]]> 2017-01-12 19:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/146902414 lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/147059991 Key West is a land mark in Florida. When we where in Key West we got to learn all of the history in Florida. We got to see the first rail road that was built on a bridge above the water. ]]> 2017-01-13 15:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/147059991 lmccool2 https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/147060993 2017-01-13 15:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lmccool2/7whnr85rwn00/wish/147060993