Arctic Animal Adaptations by Tennille O'Rourke-Cox https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys en-us 2023-08-14 04:06:56 UTC 2024-03-06 02:01:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Antarctic Krill - Euphausia superba tennilleorourkecox https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2905532549

  • Small transparent shrimps

  • Can live up to 7 years in the ocean

  • Arctic waters are abundant in nutrients making it a breeding ground

  • Large animals such as whales, seals, penguins and birds feed off them

  • They are very important to the ecosystem


  • Adaptations include:

  • Anatomical - Structures of the body

    They have fine hairs to scrape phytoplankton off the underside of sea ice during the Winter

  • Complex and highly developed compound eyes to see predators

  • Behavioural - The manner in which animals move and act.

  • Rapid backward escape reaction to escape predators

  • Swim in swarms that can have up to 10,000 to 30,000 krill

  • Physiological - The internal functions of the animal from biochemical, to cellular, tissue, organ and whole organism level.

  • Can withstand long periods of starvation (up to 200 days) by using their muscle as a reserve

  • A female krill can lay up to 10000 eggs

    • ]]>     2024-03-05 03:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2905532549     Snow petrels-Pagadroma Nivea https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2905548457

  • Appearance: Pure white with jet black beaks and eyes

  • Size:they are the size of a pigeon and they get 30 40cm length with a wingspan of 75-95cm

  • lifespan:They can live up to 20 years

  • Diet: krill,fish,squid and when avaliable carrion

  • adaptations: they don't migrite but they move further north and build caves to stay warm

  • Weight: They weigh in between 240g-460g

    • ]]>     2024-03-05 03:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2905548457     bule eyed shag yteklegergish19 https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907183165 Diet:

    -Squid

    -Fish

    -Birds

    -opportansite

    -Marnie animals

    -Invertebrates

    -Octopus

    -Crustaceans

    -worms

    -Snails

    -Slugs


    Lives:

    -They are found along the scotia are island and down the antartic peninsula



    ]]>     2024-03-06 01:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907183165     Leopard seal https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907186069 . weight ranges from 260kg to 500kg depending on gender.


    . length is from 2.8m to 3.8m.


    .breading can be 1 month before or after November.


    .the population is 200,000 to 400,000.


    .they eat any animals that are small enough to eat and kill with a wide variety because they are the second biggest predator in the arctic only behind the orca or killer whale.


    .diving is not so good limiting them to 40kmph or 25mph.


    .predators are the killer whale but not as often as some other prey.

    ]]>     2024-03-06 01:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907186069     Adeliae Penguins- https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907186818 -There average weight is 5kg-11 Ib

    -Their average height is around 70cm-27.5 inches.

    -Breeding season: November-February

    -Reproduction: Large colonies of up to half a million birds.


    - world population is 10 millon mature individuals.

    Feeding&Diet- Eat mainly krill,also fish, amphipods and squid in smaller quantities in shallow dives of 20m or less.


    -Distribution- Circumpolar, tend to be found within the pack ice.


    -Predators: Leopard seals- main predators of adult birds, and skuas; prey on eggs and chicks on land.


    ]]>     2024-03-06 01:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907186818     chinstrap penguin rcutler19 https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907198422 .Have dark feathers on its back and on its fins

    . They are the third smallest species of penguins

    .they eat krill,fish and other crurtacens

    .There predoters are lepods, seals,killer whales and adult birds

    .They are nosy and agrissive

    .They lay eggs

    .Beavioral adaptations are peeing,head shaking and moliting.


    ]]>     2024-03-06 01:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907198422     King Pengins - Aptendytes Patagonica eadjassou19 https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907202747

  • ( Facts )

  • King penguins are the second largest penguins next to the Emperor penguin

  • King penguins walk slowly and do not hop

  • The pupil of a penguin's eye is circular

  • King penguins have a much longer breeding cycle than any other penguin. Including the pre-moult period, the breeding cycle lasts 13–16 months, eggs are laid from November to April

  • ( Diet )

  • Fish makes up 80% of their diet

  • They are particularly partial to small bioluminescent lanternfish

  • They are also known to feed on squid and crustaceans

  • King penguin chicks will eat regurgitated seafood from the mouths of their parents

  • ( Adaptations )

  • Their lush feathers protect them from bitter sub-Antarctic weather

  • The plumage has four layers, the outer layer is oily and waterproof and encloses three downy layers for insulation

    • ]]>     2024-03-06 01:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907202747     Weddell Seals gbeckhouse19 https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907212364 Average Weight - 400-450 kg


    Diet: Mainly fish, especially Nothenids known as Arctic Cod. They also eat squid and invertibraes in much smaller amounts.


    Diving: Weddell seals are good divers, being able to swim down to six hundred meters in depths and can hold their breath for 82 minutes!


    Population: - 500,000 - 1,000,000


    Predators: - Killer whales, Sledge dogs


    Weddel seal adaptations: Fore and hind limbs developed into flippers for swimming, smooth streamlined shape to glide through water, a blubber layer, large eyes to help hunt prey under water and whiskers to help seals feel their way in the dark when catching prey.

    ]]>     2024-03-06 01:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907212364     Emperor penguins https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907214101

  • Eat silver fish, krill and squid

  • Live for 15-20 years

  • They keep warm because they have two layers of feathers they also have thick laylers of fat that traps heat inside the body .

  • They raise the young penguins on ice.

  • These penguins have black and white bodies with stiff black wings, their back, head, chin ,throat and the dorsal part of their wings are black.

  • A female Emoeror penguin lays one single egg and leaves! The father covers the egg with his brood pouch and stands on it for 65 days during really bad weather. The mother returns after 2 months and regurgitaes food for the baby to eat!


    • ]]>     2024-03-06 01:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907214101     Southern fur seal probinson19_1 https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907215920

  • Fur seals will usually feed on krll normley but if there is none they will eat fish or squid

    • Fur seals live in groups called the oturid or eared in the endangered Antarctic. Male fur seals live up to 18 year and female fur seals live up to 27 years.

    • Southern fur seals keep warm by having a thick layer of fat.

    • Adaptations.Fur seals have external ears and the ability to use all four limbs to move across land.

    • Male fur seals weigh up to 130 to 210kg and female fur seals weigh up to 22 to 55kg.



    ]]>     2024-03-06 01:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907215920     kbridges19_1 https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907216729 Diet: Food species range from small to large, it includes: krill, fish, squid, and usually anything near them.


    Habitat:They usally live in cold antantic temperatures on flat,rocky beaches.


    Keep warm: Most penguins have layer of babbler, or fat, under the skin to help them keep warm.


    Adaptions: They have streamlined bodies, and strong paddles- shaped flippers.


    ]]>     2024-03-06 01:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907216729     Orca emccann19_1 https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907217887 Animal: Orca


    Diet: The killer whale love to eat fish,squid,seals,seabirds and great wite sharks.





    ]]>     2024-03-06 01:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907217887     Crabeater Seal https://padlet.com/tennilleorourkecox/dm2fxtyfae0pcjys/wish/2907218677 .The Crabeater seal got its name from early sailers and the scientific name is Lobodon carcinophaga.


    . Average weight: 200-300 kg

    . Average length is 2.6m


    Diet: 95% of its diet is krill,remains of squid and fish.


    . Crabeater seals live in the pack-ice zone surrouding Antarica.


    .They can live up to a 20-40 years oldbut there not close to being endangred,with 10-12 million alive now.


    They adapted to the cold polar environments with there thick blubber layers that act as food reserve.


    . They have a layer of fta to keep them warm.

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