https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv Adaptations and Natural Selection Project en-us 2023-04-17 15:47:00 UTC 2023-04-19 22:27:00 UTC hello@padlet.com ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557194833
https://www.britannica.com/animal/Komodo-dragon

https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=202168#null

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_monitor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_monitor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater_crocodile

]]> 2023-04-17 15:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557194833 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557202385 Varanus komodoensis]]> 2023-04-17 15:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557202385 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557209646 Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Varanidae
Varanus
Varanus komodoensis]]> 2023-04-17 15:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557209646 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557211953 Komodo Island
Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia

Status-Vulnerable]]> 2023-04-17 15:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557211953 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557219044 Length: 10 ft
Weight: 300 lbs
Type of Monitor Lizard]]> 2023-04-17 16:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557219044 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557219618 2023-04-17 16:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557219618 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557222905 2023-04-17 16:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557222905 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557226025 The Komodo Dragon is an isolated species of sorts, staying within a circle of an area. As such, adaptations are relatively similar compared to those of a different habitat.]]> 2023-04-17 16:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557226025 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557234682 Natural selection is when certain challenges are presented to a species and certain organisms of that species, which allow certain adaptations to either die out, or move on in future generations. Eventually, in several generations, these adaptations will become the dominant trait.]]> 2023-04-17 16:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2557234682 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2558816544 They live in remote temperate islands near Indonesia.

Food sources include carrion, medium-sized to large mammals, and in rare cases, Humans.

Temperatures fluctuate similar to that of the 4 seasons. 


]]> 2023-04-18 15:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2558816544 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2558838895 Komodo Dragons have venom that they inject in their live prey to neutralize them, and eventually eat them. This venom has allowed them to have better chances to kill their prey, since they can not chase after prey for a long time, since they can give quick chase or wait to ambush.]]> 2023-04-18 15:56:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2558838895 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2558840310 Powerful Legs - great for giving chase to prey
Powerful Jaws - perfect to holding on to prey as venom is adminstered]]> 2023-04-18 15:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2558840310 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560365595 They have fights to determine the most powerful male, usual during mating, usually to attract mates.]]> 2023-04-19 15:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560365595 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560401355 Bio Name: Varanus bengalensis
Length: 24-69 in.
Food Source: Arthropods, Small Mammals
Location: South Asia; Southeast Asia
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Varanidae
Varanus
Varanus bengalensis


Bio Name: Varanus griseus
Length: ~3 Feet
Food Source: Small Mammals, Small Vertebrates
Location: Desert Environment
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Varanidae
Varanus
Varanus griseus

]]> 2023-04-19 15:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560401355 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560415034 Komodo Dragon lives in South Asia
Bengal Monitor lives in South and West Asia
Desert Monitor lives in South Asia and North Africa

All are longer than 3 feet, Desert Monitor's being the smallest.

All have some venom to aid with prey consumption.

Nostrils are similar in shape and position.

Forked Tongues and long tails.


]]> 2023-04-19 16:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560415034 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560746237 2023-04-19 21:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560746237 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560751446 Komodo Dragons are the largest, and have diets revolving around larger animals. Being on an isolated island, the Komodo Dragon was able to evolve to be larger and faster, to get most prey.

Bengal Monitors are 2nd largest, and have diets revolving around vertebrates and invertebrates. In this less isolated habitat, Bengal Monitors do not have to be as large and as powerful as Komodo Dragons, which allows for more prey options.

Desert Monitors are the smallest, and have diets revolving around small mammals and arthropods. Desert Monitors have to survive in a desert of pure heat, and a large body would be inefficient for them to properly sustain themselves. They have adapted to eat smaller prey in order to survive.]]> 2023-04-19 21:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560751446 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560756712 The Saltwater Crocodile
Bio Name: Crocodylus porosus
Taxonomy:
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Crocodilia
Crocodylidae
Crocodylus
Crocodylus porosus
Found in Southern hemisphere, in Saltwater shores (i.e. Komodo Island, Australia, etc.)
Length: 20ft
Weight: 2.2k lbs - 3.3k lbs]]> 2023-04-19 22:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560756712 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560759957 KD: 10 ft / SC: 20ft

KD: 300lbs / SC: 2200lbs - 3300lbs

KD: Habitat-Komodo Island / SC: Habitat - Australia, Komodo Island, etc.

KD: Longer Tail, Shorter Snout / SC: Shorter Tail (relative to KD), Longer Snout

]]> 2023-04-19 22:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560759957 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560761912 While the Saltwater Crocodile is more adapted to travelling in water, it is a reptile like the Komodo Dragon. Despite not being from the same Genus, they are in similar environments on land. Both are reptiles, and have scaly skin. Crocodiles have to adapt to the sun, as they are cold-blooded like the Komodo Dragon. While they do not have venom, the Saltwater Crocodile has to have powerful jaws and sharp teeth to catch and consumer its prey, primarily fish. ]]> 2023-04-19 22:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560761912 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560763070 2023-04-19 22:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560763070 ja966 https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560766881 Essentially, it is the natural factors that limit a species, based on their adaptations and mutations that they have. Whether it allows them to survive with a lack of food, or to have an adaptation to avoid predators more often, this mutation/adaptation will be transferred to the future generation of that organism, which will make the adaptation more prevalent and more likely to be passed on.

The Komodo Dragon, being the apex predator in its habitat, has evolved to be more capable of consuming its prey, by evolving to be larger, stronger, faster, and have a more powerful venom. It has adapted to consume the larger animals of the island, like wild boar and elephants. Stemming from its Monitor Lizard ancestors, it has developed its previous traits into traits more fitting for the isolated island.

Examples of this include its large powerful legs, able to give chase to prey like wild deer, which possess the ability to escape from predators with their long slender legs (structural adaptation). The Komodo Dragon's venom is more potent and more dangerous than those of other Monitor Lizards, for the sole purpose of neutralizing prey quicker and more effectively, to use as little energy as possible (physiological adaptation). Male Komodo Dragons tend to fight one another for top mate choices, a behavioral adaptation to ensure that the larger, more powerful male can reproduce, passing on the more beneficial traits for the species as a whole.]]> 2023-04-19 22:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ja966/yi6kfkw7gkst67dv/wish/2560766881