Chipmunk Ecology Paper By: Ryan Quinn 10/11/12 Chipmunks‚ among the lower end of the food chain‚ are omnivores. They eat grains‚ nuts‚ berries‚ seeds‚ mushrooms‚ insects‚ and salamanders but also run into competition along the way. Chipmunks are also hunted by animals that are natural habitants to this region. However‚ my mom and I started putting out birdseed constantly for animals to feed off of. The birdseed that we put out helps them because not too many other animals‚
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Introduction: The Eastern Gray Squirrels (Sciurus Carolinensis) is the very common‚ NOrth American Squirrel. It is found in a great variety of woodlands‚ parklands‚ suburban‚ and even urban areas (Pennsylvania State University‚ 2013). The Eastern Gray squirrel’s primary food is “mast‚” more commonly known as nuts of forest trees. Eastern Gray Squirrels will also eat almost anything given to them with the exceptions of meat‚ though there have been a few cases reported of cannibalism (http://www
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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Sciurus The eastern gray squirrel‚ or Sciurus carolinesis‚ is from the eastern and midwestern United States‚ and also to the eastern provinces of Canada (Wildlife Profiles). As the name states the eastern gray squirrel has gray fur but it can also have reddish fur and in some very rare cases black fur. Its belly is white and it has a long bushy tail.The average size of one of these squirrels is about
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there lived a friendly group of happy chipmunks. Their names were Daisy‚ Myrtle‚ Tom and Jay. PAGE 2 At this time‚ winter was coming and the friends were busy gathering acorns. PAGE 3 One day‚ when the chipmunks were gathered to admire Myrtle’s collection‚ she realized they were missing! (“Where are all my acorns?!”) PAGE 4 One by one‚ all the chipmunks realized that their acorns had been stolen. PAGE 5 A town meeting was called and the chipmunks agreed to help each other by racing to
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The habitats of both a chipmunk and a squirrel are quite different. A chipmunk will burrow underground‚ but a squirrel will build nests or find cavities in trees. Chipmunks can dig their burrows up to thirty feet long. On the other hand‚ squirrels nests are usually at least twenty feet up the tree. North America houses all chipmunks‚ except for one species that is found in Asia. Meanwhile‚ squirrels are found almost all over the planet. The diets of chipmunks and squirrels are very similar. They
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Squirrel‚ and an Eastern Chipmunk are all in the Mammal Class together. This is because they have more in common with each other than with other animals‚ such as turtles‚ birds‚ or insects. However‚ it is easy to notice that there are some big differences between a deer and squirrels and chipmunks. The White-tailed Deer is in the Aritiodactyla Order (Even-toed Hoofed Mammals)‚ while squirrels and chipmunks are both in the Rodentia Order (Rodents). In fact‚ squirrels and chipmunks have so much in common
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percentage that the crew is purposefully harming the animals on the sets of movies. According to (www.pbs.org)‚ there was a lot of animals that either were harmed or killed on the set of the movie. One article stated‚ “An animal handler dropped a chipmunk‚ stepped on it‚ thus killing it during the production of ‘Failure to Launch’. “ In this case‚ the animal didn’t die of natural causes and it was the handlers fault that it is dead. In conclusion‚ the crew lies about not harming the animals when
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Ashley Smith 8A 3/4/13 The Harlem Renaissance was a time period in Harlem in 1920. Billie Holiday was born on April 07‚ 1915 and died on July 17. Billie holiday was a great jazz singer. Strange Fruit was a good song. Billie Holiday once said‚ “If you copy it means you’re working without any real feeling” what she is saying that if you copy you have know feelings. Harlem Renaissance was a place to show people talent in the 1920’s. It started in the 1920’ s and ended 1930. It happened in Harlem
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ED 553 Capstone Research Assignment ED 553 CAPSTONE PROJECT: REQUIREMENTS 1. Create and administer a curriculum probe in an academic area. Administration and observation needs to occur over a minimum of 5 instructional settings or sessions. Curriculum Probe: Reading comprehension: The student will be given 3 separate reading passages from a 5th grade reading level text. The number of words read correctly from the 5th grade reading passages in a one minute time
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Discuss the role of endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers in the circadian rhythm. 24 Markers Circadian rhythm is rhythms that last 24 hours‚ one day. An example of a Circadian Rhythm is the sleep-wake cycle. Because this rhythm occurs daily‚ it is tempting to automatically assume that the factors which control it are exogenous zeitgebers‚ such as natural light patterns‚ TV‚ radio‚ birdsong‚ Research however has gone into this to find out what exactly controls the circadian rhythms.
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