Thursday, May 8, 2008

Neither Fish Nor Fowl

The age old question of the platypus' origin has finally been answered. Read the following article and leave a comment with the answers to the following questions.

1. Why is the platypus genome so important?
2. What mammal characteristics do they have?
3. What reptile characteristics do they have?
4. In which order of taxonomy are these creatures placed?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080507/sc_afp/sciencebiologygeneticsplatypus_080507184740

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Amazing Underwater Creatures

This is an absolutely phenomenal video. Watch it and leave a comment about 3 specific changes you saw happen to the underwater animals. Get ready to be amazed!