Five-lined skink
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lizard whose tail can detach and grow back (autotomy) if under attack
Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN)
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Glucosinates
- found in cherry pits and bracken ferns (inducible)
Tent caterpillars
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physical defense - creates web "tent" and lives inside but leaves at night to
look for food
Subcutaneous fat
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fat stored directly under the skin
Disruptive patterns
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color patterns that breaks up shape of the animal (ie. canada goose - chin
strap, songbirds - eye stripes)
Bombardier beetle
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- shoots out hot quinone gas
- inside abdomen: 2 chambered glands - contains hydrogen peroxide +
phenols)
- when mixed with enzyme, creates gas
autotomy
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ability to discard a body part as a distraction and regenerate it
Gloger's rule
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The further north the animal is, the paler its coloration (ie. snowshoe hares -
gain 1/3 more body heat by being white)
Flemen
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posture to expose mouth to more air (moose)
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lizard whose tail can detach and grow back (autotomy) if under attack
Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN)
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Glucosinates
- found in cherry pits and bracken ferns (inducible)
Tent caterpillars
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physical defense - creates web "tent" and lives inside but leaves at night to
look for food
Subcutaneous fat
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fat stored directly under the skin
Disruptive patterns
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color patterns that breaks up shape of the animal (ie. canada goose - chin
strap, songbirds - eye stripes)
Bombardier beetle
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- shoots out hot quinone gas
- inside abdomen: 2 chambered glands - contains hydrogen peroxide +
phenols)
- when mixed with enzyme, creates gas
autotomy
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ability to discard a body part as a distraction and regenerate it
Gloger's rule
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The further north the animal is, the paler its coloration (ie. snowshoe hares -
gain 1/3 more body heat by being white)
Flemen
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posture to expose mouth to more air (moose)
