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Fascinating Facts About Unique Cold-Blooded Creatures: Hagfish, Hammerhead Shark, and More

Explore the intriguing world of cold-blooded animals, including the hagfish, hammerhead shark, blue tang, poison dart frog, thorny devil, Congo African grey parrot, and sea otter. These remarkable species exhibit unique traits such as jawless bodies, cartilaginous skeletons, vibrant colors for warning, and impressive adaptability. Delve into their habitats, reproductive methods, and historical significance, uncovering how they contribute to the diversity of life on Earth. Join us on a journey to understand these fascinating creatures that share our planet!

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Fascinating Facts About Unique Cold-Blooded Creatures: Hagfish, Hammerhead Shark, and More

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  1. Vertabrate Project By Danielle Shewmake Period 4

  2. Myxineglutinosa a.k.a. Hagfish Class: Agnatha

  3. Hagfish (Agnatha) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Cold Blooded • 2 heart Chambers • External Fertilization • Habitat: Deep Sea • Jawless, elongated eel-like bodies • Lateral line system • Some so-called “eel-skin” wallets are actually made from hagfish. • The hagfish was scientifically described in 1753 by one of the disciples of Carl von Linné, a Swede named Per Kalm.

  4. SPHYRNA ZYGAENA A.K.A. SMOOTH HAMMERHEAD SHARK CLASS: CHONDRICHTHYES

  5. Hammerhead Shark (Chondrichthyes) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Cold blooded • 2 heart chambers • Internal fertilization • Habitat: almost all in salt water • Cartilaginous • 5-7 gill slits, paired fins, ventral mouth, asymmetrical, lateral line system. • The Hammerhead Shark has starred in many hit movies and was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Award. • Hammerheads use their wide heads to attack stingrays, pinning the winged fish against the sea floor.

  6. Paracanthurushepatus A.k.a Blue tang Class: Osteichthyes

  7. Blue Tang(Osteichthyes) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Cold Blooded • 2 heart chambers • Internal and/or External Fertilization • Habitat: Water (fresh or salt) • Bony skeleton, paired fins, anterior mouth, swim bladder, lateral line system. • Better known as Dory, the blue tang played the famous role of a “dumb” fish in Finding Nemo.

  8. Dendrobatespumilio A.k.a Poison Dart Frog Class: Amphibia

  9. Poison Dart Frog (Amphibia) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Cold Blooded • 3 heart chambers • Internal and/or External Fertilization • Habitat: Water and Land • Four limbs, webbed feet, forelimbs with 4 digits, skin. • Amphibia means “double life” in Greek, referring to their ability to live on land or water. • The bright colors on these frogs are used as warning against their predators.

  10. Moloch horridus a.k.a. Thorny Devil Class: Reptilia

  11. Thorny Devil(Reptilia) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Cold Blooded • 3 heart chambers • Internal Fertilization • Habitat: Land • Scales, paired limbs, 5 toes with claws, robs present. • Don’t need water to reproduce • The Thorny Devil was named after a fearful Canaanite god called Molochby Dr. John Gray. • Many people have an image of a very scary huge monster when they think of a Thorny Devil, but in reality, they are only 4-6 in. long.

  12. Psittacuserithacus A.k.aCongo African Grey Parrot Class: Aves

  13. Congo African Grey (Aves) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Warm Blooded • 4 heart chambers • Internal Fertilization • Habitat: Land • Forelimbs for flying, long neck, beak (no teeth), lightweight skeleton, feathers. • African Grey’s are generally regarded as being the most intelligent of birds, but from personal experience (I had one) they are the dumbest things ever.

  14. Enhydralutris a.k.a. Sea Otter Class: Mammalia

  15. Sea Otter(Mammalia) Statistics: Creative Facts: • Warm Blooded • 4 heart chambers • Internal Fertilization • Habitat: Land or Marine • Body hair, fused lower jaw, moveable eyelids, external ears, mammary gland. • In the native tribes on the Pacific Coast of North America, otters were considered kin to humans. • Due to the fur trade, worldwide numbers of sea otters plummeted down to a total of 1000-2000 in the early 1900s.

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