PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Toxin Adaptation
The skunk sprays other animals with a pungent odor when it feels threatened. It keeps predetors from trying to eat it.
Location: North America
Mimicry
The Atlas moths mimic a snakes head, which can be seen of the end of its wings, to avoid capture. Predators see a snake, and then will not try to eat it. It also will fool other snakes and snakes will lewve it undisterbed
Location: Southeast Asia
Camoflage
The Snowy Owl has white fur to blend in with all of the snow in the environment. It can hide easily to catch its prey.
Location: Artic Tundra
Stabilizing Selection
Very light or very dark colored and oysters stand out and are more, likely to be eaten. As a result, the medium colored oysters became more common because they blend in with their environment.
Disruptive Selection
Light and dark colored rabbits can blend in with their environment easier, but blended colors would stand out in each environment, so they are more uncommon.
Directional selection
There were multiple sizes of horses, but the small and mediums weren't suited for the environment, so the died and left only the large horses.
Sexual Selection
The buck males have antelers that are used to attract females. The buck with the biggest antlers will win the female. The big anteler genes are passed down because they are the only ones that mate.
Divergent Evolution
Each of these animals have similar bones, but they are used for different things. This proves that the animals all have a common ansestor.
Convergent Evolution
The shark, dolphin, and ichthyosaur all look similar in shape, but they are different species. They adapted due to the same environment.
Coevolution
The Madagascar Hawk Moth has changed and evolved to fit the shape of the orchid.
