Geo-chemical Cycle
Specie Interactions
Niche- The specific area where an organism inhabits.The role or function of an organism or species in an ecosystem. The interrelationship of a species with all the biotic and abiotic factors affecting it.
The most common habitat for bats are caves or dark areas where they may hang upside down. Bats vary in their diets depending on their type and size. In this case, Bumblebee bats eat fruit, nectar, insects, greens, etc. Bats are also important and play a role in our ecosystem. They play a role by eating pesty night-flying insects. They also are predators of many other insects that otherwise would overpopulate without the bats help. Bats niche is pretty simple. All they need is a cave and some insects. Bats are heterotrophs. To the right is a food web.
Bottom: a food pyramid
The most common habitat for bats are caves or dark areas where they may hang upside down. Bats vary in their diets depending on their type and size. In this case, Bumblebee bats eat fruit, nectar, insects, greens, etc. Bats are also important and play a role in our ecosystem. They play a role by eating pesty night-flying insects. They also are predators of many other insects that otherwise would overpopulate without the bats help. Bats niche is pretty simple. All they need is a cave and some insects. Bats are heterotrophs. To the right is a food web.
Bottom: a food pyramid
Reflection
I did my research on Bumblebee Bats. They are tiny bats; I found out the these small creatures weigh about 0.071 ounces. They live in limestone caves located in Thailand. A lot of tourists are curious to see them in person but animal protection activists like to make sure that their area of habitation is kept peaceful and unharmed. These little bats themselves are not harmful, the only thing getting hurt are shrubs, fruits, and insects. They are often compared to hummingbirds because they are able to hover in one place, and are small in stature. Their noses resemble pig noses so they are referred to as kitti’s hog nosed bats, when they are not being called bumblebee bats.
All of the topics were very difficult topics to research about my organism. I really wish I had chosen a different creature because there is little to no information on them on the internet or in any textbooks. However, one particular topic stood out to me as being the hardest. It was when I needed to find the ancestors of the Bumblebee bat. I know that they are linked to other animals like whales and dolphins. But when I had to draw a cladogram, I was very confused on how to draw it and what I needed to write. I know that we learnt about it in class but it still didn’t make sense. I searched it up online and tried to understand the concept but I still could not seem to exactly pinpoint how it needed to be done. I felt as if I were to draw a diagram of animals ancestors, it should be complete in detail. I didn’t know from which ancestor to begin and which to end with.
I enjoyed learning how diverse the different types of bats can be. I had always thought there to be just bats. I had never actually thought about how unique each bat really is. Bats used to scare me and be a n animal I would always want to stay away from. They are often portrayed as bad creatures in movies. However, after this research and looking at all the pictures, ive seemed to change my opinion on bats. The pictures of Kitti’s Hog Nosed Bats are a very adorable sight to look at and obsess over. They are the smallest bat known after all, and tiny animals are adorable.
I really did appreciated and enjoyed writing about where the bats live and how they interact with other species. They are beneficial to other animals because they eat a lot of the insects the bother them. I also was happy to be learning about how to use the website to format my project. It still doesn’t look exactly like how I wanted it to, but I’m not the best geek out there. All the drawings and diagrams were fun to draw and a good way to make the students more engaged and more understanding of what they’re typing about on their page.
All of the topics were very difficult topics to research about my organism. I really wish I had chosen a different creature because there is little to no information on them on the internet or in any textbooks. However, one particular topic stood out to me as being the hardest. It was when I needed to find the ancestors of the Bumblebee bat. I know that they are linked to other animals like whales and dolphins. But when I had to draw a cladogram, I was very confused on how to draw it and what I needed to write. I know that we learnt about it in class but it still didn’t make sense. I searched it up online and tried to understand the concept but I still could not seem to exactly pinpoint how it needed to be done. I felt as if I were to draw a diagram of animals ancestors, it should be complete in detail. I didn’t know from which ancestor to begin and which to end with.
I enjoyed learning how diverse the different types of bats can be. I had always thought there to be just bats. I had never actually thought about how unique each bat really is. Bats used to scare me and be a n animal I would always want to stay away from. They are often portrayed as bad creatures in movies. However, after this research and looking at all the pictures, ive seemed to change my opinion on bats. The pictures of Kitti’s Hog Nosed Bats are a very adorable sight to look at and obsess over. They are the smallest bat known after all, and tiny animals are adorable.
I really did appreciated and enjoyed writing about where the bats live and how they interact with other species. They are beneficial to other animals because they eat a lot of the insects the bother them. I also was happy to be learning about how to use the website to format my project. It still doesn’t look exactly like how I wanted it to, but I’m not the best geek out there. All the drawings and diagrams were fun to draw and a good way to make the students more engaged and more understanding of what they’re typing about on their page.
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