BIOL 1902 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chinstrap Penguin, Snowshoe Hare, Disruptive Coloration
22 Apr 2016
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Natural history is the real world it"s the only and longest running reality show. Natural history is the enjoyment or observations of living plants and animals- flora and fauna- and their interactions. Someone with an interest in natural history or nature is a naturalist. Natural history is about both plants and animals. Charles macnamara, linnaeus, charles darwin, john james audubon, ernest. Thompson seton, roger tory peterson are all naturalist. A naturalist: one who makes a specializes in the study of animals and plants (a less precise term than zoologist, biologist, etc. ) Herpetologist: one who studies reptiles and/or amphibians. Entomologist: one who studies insects: diptenist: one who studies flies, lepidopterist: one who studies butterflies and/or moths, coleopterist: one who studies beetles, ornithologist: one who studies birds, malacologist: one who studies slugs and/or snails. All plants and animals face 5 major challenges. 1: staying alive: no matter what you are something wants to eat you.
