10/2/2013 GN This article is about emperor penguins, escaping velocity. Glenn Hodges describes the process in which emperor penguins uses as a lubricant to cut drag and increase speed. It shows the connection between animals and inventions. Animals can inspire inventions. By watching a behavior performed by an animal, we humans can explore such behaviors and use it to our advantage. Many things used today were inspired by animals. Michael phelps swam at the Beijing olympics wearing a new swimsuit based on a study of sharkskin. Sharkskin regulates the flow of water around the body. Glenn Hodges. "Emperor Penguins." : Escape Velocity. N.p., Nov. 2012. Web. 01 Oct. 2013. <http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/emperorpenguins/hodgestext>. Reflection: This was an interesting article. I have always believed that nature inspires the best inventions, and this article supports that belief. Uncovering nature's mystery is like having all of the knowledge in the universe. I have never realized how important one organism is until reading Emperor Penguins. Even though, this article is not applicable to my experiment, I enjoyed the reading. GN, 2013 I used lots of my own drawings. I think this enhances the project and makes it more personal. This article is about the birds’ mating process and its intricacy. The Wahnes’s parotia is a bird of paradise. The males perform a dance to attract the female. They shake their heads and push their feathers out to form a tutu like silhouette. Matting in this species is rare, making the males dance a little more special. Reflection: This article did helped with my project. I learned about how much dancing means to the Wahnes’s parotia! While performing my experiment, I considered the informations provided in this article. It was a big help! Tim Laman. "The Moment: Bird'sEye View." National Geographic Magazine. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2013. <http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/birdsofparadise/lamanfieldnotes>. Type of bird food: Sunflower seeds Fruits (raisins, craisins, and sliced apples) Location of each feeders:
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