Adaptations
The narwhal is a very slow swimmer due to not having a dorsal fin, therefore they have adapted to their environment through many different ways. For example the color of the narwhal is a grey color that doesn't stand out in the arctic waters, making it easy to hide from predators. Another way narwhals have adapted to their environment is by migrating to different places and escaping from familiar predators. The way they stay alive during migration and the cold weathers are their thick layer of blubber and learning to hold their breath for twenty minutes. These adaptations have helped mostly for protecting themselves from predators.
The narwhal is a very slow swimmer due to not having a dorsal fin, therefore they have adapted to their environment through many different ways. For example the color of the narwhal is a grey color that doesn't stand out in the arctic waters, making it easy to hide from predators. Another way narwhals have adapted to their environment is by migrating to different places and escaping from familiar predators. The way they stay alive during migration and the cold weathers are their thick layer of blubber and learning to hold their breath for twenty minutes. These adaptations have helped mostly for protecting themselves from predators.
Organism Interaction
The Narwhal is apart of Kingdom Animalia, also known as Metazoa. This is the animal kingdom which all the animals apart of Kingdom Animalia are eukaryotic, multicellular organisms. Other characteristics of animals apart of this kingdom is the rapid movement of the organisms,these organisms can more independently. If an organism is classified as Metazoa then respiration, digestion, the nervous system and the circulatory system are present. The narwhal is classified with all of these characteristics therefore labeling it as apart of Kingdom Animalia.
Abiotic Limiting Factors
-Pollution
-Climate Change
-Cargo Ships/ Entertainment Ships
Biotic Limiting Factors
-Predators
-Humans Hunting Narwhals for their Tusks
-Disease from bacteria in the water
Humans are one of the largest limiting factors to all animals and other organisms because of how large our population is, and the amount of waste we dispose of. The greater our population grows from medicines keeping humans alive longer the more waste we dispose of and collect. We humans take up so much space that animals are running out of places to live and we demand more food, therefore animals being hunted more often. As technology advances there is a demand for more natural resources, such as oil and gasses, and other materials to build machines. When we continue to take more resources then we are destroying more animal habitats and increasing the risk for animals dying without protection of a habitat. We are also ahrming ourselves by cutting down trees and plants that provide all living organisms oxygen to breath.
Symbiotic Relationships
Mutualism- As narwhals travel in packs to hunt for food they are demonstrating the mutualism symbiotic relationship of where the narwhal has protection from the others they hunt with and they gather prey easier in larger groups
Commensalism- Barnacles attach themselves on whales and narwhals to eat the bacteria and things from the narwhals skin without harming the narwhal, therefore the barnacles gets to eat and the narwhal is not effected
Parasitism- Lice crustaceans attach to the narwhal and feed on the tissues essential for the narwhal to live, the crustacean lives and benefits while the narwhal suffers
Innate Behaviors
Two examples of innate behaviors in narwhals are their habits of migrating to new paces to feed during the winters. As well as their ability to hear from sound waves felt by their tusks.
The Narwhal is apart of Kingdom Animalia, also known as Metazoa. This is the animal kingdom which all the animals apart of Kingdom Animalia are eukaryotic, multicellular organisms. Other characteristics of animals apart of this kingdom is the rapid movement of the organisms,these organisms can more independently. If an organism is classified as Metazoa then respiration, digestion, the nervous system and the circulatory system are present. The narwhal is classified with all of these characteristics therefore labeling it as apart of Kingdom Animalia.
Abiotic Limiting Factors
-Pollution
-Climate Change
-Cargo Ships/ Entertainment Ships
Biotic Limiting Factors
-Predators
-Humans Hunting Narwhals for their Tusks
-Disease from bacteria in the water
Humans are one of the largest limiting factors to all animals and other organisms because of how large our population is, and the amount of waste we dispose of. The greater our population grows from medicines keeping humans alive longer the more waste we dispose of and collect. We humans take up so much space that animals are running out of places to live and we demand more food, therefore animals being hunted more often. As technology advances there is a demand for more natural resources, such as oil and gasses, and other materials to build machines. When we continue to take more resources then we are destroying more animal habitats and increasing the risk for animals dying without protection of a habitat. We are also ahrming ourselves by cutting down trees and plants that provide all living organisms oxygen to breath.
Symbiotic Relationships
Mutualism- As narwhals travel in packs to hunt for food they are demonstrating the mutualism symbiotic relationship of where the narwhal has protection from the others they hunt with and they gather prey easier in larger groups
Commensalism- Barnacles attach themselves on whales and narwhals to eat the bacteria and things from the narwhals skin without harming the narwhal, therefore the barnacles gets to eat and the narwhal is not effected
Parasitism- Lice crustaceans attach to the narwhal and feed on the tissues essential for the narwhal to live, the crustacean lives and benefits while the narwhal suffers
Innate Behaviors
Two examples of innate behaviors in narwhals are their habits of migrating to new paces to feed during the winters. As well as their ability to hear from sound waves felt by their tusks.
Citations
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"Kingdom Animalia." Kingdom Animalia. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014.
"Abiotic vs. Biotic." Regents Reps. N.p., n.d. Web.
"The Symbiotic Relationship Between a Barnacle Living on a Whale's Skin." Animals. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2014.
"Survival Adaptations - Help Save the Narwhals." Survival Adaptations - Help Save the Narwhals. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2014.
"Kingdom Animalia." Kingdom Animalia. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014.
"Abiotic vs. Biotic." Regents Reps. N.p., n.d. Web.
"The Symbiotic Relationship Between a Barnacle Living on a Whale's Skin." Animals. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2014.