Dear Boss,
As you requested, I am providing the complete classifications for the Zayante band-winged grasshopper. The classifications are:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mandibulata
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Trimerotropis
Species: Trimerotropis infantilis
Adaptations
1. The dry and sandy land of the Zanyante hills is one factors that contribute to the well being and survival of my species.
2. Plants are also very important for the adaptation of this specie because there eggs are planted in the roots of plants. With out plants there eggs would not survive.
3. The colors of the grasshopper also help it blend into it environment. The body is a simple tan and gray color, but the wings of this species are yellow, and the hind legs are a beautiful blue and gray.
For the process of selective breeding I chose to use the beautiful colors of the grasshoppers legs and wings. These parts of the species could be used to decorate clothing such as hats and shirts or other fashionable items. But the problem is that this grasshopper is not very large, so selective breeding could be used to increase the size of these parts. If the wings are made larger then less grasshoppers would be needed in order to decorate with. If the legs are made bigger and stronger then they would last longer and the amount of grasshoppers needed would also be less.
The procedure I would use to first obtain this specie would be to travel to Santa Cruz County, in the Zayante sand hills of California, since this is the only location of these particular grasshoppers. To collect this specie I wouldn’t need permission since they are not yet protected, but I will only take a small amount. I would also collect the sand and soil so that the habitat could be duplicated in the lab. The temperature would also be a important factor, and the mating habits are not yet known so that would be something to find out. After duplicating the environment in the lab, I would give the species a little time to adapt. Instead of breeding the grasshopper with another Zayante band-winged grasshopper, I would select a larger grasshopper with the same mating habits. I would then mate the two. I would then select the larger grasshoppers of the first generation. Then I would breed those grasshopper, and create a larger specie of Zayante grasshoppers. Then I would have grasshoppers with larger wings and larger and stronger legs.
In the experiment I know I new specie of Zayante grasshopper will be created. This might cause some environments changes, cause of the mixer of species. The environment might have to be a mixture of what both of the grasshopper are use too. When this specie is released into a new environment it might not breed with other grasshoppers but only the ones of its kind. If they only breed together then it will surly be considered a new specie.
I can see that experiment as being very profitable and great asset to the company. It is ethical and would only be unethical if we took more Zayante grasshopper than what are need from there environment. This could also help the endangered specie if the new breed was able to breed with the old specie. This would make them all strong and increase there chances of survival. I recommend that we start on this project as soon as possible before someone else steals the idea.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
A Hip-Hop Away From Exstinction
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Hello everyone and welcome to the wonderful and exciting world of endangered grasshoppers. I’m Jaron Johnson and today I will be discussing the Zayante band-winged grasshopper, also scientifically known as the Trimerotropis infantilis.
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Like other insects such as butterflies and dragonflies, the Zayante band-winged grasshopper is a invertebrate insect, which means that the grasshoppers internal skeleton is not made of bone. This specie also falls under the Animalia kingdom and has a domain of eukarya.
The habitat for these grasshoppers is very rare and unique. They stay in a Zayante sand hill ecosystem, which has very little vegetation and is mostly made of sand and soil sediments. The sandy areas are sparsely covered with herbs, lotus, and grasses at the base of the pines. This beautiful yellow winged grasshopper can only be found in the Santa Cruz County, in the Zayante sand hills of California.
Because grasshopper are herbivores, the Zayante band-winged grasshopper only feeds on plants. It is hard to know exactly what this grasshopper eats, but I’m sure it feasts on the herbs, and grasses of it habitat. Also, because these grasshoppers are only 13 to 17 millimeters in length, they have to worry less about what they have to eat and more about what might be trying to eat them.
The Zayante band-winged grasshopper has been lucky enough for bioprospectors to look over it. These are people who collect biological material and analysis it property to later make products for commercial use. Because these grasshopper lives in such unique and rare conditions it might be the next target of studies, maybe for some type of medication or anti-biotic.
It brings a tear to my eye to say that this lovely specie has been on the endangered species list since 1997. The main factor that is threatening the existence of these grasshoppers is a loss of habitat. The loss of habitat is mainly due to human activity such as recreational developments, and sand mining. These grasshoppers are also being bullied out of there habitat by the entering of non native plant species. The non native species include the Portuguese broom and the sea fig.
Global warming is also a dangerous fact that effects the life of this endangered insect because of the rare condition it lives in. There habitat is designed especially for this species, so any environmental changes can be fatal. The increase in the temperature that global warming causes could lower the amount of vegetation that grows in this habitat. This might then force the grasshoppers to look for better conditions and lead to there extinction.
Now know everyone must be wondering why does this person care so much about a useless grasshopper? The answer is simple, I believe if you let one die then you let them all die. If we continue to move in on rare and unique animals we are not only destroying the lives of these animals, but also the animals that depend on that animal to survive. To me is like a chain reaction cause we never know if the extinction of one specie will lead to the extinction of the next, and sooner or later there will be no more species left.
Sources:
Endangered Species Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Threatened and Endangered Animals and Plants
Camping World
http://www.earthsendangered.com/profile.asp?view=c&ID=9&sp=664
Trimerotropis infantilis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimerotropis_infantilis
Effects of Global Warming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming
Hello everyone and welcome to the wonderful and exciting world of endangered grasshoppers. I’m Jaron Johnson and today I will be discussing the Zayante band-winged grasshopper, also scientifically known as the Trimerotropis infantilis.
Image sorce: http://images.google.com/imgresimgurl=http://www.xerces.org/images/zayante.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.xerces.org/Endangered/zayante.html&h=267&w=
403&sz=36&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=XRRVQQiU_wz-zM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=124&prev=/images
%3Fq%3DZayante%2Bband-winged%2Bgrasshopper%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
Like other insects such as butterflies and dragonflies, the Zayante band-winged grasshopper is a invertebrate insect, which means that the grasshoppers internal skeleton is not made of bone. This specie also falls under the Animalia kingdom and has a domain of eukarya.
The habitat for these grasshoppers is very rare and unique. They stay in a Zayante sand hill ecosystem, which has very little vegetation and is mostly made of sand and soil sediments. The sandy areas are sparsely covered with herbs, lotus, and grasses at the base of the pines. This beautiful yellow winged grasshopper can only be found in the Santa Cruz County, in the Zayante sand hills of California.
Because grasshopper are herbivores, the Zayante band-winged grasshopper only feeds on plants. It is hard to know exactly what this grasshopper eats, but I’m sure it feasts on the herbs, and grasses of it habitat. Also, because these grasshoppers are only 13 to 17 millimeters in length, they have to worry less about what they have to eat and more about what might be trying to eat them.
The Zayante band-winged grasshopper has been lucky enough for bioprospectors to look over it. These are people who collect biological material and analysis it property to later make products for commercial use. Because these grasshopper lives in such unique and rare conditions it might be the next target of studies, maybe for some type of medication or anti-biotic.
It brings a tear to my eye to say that this lovely specie has been on the endangered species list since 1997. The main factor that is threatening the existence of these grasshoppers is a loss of habitat. The loss of habitat is mainly due to human activity such as recreational developments, and sand mining. These grasshoppers are also being bullied out of there habitat by the entering of non native plant species. The non native species include the Portuguese broom and the sea fig.
Global warming is also a dangerous fact that effects the life of this endangered insect because of the rare condition it lives in. There habitat is designed especially for this species, so any environmental changes can be fatal. The increase in the temperature that global warming causes could lower the amount of vegetation that grows in this habitat. This might then force the grasshoppers to look for better conditions and lead to there extinction.
Now know everyone must be wondering why does this person care so much about a useless grasshopper? The answer is simple, I believe if you let one die then you let them all die. If we continue to move in on rare and unique animals we are not only destroying the lives of these animals, but also the animals that depend on that animal to survive. To me is like a chain reaction cause we never know if the extinction of one specie will lead to the extinction of the next, and sooner or later there will be no more species left.
Sources:
Endangered Species Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Threatened and Endangered Animals and Plants
Camping World
http://www.earthsendangered.com/profile.asp?view=c&ID=9&sp=664
Trimerotropis infantilis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimerotropis_infantilis
Effects of Global Warming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming
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