Riccardo's Science Blog

Surprise  One thing that surprised me is that sloths can move their heads almost 360 degrees.I was reading the article and I read it and thought it was super gross but then I realized lots of animals can turn their heads almost all the way around and I thought it was pretty cool. Summary The article talked about where sloths lived and about their habitats.The article also talks about how there are two different types of sloths two toed and three toed and what the difference is. It talks about how sloths defend themselves and why they are so slow. Citation : "Sloth."  Sloth . N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2015. Backward The only thing I knew about sloths is that they're slow and there are three toed ones and two toed ones. Now I know that they can almost turn there head all the way around and when a predator is near " sloths turn from sluggish to slugger, biting fiercely, hissing, slashing with their claws, and shrieking." Inward I chose this artic

Surprise: It surprised me when I found out that these glass frogs have see through stomachs. I was reading the article when I found out that they have see through stomachs!  Uhhh! Summary: The article talks about how these see through frogs, one have see through stomachs (which is creepy). Another things is that these frogs are fighting a battle against fungus, people are trying to get rid of the fungus so the glass frogs can live. Complete citation: New Real-Life Frog Looks Like Kermit." New Real-Life Frog Looks Like Kermit . N.p., n.d. Web. 21 May 2015. Backward-Looking:   I never knew there were frogs that have skin that's clear where there stomach is. Now I know that they need help against the a deadly fungus called chytrid. Inward-Looking:  At first I thought frogs were really cool and I still do but I never knew all the different things that frogs can do like spit poison far or have see through stomachs. Now I'm intere

Surprise I was surprised when I was reading the article and found out that there even was a possibility of recreating dinosaurs. I knew it couldn't be done but I never thought how it would have worked if we could bring dinosaurs back to life. Summary What I learned by reading this article was that dinosaurs can not be recreated the way they have it in Jurassic Park or World, even though yes we could transfer all the DNA and all that but it's just too complex. We do have one chance though "The answer though does lie in genetic modification of our only living dinosaurs, the birds." Even it would still be hard, there is a chance of being able to bring back dinosaurs through birds. Here is the citation the article I read: "Creating Dinosaurs: Why Jurassic World Could Never Work."  The Conversation . N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2015 Backward Looking I never even thought about dinosaurs being able to come back to life but know I know now that it might