Lampreys and Hagfish..... Jawless fish!

Heyyyy!! It's me Sofia and I'm going to tell YOU and yes you about JAWLESS FISH! There are two types of jawless fish! I know what fish your Probably thinking about!! Its like this.....


THE CLOWN FISH!!! Also known as NEMO!!!!
But, sadly we are not talking about this fish we are talking about these vampires........


Yuck right? Yeah I know, I feel you! This is a Hagfish which is the first MONSTER I am going to talkie about!



 First thing is first, do you know who they escape from predators? They produce slime out of there mucus glands. They keep going and going until they run out, but that will take a LONG, LONG TIME!
Now have long, skinny bodies, at 16 to 32 inches LONG!!! Also there eyes! There eyes are under there skin! That's why they have BAD, BAD eye sight! That's why they are mostly blind and they use the weird looking tenticles that they have on there head to sense whre they are going!


They tie there selves up in a knot to...

1. To remove slime from it's body!
2. To grasp food!
3. And To attract a mate..

 
Here are 5 cool, sort of interesting facts about hagfish!

• Hagfish have scales
• Hagfish have 5 - 15 pairs of gills
• Hagfish don't have paired fins
• Hagfish can be pink, brown, and black!
• Hag fish have 8, the number ocho tentacles.

You know how we have nicknames? Like Sofie, Jen, Zay Zay, and Rob! Well, the hagfish has a nickname!
It's..................."SLIME EELS!" Intense right!?!??  Do you know where Hagfish lives.... IN WATER! Not any water..... THE DEEP  DARK BOTTOMLESS OCEAN! They are ocean scavengers and not much is not known about them! The really sad thing about them is.. is... well, they are endangered. Lot's of animals are endangered! Like Polar Bears, Giant Panda, Snow Leopard, and the blue whale!




Hagfish eat fish! Alive!Actually they don't! They eat it dead! They use there powerful tongue to turn it inside out! They also don't necessarily eat either!  Gross right???  They suck... Yes! They suck the dead animal because they can't chew! They have no jaws! That's why my blog is called...." Lampreys and Hagfish....Jawlessfish!

                                 LAMPREYS!
Now, The scariest, ugliest, fish out of all..... LAMPREYS! I talked about Hagfish,which wasn't THAT scary by pictures and facts! But this picture will certainly want you to go back to Hagfish!


Ewwwwww! Do you see this blood suckers teeth?? I would HATE to be bitten by one of these!
But I guess some people don't mind.....



I can't BELIEVE that he wants to have a lamprey ON HIS HEAD! One of the reasons is because......
WE are one of the Lampreys predators! Because in China they actually have LAMPREY SOUP!!


Yes! Lamprey soup! No offence China but, I prefer chicken noodle soup! Just like the Hagfish, Lampreys are endangered!!!! There used to be LOADS!!!!   Mostly, the Lampreys are dying out around the Lakes in China because China made them  lunch!!!! I wonder why.......... Hmmmmmmmm.
Lampreys live in fresh AND salt water. Like lakes!

The OTHER reason is because they are parasitic and parasitic means that they live on or in any other creature and in this case they live on....

See, it needs the blood of other creatures... but that's why I wouldn't like to be that guy and can't belive he wants that lamprey on HIM! Anyways, lets' talk about there bodies!



It's body is slim and eel like but, it's very similar to the shape of the Hagfish but, it's skinner and is not slimy so that's why they are not called the "Slime Eels". There eyes are large and not under there skin like the Hagfish. You know how we have a skeleton??? They do to but, they don't have bones! Interesting right?!?!? They have a cartilaginous skeleton!
Guess what!?!? Our human ears and parts of our nose is made of  cartillage!!! :)
                                                


SOME SUPER FUN FACTS!!!!

• They have NO scales!
• They can be 5 to 40 inches long!
• They lack paired fins!
• They have seven gills!
• They have LARGE eyes! ( Unlike the hagfish.)
• They have one nostril on the top of there head!

Woah!! Weren't those facts SUPER FUN!?!??! It was wasen't it! :) Good, because that's it!

NOW, it's time to review and discover there......

                            DIFFERENCES!!!!

1. Lamprey's eyes are large and not under there skin like the hagfish.
2. Hagfish produce slime to protect there selves and lampreys don't produce slime.
3. Lamprey feed on live cretures and Hagfish eat dead or dying fish.
4. Hagfish have ANY teeth and Lampreys do.
5. Lampreys don't have nicknames like the Hagfish do.
6. Hagfish have tenticles and lamprey dosen't.
7. Lampreys don't have scales and hagfish do.

Well! That's my blog!!! Thank you SO much for reading it!!!!! Your awesome! Please comment on my blog!!!!! I hope you learend alot!!!! Byeeeeeeeeeee.....



                                                                                              

Taxonomy of a Labrador! :)

Hey everybody! I'm back and in this blog I'm going to teach you about Levels of Classification.
Exciting right??? Also I'm going to help you to understand Taxonomy. The animal I'm going to use for an example of taxonomy is a dog and not just any DOG..... A LABRADOR!!!!!!!!!!

Here is a picture of a Labrador! Cute Right? Yeah I know! :) BTW I have a Lab!! Her name is Daisy and she is the sweetest thing! I love her and that's why I choose a Labrador as my example! :)

So First thing is First!!! ( Awwww Its so cute ) Anyway Here are the levels of  Classification.

The Levels of Classification

• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Family
• Genus
• Species

Now, you think that " Well I will never like EVER remember this ya" Well here are 2 easy ways to remember the levels of classification!

1. Kings Play Cards On FAT Green Stools ( I use this one )
2. King Phillip Came over For Good Spaghetti , but this one is weird.....

Kings Stands For: Kingdom
Play Stands For: Phylum
Cards Stands For: Class
On Stands For: Order
Fat Stands For: Family
Green Stands For: Genus
Stools Stand For:  Species

Here is a picture of the Levels Of Classification.......


Now the levels are labeled by MOST  specific to LEASTspecific. To call an animal or any living species
by there Greek & Latin name you have to call it by it's genus and species name. So a Labrador's Greek & Latin name is Canis Familiaris. Want me to show you how I got the name and no I didn't use Ask.com
to find it. I used research and here... this is how you classify a Labrador! ( THEY ARE SO CUTE )

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Canis Familiaris
Genus + Species =  Canis Familiaris!!!!
That's how I got the Greek& Latin name!!! Heheheheheh!

So now I'm going to tell you what ALL about what those fancy smanchy words mean!

1. Animalia: Is an animal like cats, mice, and tigers.
2. Chordata: Has a spinal cord like fish, birds, and dolphin's.
3. Mammalia: Gives milk to there babies, breathes air, and has hair like elephants and monkeys.
4. Carnivora: Eats meat like bears, gorillas, and crocodiles.
5. Canidae: Its a Canine and all dogs are canines so are wolves and coyotes.
6. Canis: Its In a family with wolves, coyotes, and foxes.
7. Canis Familiaris: Its the Greek & Latin name for it and other animals that have this name are Collies, German Shepard's, and yorkies!

So, if YOU want to ever want to classify an animal that you like this is how! And if you think that " A dog is a dog and a cat is a cat!" Well there are tons of dogs out there! Are a chiwawua and a great Dane alike!??!
No way! A great Dane is bigger than me if it stands up! Here is a picture to show you!



And you think " A plant is a plant!?" WELL! Is a Venus fly trap and a lavender ANYTHING ALIKE! Yes, they are both plants, but one eats flies and one uses the nutrients from the ground! Take a look at these pictures....

 Does this look like this.....


I used these picture's to show you how not EVERYTHING is alike! Yes, you can go, " This is a plant."
Or, " This is an animal." They are, but the Venus Fly Trap eats bugs and Lavender doesn't. And no flower can have look perfectly like one another!

Hey! Lets review! A Labrador is....
 Eats meat....


Has a spinal cord....


Breathes, has hair and gives milk to its babies!!

Is an animal......


Is in the family with wolves, coyotes, and foxes...


It's a canine like wolves and all other dogs...


And if you think that you learned a lot or want to learn more you can go to this website!
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/classification/
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/dogs/