Essays about: "sköldpadda"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word sköldpadda.
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1. Characterization of PLA Nanoplastics, and Their Effects on Daphnia magna
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för analys och syntesAbstract : As plastic pollution in aquatic environments keeps happening it has become more and more important to learn more about nanoparticles. Bio-based and biologically degradable plastics, such as polylactic acid (PLA), are gaining popularity and it is therefore important to determine whether they break down into nanoplastics or not. READ MORE
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2. Vård av exotiska smådjur : omvårdnad av reptiler på klinikens stationärvårdsavdelning, med inriktning på ödlor, ormar och sköldpaddor
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical SciencesAbstract : I det här arbetet undersöktes reptilers behov och vilka faktorer som är avgörande för att reptiler ska må bra och hålla sig friska. Samtidigt undersöktes hur väl dessa behov och faktorer tillgodoses och tillämpas i kliniksammanhang och i kommersiell verksamhet som håller reptiler. READ MORE
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3. The impact of food enrichment on the behaviour of turtles in captivity : An observational study of McCord’s snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi) and Vietnamese pond turtle (Mauremys annamensis)
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : McCord’s snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi) and Vietnamese pond turtle (Mauremys annamensis) are two critically endangered species of fresh water turtles originating from Asia. The aim of this study was to evaluate how the two species of aquatic turtles responded to food enrichment, if feed enrichment could reduce the stereotypic behaviour displayed by the McCord’s Snake-necked turtles and if behavioural signs associated to good welfare increased in response to food enrichment. READ MORE
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4. Neck Flexibility and Feeding Habits in Meiolania platyceps Explored Using Photogrammetric Biomechanics
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The Meiolania platyceps is an extinct Meiolaniid turtle which resided in the Southern Hemispheres Gondwanaland regions. The specimen used for this project was from the Pleistocene and found on Lord Howe Island, Australia. READ MORE
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5. Neck mobility, Grazing habits, and intraspecific combat behaviour in the Giant Pleistocene horned Turtle Meiolania Platyceps
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Meiolania platyceps is the stratigraphically youngest, and osteologically best-known members of the enigmatic Paleogene-Holocene testudinatan clade Meiolaniidae. This study generated digital reconstructions of intervertebral mobility using the complete cervical series of M. READ MORE