Waterhouse Week 5

36. Eukaryote

The photo above is an arachnid that appeared frequently in China in inconvenient places such as lockers, bedrooms, and corners in general. China has a variety of some of the most odd insects, including palm-sized stinkbugs and crickets, nearly unclassifiable white back-plated tree-crawlers, and brightly colored dragonflies.

39. Flower Ovary

The photo above depicts a cross section of a tomato, which is technically a flower ovary. The seeds run along the pericarp, which is the tissue in fruits that is usually the edible part. Inside the layer of seeds is the placenta.

58. Lichen

The photo above is a picture of lichens, which are organisms that demonstrate a symbiotic relationship between a fungal organism and a photosynthetic organism. It was taken at my friend Gage's house in his backyard.


71. Niche

The moment you've all been waiting for, this is the Giant Panda. Although usually presumed otherwise, the Giant Panda is actually much more closely related to racoons (as diurnal as they are) than actual bears. Here in the Ya'an Province in Chendu, China, this Panda Conservatory is the perfect habitat for the Giant Panda and is their sole niche: high in the humid, perpetually foggy, mountainous forests full of bamboo-- which is 99% of its diet! Since it is so low in nutrition, the pandas eat enormous amounts of bamboo everyday-- giving them 6-7 pieces of bamboo (each about 10 feet long) and a loaf of cornbread-- at four different times during the day. Working on the conservatory, we also had to clean the cages, which was quite an experience considering that each panda poops about 40 times a day. However to end on an interesting note, the paw of the panda is rather unique: it has five regular fingers, but part of the bottom of their palms protrudes, acting as an opposing thumb, making them have six fingers, I guess.

I'm not expecting extra credit for this. I just thought people might want to see some baby pandas.

87. Stigma & Style

The photo above is a cross section of a flower. I distinctly made it clear that the five anthers of the flower were separated on the right of the photo while the style (with the stigma as its tip) is on the left.
Although the rest of the carpel is cut off (the ovary, ovules, ect.), I figured it was okay to only depict the stigma and the style.