I Search: Awesome Animals
| Search Terms | ||
| Pistol Shrimp |
Snapping Shrimp |
Alpheus |
| Flying Fish |
Exocoetidae | |
| Water Bear | Tardigrade | Tardigrada |
| Immortal Jellyfish | Hydrozoan Jellyfish |
Turritopsis dohrnii |
| Jesus Lizard | Green Basilisk Lizard |
Basiliscus plumifrons |
| Gecko | Gekkota |
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Search Library Catalog
Reference Books
- The World Book Encyclopedia -- R 031 WOR
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Wildlife -- R 591 ILL
Online Resources:
- Grolier Online
- Search "Flying Fish"
- Search "Gecko"
- Search "Water Bear"
- Search " Tardigrade"
- Britannica Online School Edition
- Search "Flying Fish"
- Search "Snapping Shrimp"
- Search "Tardigarde"
- Gale Student Resource Center
Websites:
The Jesus Lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons)
- National Geographic: Green Basilisk Lizard
- National Geographic News: How "Jesus Lizards" Walk on Water
- National Geographic: Lizards: Meet the Jesus Christ Lizard
Flying Fish (Exocoetidae)
Gecko
Immortal Jellyfish
- National Geographic News: "Immortal" Jellyfish Swarm World's Oceans
- Discover Magazine: The Curious Case of the Immortal Jellyfish
- Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seanotes: An Immortal Jellyfish?
Water Bear - Tardigrade
- Microbial Life: Tardigrades (Water Bears)
- Fairfax County Schools: Water Bear
- EarthLife.net: The Phylum Tardigrada
Snapping Shrimp or Pistol Shrimp
- BBC News: Shrimp, Bubble and Pop
- University of Twente, The Netherlands: How Snapping Shrimp Snap (and Flash)
- National Geographic News: Snapping Shrimp Stun Prey with Flashy Bang by John Roach
- How Snapping Shrimp Snap: Through Cavitating Bubbles by Michel Versluis, Barbara Schmitz, Anna von der Heydt and Detlef Lohse
- The New York Times: Science: Sleuths Solve Case of Bubble Mistaken for Snapping Shrimp by Kenneth Chang
Prepared by Linda Herward 5/7/2012
Contact Linda Herward at herward@pitt.edu
