Week 12 - Nov. 15 Medicine Man movie

Medicine Man movie

1. In what biome does the movie take place?   _______________________________
2. Why do they call the main character, Dr. Campbell, Depsuia?
3. Dr. Campbell thought he found the cure for ______________ in an epiphyte called a _______________.
4. List 5 biotic things you see in the movie.
5. List 5 abiotic things you saw in the movie.
6. Note the complex physiognomy of the rainforest – the vines, lianas, epiphytes, canopy, understory, etc.  List some adjectives to describe it:
7. What did the native medicine man mean by “No juju in sky flower, only house for bugs”?  (In English, juju refers to magic). 
8. What is the sky flower?  _______________________          What are the bugs?  __________
9. After the boy is cured, the villagers are excited because they see smoke.  What is the smoke from?
10. What is in the sugar jar?  ____________________

Week 9 - 11: Nov. 8 - Native mammals of Haiti

Week 9 - Oct. 26 cancelled - Hurricane Sandy
Week 10 - Nov. 1 Holiday

Week 11 - Nov. 8 Mammals
Hint – highlight a phrase, right click, and choose 'search for' to find photos and more information about these animals.

38 native mammal species

•       11 extinct

•       1 critically endangered – Puerto Rican hutia

•       1 endangered – solenodon

•       2 vulnerable – manatee & Hispaniolan hutia

Why are so many extinct or endangered?

Deforestation

Pollution

Hunting

Invasive species

Taxonomic nomenclature

Kingdom                           Animalia

Phylum                              Chordata

Class                                  Mammalia

Order                        Chiroptera                                  Primate

Family                      Noctilionidae                 Homonidae

Genus                       Noctilio                          Homo

Species                     Noctilio leporinus          Homo sapiens

Haiti - Native Mammal Orders

Sirenia – manatees

Rodentia – rodents

Soricomorpha – solenodons

Cetacea – whales

Carnivora – carnivores – extinct

Chiroptera – bats

Sirenia  - Manatees

Trichechus manatus

West Indian Manatee

Status – Vulnerable

Risk of extinction

Aquatic

Herbivorous

Rodentia - rodents

Plagiodontia aedium

Hispaniolan Hutia

Vulnerable

Risk of extinction

Isolobodon portoricensis

Puerto Rican Hutia 

EXTINCT!  

I must have found old information when I presented this to the class.

Critically endangered

Will be extinct soon

Soricomorpha – solenodons

Solenodon paradoxus

Hispaniolan Solenodon

Endangered

Facing an extremely high risk of extinction

Insectivores

Poisonous saliva

Cetacea – whales & dolphins

Whales – 1

Dolphins – 4

Eat fish

Carnivora – carnivores

Monachus tropicalis

Caribbean Monk Seal

Extinct – 1952 last seen near Jamaica

Chiroptera - bats

15 species

Status – 6 near threatened, 7 least concern

Feeding habits

Insectivores - insects

Nectavores - nectar

Frugivores - fruit

Piscivorous - fish

Patterns in the tropics

Latitudinal diversity gradient is greatest for bats and rodents.

Closer to equator, more species of these.

Why?

These animals are small.

Large surface area to volume ratio.

Therefore loose heat easily.