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Feline Alienation

For this Action project I had to take a small set of randomly picked cats and had to theorize abut what how a different setting would effect the cats generations down the line based off of traits the original cats had. For the class we learned about evolution and how mutations through out generations can effect spices in the long run.

Fennecus Zerda

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For the first unit of our population class we spent our time learning how to do Set notation. set notation is the mathimaticly correct way to write out collections of items all the way from different galaxys or in this case traits of an organism. every set is defined by a letter and for this foxes traits i used the letter F.  For this project, I decided to study a Fennec Fox ( Lupus zerda ). A Fennec Fox is a very small species of fox that lives in the African dessert. Their most recognizable trait is the large ears. Standing at a height of 8 inches the fox must catch small or bird eggs to feed their carnivorous diet. Similar to wolves they work together in packs. The small size and only weapon being their small jaw, they are at the bottom of the food chain. Thus to keep the numbers high they are borne in groups of 2-5 kits per litter. As for the taxonomy of the organism, their kingdom is Animalia because it is hetrotrop and multi-cellular. The phylum is Chordata becaus...