What is a feral organism?

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What is a feral organism?

• Species changed from being domesticated to being
  wild or untamed.
• EX (your experience, new question, or WU
  answered.)

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral
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What is an exotic (non-invasive) organism?

• Moved outside its native ecosystem, either
  deliberately or accidentally.

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What is an invasive organism?

• Introduced and become a pest in its new location.
• http//az.gov/invasivespecies/assets/images/tenmos
  tunwanted/Invasive_poster_web.pdf

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What is a feral organism?

• Species changed from being domesticated to being
  wild or untamed.
• EX (your experience, new question, or WU
  answered.)

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral
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What is symbiosis?

• A close relationship between two species that
  benefits at least one of the species.
• Clown fish and sea anemone.
• Oxpecker and gazelle

http//blogs.nwf.org/arctic_promise/2009/10/index.
html
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What is predation?

• An interaction in which one organism kills
  another for food.
• Predator organism that does the killing
• Prey organism that is killed
• What affect does predation have on population
  size?

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What affect does predation have on population
size?

• Populations of predators and their prey rise and
  fall in related cycles.
• What is the importance of the predator-prey
  relationship in the environment?
• What helps each organism to survive?

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What helps each organism to survive?

• Predators have adaptations that help them catch
  and kill their prey.
• Organisms have many kinds of adaptations that
  help them avoid becoming prey.
• Examples
• Speed

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Examples

• Sight
• Poisonous
• Stickiness
• Sonar or hearing
• Camouflage
• Mimicry
• Protective covering
• Protective smell
• Warning Color