Designer Species

Create a new organism that will fit into ONE of the described scenarios. Develop a presentation that identifies its specific adaptations and explains the selective pressures that resulted in these adaptations.

What this means is that for each of the requirements you must state “______ developed ______ because ______. “

For this project, you must pick ONE of the following alien planet environments and create an animal that will survive in that environment.

In your animal unveiling (AKA presentation), you need to explain the features of your animal that makes it successful in terms of evolution.

Include:

A description of the scenario (to give us context)
How this animal is going to stay warm or cool.
What it is going to eat.
How will it catch/get food and water?
Method of locomotion (does it walk, fly, swim, etc.)
Means of sight (be specific—such as the position of eyes on the head)
How is it going to avoid predators?
How it is going to find shelter and care for its young to make sure they survive.

Your submission must include a model or detailed picture of your animal.

Your animal must FIT INTO the existing food chain, but it cannot be the ultimate predator (the one which can eat everything else and nothing can eat it).

Designer Species