You Discover a New Species of Salamander

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Essay

You discover a new species of salamander. From your research, it appears that this species is highly endangered. You would like to establish a new breeding population of the salamanders in a protected area that is 300 km from the area where you first discovered them. There are no individuals of your new salamander currently living in the protected area. What kinds of data would you need to determine whether your salamander species could tolerate the conditions in the new park? Under which conditions would there be a good chance that the salamander would survive in the new park? What are two critical aspects that will determine whether a new salamander population could persist in the new area?

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Definitions:

Conscious Feelings

Emotional experiences that are within one's immediate awareness.

Sympathetic Nervous system

A part of the autonomic nervous system that activates the body's responses under stress, such as increasing heart rate and redirecting blood flow.

Parasympathetic Nervous System

A component of the autonomic nervous system responsible for energy conservation by decreasing the heart rate, enhancing the activity of intestines and glands, and easing the muscles of sphincters in the digestive system.

Somatic Nervous system

A part of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of body movements via the use of skeletal muscles.