happy 150th

happy one-hundred-and-fiftieth post, bloggie.

i don't know why, but all of a sudden, everything seems so empty. This house...so cold. I put some music on, but...i don't know...i'm outside it and inside it at the same time, and its unnerving. like a memory i forgot...I had such big plans today, but so far, i've only read and wandered round the house, almost wringing my hands cause i don't have a sense of purpose. NO SELF PITY KATE. stop it.
i just don't know what to do.

breathe. breathe. ok. s'ok.

Let's do some biology, eh? Good plan, kate. i like it.

Right. I'm doing ecology. Let's see.

Adaptation = a specific characteristic that suits an organism to its environment, enabling it to successfully live and reproduce. There are three 'categories' into which adaptations can fall into. They are....
Behavioural--- the way an animal behaves in response to its environment eg, birds fly south in winter, feather-fluffing, sun-basking
Structural--- the physical structures of an organism. eg, streamlined body, shiny fur, swim bladders
Functional/physiological---the way an organisms body functions. eg. gills, aestivation, hibernation, amount of urine produced

Reproductive adaptations may fit into either behavioural/structural/functional, so it doesn't have a separate group of its own. For example...
behavioural...an animal that lives in a dry part of australia may only reproduce when there is fecund plant growth, and an abudant supply of water.
structural...god, i dunno. something to do with an organism's dick
functional...

i give up.

Good god, help me feel something.