Template for Student Web Pages

Please use the following template for your animal information pages. Download this page (using the File/ SaveAs command) and then, using the Netscape Communicator Page Composer (or any HTML editor) simply replace the title and text information with that for the animal you have chosen.
 

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Select one or more images from the image gallery and copy their URLs into the image field. It is not necessary to copy the image file into your own folder. Page Composer will allow you to adjust the image size as needed. Off-site images may be used only with the permission of their owners; if these come from other web sites, the source URLs must be given. In such images, the owner of the image and the source URL must be included immediately below the image.

You need not follow the page organization of this template, if you wish to construct something more imaginative, but you should include all the information categories indicated below. For other ideas about the layout of your page, you might look at the animal pages at other Zoo Web Sites. There are many tutorials on the web that will help you with HTML and graphics: Here are two of them, one for HTML and one for graphics.

Your completed page should include enough information for about 2-3 printed pages. You can view your work in progress from your folder on the WhoZoo site; when your page is completed, and approved, I will link it to the appropriate "Animal Information" page.

 
Name: Water Monitor
Scientific name: Varanus salvator
Range: Africa, Asia, Indo-Papuan region, Australia
Habitat: tropical 
Status: Not threatened 
Diet in the wild: anything it can catch
Diet in the zoo: carnivore diet
 
Physical description: Height 40" at shoulder, weight 270-450 lbs. Body length up to 100". Color sandy buff, with large head and strong jaws. Tail is long with tufted black end. Ears are black. Males develop the long shaggy mane at maturity. 
 
General information: 

Lions live in prides consisting of a male, a number of related females and their female and immature male offspring....In the wild, hunting is usually done by females working in groups...
 
Special anatomical, physiological or behavioral adaptations: 

The ability of big cats to roar is related to the arrangement of the hyoid bones that support the tongue....
 
Comments about the lions of the Fort Worth Zoo. 

In this space, put information gathered from keepers or other zoo personnel about the history and characteristics of specific animals or groups of animals. Where did they come from? Are they related? Are males and females potential breeders? What is interesting about these specific lions? For example, one of the Fort Worth lions was found abandoned as an infant. 
 
Personal Observations: 

In this space include any personal observations you have made on the animal you are studying. 
 
Related Links: 

Lions at the CyberZooMobile 
Lions at Knowsley Safari Park 
 

In this space, put links to other online information about your animal. Several other zoos have web pages and you may want to link your animal's page with that of the same species at other zoos. A good place to look for other zoo pages is NetVet's Zoo Animals page, which includes ZooNet's list of Official Zoo Homepages. 
 
LEX KEEN: 
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Source list: 
You must cite all sources used in constructing your page. You must use a minimum of three sources, at least one of which must be an article related to your animal. Articles must have been published in the last five years. Other possible sources are books, the information placards at the zoo, interviews with zoo personnel or the Internet. The academic honesty policy of the university will be enforced.