Kokopelli’s Sound Shaper by Dion Chew & Ong Jia Ying

Videos for reference:

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I’m paired up with Yinghui for this assignment, and the pair of creatures we got were the fire sea urchin (mine), and the urchin crab (Yinghui)!

As there are a number of urchins who look like they’re on fire ahaha, I decided on the astropyga radiata, who are well-known for being ferried about by carrier crabs

range of motion and anatomy

Couldn’t find a Read more →

Watch the Kokobelly Workout Gear in action here:

https://youtu.be/P7lY1CNL5RI

Of the nearly 30 species of clownfish, there are two types commonly referred to as the orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula and Ocellaris). The percula clownfish is distinguished by its vivid orange colour with distinctive white bands outlined in black.

All clownfish are born male. As they mature, they usually pair off with another clownfish, and the dominant individual becomes a female. The Read more →

ANATOMY

ANT x APHID

The relationship between aphids and ants is symbiotic in that both receive some benefit from the arrangement.

Aphids are also known as plant lice, they are very small sap-sucking insects that collect the sugar-rich fluids from host plants.

Aphids consume large quantities of a plant to gain adequate nutrition. They then excrete Read more →

SEA ANEMONE

anatomy

RANGE OF MOTION

When the sea anemone closes its mouth, the water in the gut cavity acts as a hydrostatic skeleton, enabling it to expand longer and thinner or shorter and fatter or to bend in any direction.

2 key senses for survival

Sense of touch: The tentacles are armed with numerous cnidocytes that are triggered by the slightest touch, firing nematocysts to Read more →

This post is a compilation of my research for the last project, In the Eyes of Kinetic Beasts. I will be working with JJ this time and the animals that we got are the dog and the flea. I will be researching more on the dog!

Content:

Symbiosis

What is symbiosis?

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A description of a crocodile and plover bird’s perspective, senses and movements.

The King looks for lunch (03:58)

The Billabong King Crocodile is a massive creature, scaring the little crocodiles in the river with his status as the alpha crocodile. He stares into the murky water, Read more →

Looking down at his floppy belly, Kokopelli realised that he had been gaining weight! Hence, Kokopelli decided to make a belly workout gear to motivate himself to get back to shape! To challenge himself further, his workout gear has to incorporate the following sound qualities: squeak, elastic medium, and threshold of pain.

And behold… join Kokopelli on his weight-loss journey and his amateur dabble Read more →

Body Part | Nose

Function; The two openings in the nose care called nostrils, or napes. They lead to two nasal cavities that are separated by the septum, a wall of cartilage.