Going back in time: The Museum of Natural History!

Grumble! Grumble! was what you could hear from our tummies after visiting the Institute of Plant Breeding. We became so hungry after the two stops we went to! So, for our lunch break, we were supposed to go to the Makiling Botanical Garden. But guess what came? Rain! So instead, we had to eat inside the bus where we also had our Ecodama game 3. Finally when the rain stopped, we headed for our next stop which is the stop that we'll be talking about: The Museum of Natural History!
As we headed inside the museum, we expected to learn about a lot of organisms considering the fact that we have many diverse forests. When we finally entered the museum, we were excited because of all the organisms that we saw there! We saw animal fetuses, different plant organisms, and more! So we all headed to the different parts of the museum to explore the organisms there. Here's some organisms we got from the museum:

The first organism we saw was the Philippine toad! The scientific name for this organism is Ingerophrynus philippinicus. The Philippine toad actually native to the Philippines. You can find it in the Palawan group of islands. This organism is an insectivore. It predates on other organisms for food. Other organisms predate on the Philippine toad for food too. So the ecological relationship of this wonderful creature is predation.

Kingdom: Animalia  Phylum: Chordata   Class: Amphibia     Order: Anura  Family: Bufonidae 
 Genus: Ingerophrynus  Species: philippinicus

The next organism we encountered was pretty big. And it's the sperm whale! The sperm whale's scientific name is Physeter macrocephalus. Sperm whale may sound familiar because they are usually portrayed in films and in art. And this big creature is actually the largest toothed whale! Sperm whales are carnivores. It's ecological relationship is predation and it predates on squid, fish and other marine animals.

Class: Mammalia   Order: Cetacea  Suborder: Odontoceti 
Family: Physeteridae Genus: Physeter  Species: macrocephalus

Here's another organism we found in the museum. It's called the Giant Philippine Frog. The Giant Philippine Frog is native to the Philippines and India. And it's a near threatened species. The scientific name of this frog is Limnonectes magnus. It's an insectivore and it's ecological relationship is predation. The Giant Philippine Frog predates on other organisms for food while other organisms predate on it for food too.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum:Chordata  Class :Amphibia  Order:Anura  Family Dicroglossidae
Genus: Limnonectes Species: magnus




We also found some bacteria. Here's Lactobacillus acidophilus. Lactobacillus acidophilus is also called "friendly bacteria". It can help us in different ways like it can help treat high cholesterol. It can also help in lowering the risk of pollen allergies. Lactobacillus acidophilus is the scientific name for this organism and it can be found in yogurt. The ecological relationship of this organism may be commensalism because it does not benefit from the body but the body benefits from it. Bacteria are decomposers.

Division: Firmicutes  Kingdom: Bacteria  Class: Bacilli  Family: Lactobacillaceae
Genus: Lactobacillus  Species: acidophilus

 Now readers, this is Paramecium. They are unicellular organisms that are able to move, digest food, and reproduce. They are oval shaped and they have cilia which helps the paramecium to move. It also belongs to the kingdom Protista. Paramecium are known for the ecological relationship predation. Didinium, a heterotrophic organism preys on the paramecium. Paramecium are also consumers. 


Domain:  Eukarya  Kingdom: Protista  Phylum: Ciliophora  Class: Ciliatea
Order  Peniculida  Family: Parameciidae Genus: Paramecium

This is bracket fungi. Bracket fungi is also called "shelf fungi". They are tough, shelf-like growths on dead trees. The scientific name for this creature is Schizophyllum commune. Some species of bracket fungi are parasites of trees. The ecological relationship for the bracket fungi is parasitism. Like said earlier, some species of bracket fungi are parasites to trees. So the bracket fungi benefit while the trees get harmed. They are also decomposers.

Kingdom: Eukaryota( Eukarya)  Family: Polyporaceae 
 Genus: Schizophyllum  Species: commune

After looking at all the organisms in the museum, we learned more about different types of organisms and we learned more about biodiversity.
Keep posted to Blogitty Blog-blog for more fun moments in our field trip!