Type of organism?
The african bush viper is a eukaryote. reason is because Eukaryotes are more complex than prokaryotes. The african bush viper is made up of many cells (multicellular) in which work together to help the snake live and be as advanced as possible. Eukaryotes also have organelles such as the mitochondria and a "true" nucleus to help the organism convert nutrients into energy (cellular respiration), something significantly needed by the african bush viper in order to live and perform its daily needs. Another reason as to why the african bush viper is eukaryotic is because bush vipers are able to produce proteins. proteins are only produced by eukaryotes because they are much bigger than prokaryotes, allowing them to store more dna (transcription into translation).
eNVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
Many factors can affect the health of the African Bush Viper, such as:
-The destruction of its habitat. The African bush viper lives in areas with dense vegetation because of the huge amount of small rodents (its food). If the home was destroyed (i.e. deforestation), the snake would have to move to another habitat and/or adapt, or it would die because of the plunging population in its prey.
-Predators. The African Bush Viper has two main predators, humans and other snakes. Human often hunt down African Bush Vipers for milking, a process of extracting venom from a snake for anti venom or other benefits.other snakes could also hunt down and kill the Viper, but it may only be because of the lack of food sources that forced the snake to do so (doesn't happen often).
-diseases. the viper feasts on small birds, rodents, and other reptiles. eating a sick animal can cause negative consequences on the vipers health.
-drop in temperature. african bush vipers live in temperatures of 75-85 degrees (why they live in rain forests). a huge drop in temperature will obviously affect the snakes health because it has not yet adapted to the temperature.
-The destruction of its habitat. The African bush viper lives in areas with dense vegetation because of the huge amount of small rodents (its food). If the home was destroyed (i.e. deforestation), the snake would have to move to another habitat and/or adapt, or it would die because of the plunging population in its prey.
-Predators. The African Bush Viper has two main predators, humans and other snakes. Human often hunt down African Bush Vipers for milking, a process of extracting venom from a snake for anti venom or other benefits.other snakes could also hunt down and kill the Viper, but it may only be because of the lack of food sources that forced the snake to do so (doesn't happen often).
-diseases. the viper feasts on small birds, rodents, and other reptiles. eating a sick animal can cause negative consequences on the vipers health.
-drop in temperature. african bush vipers live in temperatures of 75-85 degrees (why they live in rain forests). a huge drop in temperature will obviously affect the snakes health because it has not yet adapted to the temperature.