Make sure to capitalize and italicize the Genus names and italicize the species names on your cover page and throughout your paper. ■ Ex. Correct: Homo sapiens or H. sapiens (after first mention). Incorrect: Homo sapiens, homo sapiens, Homo Sapiens, Homo Sapiens, homo sapiens, etc. ● You are basically converting your outline into paragraph form and adding more detail to make your 5 page paper This is the outline I made Social Comparisons of Panda Bears, Ailuropoda melanoleuca to Polar Bears, Ursus maritimus Daniel Kong 4016995 Florida International University Michael Cedeno U22 INTRODUCTION A) Background 1. General Background information (attention grabbing) B) THESIS 1. Although both Panda bears and Polar bears are part of the same phylogenetic tree (family Ursidae) the differences in social interactions are staggering. II. Panda Bears Background information a) Habitat 1. Southwestern china b) Diet At least 14 hours of the day is spent eating because of the low amount of nutrition bamboo provides for them. Their diet primarily consists of 25-40 pounds of bamboo stalks shoots and roots a day. c) Hibernation 1. Panda bears do not hibernate which also means they are consistently looking for food and do not store the food they have well. d) Population 1. 1,864 2. Are apart of IUCN Red list of threatened species due to human destruction of habitat. III. Polar bears background information a) Habitat 1. Polar bears live in countries that surround the arctic circle. b) Diet 1. Polar bears diet consists primarily of seals although are known to prey on other animals as well sometimes. 2. The seals provide a high in fat diet. c) Hibernation 1
