Our+Class+Pets

Our class is lucky to have a range of different pets.

Here you can find links to information on some of them!

We have 5 Zebra Danios. For other uses, see [|Zebrafish (disambiguation)].  [|Least Concern] ( [|IUCN 3.1] ) || ( [|F. Hamilton], 1822) ||
 * ~ //Danio rerio// ||
 * = [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Zebrafisch.jpg/375px-Zebrafisch.jpg width="250" height="120" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zebrafisch.jpg"]] ||
 * = An adult female zebrafish ||
 * ~ [|Conservation status] ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg/330px-Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg.png width="220" height="59"]]
 * ~ [|Scientific classification] ||
 * Kingdom: || [|Animalia]  ||
 * Phylum: || [|Chordata]  ||
 * Class: || [|Actinopterygii]  ||
 * Order: || [|Cypriniformes]  ||
 * Family: || [|Cyprinidae]  ||
 * Genus: || // [|Danio] // ||
 * Species: || //**D. rerio**// ||
 * ~ [|Binomial name] ||
 * = ** //Danio rerio// **
 * ~ [|Synonyms] ||
 * * //Barilius rerio//
 * //Brachydanio rerio//
 * //Cyprinus chapalio//
 * //Cyprinus rerio//
 * //Danio frankei//
 * //Danio lineatus//
 * //Nuria rerio//
 * //Perilampus striatus// ||

The **Himalayas**, or **Himalaya**, ( [|/]   [|ˌ] [|h] [|ɪ] [|m] [|ə] [|ˈ] [|l] [|eɪ] [|.] [|ə]   [|/]  or  [|/]   [|h] [|ɪ] [|ˈ] [|m] [|ɑː] [|l] [|ə] [|j] [|ə]   [|/]  ; [|Sanskrit] ,//hima// (snow) + //ālaya// (dwelling), literally, "abode of the snow" [|[1]] ) is a [|mountain range] in [|Asia] separating the plains of the [|Indian subcontinent] from the [|Tibetan Plateau]. The Himalayan range is home to the planet's highest peaks, including the highest, [|Mount Everest]. The Himalayas include over a [|hundred mountains] exceeding 7,200 metres (23,600 ft) in elevation. By contrast, the highest peak outside Asia – [|Aconcagua], in the [|Andes] – is 6,961 metres (22,838 ft) tall. [|[2]] The Himalayas have profoundly shaped the cultures of South Asia. Many Himalayan peaks are sacred in both [|Buddhism] and [|Hinduism]. Besides the //Greater Himalayas// of these high peaks there are parallel lower ranges. The first foothills, reaching about a thousand meters along the northern edge of the plains, are called the [|Sivalik Hills] or [|Sub-Himalayan Range]. Further north is a higher range reaching two to three thousand meters known as the [|Lower Himalayan] or [|Mahabharat Range]. The Himalayas abut or cross six countries: [|Bhutan], [|India] , [|Nepal] , [|China] , [|Afghanistan] and [|Pakistan] , with the first three countries having sovereignty over most of the range. [|[3]] The Himalayas are bordered on the northwest by the [|Karakoram] and [|Hindu Kush] ranges, on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, and on the south by the [|Indo-Gangetic Plain]. Three of the world's major rivers, the [|Indus], the [|Ganges] and the [|Tsangpo] - [|Brahmaputra] , all rise near [|Mount Kailash] and cross and encircle the Himalayas. Their combined [|drainage basin] is home to some 600 million people. Lifted by the collision of the [|Indian tectonic plate] with the [|Eurasian Plate], [|[4]] the Himalayan range runs, west-northwest to east-southeast, in an arc 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) long. Its western anchor, [|Nanga Parbat], lies just south of the northernmost bend of Indus river, its eastern anchor, [|Namcha Barwa] , just west of the great bend of the Tsangpo river. The range varies in width from 400 kilometres (250 mi) in the west to 150 kilometres (93 mi) in the east.

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[ [|hide] ] The ** zebrafish ** ( // Danio rerio // ) is a tropical [|freshwater fish] belonging to the minnow [|family] ( [|Cyprinidae] ) of the [|order] [|Cypriniformes]. [|[1]] Native to the [|Himalayan region], it is a popular [|aquarium fish] , frequently sold under the trade name ** zebra danio **. [|[2]] The zebrafish is also an important vertebrate [|model organism] in scientific research. It is particularly notable for its [|regenerative] abilities, [|[3]] and has been modified by researchers to produce several [|transgenic] strains. [|[4]] [|[5]] [|[6]]
 * [|1 Ecology]
 * [|2 Geology]
 * [|3 Hydrology]
 * [|3.1 Lakes]
 * [|4 Impact on climate]
 * [|5 Religion]
 * [|6 See also]
 * [|7 References]
 * [|8 Further reading]
 * [|9 External links]