Receptors that monitor stretch in the articular capsules that enclose synovial joints; they are proprioceptors, mechanoreceptors, and nociceptors; contains at least four receptor types (1) Lamellar Corpuscles, (2) Bulbous Corpuscles, (3) Free Nerve Endings, and (4) Receptors resembling Tendon Organs; together they provide information on joint position and motion.
Puffins are built for swimming underwater rather than for flying, and at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, a mutli-level seabird display allows visitors to watch puffins and other sea birds dive to the bottom of the enclosure for food. When they dive, puffins flap their wings through the water, appearing to fly.
Alaska Fish and Game wildlife biologist Jeff Selinger said snakes in Southcentral Alaska are not as far-fetched as one would think. The common garter snake is the only species of snake found in Alaska and can be found as far up as Northern Canada, he said. Selinger said no snakes have been recorded living in the wild in the Kenai Peninsula, but that does not mean people cannot have them as an indoor pet. Some pet stores sell garter snakes, he said. Another possibility that the snake arrived in Alaska via cargo ship, he said. â(Garter snakes) live off insects and frogs,â he said.