By Michelle Collier, RCDD. Fiber optic cable provides a low loss medium for high-speed communications. While. the continuous fiber cable itself is low loss, terminations at each access point provide a. potential Achilles heel. The biggest cause of signal loss across fiber optic connectors is. contamination.
The blue crab's scientific name, Callinectes sapidus, is from Latin and Greek: calli, beautiful; nectes, swimmer; and sapidus, savory-beautiful, savory swimmer. Like insects, blue crabs have stalked compound eyes and can see in almost every direction at once.
Osprey (fish hawk) The scientific name for Osprey is Pandion haliaetus; they are members of the Pandioninae family, with only one species of osprey found worldwide. A unique characteristic about this fascinating raptor is that it is the only raptor that plunges into water for fish.