biogeography is the study of biology as it pertains to geographic distribution around the world. this discipline looks into the effects of location on the life in a given ecosystem.

cool things you should look up

• rain shadow effect
• island biogeography

neat places

• socotra
• okavango delta

neat creatures

• cassowaries and other ratites
• the jacana, a bird that lives its entire life on lily pads
• people hunt these things like wtf

fun/"fun" facts

• the appalachian mountains are older than pangaea.
• ostriches are the only animals with two kneecaps.
• there are six basic animal groups on earth: invertebrates, fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.
• the penguin is named after the scientific name of a bird species that humans drove to exinction: the great auk.