How does photosynthesis play a role in a black footed ferrets survival?

Answer 1

Black footed ferrets are "photoreceptive breeders" meaning they reproduce during a specific time of the year by the ratio of daylight hours to night-time hours (photoperiod - requires longer days than nights) as a protective measure to ensure that the young would be born in the spring and summer in warmer weather with food and water being more readily available, thus increasing their chances of survival. Both male and female come into a breeding state depending on the length or intensity of daylight hours and wavelengths. They perceive the increased, or reduced, intensity of daylight, and this triggers physical changes in their bodies. This change in day length is perceived by the retina of the ferret's eye and signals are transmitted to the brain. The brain then send the messages to the pituitary gland, which responds by secreting a "follicle stimulating hormoe" also know as FSH. The FSH travels through the ferret's blood stream and acts upon the reproductive organs to secrete the sex hormone which cause the ferret to become sexually active.