genus = 'Dipodomys'
species = "spectabilis"
print(genus)
print(species)

ds_description = """Dipodomys spectabilis is the
scientific name for the
Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat."""
print ds_description

latin_binomial = "Dipodomys ordii"
len(latin_binomial)

genus + species + 'weighs about 125 grams.'

genus + ' ' + species + ' weighs about 125 grams.'

output = "%s %s weighs about %d grams." % (genus, species, 125)
print output

print('The individual's mass is 122 grams.')

print('The individual\'s mass is 122 grams.')

ds_description

print("The individuals's mass is 122 grams.")
print('The original paper states that "The mass of Dipodomys spectabilis is approximately 125 grams."')

import string

genus = 'Dipodomys'
species = '    spectabilis'
latin_binomial = 'Dipodomys ordii'
dna_seq = 'atgcagatcctgtgtgtctagctaag'

print("The lower case version of genus is: %s" % string.lower(genus))
print("The upper case version of species is: %s" % string.upper(species))
print("The value of species without the leading whitespace is: %s" % string.strip(species))
print("The location of the start of the first 'tcct' in dna_seq is: %s" % string.find(dna_seq, 'tcct'))
print("The number of a's in dna_seq is: %s" % string.count(dna_seq, 'a'))
genus, species = string.split(latin_binomial)
print("The genus in latin_binomial is: %s" % genus)
print("The species in latin_binomial is: %s" % species)

genus = "Dipodomys"
upper_cased_genus = genus.upper()
print upper_cased_genus

genus = 'Dipodomys'
species = '    spectabilis'
latin_binomial = 'Dipodomys ordii'
dna_seq = 'atgcagatcctgtgtgtctagctaag'

print("The lower case version of genus is: %s" % genus.lower())
print("The upper case version of species is: %s" % species.upper())
print("The value of species without the leading whitespace is: %s" % species.strip())
print("The location of the start of the first 'tcct' in dna_seq is: %s" % dna_seq.find('tcct'))
print("The number of a's in dna_seq is: %s" % dna_seq.count('a'))
genus, species = latin_binomial.split()
print("The genus in latin_binomial is: %s" % genus)
print("The species in latin_binomial is: %s" % species)