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Mad Dog Marine Corps
1,858 wordsI place my boot on the neck of this commie bone bag, the toe resting on his chin. I think, I hate this wet heat he breathes. At least there is no rain in it -- for now. I hate his elusive sky, too. A sky filled with foliage, unlike the limbs and leaves of the hickory or oak trees back home. "Slats, you and Mad-dog planning to marry that commie better, " Luke hissed at me. I watch as reality seems to shift; 5 ' 7 ", 176 pounds of ground foliage in front of me apparently transforms itself into a F...
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Year Old Man 17 Year Olds
2,054 words... tor" lacks the intelligence or the "masking capabilities" of the psychopath to achieve success outside of the criminal world. (9) The "super predator" is not psychotic. Psychotics are largely out of touch with reality. They suffer from delusions, hallucinations, or other disordered states. They are often found not guilty of crimes they commit by reason of insanity. (8) Today, especially in the inner cities, children, in the age ranges of 5 to 9 yrs of age, are all to often left to their own ...
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Dorsal Fin Heavy Armor Seahorse
669 wordsThe seahorse is a vertebrate fish and is a close relative of the pipe fish. Its Genus is Hippocampus. There are about 40 different species, including, Hippocampus focus (the black seahorse) and Hippocampus kids (Oceanic seahorse, Kellogg's seahorse, Common seahorse or Yellow seahorse). Depending on species the seahorse can range in length from 5 cm to 36 cm tall and live up to 4 years old. They also have an extremely wide range of colors some of these include, white, yellow, red, brown, black, g...
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One Of The Most Common North America
1,848 wordsThere are many different species of animals roaming the earth these days. Some live on land and some live in bodies of water such a oceans or seas. They all look different and behave in different and unusual ways. Some use legs to move and other use fins however there are also species which nature didn't give the gift of these body parts. These animals are called snakes and today we will be looking at these extraordinary animals, especially the ones located near our homes right here in North Ame...
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Biological Control E G
317 wordsGive an account of the ways in which biological control can be used to control pest numbers. The effect of predator-prey relationship in regulating populations has been exploited by humans as a method of controlling various pests. Biological pest control is where the natural predators (agent) of the pest ( (target) are used to reduce its population to a tolerable level. It is important to make sure that the right predator is chosen, so it must be studied in quarantine to make sure that once the ...
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Dawkins Uses The Example Dawkins Explains Genes
1,178 wordsIn the popular science book, The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins explains his theory of evolution, and its occurrence for the good of the gene rather than the good of the species or individual. Dawkins believes the gene to be practically immortal, carrying on generation upon generation. By calling them selfish Dawkins describes a genes strategy of competition for survival, its tendency to behave in a manor suited to ensure its propagation. Genes are competing directly with their alleles for surviv...
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Alien Species Habitats Human
447 wordsHumans are the most destructive animals on the planet. We pollute the world heavily, over harvest nature and break up habitats. Human manipulation of the environment has had some kind of impact on Earths geography and every kind of organism. These impacts are sometimes so significant they have wiped out entire species. The Tasmanian tiger is an example of this; it was overpowered by introduced dogs on the Australian mainland and was forced out of the mainland to Tasmania, where it eventually die...
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Similarities And Differences Short Story
572 wordsIn the novel, Lord of the Flies, and the short story, The Most Dangerous Game, dealt with the savagery of humans. In the short story, it dealt with killing for entertainment purposes. The hunter, General Zaroff, liked a challenging prey in the hunt, but animals werent good enough, so he decided to use humans as his prey. In the novel they, Jacks and Ralph's tribe, started killing each other because there was tension between the two tribes. In the end, Ralph's tribe had betrayed him, or had been ...
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Hawk Considers Human Kind Hughes
647 wordsTed Hughes was an award winning English poet in the 20 th century. He was one of the few successful innovators that had his own personal poetic technique, of animal symbolism, as he was deeply involved in the observation of the world of creatures which in turn confronts the behaviour and existence of human kind itself. This premise of animal connotation, highlighting human temperament, was his niche, receiving immediate recognition from his audience. Hughes uses the poem Hawk Roosting taken from...
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Lowered Parking Lights Difficulty Of Finding Poem
808 wordsIn William Stafford's poem Traveling through the Dark, the theme of confrontation between wilderness and technology exists. This poem also deals with the difficulty of finding the right path, choosing to do the morally right thing. The speaker is a man traveling at night who finds a dead doe on the edge of the road. The doe was killed in an earlier collision with another vehicle: a recent killing; she had stiffened already, almost cold. The speaker faces a moral dilemma early in the poem: It is ...
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Ecology The Study Of Plans Animals And Environment
1,192 words... ugh the changes occur gradually. Eventually a point is reached at which the environmental and species changes are minimal and species diversity is high. This relatively stable community is called a CLIMAX COMMUNITY. ECOSYSTEMS Many ecologists study communities in the context of an ecosystem, which includes interactions involving mineral cycling, energy flow, and population control. The study of ecosystems facilitates a functional approach to ecology. One of the major aims of ecological resea...
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Billions Of Years Natural Instinct
1,501 wordsAs every species in the world developed, it's sub-species and it's further strains and breeds under those have evolved for a very specific reason - the preservation of the species, and ultimately, life itself. Each species is like a tree, with hundreds of branches, each leading to thousands of other branches. Each branch of the tree is slightly different from the one beside it, due to living in a different environment it has had to adapt and the resulting differences are due to the combination -...
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Prefrontal Cortex Sexual Predators
1,920 words... the New Jersey Medical School in Newark, claims that there is a high probability that violent impulses originate in the hypothalamus, amygdala, and periaqueductal gray area (Foreman, 2002). As this occurs, different parts of the hypothalamus are likely to be involved in different types of emotions and/ or violence (premeditated type, cold type, or impulsive actions). In addition, some new studies present more detailed conclusions. Thus, for example, according to Dr. Ronald Schouten, a psychi...
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York New York Hide From Predators Chameleon
1,058 wordsThe Chameleon The Chameleon is a lizard that changes color. It has a short neck that does not permit the head to turn. The Chameleons eyes are large and turreted, which means that a Chameleon can look backward and forward at the same time. On the Chameleons feet, front and back, the toes are divided into two sets, two toes on one side and three on the other side of each foot. One set is pointed directly forward and the other set backward. The Chameleon has a yellow mouth. Its trunk is thin and f...
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Short Term Goals Theory Of Evolution
1,604 wordsAccording to Darwin, the theory of natural selection would suggest that every individual seeks only to further their own goals at the expense of all others, as only those individual organisms that win the battle for resources get the chance to reproduce and pass on their genes, creating a new generation of individuals who are good at serving their own interests. Conversely, those who are good at serving the interests of others will not be rewarded, but will instead become extinct as those whom t...
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Dan 038 Kenny Dan And Kenny Panther
787 wordsDan &# 038; Kenny, The Monkeys Who Go Dan &# 038; Kenny, The Monkeys Who Go On Zany Adventures, Episode 1 Ever since they were old enough to venture out on their own, Daniel and Kenny always tried to go out on adventures. They were chimpanzees with over-active imaginations, but with a good sense of fun. One day, however, one game turned into a real scare. It was about midday in the South American jungle. The tribe of monkeys Dan and Kenny belonged to sat within the trees, lazily picking lice off...
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Walking Catfish Invasive Species One
551 wordsClariasInvasive Species Walking Catfish Claims Batrachus, commonly referred to as the Walking Catfish, is one of Florida s many invasive species. These fish have a long body, a wide anterior, and a slender rear. With small eyes and villiform teeth, the coloration of these fish ranges from dark brown or purple to black (with white specks on their rear and gray green fins). The Walking Catfish is highly variable in structure and is one of the few species in which an albino variety exists. Biologic...
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Toxic Chemicals Heavy Metals
1,067 wordsMarine Contamination and Pollution According to the United Nations Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution (GESAMP) of 1972, marine pollution is? the introduction by man directly or indirectly, of substances or energy to the marine environment resulting in deleterious effects such as harm to living resources, hazards to human health; hindrance of marine activities including fishing, impairing the quality for use of sea water, and reduction of amenities? (Clark 3). Si...
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Nitrogen And Phosphorous Pfiesteria Thrives Dinoflagellates
286 wordsMany states have been plagued with the problem of Pfiesteria, and until recently the cause was unknown. As the climates and ecosystems change some organisms favor the change and others do not. One organism that favors the changes is the dinoflagellates. This organism creates a toxin that causes deep bleeding soars in fish. Then the dinoflagellates eat the fish's exposed flesh and blood. Pfiesteria also has an effect on humans. It has been found to cause severe headaches, blurred vision, nausea, ...
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Dead Or Dying Based On Domination Fish
908 wordsOur categorizations of nature are based on domination. The world is divided ecologically into predator and prey, or bigger more advanced animals versus smaller simpler creatures. One category is superior which dominates the second category which is inferior. But this dualism based on dominance represented by the demand of a preferred human order upon nature is in fact contradictory. As an obvious example, carnivorous plants like the Venus flytrap consumes insects, and the bigger and more taxonom...
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