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    I can successfully say that I have seen the world's fastest snapping turtle. I snapped my head back to see how much distance there was between us. There was only a foot left to where the dock would come to an end. My heart was racing. Thump! My breaths were quick and short. Thump! As my feet landed on the ground there was a slight trip in my step, but I slowly steadied myself. When I glanced back the turtle seemed to have disappeared and ran the other way. “Hey Katherine do you want to try and…

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    people love. These little reptiles only reach the maximum size of 8 inches and that is for females as males are known to only reach about 6.5 inches. Their shell color can vary from a dark brown to an olive green in color. These neat tiny species of turtles that are a cool pet to have if it is what you’re looking for. Life Expectancy When keeping this animal as a pet, it is important to realize that these tortoises live for a very long time. They can easily reach the age of 60 years or longer…

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    Globally, at least 23% of marine mammal species, 36% of seabird species, and 86% of sea turtle species are known to be affected by plastic debris (Sigler, 2014). Plastic can choke, reduce growth, drown animals, and spread invasive species. More so, the large amount of plastics found in the Earth’s oceans is killing large amounts of plankton…

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    affected; it also cause cancer and their behavioral changes. Second, the debris in the ocean does not decompose and they stay in the ocean for years. They consume oxygen and cause the oxygen level goes down. As a result, marine animals such as whales, turtles, sharks cannot survive. The wasted and chemicals used in industries and agriculture also have an effect on the food chain. Small animals will swallow the chemicals debris, which do not dissolve and sink at the bottom of the ocean, and later…

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    The gulper eel is very different from other eels. The biggest difference is mainly in its’ physical structures. It’s physical structures help the eel survive. Something happens to male eels when they mature. They eat in a special way but deep sea predators eat them. They eat small creatures. They live deep in a dark environment. The eel has many categories it is uniquely adapted which, includes physical structures, reproduction and behavior, feeding habits, position in food web, range, and…

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    Turtles and Sloths Sloths and Turtles are different and similar in so many ways because they are both animals but different species. The three main differences between turtles and sloths; size; color. The differences between the Turtle and Sloth are where they live, their size, and their color. The turtle and sloth are both slow, but they go at different speeds. Different from a sloth, a turtle’s natural speed is 1 mile per hour, its speed is higher than a sloths speed because the sloths is 2…

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    I believe that classrooms need to be universally designed in order to best meet the needs of all learners. Teaching explicit learning strategies to students and using these strategies universally in the classroom are so very important to ensure success for all learners. Reflection is aspect of many macrostrategies (Marzano, 2007). As students reflect on their learning, they gain important assessment information about how they perceive the efficacy of their thinking (Costa & identify and…

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    Watatsumi-no-Mikoto, god of the sea. […] the inhabitants should be devout worshippers of this god. They are forever praying for calm seas…" (4, par. 2, chp.1) The islanders are so gracious for the ocean, that they made a shrine of a sea god to represent the seas that surround the island. The islanders have been devoted to their faith in order to receive a sense of reassurance. They pray in hopes to please the sea god that they worship in order to gain pleasant seas to sail on. The action of…

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    Dangers of Plastic Can Rings Over 100,000 marine creatures die per year due to improper disposal of plastic six-pack rings. (Plastic Statistics 2012) Great numbers of these plastic rings are littered each day, serving as a dangerous threat to the Earth. They are provoking pollution, as well as killing off dozens of species. Actions need to be taken to prevent this. 800 billion pounds of trash fill the oceans. (Harrison 2015)A large contributor to this amount of this garbage is soda can rings.…

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    ports were Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. We had four sea days and three port days. The days at sea were very different than the days at port. My favorite day out of all seven days was the fourth day. The fourth day we stopped at Grand Cayman. Grand Cayman was beautiful. I was also very excited because we were planning on going snorkeling and swimming with stingrays! I was going to spend the majority of the day in the Caribbean Sea. We got off the ship at seven o’clock in the morning.…

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