Tracking the Chupacabra by Benjamin Radford still intrigues the typical mindset of our society today. His two chapters, "A brief History of Vampires" and "Chupacabra in Pop Culture", establish the foundation of Puerto Rico and other Spanish peaking countries superstitions and while indefinitely, inscribing the significant background of its vampiric roots and the impact it has in our culture. Radford's work is extremely fascinating, to not only describe the encounters of the Chupacabra in its prime, but the origins of vampires themselves dating back to ancient Greece, Egypt, India, and Norse mythology entitling, "the older version of vampires were not thought to be human at all but instead supernatural - possibly denomic - that were never humans therefore did not take human form as they stalked…
Native American Myths have been used for hundreds of years to pass stories and traditions along to different generations. Throughout these stories, there are themes found. Whether these themes are well known or if you need to dig deep into the story to find it, they help convey the message being portrayed. The themes in the myths relate to now a day cultures and remind us how similar we are to the Native Americans. Coyote and the Buffalo, The World on the Turtle's Back, and Brother Bear are stories where themes can be found.…
Many years ago, laying out on the trampoline late at night, I remember hearing the coyotes howl and yip in the field bordering my friend’s house. The sound so frightened us that we promptly rushed inside. To children that grew up never truly in the country, only on the edge of town, coyotes seemed so wild. However, as Dan Flores illuminates in his book, Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History, that encounter was not an unusual experience at all. In the past century coyotes have spread across all reaches of the United States.…
On our journey we came across some coyotes. They are so beautiful, they have grizzled gray or orangish gray above with buff underparts. They have long rusty or yellowish legs, bushy tail with black tips. Their height can be 3.4-4.3 feet, their length is 23-26 in, their tail is 11.8-15 in, and their weight is 20-40 lb.…
I am volunteering with No Mas Muertes in the Sonoran Desert on the Tohono O’Odham reservation, leaving water and medicine for migrants making their way through US-Mexican border territory: it is territory which is inhospitable, if less heavily securitized. Characterized by rattlesnakes, extreme temperatures, and a complete lack of drinkable water, it is a geography described by former Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service Doris Meissner as a “natural ally” to US Border Patrol, producing tens of thousands of migrant corpses annually. I place three gallon jugs at the designated station and take a photograph. Nearby, there are remnants of old tires, a backpack containing three pairs of socks, a filthy doll which has faded in the sun. There is a pile of empty water bottles which have been slashed open and now lie, useless.…
Border collies are wonderful animals and here are some facts about them. Such as their origins, what they look like, behavior, and traits. Well the original border collie started out in Scotland and England helping farmers with herding animals. The border collie will herd most animals such as, sheep, cows, goats, and even pigs.…
California is a state that consists of countless historical landmarks that have been preserved in order to better understand the heritage of that specific site. Preservation is a way for people to recycle land and buildings in order to teach people about the resources that were once used in the past. People observe and learn through the preservation of landmarks so that important details such as traditions, rituals, languages, and skills can be incorporated into our present and future time periods. Out of many captivating historical landmarks, I chose to visit Coyote Hills Regional Park because I wanted to learn more about its importance. Coyote Hills is a significant part of history because it teaches society that in spite of the invasion and the genocide that the Ohlone Indians underwent, decedents of the tribes are now connecting with their communities by sharing their land and history with society.…
As of the end of 2013, there were here are only eighty-three Mexican Gray Wolves living in the wild and only about three…
It often amazes me that people have a difficult time with the concept that Bigfoot is a human hybrid. You honestly expect a humanoid creature that is over seven feet tall, covered in hair, that has abilities that are essentially supernatural, that possesses superhuman strength, that can live so close to civilization, yet remain almost completely hidden from man, and that possesses an extremely high intellect to have “normal” DNA!? I would expect it to have strange and unexplainable DNA consistent with the findings of the Sasquatch Genome Study. The following statements will disturb many in the “Bigfoot Research Community” and the general public at large.…
In this report I will be discussing different causes which contribute to the population change of the snowshoe hare and lynx. The snowshoe hare is known for its constant decrease and increase in population density every 10 years. By looking at why and when they increase and decrease compared to when the lynx population decrease and increase we can see if the lynx depend of the hare as their main source of food. Snowshoe hares population began to drastically decline in 1831, due to the limited numbers of hare this caused the lynx’s population to decrease due to starvation and malnutrition.…
In the woods there was plenty, The hunters wanted to catch so many. Day to day they wanted to slay, The Wild Fox would not come play.…
Results It was hypothesized that the sexual dimorphism of the turfed capuchins would result in both focal subjects having similar activity patterns despite both being of different genders. Research was also conducted on how daily climate changes would have an effect on the capuchin’s overall activity patterns. Results showed that there was a difference between male and female turfed capuchins in terms of activity patterns. Researchers also noted that changes in the local climate of the San Diego Zoo had little effect on the activity patterns of any of the focal subjects.…
The last thing I tried was to Kill a coyote not yet killed a coyote I always see them running away and I can’t get a stray shot at them it is hard to kill a coyote they are very fast runners because they can run faster than a pet dog and any type of dog too. I love shooting it gets…
Long before the Europeans settled in the Americans, Native Americans told stories of why the world is the way it is, to convey how the universe, earth and life began. These stories, called myths, help them rationalize the world they lived around. We know about these myths through the recent preservation to keep the riches of Native Americans oral tradition alive. In addition, we find out more about their perspective on topics such as the traditions, beliefs, and values they hold of the natural word occurrence.…
Snow leopard Have you ever wanted to learn about a snow leopard? The Snow Leopard is a fascinating animal This essay will provide you with Its appearance, habitat and diet, and give you some interesting facts about it. The first thing that I will be telling you about the snow leopard is what they look like.…