Acacia

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even been forced to give up foraging, one of their main ways to gather food. Large cats are ever present in the Kalahari Desert, the cheetah, leopard, and lions. They also have elephants and giraffes. The Kalahari also contains the Kiwano fruit and acacia trees. Human Environment Interaction The San are well known for their large derrières, which contains much fat, which collects in one place. The adaption is helpful when it comes to bad hunting days or bad foraging. It helps their bodies…

Raiders of the Ark, did, its existence and hiding place remains a mystery to this day. "Have them make a chest of acacia wood – two and a half cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high," (Exodus 25:10). This instruction was to Moses from God himself. Moses was assigned to have this Ark built with pure gold. It was to have four gold rings which poles, also made from acacia wood and gold, would be placed in for carrying the Ark. The Ark's…

Have you ever had maple syrup in the morning, with your either pancakes or waffles? Well if you have had maple syrup on anything, have you ever thought where it comes from? It comes from sap and that's what I am writing about. I picked this subject because I have always wondered where maple syrup came from. I will be writing about: what is sap, what are its uses, and why do trees produce sap. Sap is the fluid that gets carried through the xylem cells of a tree. Another name for sap,…

The dorcas gazelle is like the addax antelope because it eats the leaves and pods of acacia trees. They also both drink very little water as an adaptation to their desert habitat. In fact, a dorcas gazelle can actually undergo its whole lifespan, up to 12 years, without directly drinking a drop of water! They quench their thirst through…

Imagine you have been on a safari adventure, driving for hours and have seen nothing. Then off to your left you see something black and white. Wondering what is is? It’s a herd of zebras, grazing out in the open grasslands of East Africa. The zebra can be found in East Africa, and has black and white stripes know on them as camouflage, and is an herbivore which means it eats plants, grasses and figs. The zebra is a black and white striped mammal that lives in the grasslands or woodlands in…

semi-trucks, no Amazon Prime 1-day shipping offers. There was only water. There was also no bridges. Around 4,000 B.C., the Ancient Egyptians first lashed bundles of papyrus stalks together to make rafts. Later, craftsmen learned to build ships using local acacia wood. Some of these boats could carry cargo up to 500 tons. Without the nile, Egypt and most of the other countries around it could not have been able to flourish. With the nile they are able to farm, hunt, trade and even build cities…

The heart of giraffe is 60 cm (2 feet) long and weighs 11 kg (25 pounds). It beats 170 times per minute and pumps averagely 60 liter (16 gallons) blood in a minute. (Turtle head) Giraffes are very big animals. The best-known giraffe celebrity in history is Zarafa, the first giraffe in France and a royal gift to King Charles X from Muhammad Ali, the Ottoman viceroy of Egypt. (List verse) Zarafa—meaning “The Lovely One” in Arabic—arrived in France in October 1826. (List verse) Giraffes are common…

Somewhere in Africa there is a animal sticking its purple tongue out grabbing its food! It is hard for a giraffe to drink water standing because it is the tallest land animal in the world. Its legs are so stiff the animal has to practically do the splits to reach its water source (lake, stream, and watering hole). A giraffe is a mammal but let's talk about all of the animals physical features the giraffe has brown eyes and lengthy lashes that are black. Giraffes also have a long neck and tail…

Many women and men since the early 1900s have strove to contribute and gain more support and equality for women. Whether it be the right to vote or simply receiving the same equal treatment as men. One of the most beneficial achievements during the early 1960s occurred when America approved the birth control pill. In May 9th, 1960, the FDA approved the pill, which was created to control and regulate the reproduction in women and among couples that were not prepared for the responsibility of…