Alligator

Bobby Boucher, 31-year-old socially inept water boy with a stutter and secret anger issues. These hidden anger issues are due to the constant teasing from his peers over the years and immense sheltering by his mother, Helen. When Bobby was a teenager, he became the waterboy for the University of Louisiana Cougars, a major championship-caliber college program. However, the players always torment Bobby and the team's head coach, Red Beaulieu, eventually fires him for "disrupting" the team's…

Turtles are being used for soup, Pangolin’s bodies are being used for skin treatment and elephants are killed for ivory tusks. Welcome to the world of endangered animals in China. Poaching of endangered animals started happening in the 1900's when the Chinese made a law for animals welfare and animal rights. Chinese people wanted these endangered animals for food, medicine, showing off when guests come over, valuable items, uniqueness and to sell animal products. Some might say there is a lot to…

They hunted: deer, wild turkey, rabbit, alligator, duck or any other birds, opossum, bear, raccoons, wild hogs, and squirrels. The hunters trapped their animals or shot them with bows. They also did some fishing but not a lot. When they did do fishing they used spears and stunned the fish with poison…

The Everglades National Park is an amazing region found in the American State of Florida. The Everglades has the largest designated wilderness in the eastern United States. The Everglades is a beautiful place to visit and see real life creatures. There are at least a million visitors that check to the park every year and it is one of the most talked about National parks. It also has the most significant breeding grounds for tropical wading birds. Tropical wading birds are mostly in North America…

There are times when the Karankawa Indians wore little or no clothing, especially when the weather was warmer. Since they lived in a rather humid area of Texas, it was easier at times than wearing layers of clothing. Some Historians say that the Karankawan children often went naked in the summers and that the most of the men seldom wore clothing as well. Men and women would cover themselves with tattoos for modesty, but often left the warm clothes for colder days.The men and women of the…

Describe why you believe this adventure will have a positive impact on you life and future. What do you hope to do after high school? It would be fun to got to a different country with friends, and help the turtles to live without the poachers. The volunteer hours should be helpful when applying for colleges and when doing job interviews because employers and colleges look for people who are active in the community. After high school I hope to go to college to be a conservation officer and…

Have you ever been to Texas? Well, this was my experience going down to Texas. The Trip down to Texas was long a solid 8 hours I’d say. It was not a very comfy ride down there. My brother and I Matthew sat in the middle seats my Great Aunt (Grammy) slept in the back the whole time. Matthew and I both had 1 pillow and 1 blanket. But I brought my snuggy. My Mom and her Boyfriend took turns driving but Jeremy drove most the way there, He is a truck driver though. The Trip just to Arkansas felt like…

name a few. At the aviary, I learned that barred owls are best known for a call that sounds like, "Who cooks for you… Who cooks for you-all?" After the aviary we began our hike. Along the trail we saw a leopard frog and then saw a few juvenile alligators in a low-lying swamp area. The diversity of tropical plants along the trail was also very exciting. During the excursion our guide used a heterodyne bat detector to identify two species of bats: northern yellow and freetail. She also located…

Sun shining overhead, the sound of waves gently rushing ashore, the slightly salty smell of the ocean, and the feel of my toes in the sand – this was what I had been anxiously awaiting for weeks. Spring break in Florida was an amazing seven days! Since my parents retired and bought a house in Florida, they have been spending their winters soaking up the sun, while the rest of us stay here in Kansas and suffer through the long, cold, dreary season. This year my kids and I were able to visit over…

bring it. There are rarely other runners when I run. The run there and back is a time of reflection to gain focus and clarity about the coming events. There is a Theodore Roosevelt Trail that can lead to Fort Caroline but may also entail seeing alligators, snakes and other wildlife. I went for a run on the trail and went to the salt marsh outlook. The view was amazing and the birds sang their songs. The snakes came out and I decided…