Amphibian

I picked up this book because it was recommended to me as very funny and, having been a huge fan of The Chronicles of Narnia as a child, I wanted to read an example of C.S. Lewis's overt literary argument for Christianity. I thought I might find a Christian counterpoint to Twain's Letters from the Earth. I'm afraid I was somewhat disappointed. The Screwtape Letters is an epistolary novel with the central conceit being that C.S. Lewis has recovered letters of advice that a Demon from the depths…

Genetically modified foods should be labelled. For the past 20 years till now genetically modified foods have been sold with no warning labels. That should be changed and here are three reasons why, it’s unhealthy, it’s a human right to know what is being consumed, and it’s also harmful to the environment. GMOs must be labelled so consumers make the right choices about what they are eating. Studies show that since GMO’s were introduced in 1996, there have been numerous health problems,…

testing, such as plants and microorganisms instead of “greater organisms” including rats or monkeys and other testable animals. “Replacement also means replacing ‘higher’ animals with the ‘lower’ animals. Microorganisms, plants, eggs, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates may be used in some studies to replace warm- blooded animals,” (Ranganatha 28). But using plants and microorganisms would bring us to another problem with loss of oxygen for all organisms and resources of food for herbivores…

The Sixth Extinction ‘The Sixth Extinction’ by Elizabeth Kolbert can be summarized by stating the views of Kolbert herself. This is an excellent resource for students, professors, or even just environmental enthusiast. Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert writes about her travels around the globe and her continual research focused on the possibility of the next mass extinction being closer than we thought. Kelton announces in her prologue, we are currently undergoing the sixth wave of mass extinction…

You told him to leave you alone, but you were foolish to think that he would listen. Even with a fishing rod over your shoulders, determined to get a peaceful afternoon rest with your feet dangling above the furious river currents and the red bobber floating atop their violent surface. The rumbling of the water, spraying over your pants and shoes sporadically, would be enough to drift you to sleep as you sat across the mossed rocks. But he was at your heels. Struggling to capture your…

Pharyngeal slits are gill filtering slits or tunicates helping the organism in some developmental form of its existence. Of this type of Aquatic Amphibian the Anus does take shape before the mouth. Also, this species of organism has an Endostyle found in the Pharynx for eating and aiding in digesting its food. Another characteristic of the phylum. Lastly, for some period or for its whole life the animals…

a small superhero. She has saved her siblings from raging fires, and been through a fire herself in which she was hurt badly, but handled it like nothing had happened. She spends her days as an environmental scientists, she studies rocks, bugs, amphibians, and studies plants. She collects samples that she believes to be beautiful and shares them with her scholarly, yet uneducated father. By night, she is an astronomer who studies constellations and stars. She is also the best big, and little…

The water moccasin, North America's only venomous water snake, has a distinctive blocky, triangular head; a thick body; and a dangerous bite. Common names include variants on water moccasin, swamp moccasin, black moccasin, cottonmouth, gapper, or simply viper.Water Moccasins reach 30 to 48 inches, occasionally up to 74 inches. The back is dark olive or black, the belly is paler. The snout is always pale, and there is usually a dark vertical line by each nostril.Water Moccasins are primarily…

386 saltwater species, 140 mammal species, 18 reptile species and 22 amphibian species. British Columbia's national animal is the Spirit Bear also known as the Ursus americanus kermodei. The Spirit Bear became the national animal in 2006 because the Spirit Bear only live in British Columbia and most Spirit Bears live on Princess…

The Asian Leopard Cat is a small wildcat that can be found in several regions of East and South Asia. There are more than 10 different subspecies of this cat depending on where they live. Most of these subspecies are threatened by loss of hunting areas and natural habitat. Description These cats are the most distant relative of the Leopard and are of similar size to the cats that you find in most homes. The male cats are bigger than the female cats and they weigh in around 5.2 to 8.4 lb. They…