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    Walden because I went on a deep woods camping trip there this summer and was captivated by how powerful the woods feel when you are far enough away from other people. I also found the amount of dead trees in the area to be very ominous, considering the beetle kill was likely over 70 percent in the area, not to mention the left behind elk skulls and deer hangs one can come upon hiking through the area add to the stark landscape and emotion that follows. Although the forest in this area had an…

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    to produce MIC or C2H3NO. The MIC then reacts with 1-naphthol, a fluorescent and organic compound, which then forms the insecticide carbaryl being the primary ingredient in the pesticide Seven. Seven is used to dispose of bugs like tics, Japanese beetles, and worms that can cause health problems and kill off necessary crops. Pesticides are a neurotoxin, or a chemical that disrupts the nervous system of organisms, and in this case are type of chemical agent that stops the neurons from firing to…

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    Before I start typing this information about this lizard. I would like to give Morgan Phillips a shoutout for showing me this animal :) The leaping lesbian lizard is another name for the New Mexico Whiptail lizard. This lizard was produced through interbreeding of two native species of lizard. This lizard lives in southern United States and northern Mexico. The lizard lives in two states, New Mexico and Arizona. The leaping lesbian lizard is the state reptile of New Mexico. The lizard has two…

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    Happiness is a story, a fantastic story that begins at birth and ends at death. It may be a tale of lost love, with the protagonist searching for what was once his. It may be a coming-of-age story, where the main character discovers what was inside all along. It may be a fantasy, a comedy, but most importantly, happiness is whatever the writer makes it. Like any story, happiness draws on from the author’s own ideals and values. What would The Lord of the Flies be without Golding’s view of human…

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    Briarcliffe College, Online Helen Kuhns EG 330 _U1LCA Dr. J. Greco September 8, 2016 The intended meaning was her vison of a relationship with the man she loved. She did not know that it takes work to maintain it. Thinking she was in love, nothing else mattered. “She thought the studio would keep itself” How she thought life would be with the man she loved. “No dust upon the furniture of love” Because she is in love, she imagines that chores such as cleaning and cooking would not be…

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    It was the 1960s, gas was cheap, 37 cents a gallon on average, and people were finding their way back to normal life after World War 2. Racial tensions and tension with the USSR were coming to turning points, art and music were growing as an outlet for personal expression. The economy was circulating as the decade was run by democratic presidents between 1961 and 1969.The 1960s were a decade of change, and the auto industry was no exception. In the 1960s the automobile industry was shaped by a…

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    Cane Toad Research Paper

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    Australia by Hawaii, the cane toad is now native to South and Central America, Mexico, and extreme southern Texas. This toad was introduced to Australia from Hawii in June of 1935 by the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations to help control the cane beetle population. * The cane toad has become a problem in all of its habitats from Central and South America to Northern Australia. This toad will prey on and compete with native species. Therefore, it will commonly injure and/or kill household pets,…

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    The prairie dog has a very advanced home. The prairie dog is a small rabbit-sized rodent. Prairie dogs are small rabbit-sized rodents that live in grasslands in North America. They live in underground burrows, large tunnels, and chambers marked by mounds of dirt by their entrances. Burrows also have nurseries, toilets, sleeping quarters, and they even have listening posts. Prairie dogs are pretty advanced, for an animal. Prairie dogs live in large colonies, in underground burrows in grasslands…

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    Zebra Mussels Zebra mussels are a small freshwater mussel native to the lakes of southern Russia, deriving their name from the striped pattern typically found on their shells. Other possible patterns include white shell with brown edges as well as brown shells with white highlights. They were first described and recorded by a german zoologist by the name of Peter Simon Pallas in the year 1769 (USGS. 2015). Zebra mussels can still be found in Russian rivers but have also been accidentally…

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    guitar drop and a voice call out. There was an increasing sound in the distances, People started asking questions from one to another. Half a dozen soldiers arrived, then silence appeared. It was then they laid eyes on the aliens, it was a huge dark beetle like shape dull grey metal. One appeared and soon the more followed, they began to turn bulge out as a large white ball that seemed to turn inside out with a number of…

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