Cactus

The Aztec’s worshiped many gods (deities). The most worshiped god in the Aztec culture was Huitzilopochtli, whose name meant left handed hummingbird. An interesting characteristic of Huitzilopochtli is he was born full grown. He was the god of sun and war and was a cultural god. Coatlícue, his mother became pregnant by placing feathers under her breasts. When her more than 400 children learned of the pregnancy they were outraged and revolted against her. When Coatlícue was decapitated by her…

Huitzilopochtli, the god of the sun and war, spoke to them and stated that he would help them find a permanent home so they could settle. The catch was they had to find a sign. What is the sign you might ask? Well it was to find an eagle sitting on a cactus eating a snake. It took more than a century for somebody to spot the sign! One lucky priest put an end to their search. He found the sign located near Lake Texcoco. To Aztecs disappointment there was a tribe already settled…

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Indians citing that it was being used for anti-Christian ceremonies that summon demons to the New World. After Peyote was banned, any Indian found still using the drug for religious or any other purposes was tortured and killed (“History of the Peyote Cactus and the Native American Church,”…

The barrel cactus is easily distinguished from other cacti because of its cylinder-shaped body. It is one of the largest cacti in North America reaching a staggering eleven feet tall. Running down the spines are 3-4 inch spines and on top are rings of yellow-green or red blossoms. Native Americans used to boil them into cabbage-like stews. They would also grind up the pulp and extract the water. Another plant native to deserts is the brittle bush. IT is a small deciduous shrub which grows as a…

generations they changed automatically to allow them get enough food to survive and reproduce Finches with beaks better suited for eating cactus got more food and a better condition to mate. Those with beak shapes that were better suited to get nectar from flowers or eating hard seeds in other environment had their own advantage Examples: Cactus finches' boast longer and it is more pointed than ground…

Evidence states that they were around 15,000 years ago. Weber, G. Cactus Hill site states that Lynn and Joseph McAvoy found charcoal from a fire pit in clovis hill from 15,000 years ago. On a lower level of Cactus Hill archaeologists also found found blade-type stone tools that appear to have been used for butchering meat and processing hides, but nothing resembling Clovis spear points.…

Some of these endangered species are the prickly pear cactus, massasauga rattlesnake, and the eastern ratsnake. The prickly pear cactus is mostly known to the area of Point Pelee and the surrounding areas, and is quite rare because very few cacti can withstand Canada's harsh temperatures but this one can. The next endangered species is the massasauga…