Crocodiles

If you think, as some do today, that many drugs used as medicines are potentially deadly, consider what people living in medieval times were prescribed as curative agents—from ground up corpses to toxic mercury to crocodile dung. The annals of medieval medical history are full of substances that make us cringe. Yet people believed in these cure-alls and willing took them when prescribed by a doctor of the Middle Ages. While we may laugh or shudder at these strange potions and treatments, we…

Canal, a Nile River”. He laughs and kept going- “what a stupid general, doesn’t even have a seventh grade standard education and knowledge.” He laughs out loudly again and said “only reason you should dig a canal is, if you want to welcome some crocodile into the canal”. He just repeats the famous Bengali…

matter what the odds are. In the film “The Good Lie” Theo , the chief urinates into the bowl saying “ I want to live, and I don’t want to die”, soon all the children takes his lead and decides that they will do what it takes in order to survive crocodiles, being shot at and losing more loved ones. Another example is the movie “San Andreas” where Ray Gaines, a Los Angeles Fire Department Air Rescue pilot is in the midst of a divorce from Emma and planning a trip to San Francisco with his…

herself up to an overhead track that was provided with a safety harness. Step by step Moira and my mother navigated their way across to the other side. When my mother finally arrived at the other side of the trail she was so inspired by the hippos and crocodiles that she had seen just ten feet below her as she made her way across the shaky rope bridge. As everyone was secured to an overhead track with a safety harness while crossing the shaky rope the experience was one that left each of us was…

of investors as well as being chief executive officer was done by Boedecker, while Hanson focused on setting up and running most of the operational aspects. The name of their new product was decided upon being called “Crocs”, an abbreviation of crocodile. “Crocs” was inspired by the characteristics of the animal which was known as being able to “live comfortable both in the water and on land, strong, and long-living” something they knew their product would ultimately convey (References for…

6-7). Other birth control methods mentioned were physical plugs in the vagina, with rags or grass, as well as regulation of intercourse (Himes 10, 16). Further out in time, the Egyptians still employed old concepts with new materials, such a using crocodile feces to pug the vagina, which…

grow because of a mixture of plants and some fungus species. There are almost 200 freshwater lakes with extremely clean and clear water on Fraser Island. It is extremely dangerous to swim in the ocean. There are treacherous currents, deep water, crocodiles, and…

premolars and molars) to cut, tear and grind their food.  Your mouth produces over 25,000 quartz of saliva in a lifetime that’s enough to fill two swimming pools.  Some animals grow new teeth just once in their lives.  Reptiles, such as snakes and crocodiles may have several set of teeth…

be there, be there!” Mr. Utmost screamed at his son, Nathan, who was running down the football field trying to catch the brown and pointed ball coming towards him. There was only a minute left in the game against the Gator’s notorious rivals the Crocodiles. The gators need 3 points to go into overtime. Nathan sprint like something was chasing him, slowed down, and then hugged the ball all the ways to the ground. The crowd exploded with cheers of joy while Nathan stood up and gathered with his…

Dear King Hammurabi, Ancient Egypt was very special in ways. Ancient Egypt had resources like the Nile river, had achievements, a government, had a similar daily life, finally religion. The people of Egypt relied on the Nile river.The Nile had resources for the people. The Nile is the longest river in the world and it is 4000 miles long. The river had a bunch of fish to cook and eat. In fact the poor people had to bathe in the Nile while the rich got to bathe in a tub in there house. The…