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    to weeds. In Australia we suffer with the problem of invasive species. We have the worst record of animal extinction in the world, and can you guess what the main causes is? Invasive species. Most australis don't realised how many invasive species we have roaming around, damaging our precious environment. Try and guess how many we have, or try and name at least 5….. okay well heres a list just to name a few. Red fox, the camel, rabbit, pigeon, donkey, gecko. Invasive species have spread through many ways. They have spread by ships, wooden products, ornamental plants and pet trade. In Australia most of our invasive species have been associated with humans. The Dromedary Camels and the Cane toads are two of Australia's invasive species that were brought from different places around the world on purpose. The Dromedary camel was brought into Australia as a beast of burden and arrived in Australia in 1840. It was very useful so more camels were brought to Australia and realised after they had been used.The camels became feral as they had no natural predators. To try and reduce their numbers, in 2008 to 2013 there was an extreme culling set into place, reducing them to 350,000 from 500,000. The cane beetle was a major devastation to the sugar crops in the sugar-cane fields in Queensland. Australian farmers had heard about the great things cane toads had done in South America and that they could possible be the solution to this problem. They quickly decided to ship a few over…

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    The city of Camel topia is a perfect city with riches beyond anyone 's wildest dreams. The city is ruled by King Mohammed the VIII, a glorious ruler that has made the city literally perfect. There is no conflict in the Utopia of Camel Topia and every camel lives for an upscale of a thousand years. There is however a grim secret that lurks in the minds of only two camels in Camel Topia. King Mohammed and his trusted servant, Pepe. The two camels are the only ones who know that the residents of…

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    Sadly, three years after marriage, she died of Tuberculosis. In November 1807, he married his cousin Elizabeth Macquarie. On the 8 May 1809, Macquarie was appointed captain-general and governor-in-chief of New South Wales and its dependencies. He left for the colony on 22 May 1809, on HMS Dromedary. He arrived on the 28 December at Sydney Cove and landed officially on 31 December, taking up his duties on the following day. He was appointed as past governor William Bligh, was arrested for the…

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    Implicit Attitude Changes

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    feelings for Europe and Asia, and assess their knowledge about the two countries. Their answers were recorded on a computer. For the third experiment, the goal was to show that the ownership effects on explicit measures that associate with the impact of automatic associations. The participants consisted of 81 undergraduates that participated in a attention, attitudes, and social judgment study. The experiment consisted of an object being owned vs not owned and feelings vs. reasons. The study…

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    girls arrive at Moore river shows that they are mournful about everything that’s happened so far in the film, thus, evoking sympathy in the viewer. At the beginning of the scene, the soundtrack playing creates an eerie vibe and makes the audience sceptical about what going to happen. When the Nun first approaches the car, and speaks for the children, Daisy and Gracie huddle and hide next to Molly. This is because the girls are ominous towards the Nun. Meanwhile, the noise of the truck leaving…

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    parts, offers a glimpse of the culture of the Middle Ages and presents a path through a theological maze, which sometimes escapes the true iconological interpretation. The mosaic has at its center the Tree of Life, along which the main representations are unraveled. At the top of the tree, there is an image of the Original Sin, which is the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. This “episode” is preceded by several figures enclosed in sixteen medallions, which refer to animal or…

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    constructing buildings and metals for making tools and weapons. The problem faced by the first trader was how to get the stuff from one place to another place. The author mentioned the evidence of earliest trade with the help of boats made from the skin of animals wrapped around wood or antler frame, these are termed as barges. These barges are able to carry some goods and few donkeys, as boats cannot travel upstream. The donkeys were used for the return journey to carry imports and valuable…

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    fallen in the . Michael L. McKinney, Robert M. Schoch & Logan Yonavjak (2007) tell us that a key characteristic of hot and dry deserts is lack of precipitation, they are classified by less than 250mm of rain annually. Some deserts such as the Atacama, situated in the Andes rain shadow receives less than 10mm of rain annually. A key characteristic of hot and dry deserts is the substantial diurnal temperature changes during a twenty four hour period. Desert’s average above 20 degrees with…

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    Coronavirus Vs Sars-Cov

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    Camels Watson (2014) found that the MERS-CoV disease was originally discovered in bats due to its close relationship to other bat viruses and genetic similarities. After sequencing and performing reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rT-PCR) detection on the MERS-CoV disease, it was also discovered in several camels as well. This process involves using the ribonucleic acid (RNA) from the MERS-CoV disease as a template to generate complementary deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA). PCR is…

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    Early Japanese History

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    total. The lower 48 floors contain shops, restaurants, clinics, and offices. It also contains what were the world’s second fastest elevators, which reached speeds of 28 miles per hour. This speed allows the elevator to reach the 69th floor in 40 seconds. The Nogeyama Zoological Garden is a free zoo opened in April 1951. It covers 24 acres and houses 1400 animals of 100 different species. One of the first animals that visitors see upon entering the zoo, and one of the most popular, is the red…

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