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    Black Rhino Research Paper

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    You might think that there is an actual colour difference between the Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis) and the White Rhino (Ceratoherium simum) but there is not. They are very close in color. The differences between the two Rhino’ are the shape of their mouth and their body. The Black Rhino is the smaller of the two Rhino’s. They can weigh around 1500kg and can grow up to 1.6m at the shoulder. The Rhinos’ mouth is small and hooked-shaped upper lip for eating small trees and shrubs. Their…

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    Whales Observation Report

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    Whales are fancy creatures. They are considered as the biggest mammals in the world. An adult whale can grow up to 30 m long and 180 t weight. There are 7 different main species of this giant mammal such killer, Minke, Sei, humpback, right, finback, and blue. Whales are mostly considered as predators. The interesting thing about the whales is that they are considered as highly intelligent animals with emotion. the social behavior of whales. They live alone or in groups. However, they are mostly…

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    Why Is George Orwell Wrong

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    a haunting guilt feeling for killing an innocent elephant. Destroying the market and some village huts, Orwell found the elephant going crazy. Killing one man, as the police officer George reacted quickly. Although the incident is very controversy George had multiple acts of selfishness throughout the entire situation. George had no right to shoot seeing as he did not know how to put down a creature that large peacefully and that the elephant had calmed down. In addition to this, he owned…

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    Exploratory Writing

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    The way the elephant die is so horrible, and Orwell kills it not because of the dangers of the elephant but only because he wants to show off as a "master". I feel so shock when he think that he was "very glad that the coolie had been killed." I feel like he is so heartless. I know that the villages want Orwell kill the elephant and his position in the empire but it is still scary for me. If I were he I would not kill the elephant and try to save it's life by explain for…

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    In the passage “End All Ivory Sales Worldwide”, James A. Baker III is persuading his readers that the illegal murdering of elephants for ivory needs to come to an end. He uses many different methods to try to persuade his audience to get involved with banning the trading of ivory. Baker gives evidence by giving facts along with examples to support his claims. He uses reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence. He also uses stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice…

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    Europeans at every opportunity presented. They tripped Orwell during a soccer game and hurled insults at him as he walked down the street. Like the chained elephant going into a “must”, the Burmese people were acting out because of their oppression. Enlightenment comes for Orwell after his dilemma of whether or not to kill the elephant. He saw the elephant as calm and peaceful and had made up his mind not to kill him. Yet, when he felt all the eyes of the Burmese on him, he realizes that it is…

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    Elephant In The Room Essay

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    Source A- The elephant in the room: How contraception could save future elephants from culling By- Rose Eveleth Web address- Rose Eveleth . 2011. The elephant in the room: How contraception could save future elephants from culling . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-elephant-in-the-room/. [Accessed 05 February 16]. Summary of evidence- In the 1900’s poaching threatened to wipe out the elephant population in South Africa. This made conservationists worried, so…

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    Old Town Incident

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    last very long. The streets were filled with people scattering as an elephant ran loose. The “Wrongling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus” had lost their entertainment elephant, Fluffy, to the the city. This incident occurred as the circus was on their way to George Mason University for a performance. Fitzwilliam Darcy, a 55 year old man whom is the manager of the circus, stated to us that this is very unusual for the elephant to act out the way he did, “He has never done anything like this…

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    physical setting is not so distinctly defined as the social setting--persecution makes its way to the narrator and people like him from every corner of the Burmese public, ranging from dirty looks to spoken jeers. When the story nears the place of the elephant, the physical setting is more clearly described. The speaker makes his way the the “very poor quarter”, where the village is made of dirt roads and dilapidated huts (2). An implicit distinction is established by the speaker’s manner of…

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    Theme Of Oppression By George Orwell

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    In Orwell?s case, the coolie killed by the elephant represents the invasion of Burma by the British. Just as no one can predict the next victim of the elephant, also no one can predict the next victim of the British. The murder of coolie gives Orwell a justifiable reason to kill the elephant. Orwell does not want himself to be considered as British, but he does not want to be thought the fool either. George Orwell makes his decision to shoot the elephant appear to be…

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