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    A captain, cook, oiler, and correspondent find themselves in a miniscule boat fighting for survival. This is not the beginning of a bad joke, but rather the scene found at the beginning of Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat”. Following these four characters as the recover from a shipwreck and attempt to make it to safety though all they have is a small boat and their waning strength, this story shares a powerful theme. This story is a prime example of the Naturalism philosophy: no matter what humans…

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    Kelp Observation

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    The animal I observe is living in an ecosystem that is made up of plants and other animals. It is living in an kelp ecosystem. The animal has other organisms living with it in the kelp ecosystem. It has fish and kelp and some sharks. The fish gets food from the kelp. It also uses the kelp to hide in. It also chased off some smaller fish from it’s own territory. When the fish was hiding, it was interacting with the kelp and not interacting with other fish. Also, all ecosystems must have a…

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    Asian Carp Crisis

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    faster than the Native species, as they lay about 1000 eggs to the native species 100. This is a problem because the carp are overpopulating, which brings a decline in the native fish species. The decline in native fish species could damage commercial fishing which will have an economic impact. The carps also makes lakes a dangerous place. For example, the Silver carp are very sensitive to sound,…

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    The Amazing Adventures of Finding Nemo (Character Analysis) In the adventurous movie, Finding Nemo, directed by Stanton and Unkrich, Dory goes through life untroubled and lighthearted, part of that is because she has short term memory loss. First of all, Dory meets three sharks while on an adventure with Marlin. She is totally unfazed by the fact that sharks usually eat fish but Marlin is the total the opposite. “Well, hi!...” Dory greeted the shark like it was no dig deal. “...You mean like…

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    Why should teens read The Odyssey Goethe called The Odyssey and “The Iliad” “the most important books in the world” (Mitchell). This was written by a blind poet named Homer in Eighth century B.C. It also is still an enchanting book even after all those years. It's also the foundation of Western Literature. So teens should read the Odyssey because it is exciting, everything becomes fresh, and new and is a world infused with imagination. “The book is presented very clearly by Homer and many poets…

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    Catching Summer Bass

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    see bass feeding on the surface, much like a trout eating bugs on the surface, but instead of sipping a fly they bass will smash it like a Mack truck. Ever since I was young and would drag jitterbugs across the surface on a spinning rod, top water fishing has always been my favorite method. 7. Find moving water Bass—mainly smallies—will hang out on the edge of moving water. Areas around culvert inlets and outlets are a good place to start. Much like trout, Bass will sit on the edge of the…

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    the water. We went out on a local lake and started fishing. After about five hours of fishing, with no luck, it became dark and we headed home. The next morning we headed out to try again.…

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    Abstract: Human impact has lead Eubalaena glacialis, or the North Atlantic Right Whale, population to be classified as critically endangered. Habitat fragmentation, fishing entanglement, whaling, and shipping are of the main direct human impacts that have affected the North Atlantic Right Whale population. This leads to a decrease in population because of mortality, injury, or other health impacts. Despite conservation efforts the North Atlantic Right Whale population has not seen much growth…

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    The Open Boat Sparknotes

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    The story “The Open Boat” tells of men on a small boat in the middle of the ocean. Has you keep reading the story details of it come to spring up throughout it. A shipwreck had occurred moreover, there were only four survivors. One of the survivors names is Billie he was much built and a muscular man; he rowed one of the oars of the boat. The other three survivors were the cook, an unknown person, and the captain of the ship that wrecked. As the tiny boat drifted through the ocean it was…

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    1) Survival is of the utmost importance on the reef. Explain how coloration benefits both predators and prey. Give examples of each. Survival on the reef is of the upmost importance. There are many ways that creatures on the reef attempt to achieve these means, one of these methods is called coloration. Coloration is important because it allows residents of the reef to communicate with each other in very simple terms, but also very effectively. These communications include mating or…

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