Frog

Most people are familiar with the Venus flytrap. Small and ominous-looking, the plants are commonly sold as novelties, and many a curious child (or adult) has triggered its ..……. (baneful, sinister, doomful, malevolent) traps with a pencil to see its amazingly rapid response. However, carnivory in plants is not limited to the famous Venus flytrap. In fact, there are more than 600 carnivorous plant species, and the ability to catch and digest ………(dupe, prey, victim, quest) has evolved…

What is acid rain? Acid rain is a form of deposition in which chemicals with an acidic pH level are taken out of the atmosphere through precipitation. When we pollute the air by burning fossil fuels, we create different chemicals that end up in our atmosphere. A few of these have chemical reactions with the water in clouds, and form (depending on the chemical) sulfurous and nitrous acids. When it rains, this acid is taken back to the ground. While pure water has a neutral pH level of 7,…

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert describes Earth's five previous mass extinctions and how humans are to blame for leading our biodiversity into a sixth mass extinction. As an animal lover and an Earth-history enthusiast, I was excited to begin The Sixth Extinction. Kolbert begins by documenting her scientific journeys, relating biodiversity's current extinction rates, to the previous five, showing the interconnectedness through history. Following this, Kolbert emphasizes that we are…

great deal of differences portrayed in the events between the film and the actual story. Between the film, The Pursuit of Happyness, and the real life events it’s based on, there are droves of similarities. According to the writers of Chasing the Frog, “They locked the door and slept on the floor of the MacArthur station in Oakland, Ca… When people knocked and banged on the door, Chris told his son to remain quiet” (“The Pursuit of Happyness”). In the film, when Chris was running out of money…

modern era, the status and role of dogs in China has changed a lot. In addition, rare and purebred breeds are kept as expensive pets for profit. 2. 呱呱 (guā guā) – Duck/frog Quite similar to the English sound of “quawk quawk”, the sound a duck makes is expressed in Chinese as 呱呱 (guā guā), which is also used to express the sound that a frog makes. But be careful, don’t call a man a鸭子 (yā zi), as it is also slang for male prostitute (and “chicken”, 鸡, is Chinese slang for female prostitute). 3.…

of a sixth extinction in our modern day society. She also uses a wide range of species to convey this message, which I found to be one of the most unique parts of the book. For instance, she accurately depicts the extinction of Panamanian golden frogs, the American mastodon, the great auk, amniotes, etc. After this, however, she concludes the book with concern: “Right now…we are deciding, without quite meaning to, which evolutionary pathways will remain open and which will forever be closed…and…

Zombie Apocalypse A wise character in a extraordinary television show once said “Come on people, what the hell? It’s gotta be the brain, don’t y’all know nothin’?” (Tell it to the Frogs, Walking Dead). When it comes to a Zombie Apocalypse, many people will not know that is the only way to take down a zombie. If there is ever a Zombie Apocalypse in my school, these would be the main keys to stay alive. There are only two main keys to stay alive in this situation: have plenty of food, and weapons…

and a little more than 2,000 birds and mammals. There are many species in the rainforest that can pose a hazard; the biggest ones are the black caiman, jaguar, cougar, and anaconda although there are many smaller ones like the blue poison dart frog. Deforestation…

According to Mandy Len Catron, she loves the study because “it assumes that love is an action. She is saying that it is fascinating and “I always wanted to try” (Catron, 2015). These 36 question advance this idea in many ways. It enhances the deep relationship between two strangers in a short span of time. It is unbelievable, but true. Mandy shares her personal experience with these questions, and she stated in response to the prompt, “Name three things my partner and I appear to have in…

case would be the less thrilling, and more dull experience applied to identifying as one, and only one, group or category. Reading further, Dickinson draws a larger picture of Somebodies by stating, “How public – like a Frog – “(Dickinson 6) and using the simile pertaining to the Frog as a vehicle into further notions of actions based purely on instinct. The notion of pure instinct lacking rationality implies that there is a mindlessness to being Somebody. This mindlessness is described in last…