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Davione Lopez Keeping the everglades alive is important. Plenty of animals are in endangered and becoming extinct. Florida everglades is one of the best and biggest swamp to see in north America. The Florida everglades is important because its an endangered environment. The reasons why the everglades and swamps are important is because too much Pythons are taking over the swamps, the animals are getting extinct, and the wetlands help the humans. The snakes in the…

Families have died at concerts because people have brought guns and started shooting out of nowhere. In Las Vegas a couple of days ago there was a shooting. Someone who was a gambler shot at the concert that was going on. He shot while he was in his room he had a good angle to shoot everyone. He would only shoot the people who would run and hide. Later that night after killing 50 or more people he later on killed himself. Everyone who was running was actually running towards the killer no one…

Burmese Python Invasion Tracked in Florida A study by the U.S. Geological Survey (www.usgs.gov) has Florida wildlife officials worried about a Burmese python invasion in the Everglades National Park (www.nps.gov/ever). Now, since the pythons first made travel into the area in 1979, they have found the perfect breeding and feeding grounds and their numbers have grown to at least 300,000 snakes. It’s thought that the Burmese python invasion actually began to get its grip onto the area in 1992 when…

There are many reasons why my hometown of Carson City, Nevada is unique. The arid desert that reaches across the state and runs into the tall, beautiful terrain of the Sierra Mountains. The snowy mountains covered in trees create the almost hidden oasis of crystal water and black sand, Lake Tahoe. The cattle ranches stretching alongside the freeway through Pleasant Valley to “The Biggest Little City” of Reno. What I love most is the communities that have been created in these valleys that…

Broadacres Marketplace You may not be interested in outdoor swap meets when visiting Las Vegas, but then again, you may be from a place that doesn't have one. Or you may simply be here in Las Vegas for an extended vacation and want something to do besides what is offered on the Strip. Whatever the case may be, if you like swap meets and have the time, Broadacres Marketplace is the largest outdoor swap meet in the valley. In fact, to my knowledge it is the only one, but it is huge. I remember…

There are tens of thousands of Burmese pythons living in the Everglades (Ng 1). But why are there so many there? People from Asia are bringing pythons to Florida as pets, but when they get too big, people let the pythons go into the wild, which is mostly why there are so many pythons in the Everglades (Piven 1). With this many pythons living in the Everglades, it is certain that these Burmese pythons are changing the area. The presence of Burmese pythons is changing the Everglades by affecting…

Burmese pythons—an invasive species in south Florida—could find comfortable climatic conditions in roughly a third of the United States according to new "climate maps" developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although other factors such as type of food available and suitable shelter also play a role, Burmese pythons and other giant constrictor snakes have shown themselves to be highly adaptable to new environments. The just-released USGS maps can help natural resource agencies manage and…

17 people died on valntines day at a high school. On December 14, 2012 a shooter enter shady hooks elemateray school and took the lives of 20 kids and 6 adults. On July 20, 2012 a man begain shooting people at a movie theater. At a music festable in las vegas a gunman starting taken lives on the night of October 1, 2017, leaving 58 dead. When we hear these stories we feel a saddness in our hearts, yet we have done nothing about the issues of man taking guns into places and killing people. We…

python’s, the text states “To address the problem, the state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission is sponsoring ts first-ever python challenge. Open to the public from january 12 to February 10, the challenge it to hunt and kill burmese pythons, with a grand prize of $1,500 awarded to the hunter that kills the most pythons and another $1,000 for who bags the biggest python.” This shows…

How do you think the presence of Burmese pythons are affecting the Everglades? This passage will help you better understand this question. It is about what they are doing in Florida and how they are affecting it. Burmese pythons is a really dangerous creature to mess with. The Burmese pythons are also invasive in Florida and they get extremely big. According to the newspaper article, "Native to the grassy marshes of Southeast Asia, it is among the largest snakes in the world, capable of growing…