Hedgehog

polluted. It was hard for the poor they did not get to drink a lot. They drank ale, mead or cider. But the rich could drink many types of wines. They usually ate meat and bread. They had a huge range of meat to eat. They would eat pork, lamb, bear, hedgehog, and rabbit. And they also ate fish like herring, salmon, whiting, cod, trout, and pike. They also ate shellfish which included crab, oysters, and mussels. People who lived by the coast normally ate seafood and they would also trade the…

Introduction Due to the ever growing population urban areas are predicted to grow by a significant amount in the near future due to the increasing human population. The housing built to deal with the expanding human population is likely to high-density, low- cost housing with small gardens. An experiment was done to see the effect this will have. In an experiment they used a questionnaire to analyse the factors affecting the use of gardens by a number of different mammals. They recorded 22…

Prior to reading the article, I had never thought much about the external placement, or lack thereof, of the male scrotum. I was sure that it had always been that way, and there was no significant meaning for its placement. However, after reading the article, “The Scrotum is Nuts”, I agree more with the hypothesis of Michael Chance and Roland Frey, “The Galloping Hypothesis”. It is hypothesized that the external placement of the testes was due to the increase abdominal pressure from movement by…

Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today's most common diseases; we have to turn to unexpected sources: worms, flies, and even fish. In Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin clears up the questions previously asked. He tells the story of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back…

The Battle of Atlantic was the longest and largest sea battle during World War II . World War II began on September 3rd 1939, two days after German forces stormed into Poland. The Battle of the Atlantic began shortly after the declaration of War, but there is no official date of commencement. The Battle did not end until the defeat of Germany in May of 1945. The Battle was between the Allied powers, Great Britain, Canada and the United States, and the Axis powers, Germany and Italy. Both forces…

The atomic bomb was and is still today the most destructive weapon in history. When detonated it a spray up a giant mushroom cloud of soot and ashes that would gloom upon the city below. World War II was one of the most destructive and costliest wars in history. The war lasted six years, and over sixty million people, both military and civilians, lost their lives. As the war raged on, the Allies and the Axis Powers sought to develop better technologies to gain the advantage. Both sides…

Werewolves Monsters have both been seen as good and bad since they have been created. Monsters have been seen in many different ways from the creator who made it out of wanting to tell his story in a different way or the readers/watchers who relate them to their own lives to make them get through what they need. The werewolves in The Originals can be seen as murderers or to other people as a side of all of us that needs to come out at times, it just depends on how you look at it. Werewolves are…

1. Biliary atresia is a childhood chronic, progressive liver problem that can be acquired or congenital. This abnormality affects females slightly more often than males, and Asians and African Americans more often than Caucasians. The bile ducts, which would normally allow bile liquids to drain into the intestines and kidneys, are blocked. This blockage of bile, which aids in digestion, causes liver damage, and in turn, affects many vital body functions. Symptoms are noticed one to six weeks…

has one body, but two noses, two mouths, and two set of eyes. There have been less than 50 cases of diprosopus ever since the 1800’s because the genetic disorder is very uncommon in humans but is known in many animal species. Excess of the sonic hedgehog protein or cranial bifurcation of the notochord during…

Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin Chapter Questions Chapter 1 – Finding Your Inner Fish 1. Explain why the author and his colleagues chose to focus on 375 million year old rocks in their search for fossils. Be sure to include the types of rocks and their location during their paleontology work in 2004. The author and his colleagues chose to focus on 375 Million Years as it was a period when the transformation took place from fish to fish with limb. The fish without characteristics of…