Killer whales

He has received Title 1 reading intervention for grades k-4 and tested out last year. His Lexile range is 879-1079. Text Analysis: D chose the following two books: Eragon by Christopher Paolini as his difficult text and The Whale Scientists, solving the Mystery of Whale Strandings by Fran Hodgkins as his easy text. Text Complexity Table for Eragon from teachers.net, n.d., Retrieved June 19, 2016. Eragon is a young adult fantasy fiction text that is the beginning novel of a trilogy by…

In this article Ben Goldfarb writes about the endangered vaquita, the world’s most endangered marine mammal, and he explains how and why this unique animal is being pushed to extinction. The vaquita is the world’s smallest cetacean that lives solely in the narrow body of water that runs from the Baja peninsula to Mexico and it is currently on the brink of extinction due to being trapped in the nets fishermen use to illegally capture totoaba. Totoaba are large fish (the size of a football…

How To Catch Ladyfish: A Complete Guide For All Who Wish To Know Personally, I would recommend a ladyfish as the perfect target for the first try of an amateur angler. Here's why. They are perfect fighters and you should expect them to make every possible attempt to jump their way out of the hook. Without the right guidance, they could easily slip away. I once had these problems too, wondering exactly how I could improve my angling skills and have sufficient return on my fishing investment. The…

For my endangered species project I chose the coluber constrictor foxii also know as the blue racer snake. I chose this endangered animal because there are very few of them and it is a beautiful species. One of the biggest reasons this animal is endangered is because they are a very docile snake that would rather flee then flight. There are many organizations trying to save this species and others like it. https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/556687203910425502/?lp=true The…

What inspires the will to survive when situated in an extreme environment? Being in a dangerous environment can cause the human body to panic, especially if they’re alone. Whether it’s being stranded out on the ocean with a tiger on the boat, living on the rim of the polar sea and having to hunt polar bears for survival, to being separated from your own parents because of a storm can be difficult to maintain your determination of surviving. Comparing “ The Lost Island of Tamarind “ and Life…

American minks were introduced because shipments of minks were being made to North America. They were then initially presented in the UK in the 1920s. Thew were discovered mainly in the wild as a result of escape and also due to human intervention which made there population expand in lakes and rivers that were in Europe and South America. American minks were mainly introduced for fur farming to make jackets and capes for humans. 
The first mink to be found in Britain was an accidental cause…

Stave Churches, which are common in Norwegian lands, are medieval timber framed structures made of timber. The remains of these churches, which were built during the Viking period, appeared in archaeological excavations. However, there are still churches that protect themselves and reflect the period. Borgund Church or Borgund Stave Church. The Borgund Church is the most famous of the 28 Stave churches that have not been found in Norway. Between 1180 and 1250, the Church of Borgund was built by…

People should advance in their desire to find the Loch Ness monster because other " allegorical" species have been found accurate, also many people have sighted this creature. "For hundreds of years, sailors told stories of a hideous creature with a long round head, a jagged-edge beak, and enormous, powerful tentacles... scientist gave Kraken a new name: the giant squid"(6). Some creatures that were pure fiction, like the giant squid and the Komodo lizard, have been proven an undeniable species.…

Loch Ness (Great Britain) This is probably the world's most famous monster mystery. The Scottish lake Loch Ness has been talked about for centuries and under 1900s the place became famous as the home of the mysterious long-necked creatures. Loch Ness cuts like an arrow through Scotland and stretches from Inverness in the northeast to Fort William in the south. On November in 1933 took Hugh Gary a factory worker, what appears to be the first photograph of the beast. It took place where the river…

Most people have heard the famous shark motif from Jaws at least once in their life, whether they’ve known it or not. The infamous theme comes from a classic movie from 1975 that is iconic for its music, plot, director, and use of camera angles to progress the suspense in the film. This ahead-of-its-time movie sets the standard by which all summer blockbusters have since been measured, and became one of the most influential movies in film history. The power of a good movie that's so ahead of its…