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    Maremma sheepdog is hard at work guarding the Little penguins of Middle Island. So how did this unlikely animal kingdom alliance come about? In the mid-1990s, the beach town of Warambool faced a new foe; foxes had infiltrated Middle Island to devour Little penguins and within a decade’s time the colony was on the brink of elimination. “The crisis came to a head, in 2005, when foxes killed 360 penguins over the course of two…

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    Imagine that you were swimming then all of a sudden your eyes are burning and your arms are getting heavy, that’s how some of these penguins felt in these two articles. “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” and “The Seabird Chronicle” both talk about how the beaches that penguins live on are contaminated with a oil spill. “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” and “The Seabird Chronicles” have similarities and differences like similarity in conflict but differences in setting. “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” and…

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    Amazing Penguin Rescue” (Lauren Tarshis) and “Saving Penguins, One Sweater At A Time” (Kristin Lewis). Did you know that little penguins are a species of penguin, so named because they can range anywhere from 10 to 12 inches tall (Kristin Lewis). When oil gets on penguins their feathers clump up, when this happens it exposes their skin and allows all the cold water and poisonous oil to get to their skin and make them cold (Lauren Tarshis 16). The penguins from “ The Amazing Penguin Rescue” and “…

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    Every single year many penguins are affected by oil spills. Oil spills affect more than 82,000birds, 6,000 sea turtles, 25,900 marine mammals and more. Around 2012 to 2013 there were more than 97,135 oil spills. “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” and “The Seabird Chronicle” have many similarities and differences like time and conflict. One similarity between “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” and “The Seabird Chronicle” is conflict. “The Amazing Penguin Rescues” conflict is character vs. society. In this…

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    Animals In Antarctica Antarctica is full of mysteries to most people who have never been there before, It’s like going to space or the moon. Antarctica is like a desert, except It’s not hot and it's very cold It’s the coldest continent in the entire Earth and all you see is the snow, sky, water and penguins, seals, birds. it does not rain or snow a lot there, but when it does snow instead of melting they remain there and builds up for many years and make a large thick sheets of ice and they…

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    Have you ever heard about the little penguin or the African penguin? Lauren Tarshis and Kristin Lewis have both written amazings stories about Penguins that have been stuck in an oil spill that is really harmful to animals. Lauren Tarshis wrote “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” which is about 40,000 penguins that were in an oil spill and the people that helped them. Kristin Lewis wrote “The Seabird Chronicle” which is about saving the penguins that were in the oil spill and then making sure that…

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    5 Fun Facts About Penguins Long black and white body. Small head with an orange bill. Short legs and feet. Wings that are only good for swimming. Penguins are one of the only birds that swim but don’t fly. Just because they are one of the most popular birds doesn’t mean that people know all of these 7 facts. 1. What an interesting body shape. Even though penguins are birds they can swim. Their body’s have adapted to swimming. Penguins have large heads followed by a short neck. At the bottom of…

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    Demi Lovato And Feminism

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    Express"). Panda Express does not use penguin meat to feed their…

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    Erect-crested penguins are perhaps some of the most mysterious of all penguin species. They are the largest of all the 6 species crested penguins. This penguin stands 50 centimeters tall and weighs and average of 8.5 pounds. They possess brush-like crests and long dark orange beaks that help distinguish them from other species. Other than these two features they sport the classic penguin look: black bodies with white bellies and black heads. Very little is known about these penguins. For…

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    peaceful place right after presenting G.W. Zoo as a chaotic environment reveals the differences between the two. This application of juxtaposition displays Spurlock 's claim of approving of the sanctuary and not of G.W Zoo because he doesn’t think animal captivity should be for human entertainment. Morgan Spurlock integrated anthropomorphism into the episode by attaching human motherly qualities to the parenting penguins and the chicks. By using anthropomorphism, Spurlock is able to further his…

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