Macaw

Sydney Robbins Mrs. Gritters English 10-2 21 October 2015 Deforestation Deforestation is the removal of trees to be made into a clearing of land. Deforestation is a major issue for the environment. Not only does it make global warming, worse but it also removes habitat for animals that live in the forests. The amount of money the loggers get is enough to sustain the communities of Brazil. Some people see the benefits of deforestation and others do not. Environmental…

Guatemala has many amazing and unusual facts like, there are 22 different native tribes that each speak their own language but, the official language of Guatemala is Spanish. The capital of Guatemala is Guatemala City. The city has over 5 million residents making it one of the most populated cities in Guatemala. The tallest mountain in Guatemala is the Tajamulco volcano it has in altitude above 14000 ft. Furthermore, there are many more awesome facts about Guatemala. There are many different…

Throughout millions of years species have learned to adapt to the ever-changing planet they call home. Some species have survived the change and others have not and went extinct. The National Geographic documentary on the Wild Amazon Rainforest offers some insight on how the creatures of the forest and the river have adapted throughout time. Every year new species is being discovered, whether it be plants or animals. If the environment is changing slowly the animals and plants that live in the…

Because he died at a young age, he didn’t contribute much to society except for the biological study of the Spix’s macaw, a species extinct since 2002. As a 7-year old boy in his stage of ¨the terrible twos” and, in a freak accident by hitting his head as an irving legend says, realized he would only have a short childhood and needed to get as much math experience as…

Introduction I’ve always been fascinated with the Maya Civilization since the very first time I visited Copan, one of the largest Classic Maya centers located at the western region of Honduras. I remember the moment I was greeted by the stelae in the Great Plaza, gazing at the intricate hieroglyphic carvings in their backs and the sculptural relief details found in sculptures and buildings nearby. I was amazed at the fact that these monuments were still standing after thousands of years ago, and…

Henry hesitantly hammered The Button . Consequently, the machine hummed and the two animals shifted uneasily. BANG! There was a huge flash. Instantly James knew something was wrong. The new animal emerged from the dust and smoke. It was a tacaw, a macaw with a lion's head. “ No, no, no! This is all your fault! The world is going to end!” James pointed towards Henry. “Have him taken away!” No one ever saw Henry again. Meanwhile, the tacaw had found a relaxing…

Dwight Holing Dwight Holing’s career as an author had a pretty unpromising start. Asked to write this essay during the third grade, he handed this story in called “Bloody Murder” and he used red ink for the title. Clever, if not a snare, yeah? Well, his teacher didn’t agree, and gave it an F. Not all was lost, though. He learned his very first lesson about irony: she used a red pen as well. He spent his summers in college working at the salmon fishery in Alaska. By the end of the season, he…

color changes the why people perceive color. If you were to ask someone who grew up in the United States what is more red, the fire engine red or Scarlet Macaws, then there is a probably that this person will pick the fire engine red. However, if someone from the Amazon was asked the same question then they will probably pick the Scarlet Macaws because of what it was exposed to. Phonogram: is a symbol representing a vocal sound but the way it is pronounced will eventually change as the people…

“We’re going to DIE!!!” I screech at my mother as we sit on a grimy roadside curb, cars rushing out and into tunnels, ignoring our drastic plight. I strain my ears and faintly hear the squawking of colorful macaws and fatigued children. The parking lot behind us is itself the Amazon Rainforest. No; it is the Sahara: hot, monotonous, dry, and stretching forever. With all the sweat and bodily fluids caked into my hair, I can barely lift my head to look pleadingly at my mother, again, my eyes…

that have been threatened by the illegal trade as noted by Mongabay. Live birds are the most frequently trafficked live animals like Songbirds, such as finches, Green-winged Saltators and Double-collared Seedeaters and larger birds like parrots and macaws. Reptiles are also being sought after, Latin America is known for its unusual and uniquely colored morphs like the rare and endemic species of iguanas and arboreal alligator…