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    know how the poison dart or arrow frog got its name. They are some of the most poisonous amphibians in the world the most deadly being the golden poison dart frog. Adaptation and The Poison Dart Frog’s characteristics has allowed it to survive in the jungle for many years. They have adapted to jump from place to place with ease. The reason they jump so far is because of their tendons are being stretched, to the point where they release and snap like a rubber band. This is what launches them forward. Another thing that they have adapted to is their poison to help protect them. Their poison is highly toxic. The most toxic poison dart frog is the golden poison dart frog. The frog has enough poison to kill 10 grown men. Scientists say the frogs poison is as deadly as a gun. It's because they get their poison from what they eat. They mostly eat small bugs and insects. They eat ants, beetles,…

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    The Poison Darwin Dart frog derived from the joining of a Darwin frog and a Poison Dart frog. It is classified in domain Eukarya because it contains eukaryotic cells, uses the process cell division to replicate, and it is a multicellular organism. It is in kingdom Animalia because it is a multicellular chemoheterotroph and does not have cell wall (Domain Eukarya 1). In phylum Chordata because the Poison Darwin Dart frog contains a notochord, a hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a postanal…

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    The Strawberry Poison-Dart Frog (Dendrobates pumilio, as well as, Oophaga pumilio) are very small, slender, dioecious, bilateral symmetric ("Poison frogs", 2003; Sandmeier, 2001; Savage, 2002; Penner 2011, n.p.) creatures that normally reach 17-24 mm in length with four, digits on their hands and feet. These frogs have dark eyes and their skin is very dewy with a gleamy appearance (Penner 2011, n.p.) and tend to vary in colors –strawberry-red, yellow, white, green, orange all mostly with black…

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    Poison Dart frogs A popular poison found in nature is Poison Dart Frogs. These frogs live in rainforest habitats in Central and South America and some in the Hawaiian Islands. The name Poison Dart Frog is a name of a group of frogs in the family dendrobatidae. The frogs are mostly bright colored and are diurnal, which means they come out during the day and sleep at night. As usual, Poison Dart Frogs have a delivery system. The article, Poison Dart Frogs, by Vera L. Figueiredo says “The toxins…

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    What is a small blue frog that is poisonous? The blue poison dart frog of course. Blue poison dart frogs are very interesting animals. They are interesting because they are the most poisonous type of frogs. The animal I chose is the blue poison dart frog also known as the Azureus. The phylum it belongs to is Chordata. Characteristics of the Chordata phylum are: most have vertebrates in other words animals with a backbone, they live in water for part of their life, they have no…

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    The Salado People Essay

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    In this report you will learn a lot about how the Salado people played games in their spare time. There are so many fantastic games that they played in their time that we are now playing in today's societies. Some of these games that we still play are horseshoes, wall darts, and dancing. These are just a few of the many games that they play, but we play them a little differently. We adjusted the rules and the object of the original game. Today, same of us play some type of sport or game, but…

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    Should Sports Be Open Play

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    that the sport is played on a pitch or field or another form of boundaries with both teams or players playing at the same time to try and score. To answer this question we must first decide whether not a lot of the defined sports are open play. Football and Rugby for example, are both played on a pitch, trying to obtain possession of a ball and score, clearly open play. Tennis, again, open play is used because both or all 4 players are trying to hit the ball so that the opponents can’t return…

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    Does an atlatl lengthen how far a dart goes compared to hand throwing the dart? Purpose The purpose of the experiment was to find out if the atlatl truly does increase the distance that a dart can travel, compared to just using an arm, on average. If it does increase the distance, than this knowledge could be used to understand how using the atlatl affected the way paleolithic Europeans survived, as there would have likely been less accidents killing prey, as they could be farther away, but…

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    It defines what liquid nicotine is as well as giving information on symptoms and how individuals can be poisoned. I also included other photos and quotes to help break up the information within the brochure. I tried to keep each section very short and to the point because people often become discouraged to read a whole brochure if there is an overwhelming amount of text. I also included important numbers to know such as poison control, 911, and center for disease control. I am hoping that with…

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    The play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, begins and ends with death by poison, but furthermore poison is a powerful tool that Claudius utilizes to murder, figuratively taint minds, and cause political corruption. The play grows out of a serious murder, the poisoning of the king. The former king, King Hamlet, was not only murdered, but murdered by his brother who has now taken over the throne. The man who now sits on the throne begins his reign built on lies and deceptions, ruling as a result of…

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