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    The Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit is found in Washington, Wyoming, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Montana, and Idaho. The Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit is located in a biodiversity hotspot. The biodiversity hotspot it is located in is California floristic province. The Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit occupy big sagebrush where. It lives in burrows in soft deep soils in areas such as alluvial fans. They eat fresh fruit and vegetables. One reason the Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit is endangered is because it is mistaken for a cotton tail or other lagomorphs when it is hunting season. A second reason is because of habitat loss and fires becoming more frequent due to the increase of invasive cheat grass. A third reason is because of conservation to crop land and…

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    Mbuti Pygmies

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    Additionally, there's something you mentioned that I want to touch upon in reference to your statement: "Turnbull also touches on the fact that these are a dying people, and wants to preserve their history." I decided to do some poking around to see whether or not the Mbuti were still around even today, and I came across a pretty interesting article titled "Lured Toward Modern Life, Pygmy Families Left in Limbo." The article was published in the Washington Post back in 2006, and details how…

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    They "display the basest elements of nature... and lack all sensitivity, all compassion for those more helpless and weaker in mind and body than they are" (Johnson 16). Curley is extremely competitive, a trait that is evident in his desire to prove himself in a fight with Lennie and in his constantly asking where his wife is, as if he is competing with the other workers for her or demonstrating his "ownership" of her. Jealousy consumes him, and he lives as if he is subject to Darwin's theory of…

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    “Stop moving Ethiopia if not the snake will start to tighten its grip on your neck and so that I can try to remove it!”yelled Luke She stopped moving and since he was a good aim ,he was able to shoot a rock with his slingshot at the snake. She ran to hug Luke. “Thanks!”said Ethiopia “No prob”said Luke After that, he forgave Zoe and they kept hunting after they finished hunting that caught approximately 17 animals (sadly counting the dead mother rabbit…

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    catalog and saw clubs for everything from cake decorating to caring for baby calves. 4-H seemed like activities for country bumpkins. For no particular reason I picked rabbit judging. It turns out rabbit judging, something that should have given me a chance to be part of a team and gain confidence, instead gave me a life lesson in jealousy. After working hard to learn how to do rabbit judging, I still ended up snubbed for what I call beginner’s luck. In the beginning, however, I…

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    on. In her right hand she holds roses, and under her left arm is a casket, in which “Sixteenth-century Venetian brides received symbolic wedding gifts […].” (Goffen, p. 64) behind her is a small grouping of trees and two rabbits, and beyond that a small town with what appears to be a tower. The people gathered in front of a building are clearly visible, however they and the buildings appear to be hazy. This is an example of atmospheric perspective, a technique used to show how far objects in the…

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    Lewis The Rabbit Analysis

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    Lewis the rabbit Hi, I'm lewis and I'm a rabbit I live on a planet “Humans” like to call Earth. Earth is pretty and lively but… I'm a rabbit so can't really go out in the streets I know all these phrases from the humans. I'm going to keep it simple and say I want to get out bad I haven't got the chance, but when I do i'm out of here. And the way i'm going to do it, Is a complex strategy of running out the door when no one's looking. Yep that's how I did it, I mean how i'm going…

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    Crooks American Dream

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    “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” - John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a story that follows George, an intelligent worker, and Lennie, who is strong and mentally challenged. The two men work at a farm in Soledad, California. The men both share the same “American Dream,” owning a rabbit farm. Although they share the same dream, they have different reasons for wanting it. The character’s versions of their…

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    success of any group is determined by those who lead it. In Richard Adams’ Watership Down, a band of rabbits led by Hazel leave their warren when one of them, Hazel’s little brother Fiver, feels that some sort of danger is imminent. They encounter several struggles before they settle down and create the Watership warren. An attempt to extract does from another warren called Efrafa, lead by the fierce General Woundwort, starts a rivalry between the two groups. Hazel and Woundwort are different…

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    example to help everyone realize the stereotypes, discrimination, and labels that we give to those around us. Not everyone is the same, and we can't judge them based on who they are or where they came from. In the movie, Zootopia has reflected stereotype, prejudice and discrimination cut both ways where preys are perceived as weak and incapable and it also shows preys that are small in size such as rabbits that are even more discriminated. On the other hand, predators are also perceived as…

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