Red Dragon

iant panda may look like a vegetarian on the outside, but it definitely looks like a carnivore on the inside. A genetic analysis of 121 samples of panda poop finds that the community of microbes living inside these animals’ guts is optimized to digest meat. This is despite the fact that giant pandas have been eating bamboo for at least 7 million years, and that the plant has been the bears’ sole food source for at least 2 million years. The findings, published Tuesday in the journal mBio, may…

really a red panda sleeping. Red panda’s sleep during the day and are most active at night. You know the feeling when you eat something sweet for the first time in a long time? Well red pandas do too, they love the taste of aspartame which is used in most fake sugars. The red panda is a very unique animal and zoos all over the world are proud to show them off as one of their most prized possessions. Although the red panda’s natural habitat is endangered their species is still thriving. The red…

fearful of getting “the MC1R gene that somehow can play a role in the cancer initiation or growth” (Healy). In other words, when it comes to the person’s health, freckles are not 100 percent healthy. As the research goes, along with the freckles and the red colored hair also comes a propensity to develop melanoma—a particular deadly form of skin cancer (Healy). Not only is this possible, but because freckles are hereditary, which means that they come from generation to generation, if the person…

In the late 1970’s there was a hot bed of political activity throughout the world, which fed into the Cold War. The Soviet-Afghanistan War was a battlefield in which the Cold War super powers never faced each other but fought each other through different avenues like many other conflicts. Years earlier, the American military fought a counterinsurgency in Vietnam in which the Soviets helped the North Vietnamese fight the Americans. Even though the Americans won the major battles within the war…

The Red Pony is a book that was written by John Steinbeck. John Steinbeck is an award winning author for his novels and short stories. The Red Pony is one of Steinbeck's books that he wrote based on his life and growing up. Throughout The Red Pony it shows Jody progressing and maturing through the parts of the book. Throughout the 4 parts Jody learns that life and death are connected in many different ways. Jody also undergoes many valuable lessons about life to begin maturing. Progressing to…

Self –disclosure, according to Ivey, Bradford Ivey, & Zalaquette (2016), is when a counselor shares his or her own past personal experiences, here –and-now observations or feelings towards the client or opinions about the future. Although, this is a controversial topic in counseling, (Ivey, Bradford Ivey, & Zalaquette 2016), this microskill has some benefits that promote healing to the client. As a future counselor, I know there will be a time in my profession when I may be counseling a middle…

Introduction The common name of the Vulpes vulpes is the red fox. The red fox has a relatively long body with dense fur. The fur is typically a rusty red color and the legs are darker in color, sometimes even black. Foxes have black pointed ears and long canine teeth. On their underside, the fur is white from their nose down to their belly, orangish-red fur on its back, sides, and head. Red foxes have white fur under their neck and on their chest. A male fox, also called a “dog” weighs…

Human Services professional Informational interview The human service professional that I chose to interview was Betsy Zimmerman. Betsy is a case manager in in Norfolk, Virginia at Counseling Center LLC. This is an agency that focuses on client-centered treatment to help individuals who are struggling with substance abuse. Betsy Zimmerman received her bachelors in sociology and criminology at Christopher Newport University and she received her master’s in counseling education from Georgia…

mixers, or even just have one on the side, not knowing the danger they are putting themselves in. Energy drinks are said by the market to be super energy-boosting, or even healthy, but this is far from the case. Many of these energy drinks, such as Red Bull, have no reported ingredients that actually promote energy,…

It was a warm dry sunny day, in San Francisco where the CIncinnati Reds were taking the field for practise. There was someone named Billy. He was a very kind, thoughtful, and sweet person. He looked a little different than other people. He had a mental disability. Even though he had a mental disability he was the best player at the practise by far, and everybody knew. A couple hours later there was another player who came, his name was Josh. When Josh had arrived he overheard people saying that…