Scavenger

In the modern world, waste production and diversion have become a crucially important issue that cannot be ignored. With the growth of the population and rapid development of the technology, the world now has immense waste production. Highly advanced cities with growing populations have a great requirement of resources in order to sustain the needs of the city. In consequences, the rate of waste production escalated along with all these factors. Sydney and San Francisco, at first sight, are…

the 1990’s the South Asian Gypes “Vultures started dying out because of a drug that is given to livestock. Once the livestock died the vultures ate the carcasses and the vultures started dying of kidney failure” (Dasgupta, Mongabay). Vultures are scavengers and they keep our ecosystem clean and healthy. When they started dying out it was like a domino effect and it effected many other species and it killed lots too. “It also infected humans and it caused the rat and feral dog population rose up…

Construction of Alternate Mythology and History In G.Kalyan Rao’s Untouchable Spring Swasti Sharma Introduction The caste system finds its origin in functional groupings, called varnas, which have their origins in the Aryan society of ancient northern India. In their creation myth, four varnas are said to have emanated from the Primeval Being. The Creator’s mouth became the Brahman priests, his two arms formed the Rajanya warriors and kings, his two thighs formed the Vaishya landowners and…

Humans, animals, plants and all kinds of creatures live in this planet relevant to each other in an established order. To maintain the order and to keep the planet habitable we are responsible for our actions against other creatures. This leads to the point that we have some moral obligations towards animals. To clarify, we as humans can not cause unnecessary pain that even Edwin Locke who is against animal rights agrees upon (Edwin Locke, 1). However, these moral obligations do not include meat…

19) A forest has a GPP of 3.8 kg C/m2/year and the rate of cellular respiration is 2.4 kg C/m2/year. What is the NPP? A) 6.2 kg C/m2/year B) 1.4 kg C/m2/year C) 1.0 kg C/m2/year D) 9.12 kg C/m2/year E) 1.58 kg C/m2/year 20) The number of species in a given area such as a pond, the canopy of a tree, or a plot of grassland, is known as _______________. A) species evenness B) microevolution C) ecosystem diversity D) macroevolution E) species richness 21) Most demographers estimate that the human…

A thick layer of sweat cascades from Seamus’ distressed face, as he struggles with Rey over his shoulder. Bumping into people and obstacles alike, Seamus moves with surprising haste considering the encumbrance. Caleb in tow, the three of them hurtle down Bagger's Alley. Stopping at a low khaki tent, Seamus ducks through bright door beads, Rey still on his shoulder. “Meridia git’ your stuff out, Seamus is back in town!” Seamus gasps for air. The weathered face of an old woman quickly darts out…

William T. Sherman a historical icon that can be ranked in the same category as Napoleon Bonaparte and Frederick the Great is a great is an absolute accomplishment. A military genius and mastermind that would deliver the final death blow to the South and the Confederacy. Burke Davis shows the memory of Sherman with these momentous accolades. Sherman indeed entitled to these honors, not only a master of strategy but also a master of human manipulation, and understanding. Sherman from the…

Rachel L. Markey Professor Moffler-Daykin ENGL 320 05 May 2016 Research Proposal: Herman Melville’s view on religion translated in Moby Dick The first line of the novel suggests that the narrator wants to be called another name. It suggests that he was once known by a different name, but for the purpose of the story, there is another name that is presented to the reader. In a way Ahab can be referenced as a God. He always tests his crew’s loyalty to him and the ship. That being said, Ahab…

There was an early tendency to view the monarchy as the lion itself. Looking at the Battlefield Palette, various experts don’t see the lion as a scavenger like the vultures (bottom left corner) but as that of the conqueror/ruler. It was a common practice in Egyptian culture to refer to kings as a lion. Frequently the Lion hieroglyph is translated as prince or local ruler. Associating the lion with…

supply unique natural products, they regulate the population densities of many potential pest species, they dispose of our wastes, bury the dead, recycle organic nutrients and maintain the population of other species at stable level. As consumers, scavengers, pollinators and decomposers, insects play a vital role in the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients besides becoming an important food source for a wide variety of other animal species. In some places like Thailand, Mexico, Laos and China,…