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    The Toad: A Short Story

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    Long ago in a very large marsh there lived a community of frogs, there was also one toad who lived there to, no one liked the toad and no one treated her fairly because she had warts all over her body, the frogs would always tease and make fun of her for being the only toad in the marsh. The toad had grown up in this marsh so she never met another one of her kind and she had always wanted to, she wanted to move and go find other toads to live with but the marsh was surrounded by a large dry…

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    Title: Ecological Interactions of Living Organisms in Beaver Creek Statement of the Problem: How do the organisms in Beaver Creek interact with the biotic and abiotic portions of the ecosystem? The sample was taken from Beaver Creek (a tributary of Tookany Creek) in Glenside, Montgomery County, PA. The pH of the creek was 5.5, and the stream velocity was detectable (greater or equal to walking speed). In the area of collection, the stream width was one meter and the depth was 14 cm. There…

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    can represent changes in someone’s life or even the passing of time. For example in some cases spring would stand for youth and happiness, summer would tackle early adulthood and in a sense would be romantic, autumn usually has to do with late adulthood and symbolizes nearing the end, and lastly winter would represent death whether it be literal or figurative. The cycle would then repeat and when spring comes around it could represent rebirth in a person’s life and could symbolize a change. On…

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    Have you wanted a monkey in your trunk? In the early 2000’s, Suburban Auto Group released a series of commercials called the Trunk Monkey to persuade people. These commercials used a series of persuasive methods in order for people to buy their product. Ford uses such a commercial in 2011 called “The Date” to persuade people to buy their car. With regards to this, a person must know about the commercial Trunk Monkey “The Date” to fully understand it. The commercial Trunk Monkey “The Date”…

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    Forest Dwellers to Half Robotic Companions Our society uses monkeys for their enjoyment. In cartoons, such as Curious George, it shows how sweet and smart monkeys are. As a whole, monkeys are described as creative and intelligent animals; however, in King Kong the gorilla is not only smart but illusory and accentuates the powers monkeys have. As a child, monkeys like Curious George are portrayed as a best friend. But as adults, they are represented as being stronger and smarter than people.…

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    The Cloth Mother Summary

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    he convinced them. Harlow made the theory of attachment return to the spotlight. Monkeys provide awareness on child rearing. In addition, Harlow wants people to see the connection between primate work…

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    fascination with monkeys and the interest in monkeys is generally due to the similarities they share. What's more interesting is the differences between different categories of monkeys; Old World monkeys and New World monkeys. It’s interesting that many differences arise between Old World monkeys and New World monkeys from generation to generation. Differences such as their anatomy, geography and group sizes are found in each subgroup. The struggle with distinguishing New World and Old World…

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    Worldly Wisdom

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    ” tells the story of an old monkey king named Vali-Vadnaka who is exiled from his kingdom after a younger monkey decided to take his place. He lost everything and still learned to appreciated the little that he had. The monkey king found joy in a fig tree named Madhu-Garbha, and comfort in a new friend, a crocodile named Krisha-Ka. The crocodile’s wife grew jealous of the friendship between the monkey and the crocodile; the crocodile’s wife did not know that the monkey was just a friend and was…

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    The Social Climbers In the animal kingdom monkeys are one of the most intelligent beings that reside here on planet earth. From their opposable thumbs to their large brains that improves their cognitive ability and overall inquisitiveness makes them quite incredible creatures. One of the monkeys that was depicted within the video “The Social Climbers” was that of the Pygmy Marmoset. This incredible creature is said to be the smallest monkey at all. The Pigmy is so small that their size…

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    Capuchin monkeys are some of the most interesting primates of the animal kingdom. It is highly likely that the first time a person encountered a capuchin monkey is not in person, but in a comedy movie featuring a capuchin as the main character’s comedic sidekick or pet. Some people may even adopt capuchins monkeys to raise as pets since they are highly intelligent animals with the ability to be taught skills and instructions. However, researchers often discourage this since capuchin monkeys…

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