Turtles

The gulper eel is very different from other eels. The biggest difference is mainly in its’ physical structures. It’s physical structures help the eel survive. Something happens to male eels when they mature. They eat in a special way but deep sea predators eat them. They eat small creatures. They live deep in a dark environment. The eel has many categories it is uniquely adapted which, includes physical structures, reproduction and behavior, feeding habits, position in food web, range, and…

Have you ever sent a fish or animal in to get mounted? If you have, I bet you took time to do so. Currently there is no taxidermy class in Foley Public Schools. Therefore students are being forced to take classes that they dislike. The rule is that you have to pass a certain amount of core classes to choose electives. Also there has to be students willing to take this class. In my opinion taxidermy would be a great class, and Foley Schools should think about adding it. First of all it would…

heart, saying that he has owned “dogs, cats, turtles, snakes, alligators, pigeons, possums, goats” while he was in his home state of Connecticut (Stuttering Foundation). He writes about animals and their conservations often. He has many works, 60 years’ worth, of conservation of animals fueled by this relentless desire to write for animals who cannot write for themselves (Stuttering Foundation). An example of these animals that need a voice are turtles. Turtles are a less familiar species that…

America (or should I say...Turtle Island), pre 1492, was a very different time in history. It was a time of gratefulness for mother earth and all that she provided. The air was clean, the water was pristine, and the land and animals were respected by the country’s inhabitants. There was a mutual understanding of this respect for mother earth and the Natives were well known for this philosophy of life. Things took quite a turn for the worse once Christopher Columbus sailed to America in 1492…

Learning Journal Unit 6 – Introduction to Biology University of the People Author: Murray Ball - Thursday, December, 22nd, 2016 Featured Characteristics of the Common Snapping Turtles Phylum In your assigned readings, you were introduced to the major animal phyla. Choose an animal which represents a particular phylum. Briefly describe its features characteristic of its phylum including morphology, embryology, and physiology. Identify adaptations of your animal compared with other animals. If…

Case Study 2: WTO Shrimp Turtle Case The growing struggle between international trade and environmental protection in the United States became very apparent in the 1990’s with the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ruling in the Shrimp/Turtle case. Besides the Asian countries and the United States, the two main parties involved in this case seem to be the conflict between the environmentalist and the free trade advocates. The environmentalists push for products that limit damage done to the…

The river otter is part of the family Mustelidae, which is the weasel family. They have an elongated body that is widest at the hips with short and stocky legs. Another characteristic of this family is having a muscular neck that is in thickness equal to or greater than that of its head. River otters have a tail that is approximately one-third of their total body length with the end being tapered. They have a small flat head that with small anterior eyes, broad muzzle, long thick whiskers,…

The World on the Turtles Back Betrayal can cause many emotional fallouts and baggage within relationships, betrayal is being disloyal to others and even to oneself. In the story, The World on the Turtles Back, betrayal is a huge factor in how the story plays out, as it is in the song The Letter by Kehlani. Three ways in which betrayal is portrayed in the story, and the song, is by the actions people take to one another, disconnections in relationships that lead to betrayal, and emotional…

book, “The Grapes of Wrath” in many different ways, through the old turtle featured in chapter 3, a character in the novel, Jim Casy, the dog getting run over by the car, and Rose of Sharon’s pregnancy. One of the first symbols Steinbeck employs is in an interrogatory chapter. The chapter follows a turtle who is flipped over, attacked, and threatened and yet continues to go towards its destination. “Nobody can’t keep a turtle though. They work at it and work at it, and at last one day they get…

Stephanie Malinowski manipulates Thomas L. Friendman's "30 Little Turtles" in her strong response, Questioning Thomas L. Friedman's Optimism in "30 Little Turtles." Malinowski pulls quotations out of Friendman's work in order to portray how it impacted his writting positively or negatively. The quotes used by Malinowski are compelling, in the sense that it futhers the readers understanding and questions the author, Friendman's. For example, in Friendman's work he goes on to say that an Indian…