Venom

In paragraph one I gave some details, back information, and examples of some environmental accidents that was mentioned, but another environmental accident that wasn’t mentioned was the Africanized bee. Africanized bees can be very harmful and dangerous at the same time because it can have a tremendous effect on human life very badly. It can cause harm to animals, and it can be fatal to human as well. An Africanized bee is also known as “the Killer Bee” It was founded in Brazil in the 1950s. The…

the brain using only it’s stinger is simply fascinating. Not only does the wasp find the particular sections needed, it then implants venom into specific clusters of neurons. The ability to implant a particular part of the body into another organism and manipulate that organism, all without being able to see inside, simply amazes me. Resulting from implanting venom into the cockroach, the motivation to escape the wasp is basically shut off. Not only does the cockroach relax it’s fear of the…

Have you ever wondered if Rattlesnakes can sense fear?They can by using their hyper-active adrenaline glands.Rattlesnakes are very weird a behave differently from other snakes.They also live in many different places.Rattlesnake’s bodies are very complex,and involve many things.Rattlesnakes can lead very interesting lives, live in very strange places,and their bodies can be very complex pieces of living tissue. A rattler’s behavior depends on the situation the rattler is in. When threatened,the…

In the seventeenth century, the Puritans grew discontent in the Church of England, for which their own ideals opposed those of the church. The Puritans created a rigid structure that possessed patriarchal principles and suppressed the majority of the society’s individualism. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hester, similar to the Puritans with England, refuses to comply with society’s religious ruling. Through the use of metaphorical imagery and juxtaposition Hawthorne…

scientists are inspired by this deadly creature and want to try to flip it around. Rather than a killing snail, maybe a curing snail. If you’ve ever watched the movie ‘Jurassic Park’, you may know of the Lindstradt Air Gun. This gun was full of poisonous venom, from the cone snail. It…

Seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan moves to Forks, a small town on the Washington coast, to live with her father, Charlie. Her mother, Renée, is remarried to a minor league baseball player, and they are often traveling. Bella is quickly befriended by many students at her new high school, but she is intrigued by the mysterious and aloof Cullen siblings. Bella sits next to Edward Cullen in biology class on her first day of school; he seems repulsed by her, much to Bella's confusion, though…

No matter who you are, and what acquaintances you surround yourself with, there is a vast possibility that you know one of the 15 million people -most likely one of the 5.9 million children under 18 - on earth who has a physical reaction to at least one allergen, most commonly being peanuts or bees. More often than not, if one of your friends who was allergic to peanuts ate a peanut, a physical reaction called anaphylactic shock would occur in their body, a possibly fatal reaction. If you are…

The only animal on the planet that doesn’t make its own venom. The Blue-Ringed Octopus (BRO) or Hapalochlaena maculosa lives in tide pools and coral reefs. They can often be found in the south coast of Australia, from Western Australia to eastern Victoria. Over time natural selection picked the BROs that is the color closest to the color of their environment. This helps the octopi blend in with their environment and become harder to see. When relaxed the BRO is light beige, blending in with the…

The dichotomy of hero vs. villain is apparent throughout the story of Beowulf. Beowulf, being the hero of this book fights three villains, which are Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and the dragon. Each of these fights Beowulf fought causes him to receive lavish gifts and recognition as a brave warrior, however once he was named king, his transition from warrior to king highlighted the dichotomy of heroic warrior and heroic king. Grendel, one of the villains in this book could be interpreted as sin,…

A lot of families own companion animals as they grow up. One family had a dog named Grant and Grant would jump up and down in excitement as the family came home everyday. One day when the family returned home after going on a trip and Grant wasn’t at the door, so the family went out to go look for him and that was when they found him lying on the ground looking really sick. The family had to take Grant to the veterinary clinic where they were informed that he was really sick. Doing an internship…