Zebra

both economically and environmentally. One example of an invasive species is the zebra mussel. In this essay you will learn what the zebra mussel is, why we don’t want it in Iowa, and how this invasive species is being controlled. The zebra mussel is a freshwater mollusc. It is the size of a fingernail, but can grow up to two inches. Zebra mussels get their name from the striped pattern that appears on them. The zebra mussel has a D-shaped shell. It was introduced to the Great Lakes from the…

know that there are over 380 non-native species in the Great Smoky Mountains? Non-native species are really harmful because they can severely damage the environment. This can be seen with the rabbit population in New Zealand, the Kudzu plant, and zebra mussels. First of all, the rabbit population is out of control in New Zealand. First of all, rabbits were brought to New Zealand in the 1700s and 1800s by European sailors. They thought they would hunt the rabbits for food. However, the rabbits…

so was tiring. The young man was now entombed within the queen's greedy gut, his whole existence amounting to nothing more then a meal for an oversize zebra. "Ahhh~ I love eating up boys~" The zebra queen smacked her lips, rubbing her fat tummy. She loved nothing more then the primal satisfaction of a full belly, especially one…

you back from opportunities that have yet to come, but in this picture, they are showing the zebra breaking away from the past and moving towards the more intriguing future. In the illustration, you can clearly observe that the rear end of the zebra is being shattered. This is the first thing many will notice about the image because it is the most obvious. The pieces are being left behind as the zebra is moving forward. When something is broken that one specific object is gone for good you…

come to life throughout the book that allow the chance to understand him at a deeper level. In the novel “Life of Pi” written by Yann Martel, Pi’s true character is personified through the zebra, the hyena, the orangutan, and the tiger. The zebra, is an animal that depicts aspects of Pi’s personality. When the zebra is introduced to the storyline, it is clear there…

is the only human to survive, but he is not alone on the boat, a Bengal tiger, a hyena, and a zebra share his space. Piscine is at first portrayed as a very innocent and weak sixteen-year old, with no means of survival. This is much like the zebra that Pi rescues from the ocean. For instance, Pi rescues the zebra from the ocean upon which he discovers the animal has a broken leg. Both Piscine and the Zebra have gone through very traumatic experiences leaving them weak in their current living…

The Pittsburgh Zoo is only one of six combinations of a zoo and an aquarium in the United States. It displays an impressive “400 different species of animals, some of which are threatened or endangered” (USNews.com). Nonetheless, the Pittsburgh Zoo strives to fashion optimistic, lifelong relations between animals and people, and this goal is evident throughout the Zoo’s walkways and exhibits. As I walked throughout the Zoo, I noticed that the animal’s exhibits closely resembled their natural…

In The Life of Pi, a young boy called Pi is left to fend for himself in a small lifeboat containing a Royal Bengal tiger, an adult orangutan, a ferocious hyena, and an injured zebra. They are forced to cooperate and survive along each other, but many of those animals do not survive. Eating is part of survival during the day-to-day life of everyone, but in The Life of Pi, it means much more than that. Eating becomes the most important thing in both Pi and the animals’ lives, which gives it a…

trend again sophomore year in highschool. I was in the higher level symphony orchestra and was at the bottom of the runt. I, once again, immediately noticed my improvement. My physics teacher once shared an analogy with us: Each morning when the zebras wake up they…

Skepticism is the theory that people have either no knowledge, or very little knowledge. In this essay I will discuss one particular type of type of skepticism, called “brain-in-a-vat” skepticism, which denies that we can know whether the external world (anything outside our minds) exists as we think it does. I will examine two attacks that have been made on this sort of skepticism, and argue that both fail to defeat it. The brain-in-a-vat skeptic argues that no person knows that his/her body,…