In “Speckled Trout” Ron Rash, the writer of the story, uses the characters, the setting, the plot, and symbolism to show the theme of his short story. Ron Rash as born in Chester, South Carolina, in 1953. He grew up in a small town in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. He graduated from Gardner-Webb University and Clemson University. He is an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He has won several awards for his works.…
The Rio Grande Silvery Minnow is a “small herbivorous North American fish” with “small eyes and mouth”. The diet of the fish is believed to consist of “river plants and benthic macroinvertebrates”, which consists of “small living animals among stones, logs, sediment, and aquatic plants on the bottom of rivers and lakes.” Due to the small size of the fish and difficulty accessing their stomachs, there is “little research into their diet”.…
Did you know that the venom of a Black Banded Sea Krait is ten times more toxic than that of a rattlesnake? Maybe this is why people are scared of snakes. Though their venom is very toxic, humans rarely get bitten. Unfortunately, the population is being threatened by habitat destruction. The Black Banded Sea Krait has its own ways of adapting to marine life, where it lives, and how they produce more of their species.…
This experiment was designed to identify the effect of cold-water temperatures on the respiration rate of goldfish. The respiration rates helped to identify the goldfish as being ectotherms or endotherms. Organisms exchange gases with their environment through a process called respiration or breathing. Aerobic respiration, also known as aerobic metabolism, occurs when oxygen is taken into the body and sent to all its cells; the oxygen is then used to break down food for energy (White and Campo 2008). Respiration can be experienced through several structures such as the lungs, tracheae, gills, and integument in order to obtain oxygen. All organisms that experience respiration are either endotherms or ectotherms. Ectotherms are animals that depend on their environment for body temperature. These animals respond to changes in their environment in order to maintain homeostasis, the stable, internal conditions of the organism. Animals that are warm-blooded and can regulate their body temperatures internally regardless of their environment are endotherms. For ectotherms, regulating body temperatures can require more work. Those aquatic animals have adapted several techniques to stay alive. Larry Crawshaw explains that animals, both aquatic and terrestrial, seek to avoid stressful thermal environments or to compensate for the temperature change by mostly lowering the metabolic rate (1979). Lowering the metabolic rate allows certain enzymes to be produced and chemical reactions to happen within the fish that actually warms it up. While lowering metabolic rates are important, respiration regulation is also important. Stephen C. Wood also believes that ectotherms need behavioral mechanisms for temperature control. These mechanisms could include slowing breathing rates to conserve energy and releasing certain chemicals into the body (1991). This…
Silverfish are a common pest in homes. They are attracted to damp, dark spaces and eat cellulose. This includes books, papers, cloth and wallpaper. Although they don't bite or carry germs and diseases like other insect pests, they can do extensive damage to your possessions. Silverfish are hard to eradicate. Even exterminators are challenged in getting rid of these nuisances and keeping them gone.…
1. The Glorious Revolution solidified the notion that liberty was a birthright of the Englishman. Explain how the Glorious Revolution contributed to this idea and how it subsequently affected the colonies. Did all of the colonists react to the Glorious Revolution in the same way? If there were differences, what were they? How was the language of liberty used?…
Basses are several types of fish in the order Perciformes. Largemouth bass are green with a blotchy horizontal stripe. Striped bass are silvery, with seven or eight narrow horizontal stripes. European sea bass are silver, with one faint stripe. Chilean sea bass is dark mottled gray. The flesh of both pelagic and freshwater basses is light-colored and firm.…
This fish tends to be found in the northern, colder climates. They can grow much larger than the largemouth bass. The walleye is a much more picky eater than the bass. The walleye will only eat at a certain depth depending on the water clarity, and temperature. It is very popular to catch these fish while ice fishing. In the winter time the walleye becomes less picky and will key in on much more fish, making them easier to catch. When ice fishing you must have a safe thickness of the ice. Then you must drill a hole through it with a device called an ice auger. Then you use tiny rods that average at around 28 inches to pull these walleye out of the water. If you are looking for a little more of a challenge, the walleye may be just the fish for you.…
Grass Carp is an herbivorous fresh water fish and was introduced originally from England. These fishes as we all know are famous for feeding on aquatic plants and in some cases have damaged a lot of our aquatic plants because of over population. They normally occur in waters, ponds and lakes. Grass Carp’s are also known to be rapid breeders in which the egg will float down stream until it hatches somewhere.…
A well known species familiar to all is the classic, simple, ordinary goldfish; however, due to genetic mutation, a new, unique version of the species was born, the see-through goldfish. This goldfish was created due to the efforts in reducing the need for student dissections, as all its functioning organs are completely seen through, due to its pigment-less, fully transparent, scales and skin. This see-through goldfish can live up to 20 years and even get as heavy as five pounds!…
Stanley S. Scott (1933-1992) was vice president and director of corporate affairs of Philip Morris Companies Inc. This essay originally appeared on December 29, 1984, on the op-ed page of the New York Times.…
One of the most memorable books of my childhood is called “The Rainbow Fish”. In kindergarten, we read this book almost every day. I don’t know why I liked this particular book so much. Was it the colorful pattern the book cover had? I just don’t know. I thought this book was the most amazing book I ever heard of. When I think of this book, I think about how my teacher helped me and my classmates learn how to read better with this book. My literacy experience started at home. Every one can’t say the same. Sitting in bed every night, waiting on my mother to come tuck me in and read me a bedtime stories. When she finally came, she would walk towards my bookshelf to grab a particular book every night. I never knew what it was called, but I know…
Asian carp are threatening to do a lot of damage in the Great Lakes. Asian carp are an aggressive and adaptable fish that can easily out compete other species for food and habitat. Currently there are carp populations in 23 states and they have completely taken over portions of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers (Antonacci, 2014). They reproduce and spread quickly, making them very dangerous to the aquatic ecosystem. Asian carp are slowly making their way up the Illinois River and will eventually threaten the Great Lakes if we cannot find an effective way to stop them.…
Spotted bass will often have a sandpaper-like teeth patch on the tongue, that the other lack. Additionally, the back of the jaw doesn't extend behind the eye the way it does in largemouths, and finally, the spiny and soft dorsal fins are connected with a short notch not going completely to the body. About half the largemouthbass in the population are usually over 15 inches long. While the true big boys are less frequent compared to the old times, the population is well-balanced and also bass in a great variety of sizes are very well…
The common carp is a species that has been spread because of fisherman that dumped juvenile carp that they were…
