I. Physical Features Electric eels are not really eels‚ they are actually ostariophysians‚ but have a strong physical resemblance to true eels. . An electric eel is mostly tail. The internal organs are compressed into the anterior (front) 1/5th of the body‚ and the rest of the fish consists of the long‚ electricity-producing tail. The tail contains the electric organs: Sachs’ organ‚ Hunter’s organ‚ and main organ. Extending down the entire tail region is an elongated anal fin. There are no dorsal
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The trees of the Amazon forest should not be cut down for any reason because this would create many problems for Rubber Tappers. In this research paper‚ the reasons to not cut down the trees will be explained. Some of those reasons are because for one the Rubber tappers make a living working in the forest‚ also the seeds of the trees where the rubber tappers get the sap from was stolen by a nefarious Englishman and made the rubber tappers that work in the Brazil industry collapse so the rubber tappers
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Brazilwood trees and they started to call Brazil‚ Brazil. There are many interesting features in Brazil‚ like the Amazon river is the world’s largest river in volume. Also in brazil there are many climates‚ they have a tropical‚ warm‚ rainy‚ and humid climates. Brazil’s land is very pretty. Brazil has many different landforms that are really pretty. If you were in Brazil you would see the Amazon river. You would hear the noise of the river moving. If you were walking you could feel the grass on your
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impact on the students learning through digital text books versus traditional textbooks and also eText books are cost effective and easy to carry. There are various different sources for e-text book Sony eReader‚ Amazon Kindle‚ iPad‚ Laptop... Etc. But the popular among them are Amazon kindle and iPad. Both iPad and Kindle has its own advantages and disadvantages Advantages of iPad: • iPad has a larger screen of 9.7 inches diagonally while kindle fire has 8.9 inch diagonally • iPad has are
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Cited: Adam‚ Nabil R. Digital Libraries: Research and Technology Advances : ADL ’95 Forum‚ McLean‚ Virginia‚ USA‚ May 15-17‚ 1995 : Selected Papers. Berlin: Springer‚ 1996. Print. "Amazon: The Walmart of the Web." The Economist [San Francisco] 1 Oct. 2011: 57-58. Print. "Archiving the Web: Born Digital." The Economist 23 Oct. 2010: 67. Print. Auletta‚ Ken. "The IPad‚ the Kindle‚ and the Future of Books." The New Yorker. 26 Apr. 2010
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forests. Biodiversity in tropical rain forests is vital since the large amount of species found there are so significant. Biodiversity helps maintain the ecological balance between species in the rain forests. Tropical rain forests such as the Amazon and the Congo Basin‚ are home to some 500 million people. These people are some of the least privileged groups in our international society. The locals depend on the forests for many important products and environmental services. The native and
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Tropical Rain Forest The Tropical Rainforest is a very diverse Biome. Being diverse means that many different types of animals‚ plants and climates. It is in my personal opinion the greatest biome that exists in today’s world. This biome is home to 50% of the plants and animals on the Earth. The Tropical Rainforest is present on just 2% of the world. The Rainforest is home to many different species of animals. Some of them include butterflies‚ beetles‚ spiders‚ ticks‚ worms‚ snakes‚ lizards‚ jaguars
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Students living in a paperless world ------------------------------------------------- You really shouldn’t be reading this. No‚ I’m not telling you to stop reading my column. As a writer‚ I believe in the power of the written word‚ in the importance of journalism‚ in the First Amendment — all that jazz. What I’m really saying is that it would be a lot better‚ in terms of eco-friendliness‚ if you weren’t reading this column here‚ in print‚ on paper. According to the most recent survey
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exploited is the Amazon rainforest which has already lost 20% of its area forever. Deforestation is the single biggest threat to the rainforest; the prime cause of it is cattle ranching. This is when land is cleared to provide space for cattle ranchers to herd their livestock to help increase beef production. This activity accounts for 60% of deforestation in Brazil‚ which is having a major effect on the biodiversity of the ecosystem. The impacts of deforestation are wide. In the Amazon there have been
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Chevron fined for Amazon pollution by Ecuador court A court in Ecuador has fined US oil giant Chevron $8.6bn (£5.3bn) for polluting a large part of the country’s Amazon region. The oil firm Texaco‚ which merged with Chevron in 2001‚ was accused of dumping billions of gallons of toxic materials into unlined pits and Amazon rivers. Campaigners say crops were damaged and farm animals killed‚ and that local cancer rates increased. Condemning the ruling as fraudulent‚ Chevron said it would appeal
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