Zebras‚ horses and wild asses are all equids‚ long-lived animals that move quickly for their large size and have teeth built for grinding and cropping grass. Zebras have horselike bodies‚ but their manes are made of short‚ erect hair‚ their tails are tufted at the tip and their coats are striped. Three species of zebra still occur in Africa‚ two of which are found in East Africa. The most numerous and widespread species in the east is Burchell’s‚ also known as the common or plains zebra. The other
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If you asked Lemon Brown if he had a treasure‚ he would respond‚ “Every man got a treasure! You don’t know that‚ you must be a fool!” This is one of the themes in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers. I chose to write a response to this story because I liked the themes and lessons I’ve learned from it. Some of my treasures are one stuffed animal and a sort of action figure I put together when I was younger. In the beginning‚ Greg storms out of the house after receiving a lecture from
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The Evolution of Cats The sweet‚ little feline lying on your bed has a long and predatory ancestry. Its family tree is complicated and only recently has been deciphered. There are 37 species that can be broken down into eight lineages. These felines are grouped into these eight lineages because it was observed that species in one lineage shared morphological‚ biological and physiological characteristics found only in their groups. For example‚ we are all familiar with the roaring cats (lion‚ tiger
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Kenya has more than fifty wildlife reserves. The unique physiography supports abundant and varied wildlife of scientific and economic value. Kenya’s unique wildlife includes elephants‚ lions‚ cheetahs‚ leopards‚ thomsons gazelle‚ giraffes‚ zebras‚ hippos‚ rhinos‚ jackals‚ and more. Massi Mara reserve in Kenya; popular in commercials and on the TV show “Big Cat Diary”. Most of Kenya’s animals are nocturnal due to the climate. Kenya has many endangered
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They all depend on each other to keep the environment in balance. There are over 40 different species of hoofed mammals that line on the savannas of Africa. These different herbivores have a wide range of food for carnivores‚ like lions‚ leopards‚ cheetahs‚ Jackals and hyenas. Each species has its own eating habits‚ making it possible to live side by side and not be in competition for food. The African Savanna is between latitude 15 degrees north and 30 degrees south‚ the longitude 15 degrees west
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The team manager Tony made our team crumble she took girls and left. My basketball family was lessened just like that. We continued to play even without some of are key players ‚but we still managed to pull off a win.Like cheetahs we run up and down the court ‚ like frogs we jump stop ‚like giraffes we reach the top of the hoop and dunk. We are one big happy family that continues to grow . Even after the loss of amazing
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“Resilience is all about being able to over come the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive” this is a quote by Jambs Cascio. There have been many times that we have all had something unexpectedly happen to us. We have all over came those obstacles and have been able to move on and look forward to the positive future. I thought I lost my arm‚ when I was attacked by a dog. My unexpected day all started in the summer of my first grade year. I was enjoying
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be dead in a few hours but because I missed my little brother he meant everything to me even though I don’t admit it I love him more than anything in the world. then Toby and I decided that we should check the pool. I ran to the pool as fast as a cheetah no matter what I will find him.” JACK”‚ we screamed as loud as we could. this time there was a reply but from where? The sound seemed to be coming from everywhere and nowhere at the same time just then I blacked out… When I woke up I didn’t know
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Figures who wear black-clads‚ cover their faces‚ move over the walls like spiders‚ flew through the sky like Superman‚ and run fast as cheetahs. This is a mistaken image of the Ninjas given by movies and comic books. The real Ninjas or Shinobi was originally descended from a demon which was half man and half crow. In Japan they called a person who uses Ninjutsu a ‘ninja’ .Ninjutsu is an independent art of warfare that evolved mainly in the lands of Iga in Mie Prefecture‚ and Koka in Shiga Prefecture
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benefiting from zoos‚ in fact‚ it’s just the opposite. Through our research‚ we’ve found‚ “An Oxford University study based on four decades of observing animals in captivity and in the wild found that animals such as polar bears‚ lions‚ tigers‚ and cheetahs “show the most evidence of stress and/or psychological dysfunction in captivity” and concluded that “the keeping of naturally wide-ranging carnivores should be either fundamentally improved or phased
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