There are unusual creatures that have inhabited our planet for at least 500 million years who spend a portion of their lives as plant-like polyps before transforming into some of the greatest ocean predators‚ all without having any brain‚ heart‚ backbone‚ eyes‚ ears or teeth. Cnidaria‚ otherwise known as jellyfish‚ are gelatinous animals found at all depths within all oceans around the world‚ and are some of the oldest animals evolutionarily speaking. Jellyfish are rather simplistic‚ anatomically
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a map to find the three pearls and flying shoes and his shield. And then Percy‚ annabeth and Grover go on a quest to find the three pearls. The first pearl was in medusa lair. They killed her and took her head just in case they needed it. The secend pearl was on annabeth moms statue that was guard by the hydra. They killed it with medusa head and got the pearl. The third pearl was in las vegas lotus hotel and casino. These waitresses give them a lotus cake to eat and they forgot what they were doing
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fisherman where he is taken to Seriphus‚ then is forced to go slay the Medusa to rescue his mother‚ and on his journey back to Seriphus meets the love of his life eventually killing his grandpa on accident. Whereas in the movie Perseus is found by the fisherman but makes his way back to Argos‚ from there he is made to go journey through a scorpion infested desert‚ after a long amount of unnecessary film time he eventually slays Medusa‚ flies back Argos‚ and kills the leviathan. Obviously there was some
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in a negative way too‚ in poems Medusa and Before you were mine‚ whether it’s about in favour or against family Love and relationships. In this extract there are four poems written by Carol Ann Duffy and Sylvia Plath. Which are‚ “Brothers” and “Lady Lazarus” including “Medusa” and “Before You Were Mine”. All four poems discuss the issue of family love and relationships well‚ from two different points of views and thoughts about families. Sylvia has written “Medusa” which creates a negative feeling
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deities. This essay will examine the different ways in which the female figure has been depicted by examining four pieces of art. The four pieces I will focus on will be: Female figurine found at Dolni.‚ Innana/Ishtar with Lions and Owls‚ The Gorgon‚ Medusa‚ from the west pediment for the Artemis Temple‚ and Coatlicue‚ from Aztec temple precinct at Tenochtitlán. (first lecture 1 min)The first example of how women are portrayed throughout time is exemplified by the female figure found at Dolni Vestonice
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Examples Sea Anemones and Corals - Anthozoa Hydra- Hydrozoa Jellyfish - Scyphozoa Ctenophores - non stinging Cnidarians; Comb Jelly Anatomy A. Polymorphism- Cnidarians have more than one body form: 1.Polyp 2. Medusa Polyp Form Tube with tentacles around the mouth Sessile Medusa Form Umbrella Shape Tentacles around mouth Motile‚ Free-swimming Tentacles Have nematocysts (stinging cells) coiled thread discharges like a harpoon Contains neurotoxin Paralyzes prey Level of Organization
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different from what’s in the books‚ and get things all muddled up?” (Twain 10). This quote pokes fun at education as Tom Sawyer puts all his faith in a book‚ even though we know books do not always tell the truth. The boys are willing to take a blood oath and enter into a murderous gang because a book said that is the way to do it. It shows how easily they are influenced by one another and how they lack their own opinion. 2. “The men took their guns along‚ so did Buck‚ and kept them between their
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for his release from the island. Zeus to Hermes: “Hermes‚ you’ve been our messenger before. / go tell that ringlet nymph it is my will / To let that patient man Odysseus go home. / Not with an escort‚ mind you‚ human or divine‚ / But on a rickety raft-tribulation at sea- / Until on the twentieth day he comes to Scheria / In the land of the Phaeacians‚ our distant relatives‚ / Who will treat Odysseus as if he were a god / Who will take him on a ship to his own native land / With gifts of bronze and
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affair with Poseidon‚ the sea god‚ when she found out‚ she wa so furious she turned her into a famous monster‚ even today‚ named Medusa. Medusa was cursed‚ she was so ugly that any mortal that looks upon innedalty turns into stone. She was also one of the two supporters of Perseus‚ who slayed Medusa with Athena and Hermes’s help. Perseus then gave the head of Medusa to Athena‚ and Athena decided to put the head on her Aegis‚ a special shield that Athena has‚ So when Athena charged into battle with
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Polydectes knew that no man unaided could kill Medusa. However‚ Perseus was not unaided. Two great gods we watching over him‚ Hermes and Athena. Hermes told Perseus that before he attacked Medusa‚ he must be properly equipped‚ and what he needed was in the possession of the nymphs of the North. In order to reach the nymphs‚ he would have to talk to the Gray women‚ three
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