The mountain gorilla was first discovered roaming the Virunga Volcanoes in Rwanda (von Beringe‚ 2002‚ p.9). German Captain Robert von Beringe and his African soldiers stumbled upon two mountain gorillas around the volcanic region on October 17‚ 1902 (von Beringe‚ 2002‚ p.9). Von Beringe captured and killed one of them and sent the body to the Zoological Museum in Berlin‚ Germany. Professor Paul Matschie‚ who worked with the museum‚ identified the gorilla as a new class and named it after its founder:
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first two are my dad and my mom‚ Antonio and Rosemarie‚ then there are my six sister‚ then there’s my fift sister is marnelli. Her and me real close; we do a lot of things together I guess because were close in age so we can talk about similar stuff and like similar things. Since I was a elementary school ‚ my parents have olways encouraged me and my other siblings to do well in school‚ever since that I always did try hard in school‚ I can remember being known as the smartest of all my friends‚ Everyone
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First‚ I would like to tell you how I feel in love with this guy that I loved dearly. Once I met him‚ my life turned around. It was all about him. I forgot about everything in life but him‚ until one day he hurt me. I found out he was back talking to his ex-girlfriend and that really hurt me‚ and I did not know how to take it. All I wanted to do was talk on the phone all day and nigh‚ but he was always busy. So I decided to turn to my family for advice: my mama‚ daddy‚ and stepmom. They gave me the
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Drew‚ Võ‚ and Wolfe wrote‚ “The Invisible Gorilla Strikes Again: Sustained Inattentional Blindness in Expert Observers.” They wrote: researchers have shown that people often miss the occurrence of an unexpected yet salient event if they are engaged in a different task‚ a phenomenon known as inattentional blindness. But‚ demonstrations of inattentional blindness have typically involved naive observers engaged in an unfamiliar task. What about expert searchers who have spent years honing their ability
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My Favourite Literary Character My favourite literary character is Sara Louise from Jacob Have I Loved‚ by Katherine Paterson. Sara Louise‚ mostly called “Wheeze” throughout the book‚ has a very interesting personality. She is selfless‚ but will not openly show it‚ she is foolish‚ but is witty‚ and she is hard-working‚ but still humble. Her complex qualities make her my favourite literary character. Wheeze has always been compared to her seemingly perfect and angelic twin sister‚ Caroline. Ever
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My love for the game is beyond what it should be. The way I feel when I hit that perfect release. The way I feel when I hit that clutch shot. The way I feel when I get that defensive stop. These moments are what make basketball addictive. Basketball changes dramatically from high school to college. The speed/skill level of basketball in high school and college is very different. In high school basketball is slower. In high school‚ I would go right by defenders. I didn’t think it was easy‚ but I
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The mountain gorillas of Virunga National Park are in serious danger. There around 800 gorillas living in the world and the majority of the gorillas live in the park of Virunga. There are four mountain gorillas located in a gorilla orphanage in Virunga. These mountain gorilla species located here are the only remaining gorillas in the world. The mountain gorillas are in danger because poachers are trying to steal the remaining gorillas and sell them. They would try to kill the parents and take the
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Mountain Gorilla Biological name: Gorilla beringei beringei Habitat: Currently the mountain gorillas are protected national parks in two regions of Africa. One part of the gorillas live in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. The other group of Gorillas are spread over three national parks in the Virungas mountain. Any left over Gorillas live in lowland rainforests or mountainside forest Population: The mountain gorillas population has gone up and down throughout the years
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! ! My recently deceased grandfather was a doctor‚ professor‚ and military man. He grew up in Trenton‚ New Jersey with two deaf parents. Being African American he couldn’t go to the nice schools and get the best education. He went to the african american elementary school which was under funded. He grew up extremely poor and in a segregated community. He took becoming a great student into his own hands. He had a hard childhood‚ but worked as hard as he could. He became a Lieutenant in
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Haley Franks Womack English DC 28 January 2014 “I Wondered Lonely As a Cloud” by William Wordsworth “I Wondered Lonely As a Cloud” by William Wordsworth is a short simple poem that carries the reader in a seemingly out of body experience along the lakeshore under the canopy of the trees to feel and see a beautiful field of daffodils. William Wordsworth often loved to portray the beauty of nature in his poems. Walks he took with his sister‚ Dorothy‚ along the countryside‚ inspired many of
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