CRANES Cranes are a clade of large‚ long-legged and long-necked birds in the group Gruiformes. There are fifteen species of crane in four genera. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons‚ cranes fly with necks outstretched‚ not pulled back. Cranes live on all continents except Antarctica and South America. Most species of cranes are at the least classified as threatened‚ if not critically endangered‚ within their range. The
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ANT203Y1 Lecture # January 28th‚ 2014 Quiz #2; 6:10-7; in class; 15% of final grade; cover ch 8-11 and tutorial worksheets 9-11 40 questions llong‚ multiple choice‚ true or false and matching Bring a pencil for scantron ;) Film ’becoming human’ at 7:10 - 8:00pm Lecture Who were the earliest hominins?? Pre-australapiths; 6-7 - 4.4 mya Very primitive; little known about them; debatable they’re even hominins Earliest ones are sahelanthropus tchadensis; found in chad in 2001; earliest known
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I HOLD THE FUTURE: PRESERVING THE PHILIPPINES BIODIVERSITY The sum of all the different species of animals‚ plants‚ fungi‚ and microbial organisms living on Earth and the variety of habitats in which they live is called Biological Diversity or also known as the Biodiversity. Scientists estimate that upwards of 10 million—and some suggest more than 100 million—different species inhabit the Earth. Each species is adapted to its unique niche in the environment‚ from the peaks of mountains to the depths
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Latin America‚ a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana) Mulatto – an offspring of a black and a white parent Peon – drudge: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work Salvannah – savanna: flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions Machete – a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation Vaquero – local names for a cowboy (`vaquero’ is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo’
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The best way to figure out how to fix something is to figure out why it’s broken. Assessing 500‚000 acres may seem like a lot until everywhere you look you can see the effects of human impact: top soil erosion‚ invasive species beating out native ones‚ all due to the effects of overgrazing cattle and fire suppression. To assess the land‚ I would first study the soil profile to assess the erosion severity. “Overgrazing accounts for 34% of soil degradation” (The Science behind the Stories‚ 222). Obviously
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negative. FIJI Water promised to reduce their packaging by 20 percent per year‚ supply at least 50 percent of the energy used at its plants with renewable energy‚ optimized logistics and use more carbon-efficient transportations modes‚ restore degraded grasslands in Fiji‚ and support recycling programs for plastic bottles. They claimed that this would have a net reduction of carbon in the atmosphere‚ and used the slogan “every drop is green” to symbolize that their company wasn’t doing any harm to the environment
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eye. Based on its habitat‚ there are three species of zebras including mountain zebra‚ zebra plains‚ and primitive zebra. Zebra is believed to be from South Africa‚ West Africa and East Africa. Its natural habitat is located in savanna and steppe grasslands to areas on the outskirts of the forest. Some types of zebras are zebra burchell‚ zebra grevy‚ and zebra equus.
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“The Plow That Broke the Plains” is a documentary of the Great Plains region‚ an area of 625‚000 square miles stretching across Texas‚ Kansas‚ Nebraska‚ Montana‚Wyoming‚ Colorado‚ New Mexico Oklahoma and the Dakotas. Written and directed by Pare Lorentz in 1936‚ it starts in the 1880s in the last frontier (the Great Plains)‚ when the territory was an "ocean of grass" perfect for cattle. The video ends in the middle 1930s‚ when farming choices had turned it into a no-man’s-land. People start heading
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. LA zoo is fantastic and there are plenty of animals to observe. The employees were friendly and provided educational facts to the public. This is the second time that I visit LA Zoo because I want to observe the activities and behavior of some selected primates. I spent most of the time observing all the animals and learning about them and their native habitats. LA Zoo is laid out by continental area‚ so the primate exhibits are scattered throughout the zoo. I began with the New World monkey located
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Bankowski 1 David Bankowski Mrs. Downes Humanities 4A 7 January 2002 The Sea of Grass In this novel by Conrad Richter‚ the end of the New Mexico frontier as seen through the eyes of Hal‚ the nephew of one of the last great cattle ranchers. As civilization encroaches even onto that remote region‚ Colonel Jim Brewton symbolizes the last struggle and eventual submission of the land to the inevitable development of the forces of society. Jim was lord of his cattle
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