The Evolution of Snakes Rafferty Crawford BIO/101 July 17‚ 2012 Peter Karanja The Evolution of Snakes Snakes are a diverse group of squamates that include about 2900 species of boas‚ colubrids‚ pythons‚ vipers‚ blind snakes‚ mole vipers‚ and sunbeam snakes (Pickrell‚ 2010). Snakes‚ like all living things‚ are a product of the process of evolution. Evolution allows species to change over time in response to environmental factors to produce entirely new species. As diverse as they are today
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My Favorite Vacation Destinations When someone mentions the word vacation I am always ready to go! Vacation is a time for shopping‚ fun and relaxation. Some of my favorite vacation destinations include the Las Vegas strip‚ New York City and of course the beach in Destin‚ Florida. There is one thing about Vegas‚ you will never be bored. It is not called the city that never sleeps for nothing. The dark sky on the strip is lit bright by the neon lighting that makes your eyes squint. Step
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Kenny Pau Hunting Snake The poem ‘hunting snake’ written by Judith Wright highlights the idea that nature and man are equal. Through the use of language and imagery the poet portrays the snake as a powerful and majestic creature. This emphasizes the persona’s response to the snakes. She implies that we humans have narrow stereotypical views of the snake. This poem portrays how humans don’t always learn how to respect other creatures
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I can’t begin to explain how reading has enriched my life. I live in a small fishing village called Lancaster‚ 200 miles northeast of Anchorage‚ Alaska. It’s strictly a fishing and mining town with a year-long population of 424. We’re a loyal‚ self-sufficent group‚ and count among our ranks five teachers‚ an architecht‚ two medical doctors and a dentist. Unfortunately‚ we are over three hours from the nearest city‚ limiting our access to most cultural events‚ athletics and other typical extracuricular
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Topic: Southport is my favorite place to visit Attitude/Point: Others will feel the same way about their favorite place to visit for their own specific reasons. and I have noticed that most people visit places because of the weather‚ and the stress relief you get when you take a vacation. Audience: Individuals or families who are looking for a serene place to vacation to or visit. People who vacation frequently or retirees would benefit from this. Purpose: I will be sharing this
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MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR My favorite time of the year is naturally the time when I have the most fun. To me‚ that time of the year falls during the December holidays‚ or rather‚ it starts during the last term of school. It may sound strange of me to include the period of examinations. But I like the way teachers leave us‚ students‚ by ourselves to do our own revision. There is hardly any homework to be done but there is a lot of studying to take up our time. Finally‚ when the examinations are
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2014 Constrictors What would you do if you walked up upon a 20 foot snake or bigger? How big can the giant constrictor snakes get? What do they eat? Where do they live? These are giant snakes what would you do if you end up face to face with a snake that could kill you and possibly eat you. I will discuss three different types of constrictors the anaconda‚ African Rock python‚ Burmese python. Some may wonder how big can the snakes get and how much they weigh. Well the green anaconda can get up to
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my favorite hobby again after having a kid I knew before my kid was born that I would get less sleep and have less free time after having a baby. I didn’t realize how hard it would be to lose my creativity for a while. It felt like losing a piece of my soul. During what we’ve since dubbed the Era of No Sleep‚ I was exhausted. What energy I had went almost entirely towards caring for my family. I connected with friends and took breaks‚ but I did not drum‚ dance‚ or engage in any of the myriad of
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My three favorite things are Cooking‚ Cleaning‚ and Shopping because they revolve in my everyday life and my job without them i will not be able to function well. Cooking is one of my favorite things . I love cooking new dishes ; I also like having new techniques an ideas in the kitchen . I have always been a fanatic of cooking shows since i was small it has bought my attention. On Holidays i tend to cook alot of diffrent dishes . My baked Homemade pies i make off stratch and my famous
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The poem Hunting Snake by Judith Wright perspicuously describes and seems to be about the encounter of a man along with his companion calmly walking through a forest astonished by a fascinating big black snake. Throughout the poem‚ we see that the speaker is very captivated towards the snake and it seems like he lost interest at the end but we can realize that this is actually a representative for amazement unexpectedly coming to life and also leaving and we having no control over it. Using metaphor
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