and protection‚" said Barney Long‚ tiger program manager for the World Wildlife Fund. "That really should not be that hard to provide for the world’s favorite animal." This sort of focused conservation strategy has been successful with the African rhinoceros‚ whose numbers plummeted in the 1980s because of poaching. In November‚ Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will host a tiger preservation summit that will build on the Global Tiger Initiative that World Bank President Robert Zoellick launched
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The book the Midwife’s Apprentice would change a child’s romanticization of the Medieval Times. I know when I was young I always pictured this time with beautiful princesses and breathtaking landscape. Life in this time seemed like a movie or even not like a real time. But in actuality it was a real time and wasn’t as romantic as Disney Movies like to make it seem. In actuality this time period was full of disease‚ unsanitary conditions‚ forced marriages‚ and life without all the common luxuries
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Should We Be More Concerned With The Current Rate of Extinction? Preserving endangered species isn’t an unfamiliar concept – everyone has seen the tiger commercials looking for donations‚ and most people are familiar with the “Save the Whales!” ballyhoo‚ but the question is: is it as big of a concern as people make it out to be? Some people think no‚ it’s not because extinction is a natural process that has been occurring since life existed on Earth and that the issue is being exaggerated. However
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If evolution is descent with modification applied to life on Earth‚ then microevolution can be called the small‚ measurable evolutionary changes within a population while macroevolution is large evolutionary change over long periods of time - short term and long term/big picture evolution‚ essentially. Microevolution works on a single population’s genetics and could be said to be the status quo of evolution that occurs consistently and universally while macroevolution occurs over many years or as
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Phil. Trivia-Only in the Philippines Richest Biodiversity A great number of rare and exotic animals exist only in the Philippines. The country’s surrounding waters reportedly have the highest level of biodiversity in the world. But this distinction was soon overshadowed by the fact that the Philippines has been dubbed as the "hottest of the hotspots" by no less than the Conservation International. The Philippines is considered as a mega diversity country and a global biodiversity hotspot. In
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Essay 1: Light and Color The fascinating properties of light are not all detectable to humans‚ because our reference is mostly limited to what we can see. In order to determine the atomic/molecular composition of a fluid or gas‚ one must consult an emission and absorption spectrum. The properties of this spectrum include also waves‚ which can be any length‚ and define the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. Ranging from gamma rays to radio waves‚ an electromagnetic spectrum includes each
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larvae‚ their pigmentation is dark yellow with brown hands and is about 35 mm long. The pupa stage is white with a large head and a pointed tail. Like all beetles‚ this beetle sheds exoskeleton‚ has six jointed legs‚ and two antennae‚ compound eyes‚ and a body divided into three parts‚ the head‚ thorax‚ and abdomen. At the adult stage the beetle grows from 12 to 25 mm long. The adult lives for a few months and the whole life cycle is about a year. (Ghosh‚ 2004) http://www.dedham.k12.ma.us/webquest/spring2003/js/webmealworms
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lightning bug and the lightning. - Mark Twain‚ A Letter to George Bainton‚ 10/15/1888 Across America they’re known as lightning bugs‚ fireflies‚ or glow bugs‚ and even peenie wallies; blinkies in Jamaica or Hing Hoy‚ if you’re from Thailand. These beetles‚ not bugs or even flies‚ are nocturnal members of the family Lampyridae and are scientifically known as Photuris lucicrescens. For the sake of simplicity and a lack of confusion these insects will be referred to as fireflies for the remainder of this
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He tapped the box with a single‚ long‚ thin finger lightly. These are what other people call beetles. Do you know what beetles are? Blur shook her head‚ and in response to that‚ The Yeller took one out of the box‚ and at the sight of it‚ her heart skipped a beat and she began to feel very‚ very afraid. It was as large as the palm that of a large man‚ with spiky
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As Kia lay under the stars questioning her love with BloodClaw‚ she slowly drifted into a deep sleep. As she entered the dream realm she saw her friends in starclan circled around her. "Kia‚ there you are‚" TangerieBass said trying to hide the jealousy of her current relationship with bloodclaw. "There is important starclan news to.. discuss." "Of course‚ Tangerine‚" Kia calmly said disregarding the tone in his voice. "What is going on." "StarClan has exclaimed that there is a new prophecy among
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