unique characteristics of poetry. Examples can be found in the passages in pages 69 and 72. " Spray breaking and blazing white. Mad dog heat" (72) "Watched leopards sip slowly‚ watched the crow sitting restless on his branch peering about with his beak open. Have seen the outline of a large fish caught and thrown in the curl of a wave‚ being where nobody wears socks‚ where you wash your feet before you go to bed‚ where I watch my sister who alternatively reminds me of my father‚ mother and brother
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Africa. The pterodactyl was one of the smaller members of the pterosaur family. It had a short tail‚ unlike other members of the pterosaur families that had long tails‚ and a crest on the top of its head that grew as the pterodactyl aged. It had a large beak that had 90 small sharp teeth that were made for eating. Unlike what many people believed‚ it didn’t hop on its back leg‚ it walked on all fours.
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brown. They have a dark brown body and head. They have mottled white flight feathers‚ and they are grey under their wings. They have a brown tail that has white bars and a white tip. They have pale grey feet‚ long bare legs and cere‚ and their beak is black. They are 68 to 75cm long‚ and they have a 164cm wingspan. They will weigh 1.5 to 2.5kg. They are a quiet bird. When they are looking for prey‚ they will get on a high perch and swoop down on their prey on the ground. They will seldom
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CHAPTER 4 ANIMAL KINGDOM Animal Kingdom is characterized by multicellular‚ eukaryotic organisms. The cells lack cell walls. They ingest and digest food (holozoic)‚ hence they are heterotrophic. Higher forms show elaborate sensory and neuromotor systems. Majority of them are motile. Reproduction is mostly sexual and embryological development is present in them. About 1.2 million species of animals are described till now. The classification helps to assign a systematic position to newly described
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Swaying in the wind‚ was a yellow flag; letting me know that the water was moderate but safe to enter. Once I could see the sand I removed my shoes and socks and prepared to feel the warmth of the sand between my toes. Warm‚ grainy sand hid between my toes and cling to my feet as I made my way to the water. Using the sound of the waves as company‚ I meandered along the shore. I was thinking of a way to embrace my assignment; I had to spend time alone. It was time for me to appreciate doing nothing
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Unit Test Science V I. Match the animals with how they get and eat their food. Write only the letter. 1. Snake a. sucking blood with their tiny tubes 2. Frog b.using beaks to get their prey 3. Birds c. coiling their bodies to their prey 4. Lion d. catching insects with their sticky tongue 5. Mosquitoes e. tearing meat with their strong pointed teeth B. 1. mammals a. they have dry scaly skin 2. birds b. they have mammary gland that produce milk to feed
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to care much about his life‚ and it was because of the war. Septimus was suicidal and didn’t see things the way others did. I think in certain ways of thinking‚ Septimus and Clarissa are similar. In the beginning it was mentioned that they both have beak noses and love Shakespheare‚ so I think Woolf wanted readers to make a connection between the two. They are sort of opposites too‚ because Clarissa is a voice of reason and sanity‚ while Septimus is not really connected with the rest of the world‚
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Pip... no. I’m trying to sleep. Go away." "Caw." "Ugh‚ fine. Fine! Stop pecking me!" Shoving the beak out of his side‚ Clint sat up‚ rubbing sleep out of his eyes‚ "Geez‚ always so pushy." He turned to glare at the Pidgey... but it wasn’t a Pidgey sitting next to him. The Pidgeotto gave him another peck for good measure. "Pip?" "Caw." "Oh. Uh...Wow
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converging steel arches 120 meters long and 40 meters high. The building is most obviously expressive of a bird‚ symbolizing flight with even more dynamism than Saarinen’s TWA terminal in New York‚ the two main arches coming together at the bird’s beak. Calatrava insists this was not its origin: "I never thought of a bird‚ but more of the research that I am sometimes pretentious enough to call sculpture" - which is inspired more by the shape of the human eye. Arriving by car you enter the Main Hall
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Galapagos Islands‚ off South America‚ Darwin noted that very large tortoises differed slightly from one island to the next. He noted also that finches also differed from one geographical location to the next. Some had shorter beaks‚ useful for cracking seeds. Some had long‚ sharp beaks‚ useful for prying insects out of their hiding places. Some had long tail feathers‚ others short ones. Darwin took copious notes‚ captured insects and animals and selected plants. These he preserved in jars and took them
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