B.‚ Urry‚ L.A.‚ Cain‚ M.L.‚ Wasserman‚ S.A.‚ Minorsky‚ P.V. and Jackson‚ R.B.‚ 2011. Campbell biology Boston: Pearson. Temeles‚ E. J.‚ Pan‚ I. L.‚Brennan‚ J. L.‚ Horwitt‚ J. N.‚ 2000. Evidence for Ecological Causation of Sexual Dimorphism in a Hummingbird. Science‚ Vol. 289‚ Issue 5478‚ pp.
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the ball. He kept doing it with a blue cord in the south‚ Yellow cord in the west‚ and white in the north. Tarantula kept pulling it to stretched the ball into a immeasurable size. Then the Creator rubbed his fingers together and hummingbirds appeared. The Hummingbirds flew around and came back to report that the earth is really beautiful with water on the west side. The earth kept rocking and dancing up and down. So the Creator made four post each a different color blue‚black‚yellow and white. After
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The Power of the Native American Story Norah AlJunaidi Stephanie Fegan AP Lang and Composition 20 December 2013 The Power of the Native American Story The story is the most powerful tool in Native American culture passed down through generations. Stories connect them to the past‚ the present and their surroundings. However the world is always changing‚ and because of this‚ some Native Americans have lost their connection to their culture. In Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
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work‚ Joyas Voladoras‚ Brian Doyle describes the life and the heart of different mammals‚ focusing on the hummingbird and the blue whale. By contrasting these two‚ Doyle introduces an interesting idea of life‚ not only between hummingbirds and whales‚ but with all living things. “Every creature on earth has approximately two billion heart beats to spend in a lifetime” (274). Hummingbirds live a fast paced life. “Each one visits a thousand flowers a day” Doyle writes‚ “they can drive at sixty miles
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talks about. Does this essay tell about the name of something? And I decide to read more to get main point. The essay “Joyas Voladoras” is written by Brian Doyle. He is using the picture of hummingbird as a way to talk about other things‚ especially is humans including emotions and life itself. I think hummingbirds are really amazing‚ the author states that “Each one visits a thousand flowers day. The can dive at sixty miles an hour. They can fly backward. They can fly more than five hundred miles without
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contrasts differences and similarities between the Hummingbird‚ Tortoise‚ Blue whale‚ small insects and humans. He talks about love and emotion‚ insecurities and loneliness‚ and childhood memories. Doyle emphasizes that life is precious and that there are different ways to live your life. In the beginning of the story Doyle reveals the meaning of “Joyas Voladoras”‚ meaning “Flying Jewels”. He brings to the reader‚ in vivid detail‚ the Hummingbird. With each following description‚ the reader is fed
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and its state of vulnerability. To start‚ Doyle uses many examples to display his ideas‚ but his first example is the hummingbird. He describes how fragile the small bird is by saying‚ A hummingbird s heart is the size of a pencil eraser. A hummingbird s heart is a lot of the hummingbird. (Doyle) This is a great example of how fragile life can be‚ and how small the hummingbird truly is. He then brings up the biggest heart in the world‚ which is inside the blue whale. He describes the heart of us
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saves a young‚ inexperienced Thomas from drowning. In the Powhatan Tribe in the New World‚ Pocahontas‚ daughter of Chief Powhatan‚ dreads being possibly wed to Kocoum‚ a brave warrior whom she sees as too "serious" for her spirited personality. Chief Powhatan gives Pocahontas her deceased mother’s necklace as a present. Pocahontas‚ along with her friends‚ the gluttonous raccoon Meeko and hummingbird Flit‚ visit Grandmother Willow‚ a spiritual talking willow tree‚ and speaks of a possibly prophetic dream
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heart is vulnerable to the simplest things in everyday life. He expresses both of these points by having a different outlook on the hearts of hummingbirds‚ whales‚ and humans. Doyle informs us that a hummingbird’s heart is small in size but it is full of strength. Their heart allows them to fly hundreds of miles nonstop and dive sixty miles an hour. Hummingbirds’ also have extremely aggressive metabolisms‚ which is why they have hearts that can beat ten times a second. Unfortunately‚ a hummingbird’s
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Ackerman seem to know about nature? All of the extra detail Ackerman uses in this story leads me to believe she knows more than the average person when it comes to nature. One example of her showing her knowledge is when she mentions the three hummingbirds lining up‚ she actually seems to be able to distinguish between the male and female which is definitely not something the average person can do. Although Ackerman seems to know what she’s talking about‚ I’m not sure how in-depth her knowledge is
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