of how I was when I first saw these things‚ the excitement and the wonder‚ like the time I watched a baby hummingbird hatch or this summer when I saved a hummingbird in Canada‚ did you know that they chirp? It’s a horrid sound‚ but also beautiful. I would have never thought that such a sound could come from such a beautiful bird. But then again I never though that I would ever feed a hummingbird water as it sat in my hand‚ watching its little tongue flicking in and out of it beak at an incredible speed
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Frida Kahlo was born on July 6‚ 1907‚ as Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón. Three years after Kahlo’s birth the Mexican Revolution began. This was a major event in Mexican history as well as an influence on much of Kahlo’s art. She was a surrealist painter which means that she expressed her deepest feelings and thoughts through her paintings. The public viewed her as a high spirited yet rebellious woman who liked to paint what she knew. Her daily life was reflected into most if not all of her
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Monteverde is located in Puntarenas‚ Costa Rica‚ an approximately four-hour journey from the Central Valley. Costa Rica is known for its diverse variety of flora and fauna. Among them‚ Orchids are one of the main attraction. The majority of orchids in Costa Rica are found in Monteverde Orchid Gardens. The Garden alone accommodates over 500 species of orchids from a wide range of color and shape. Monsoon is said to be the best season of the year for orchids. A countless number of tourists and naturalists
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including statistics on the danger of extended use of headphones would have sufficed. Ethos and Pathos is used in Heffernan’s article sparingly. For example Heffernan says‚ “maybe the danger of digital culture to young people is not that they have hummingbird attention spans but that they are going deaf”(Hefferan‚ X). This is an example of pathos because Heffernan uses specific language that incites an emotional response. Hefferan also uses ethos when she concedes headphones are useful for people who
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Fgxhhshxjkbcxjjjj jxhghmgfbncfiy gjhviuufiujfjhgkjv jghvhgjjgn When I was a senior in college I took a creative writing class as part of my English major. In this class we read a number of essays and short-stories in a collection that promotes up and coming writers. In any case‚ as I was flipping through this book‚ I ran across a very short essay called “Joyas Voladoras” by Brian Doyle. While only slightly over two pages‚ this essay perfectly captures the reality
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Captain John Smith‚ who ventured to the New World with different pioneers to start new lives. Her intense father‚ Chief Powhantan‚ objects their relationship and needs her to stay within her culture to marry a native American. Pocahontas was the daughter of Wahunsenaca‚ the Chief of Powhatan. She was originally named Matoaka‚ which means "flower between two streams." Wahunsenaca was crushed by the loss of his significant other‚ yet discovered joy in his little girl. He regularly called her Pocahontas
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watch the outcome of thirty million years’ worth of hummingbird evolution transubstantiated before my eyes into nest and egg to get knocked down to size” (Kinsolver 213). Kingsolver presents the idea that America can get to the stature it wants to be by following the example of the hummingbird‚ as the hummingbird has done just fine by itself over the billions of years without technology. Kingsolver explains that America is efficient like a hummingbird‚ but ultimately gets to that desired efficiency
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when basking in sun - relies on infra red due to habitat in dark burrow - also relies on IR due to hunting prey * Hummingbird: Visible spectrum detection range the same as humans (380 – 750 nm) Reasons for this – detection of food sources. Good visible sight allows the hummingbird to detect flowers from up to a km away Invertebrates: * Honey bee: detection range both in ultraviolet and visible spectrum reasons for
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warmth. “Prisoners typically went willingly‚ as Nahua people believed sacrifice guaranteed them an afterlife in the Land of the Sun. “ ( x ) Aztec warriors believed that if they died during battle they would be reborn as a hummingbirds‚as the name of their god meant hummingbird. When training the future emperors they were taught the responsibilities of a priest and of a warrior. Priests often aided them in how to confront cities who refused to comply with the Aztecs
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A Hummingbird’s Life In the story “Joyas Voladoras‚” by Brian Doyle‚ he is trying to tell us a message. “Joyas Voladoras” is about hummingbirds‚ amazing yet very small creatures with beautiful colors. Joyas Voladoras‚ flying jewels‚ are what the first white explorers called them. Hummingbirds visit hundreds of flowers every day‚ and have incredible metabolisms that burn their calories quickly. They can fly backwards and can also fly five hundred miles without resting. They spend their lives fast
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