Ranging from the Rocky Mountains eastward to the Mississippi River‚ the ornate box turtle‚ Terrapene ornata‚ is the western counterpart of the common‚ or eastern box turtle‚ a group of species and subspecies known collectively by the scientific name Terrapene carolina. Formally described by Swiss-American biologist Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) in 1857‚ the North American T. ornata is native to the Great Plains of the United States as well as two states in northwestern Mexico. Nearly a full century
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Ocean Animals Did you know that when dolphins are underwater they can swim up to 260 miles without coming up to breath. Now that’s fast! Today this paper will have some facts about bottlenose dolphins‚ Leatherback sea turtles and harp seals. This paragraph will inform you about bottlenose dolphins. Did you know that when a baby bottlenose dolphin is born‚ it has to be born tail first or it will drown. Also a bottlenose dolphin can grow up to be 2.8 meters‚ and that’s really long! Bottlenose
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around a 13 year old girl name Turtle Wexler [T.R Wexler]. Turtle makes a bet with Doug and Otis and turles finds Sam Westing dead. This leads to the start of The Westing Game . The Westing Game takes of to figure out the “Murderer”. Turtle uses the clues to figure out the song to figure out that crow is the answer to the puzzle‚ but not the game in the movie. Normally movies and book have nothing in common‚ but not these parts in the movie. Turtle was in both the book and movie
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introduce us to the person and the events that have affected Pauls’ life so much in the following years. The authors’ use of symbolic objects lets the reader see how the situation changes Pauls’ life in the way that he can finally truly let go of Turtle and not let her death hold him
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Jessica Bush Melissa Dailey English 3B 6 February 2014 Literary Analysis In The Bean Trees by Barbra Kingsolver there are many different relationships between characters. Some are more important to the story‚ like the relationship that Taylor and Turtle share. Other characters that develop relationships are Taylor and Lou Ann‚ and Taylor and her mother‚ Alice. All of these relationships are also very symbiotic because the people rely on each other‚ without each other they would have much different
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Mommy Coo‚ Daddy Coo and Baby Coo were going on an adventure. They packed their bags and begin their journey sailing the Caribbean Sea. There was green water‚ blue water‚ even purple water and lots of sea creatures. Baby Coo woke up every morning to Daddy Coo’s kisses. Daddy Coo taught Baby Coo how to swim and find the most delicious seaweed. They were best friends. One morning Daddy Coo didn’t come to Baby Coos room to give her‚ her special morning kiss. Baby Coo got worried and asked mommy
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independent person. This is also shown when The motif of beans is also used to show Turtle and Taylor’s evolving relationship. When Mattie and Taylor are in the backyard with Turtle‚Turtle says her first word after Taylor is showing her all the plant seeds ‚ Taylor proudly says “ That’s right‚ that’s a bean and you’re just about the smartest kid alive’’(131). Up until now‚ this character has not showed much affection towards Turtle‚ however‚ now she is realizing how important it is to interact with her to
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The gathering went to look at The Westing house‚ rather than trap or-treating. They did it kind of tricky. Turtle thought she saw Sam Westing’s corps on his bed. Which frightened everybody off from the house‚ so they were not ready to gather any more data about the Westing house. Turtle got $24 from remaining in there for 12 minutes. The stocks were $200‚000‚000. I’m stunned that Sam Westing was worth $200 million. Violet Westing was Sam Westing’s
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the turtle that symbolizes the journey‚ the old family cat who symbolizes the change and the Joads dog who symbolizes the toughness. The turtle comes into play very early in the book when he is described to be struggling to cross a road and then he appears a little later in the book walking down a dirt road where Tom Joad find him. The turtle is nearly run over twice while crossing the road‚ but this does him deter him and he keeps going unlike many animals would. The second time the turtle appears
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immaculately describes the long‚ tedious journey of a land turtle across a desolate highway. From the onset of his journey‚ the turtle encounters many setbacks. Along the way ants‚ hills‚ and oak seeds hinder him under his shell. The turtle’s determination to reach his destination is most apparent when a truck driven by a young man swerves to hit the turtle. The turtle’s shell is clipped and he goes flying off the highway‚ but the turtle does not stop. He struggles back to his belly and keeps driving
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