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    deer antilope bison rabbits rodents snakes great basin people had mostly gathered plants because of it was very important to them. the indians didn’t like to rely on meat because eventually they would go extinct so they stored them until they needed to really eat them. they also had liked to collect piñon nuts. these people had beed able to adapt to these types of environments. these type of people were hunters as well as gathers‚ there were all a mix of different tribes so a total of 90 different

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    Sea Lion

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    great majority of its day in the water hunting for prey‚ however it does not venture out very far from its territory due to the fact that their main predators tend to be there. Their prey is primarily fish‚ squid‚ octopus‚ and crustaceans‚ and predators are sharks and killer whales‚ but humans are not a threat now. Pursuing this further‚ humans were a prodigious threat previously when sea lions of all kinds were hunted for meat‚ skin‚ and oil. Luckily‚ though hunting of this species and many others have

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    result‚ animals can be damaged mentally and physically. Some animals who do not attack humans in the wild may start attacking humans in captivity. One example of this are killer whales. As said before‚ killer whales do not harm humans in the wild‚ but they do harm them in captivity. The reason for this is because the “whales are basically driven mad by their confined circumstances”

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    wrong—revenge—saturates the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville. In this novel‚ Ahab‚ the obsessed captain of the Pequod‚ seeks to annihilate the white whale Moby Dick. In his unnatural fixation on the whale‚ Captain Ahab manipulates the other sailors on the ship into following after his own goal. His unceasing desire to kill however stems from his earlier encounter with the whale. The captain’s obsession constitutes the plot for the entire novel. Captain Ahab’s indefatigable enmity toward Moby Dick generates hysteria

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    Andrew McClarren Professor George 4/3/13 Ivory Trade Poachers in countries such as Tanzania‚ Zambia‚ Nepal‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and China are rapidly lowering the population of animals with tusks in Asia and Africa. Wild animals such as the greater one-horned rhinoceros‚ elephants‚ narwhals‚ and walruses are mercilessly hunted and killed for their horns. Governments and organizations have implemented many laws to eliminate the poaching of these animals‚ but with little success. Since 1997 poaching rates

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    A FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF WILDLIFE TOURISM OPERATIONS Examples of marine wildlife tourism in Western Australia Kate Rodger‚ Amanda Smith‚ Claire Davis‚ David Newsome‚ Philip Patterson Examples of Marine Wildlife Tourism in Western Australia Disclaimer The technical reports present data and its analysis‚ meta-studies and conceptual studies‚ and are considered to be of value to industry‚ government or other researchers. Unlike the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research

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    Carnivore Research Paper

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    uniquely different. Members of Carnivora have diverse food habits‚ although many are primarily carnivorous‚ and carnivory is widely distributed in mammals‚ being found in many other orders including bats‚ marsupial mammals‚ primates‚ and dolphins and whales. Carnivores occupy just about every type of terrestrial habitat‚ and many aquatic habitats as well‚ from the tropics to the poles. They live in forests‚ deserts‚ mountains‚ grasslands‚ scrublands‚ tundra‚ and on open ice. Aquatic and semi-aquatic

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    Story Of Keesh Analysis

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    takes a small chunk of blubber‚ thus‚ and thus makes it hollow. Then into the hollow goes the whalebone‚ so‚ tightly coiled‚ and another piece of blubber is fitted over the whale-bone. After that it is put outside where it freezes into a little round ball” (London‚ 73). This is Keesh explaining the process of building his hunting traps‚ he next discuss how it works. “The bear swallows the little round ball‚ the blubber melts‚ the whalebone with its sharp ends stands out straight‚ the bear gets sick

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    Cardio respiratory endurance-ability to sustain moderate intensity‚ whole body activity for extended time periods Exercise-physical activity that is planned‚ structured‚ and repetitive‚ and that results in improvements is fitness Muscular endurance-ability to perform repeated‚ high intensity muscle contraction Muscular strength-maximum force applied with a single muscle contraction Physical activity-any movement that works the larger muscles of the body‚ such as arm‚ leg‚ and back muscles Physical

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    The Northwestern Region

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    relied greatly on fishing for survival. They depended on whale‚ halibut‚ and salmon since preserving it through drying was easy to do. Due to this tribes in the Northwestern region did not rely greatly on hunting‚ instead they had the luxury of free time. During this time they picked up the art of woodcarving which they used to denote class and wealth.(14) Like the Northwestern tribes the Southwestern tribes did not rely greatly on hunting‚ instead they relied greatly on agriculture. This paved the

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