The official name of Argentina is the Argentine Republic.The name Argentina comes from the Latin word for silver ’argentum’.By land area Argentina is the 2nd largest country in South America and the 8th largest country in the world.The currency of Argentina is called the Peso.Basketball‚ Polo‚ rugby‚ golf and women’s field hockey are also popular sports in the country. The national sport of Argentina is Pato a game played on horseback. It’s takes aspects from polo and basketball. The word Pato is
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In Bio 205‚ we discussed how all species have specific adaptations that help them live and survive in their environments. In class‚ we discussed owls and their different adaptations that help them survive and catch their food. We learned about the structure of their eyes‚ ears‚ and feathers that further benefits their ability to survive. We also learned about how they catch their prey and digest it. Owls have very many complex adaptations that help them survive in their environments‚ and the children’s
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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 dolphins only have 2 predators‚and they are humans and killer whales. You know what’s cool‚ is that when male bottlenose dolphins are babies they can weigh up to 106 through 132 cm. Also bottlenose dolphins pods can grow up to be from 2 dolphins to 15 dolphins! Unlike humans‚ bottlenose dolphins use echolocation to
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important that individuals develop technology that is compatible with the kind of society they want to build (p.52). Thus‚ it is significant to scrutinize three constituents of philosophy of technology namely political‚ social and ethical. In The Whale and the Reactor‚ Winner discusses technology as a form of life. He emphasizes that the traditional view of technology is misleading; it is based on the theory of creation
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mother and father‚ in some of the stories. Boxer’s example of this is the movie‚ Finding Nemo. After Nemo’s mother was brutally eaten by a barracuda in the beginning of the movie‚ Marlin (Nemo’s father)‚ morphs into Nemo’s ideal parent as he fights sharks‚ battles a scary fish from the depths of the ocean‚
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a diagram of a whale and details about how the whale has evolved physiologically and has become adapted to fit the environment. Kingdom: Animalia‚ Phylum: Cordata‚ Class: Mammalia‚ Order: Cetacea‚ Sub-order: Odontoceti‚ Family: Delphinidae‚ Genus: Orcinus‚ Species: Orca. Whales occupy all oceans and major seas‚ even some are in larger river systems. They are very large animals. They can grow up to 100 ft. or more in length. They can weigh up to 200 tons or more. Whales live in families
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Shark Tank In the early 1970’s two young men stumbled upon what would one day‚ be one of the top companies within its market. Paul Allen and Bill Gates‚ founders of Microsoft Corp‚ had a vision that every household would own a personal computer‚ and they were going to be the ones to help make that possible through the development of computer software. Microsoft was first able to get a foot in the market when IBM approached them in June of 1980 about developing an operating system for their new
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What is the breeding program at SeaWorld? The breeding program is where scientists breed orcas through natural ways or artificial insemination. Artificial insemination is where female orcas are impregnated without having to come in contact with a male orca. When scientists do this‚ they take the male orca’s reproductive cells and inject it inside the female orca‚ so her eggs will be fertilized. Occasionally‚ the scientists have to breed them this way because orcas will sometimes refuse to mate in
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Due to the movie Jaws‚ shark attacks have become sensationalized ‚ and the common misconceptions of the creature‚ most people do not know how vital they are to the environment. Sharks are being brutalized by fishing boats. Fishermen have been known to catch the shark‚ cut off its’ fins‚ and toss the species back in the ocean. The fins are used for consumption such as shark fin soup which is considered a delicacy in many countries. Without their fins‚ the sharks are unable to maintain their buoyancy
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were the shark’s point of view‚ the zolly‚ and the shots of Captain Quint preparing for the shark. All three instigate suspense and keep the audience on the edge of their seats. An interesting group of shots in Jaws are the shark’s point of view shots. These occur throughout the entire movie‚ however they are primarily used in the beginning. Spielberg originally only used these because the mechanical shark was not working. However‚ once the crew was able to
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