Frogs have sticky tongues that can catch prey that weigh up to 1.4x its own body weight. The reason as to why a frog’s tongue is sticky is due to the fact that its spit can change physical properties. The frog’s spit can go from a glue that is stickier than honey to a thinner fluid and back in enough time that it would have have been able to catch its prey. Instead of having saliva glands like humans‚ frog gets the saliva it needs from it tongue‚ which oozes out the saliva even when it has been taken
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Religion Causes War." So often is this sentiment heard in the best sellers from Richard Dawkins to Sam Harris that it has almost become a proverb. It is said so often that people believe it without question. But‚ in fact‚ religion does not cause war. If you are an atheist‚ I ask for your intellectual honesty in evaluating this question. You have every right to believe what you will‚ but we should all be honest and not sling mud where it is not warranted. Laying war at the feet of religion
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The phrase “I have different personalities” have been passed around from person to person throughout the years. I have heard and said that phrase when I was younger but I did not fully understand the concept of it. There was an episode on “Family Matters” where Steve Urkele‚ a nerdy high schooler‚ used a cool machine to transform himself into a smoother‚ cooler version of himself‚ Stefon Urquelle. Did people really have different personalities or do they have different version of themselves? Many
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November 16‚ 2012 Why the American Democracy Does Not Work Democracy in America does not work. The system has failed too many times and when problems do get addressed‚ they get addressed by using tactics that break the Constitutional guidelines. Slavery almost broke the Union and if President Abraham Lincoln did not violate the Constitution‚ slavery would have destroyed the Union. Economic crises test the limits and powers of the government. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt stretched
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“I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest‚ not just military service” (“John F. Kerry Quotes."). The Vietnam War‚ although not a war since congress has not declared war since 1941‚ occurred from 1955 - 1975. What does that quote mean though? It says something very interesting about this conflict. That is that the Vietnam conflict was one of the most influential conflicts of recent history. The following will show the aspects
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College Now Ms.Lebana 20 November 2015 Religion and War Religion is one of the complex issues in the world. The aspects of religion diversity elaborate on how the society is diverse‚ which should be embraced. One of the debatable issues in the world today is whether religion causes war in the world. Other belief that religion is important in society and does not cause war. On the other hand‚ there are people who believe that religion causes war. Religion entails a collection of world views on humanity
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Barbara J McCoy PSY101 Extra Credit Paper July 27‚ 2014 Out of the three books that I purchased I was able to complete “When Bad Things Happen to Good People” by Harold S. Kushner. Kushner wrote this book after the death of his son Aaron due to premature aging. Kushner was not only a father but he was also a Rabbi and helped his congregation through turmoil of their own. Even as a man of faith the personal tragedy he experienced left him to think and question his own beliefs in God and the
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to Kotler’s product strategy. Kotler suggests that a product should be viewed at three levels Augmented product •Guarrantee •After-sales servicing Total product •Branding •Packaging •Features Core product •la Raison d’etre or Why is the product in existence If we look at the three levels‚ Levi’s Type one jeans or Silver Tab‚ both failed at the first level itself: la Raison d’etre. The new set of jeans had nothing that compelled people to buy. In other words‚ “ no major
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Patricia Feito What Happens to a Dream Deferred? What Happens to a Dream Deferred? The poem “What happens to a dream deferred?” by Langston Hughes leaves the reader wondering as to what happens to their dreams that were never fulfilled. It causes the reader to take a good look at themselves because it causes the reader to really wonder. Was an effort really made to achieve their dreams? Were the dreams attached to goals? Why weren’t the dreams
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Mercury is a metallic element that is naturally found in rocks within the earth’s crust. It is dispersed into the environment in various ways such as soil‚ weathering of rocks‚ volcanoes‚ mining coal combustion‚ power plants‚ municipal waste and even the products used in the household or for health. Since mercury naturally occurs in the environment‚ it can exist in several forms and there are three main forms it takes on; there is Elemental mercury‚ organic mercury and inorganic mercury and each
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