...Black Bear Crossing The once luscious habitat of the Mississippi black bear was able to support a healthy black bear population. The population attracted numerous bear hunters from across the nation; one of those hunters being President Theodore Roosevelt (Young). Over hunting of the black bears diminished their population causing the species to become endangered in Mississippi. The black bear population in Mississippi “was estimated at [less than] 12 individuals” in 1932 (qtd. in Simek et al. 159). Although over hunting contributed to the population decrease, deforestation was a factor in the diminishing population as well. According to Brad Young, “the vast swamps and lowland areas…throughout Mississippi have been drained and cleared...
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...Black Bear Black bears are one of the more common species in North America. They live in many different habitats are not picky about what they eat. Their keen sense of smell gives them much information about their environment and foods they eat. The American black bear is considered a threatened species in some areas. In fact they are protected in the states of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi. In other areas they are actively hunted and are subject to open "hunting seasons". CHARACTERISTICS Black bear anatomy includes a straight face and flat shoulders. It has ears that are often pointed and a short tail. Fur color can vary from black to chocolate brown with gray combinations. One of the more notable facts about this species is that they are excellent climbers, even when cubs. The black bear is very adaptable. They are quite intelligent and curious. But this smaller bear is very shy and generally avoids confrontations. Records of human attacks are rare. FACTS * Size: Length is about 4 to 7 feet long. Weight is about 200 to 600 pounds. * Reproduction: Mating season vary depending on habitat climate but breeding usually occurs May through August. * Gestation: 60 to 70 days. * Birth: January or early February. * Litter size: 1 to 3 cubs. Baby pairs are common. * Birth Weight: Baby cubs are usually under one pound. * Vocalizations: Grunts, moaning sounds, and growling. * Threats: Loss of habitat, territory fragmentation, changes in environment...
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...the human population has brought upon the natural beauty of the park. The annual visits to Yosemite National Park averages to 3.5 million visitors a year and the numbers continue to grow due to constant developments. To accommodate the growing numbers’ of visitors entering the park and those staying overnight; buildings, campsites, facilities, parking lots, and roads were created. By doing these various tasks the habitat of the park is being destroyed. There is an area of river banks close to camp sites and they have been battered by visitors, destroying natural habitats as well. All species and vegetation inside the park is in constant harm’s way due to the increase of traffic. The smog made by the vehicles cause air pollution which is so thick it is reported that the park is not always visible in the air. There is also noise pollution brought on by the vehicles attempting to locate parking and campsite rivals which sadly over takes the park’s natural noise. It is probable that increased noise could disturb wildlife behavior, mainly in mating and finding prey. The park is also the home of black bears. Human population also threatens these bears by having an abundance of food available in their vehicles, campgrounds, picnic areas, and out in the wilderness. Once a bear is able obtain food from humans it will continue to seek it out and frighten humans in order to get it. Being able to get a hold of human food changes the natural exploration habits, population dynamic, biology...
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...North and Northeast Cambodia that scientists compared this ecoregion to the savannas of East Africa. In the troubled decades that followed, however, habitat destruction and hunting greatly reduced animal numbers and diversity. Today, the largest intact dry forests in Indochina remain in north-eastern Cambodia in an area known as the Eastern Plains Landscape (EPL). Cambodia large variety of habitats both on land and in water are home to a significant diversity of threatened wildlife species. Among mammals, wild cattle and deer species as well as predators like tiger and leopard still roam the remote forests of the Eastern Plains Landscape, while a small population of Irrawaddy Dolphin inhabits the Cambodian section of the Mekong River. Birds are equally plentiful - especially Cambodia's populations of large waterbirds in both forests and wetlands stand out as globally significant. The Mekong River is also home to several endangered and iconic fish and reptile species, and critically endangered Siamese crocodile have been observed in the Eastern Plains' Srepok River. Irrawaddy Dolphin : ផ្សោត The Irrawaddy is a shy, small dolphin that is dark grey in color with a pale underside, a small rounded dorsal fin, and a bluntly rounded head. The Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin is the proud symbol of the Mekong River and its biodiversity. The Mekong River is one of the world’s most important remaining freshwater habitats...
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...around 1,000 to 3,000 feet. The foothills are known as a biotic zone, one of five biotic zones, or ten if the person studying wishes to separate the Eastern side of the range from the Western side of the range. For our purposes, we will be including the Eastern and Western sides of the mountain range together as all being foothill zones. There are different types of species in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada; the producers, the consumers, and the decomposers. The Sierra Nevada Mountain Range’s foothills are at a low enough elevation that plant and animal life is adapted to hot, dry summers with very little or no snow in the winters. This type of dry climate leads to a lot of shrubbery and trees, which means there will be a large population of small animals and birds that will seek shelter in the shrubs and tree branches, as well as the larger animals that will feed on the plants and smaller animals. The plants that are typical to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range are numerous, but the most notable are the chamise, ceanothus, manzanita, Blue oak tree, Interior Live oak tree, and the Gray pine tree (Encyclopedia Americana, 2006). Chamise belongs to the rose family, and is a very dense flowering shrub that can grow up to 12 feet tall (Charters, M, 2010). Ceanothus belongs to the lilac family, and is often called the California Lilac (Schaffner, B., 2010). Ceanothus is a dense flowering shrub that is eaten by many of the animals as the leaves are very high in...
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...Polar Bears I did my favorite organism on Polar Bears. I chose this animal because it is very interesting on how they live and how they survive. The temperatures in the Arctic tundra vary from 50 degrees fahrenheit to -37 degrees fahrenheit. The diet of a Polar bear is a variety of different organism that live in the arctic tundra. But one thing the Polar bear likes the most is seals and bearded seals. I think that they eat this as their main source of food because they spend a lot of time in the water and the Polar bear is considered a marine animal. They are also known to eat walrus,beluga, and whale. I find it very interesting that they eat a whale considering how big whales can be. But when they cannot find any of the organism to eat they will go and eat some of the very few species of plants that grow in the arctic Tundra. The population of a polar bear is around 20,000-25,000 polar bears in the world. But one issue that is affecting the population is global warming and that is making the ice break up and warming the ocean and if there is no ice that means that there is no Polar bear....
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...valuable resource dating back to the Native Americans who hunted them long before settlers came to the area. Back then, however, the population was abundant compared to the scarcity that is facing the herd in the twenty first century. As our modern day world changes, so do the deer; yet people are still oblivious to the problems that have arisen. Every year, the whitetail deer herd encounters new challenges that range from disease to weather to predators; nevertheless, the herd has hope in the form of the Department of Natural Resources as it works to prevent these problems in the future. One of the main areas of danger that faces the population of whitetails is in the form of disease. The most common known disease discovered in the Midwest is Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The disease became prominent when a mule deer in Colorado contracted the disease in 1967. Since then, it has spread eastward into Midwestern states (Carmody). It is by far the most fatal...
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...You’re right about one thing, I do agree that in America today, we are still see what somehow is genocide. Everyday there are senseless killings and racial disputes somewhere in the US. Highly popular now, are all the shootings of white cops towards black people. Whether is unfairness or the poor ability to comply with the Police Department laws and regulations, often we see what’s happening in front of our eyes. I didn’t really wanted to touch the topic, but it seems like a fit for this topic. Genocide means the criminal conspiracy to destroy a specific ethnic group or race. However, the important thing to note here is that if we see white policemen targeting black men specifically as an attack on black identity then it could be considered...
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...species project is a polar bear. These beautiful mammals have a pigment-free, transparent coat that is about 2.5 to 5 cm think. It is composed of a dense, protective undercoat that is covered with different lengths of guard hairs. The polar bear’s fur appears to be white, yellow, and sometimes brown, because each of the hair shafts, which cover its coat are un-pigment, transparent, and have a hollow core that reflects and scatters visible light. Also, underneath all of the fur they have black skin, however it only visible on it’s nose and footpads. The black skin enables the bear to absorb sunlight, so that it can stay warm. Unlike many of its relatives, polar bears have lengthier heads and necks, and their body shaped is more slender. These bears are the largest carnivores that live on land. An adult male can weigh about 775 to 1,200 pounds, and a full-grown female can typically weigh around 330 to 650 pounds. Polar bears have many characteristics that help them to survive in such a cold environment. Their paws are thickly coated with fur, for warmth, and the pads on the bottom of their feet are rough, and provide them with more traction, when they are...
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...In the last two centuries, grizzly bears had been hunted and persecuted to extinction and mistaken as black bears. Grizzly bears are often portrayed as dangerous, voracious creatures who hunt and kill people, but they're nothing like that at all. In fact, they are not aggressive unless you’re the one causing a ruckus or being a threat around their cubs or food sources. Grizzly bears are quite intelligent, beautiful and unique creatures who have great memory, senses of hearing, and smell. But, since they are incorrectly portrayed as a threat, people are most likely to not be in favor of them. The FEDS are ready to delist grizzly bears and hunters are ready to make them trophies. David Suzuki, author of Grizzly Bear Trophy Hunt Is a Sport Like Dogfighting is one of many who oppose to killing grizzly bears. David Suzuki finds it inhumane to kill these animals for your own selfish and pleasurable means. On the contrary, Steven Rinella, author of The Problem with Protecting Grizzly Bears is in favor of killing grizzly bears. Due to the amount of money put into protecting these bears from harm's way, it's a waste of money. By reading both positions, it becomes apparent that it is inhumane to kill a grizzly bear as a trophy you hang...
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...bright surface, so much of the sunlight that hits the ice reflex back into space. However James Balog from Chasing Ice shows that, “The desert dust from southern Asia, soot from wildfires, little bits of carbon, diesel, coal fire power plants exhaust and some algae make up a black muddy substance called cryoconite. Which form in these thousands of little holes all over the ice. It’s so dark and...
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...forest are marine, freshwater, and brackish. The average salinity of marine is 3%, freshwater 1% or less, and brackish mixture of salt and fresh. Clear-cut logging is the biggest threat to the Coniferous forest. Replanting after logging leads to single-species conifer monocultures. Clear cutting accelerates soil erosion, degrades wildlife habitat and leads to the loss of biodiversity. The land is being cleared for ski slopes, landfills, housing, and new roads. In Canada, one acre of forest is cut every 12.9 seconds! Mining operations is another threat to the Coniferous forests because of the chemicals used in mining and the silt released by mining. Road construction destroys the forest and also acts as a barrier to wildlife. Roads isolate populations of species from feeding grounds, natural migration routes and limits breeding between larger groups. Wolverine The wolverine is a stocky and muscular animal. With short legs, broad and rounded head, and small eyes with short rounded ears. Its legs are short. The single species of wolverine is a heavily built animal, immensely strong for its size and capable of killing animals larger than itself. The adult wolverine is about the size of a medium...
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...Evening primrose GardinerLadies tresses Woodland star Yarrow Pussytoes Spring beauty Bistort Meadows Arnica Groundsel Yellow bell Hayden Glacier lily Cinquefoil Stonecrop Yellow monkey flower Rabbitbrush Balsamroot Prickly pear cactus Yellow pond lily Sulfur buckwheat Globeflower Helianthella Dunraven Yellow violet Shooting star Prairie smoke Coralroot Bitterroot Elephant head Twinflower Paintbrush Wild Rose Sticky geranium Fireweed Lewis Fringed gentian Harebell Wild flax Dry Penstemon Lupine Forget-me-not Phacelia Stickseed Bluebells Clematis Larkspur Monkshood Wild iris Pasque flower Fauna Flora Consumers Grizzly Bear Trumpeter Swan Gray Wolf Lynx Mountain Lion Black Bear Cutthroat Trout Bison Fox Bald Eagle Bighorn Sheep Ravens Badgers Pine Marten River Otter Wolverine Striped Skunk Marmot Gophers Voles Porcupine Beaver Chipmunk Squirrel Mule Deer White tailed Deer Coyote Moose Pronghorn Antelope Deer Mice Muskrats Bobcats Great horned owl Barn Owl American kestrel Kites Osprey Peregrine falcon Turkey Vulture Elk Northern Harrier Goshawks Golden Eagle Dippers Red-shouldered hawk Rabbit Mallard ducks Brook Trout Artic Grayling...
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...capital murder defenses or appeals. Until the early 1990s, Texas did not permit jurors to adequately consider mitigating evidence in the sentencing phase of a trial. Thus, there are a number of people currently on death row that may well not be there had information about their mental illness or youth been weighed. The South has a cultural tradition of dehumanizing certain groups of people, which has made it easier for Southerners to separate themselves from those who do not adhere to the normal social (and in this case, legal) code. Combine this spending with a political culture in Texas that demands strong punishment for criminal offenders, and the results often lead to headline-grabbing news stories. The tremendous growth of the Texas population and the ever growing complexity of its society have only deepened tensions related to crime, punishment, and overall management of the judicial...
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...The Photographer Edward Ruscha portrays the lack of adventure in Suburban America through a black and white colored image of the State Department of Employment. Ruscha uses a black and white color scheme that emphasizes certain symbols of the parking lots to show the repetitiveness and guidance that Suburban America bestows upon its inhabitants. These notions contribute to the numbing experience of Suburbia induced by a lack of adventure and completely contradict Walt Whitman’s view of the ideal American in “Pioneers! O Pioneers!”. The repetitiveness of Suburban life is symbolically displayed in Ruscha’s State Department of Employment photo through the wear and tear of the roads and parking spaces. He intentionally uses a black and white color...
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