Acanthaster planci, commonly known as the crown-of-thorns starfish, is one of the largest starfish in the world. Yet, what makes A. planci unique is not just the fact that it is large, but the fact that it has an interesting diet. In particular, A. planci enjoys feeding on the coral reefs that dot the Pacific and Indian Oceans. This in and of itself wouldn’t be very interesting, except for the fact that A. planci is an incredibly efficient predator. In the late 1960’s up to ninety percent of the
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know who you are talking too, and really what part of your message you want them to understand. What would be the potential needs of the families of the miners in receiving a message about this incident? The families were no doubt in agony those days while their family members were trapped. The company had a delicate task on their hands to console and
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their size and height and to see things in three dimension. This lets me see how far a soccer ball it is its hight and size and at what pace the soccer ball is coming at me. My eyes are both able to look at things from different angles but bring together one image. Depth perception is important because it keeps me from bumping into things and being able to tell at what pace things are coming at. A major thing that helps me do everything in my every day life is being dexterous because having a power
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is limited; however they all work to reveal the theme. Only three characters, Prince Prospero, the Thousand Friends and the Masked Figure are mentioned. The central figure of the story is Prince Prospero. The author describes him as “happy and dauntless and sagacious” (Poe, 386). His name is used to infer royalty, wealth and happiness, and suggests that the prince is untroubled by the plague and is confident of his survival and the survival of his one thousand friends. Prospero has been described by
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Katie Zachgo ELA hour 3 Hatchet, Dynamic Character Churchman 11/4/16 Brian Robeson is considered to be a dynamic character in Hatchet. A dynamic character is someone who changes throughout the course of the story. Brian’s character has changed through his optimism, respect for animals, and his instincts used to survive. Brain changes through his personality qualities, especially optimism. A large quantity of who you are as a person is your personality qualities. “he had been run over by
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represents the priority of human needs with determines human determines human behaviour (Rakowski, 2008). As soon as one fulfils the needs at each level, he or she can move to the next level. 2. Survival Need Maslow’s contends that the most basic of all needs is the physical wellbeing or survival of the individual. Our physiological needs include the need for air, the need for food, the need for sleep and reproduction of species (Steinberg, 2007; 22). People who are homeless or even jobless
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Abstract I have found that in my very short exposure to Anthropology how sheltered I am regarding the world around me. I had no idea there were so many different fields within this area of study. However, this has changed somewhat; for the better might I add. I have been given a unique opportunity to write about a subject or person within this field of study. After spending a great amount of time researching for a subject that would be fascinating to write about, I came to the conclusion that I would
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almost two weeks after the incident, the death toll in Nepal has risen to over 7000, and the number of injured are twice that many. The pungent greywhite smoke above the crematory pyres of the Pashupatinath Temple is getting thicker and thicker each day. UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES As we all know, the outer crust of the earth is very thin compared to its core. This outer crust is basically composed of several continental plates. So what happens is this: these plates try to move relative to each other over longer periods of time
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standard operation procedures mandated by their superiors. In the short story each soldier packed items he felt was needed for his survival. Take for instance Lt. Cross, it was letters form Martha, Henry Dobbins, it was extra food items, Dave Jensen, it was hygiene products. Each man had his own needs that drove him to rely on different items to help aid in his survival. Each man understood the importance of carrying required items but for the sake of sanity they all chose to carry additional items
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shiny. B. (Hand drawn) Diagram: A wasp like any insect has a body made up of three sections the head, thorax and abdomen. 1. Head: the brains of the operation a. Contains the mandibles (mouth) b. Antenna (sensory input) c. Compound eyes (very common in insects) d. Ocelli or simple eye 2. Thorax: does the heavy lifting a. Contains the forewings and hind wings b. Contains the three sets of legs that insects have c. Parts of the leg: foreleg, middle leg, hind
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