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Tobacco And Alcohol Rain Forests
789 wordsLegally defined, marijuana consists of the dried leaves and flowers of the plant Cannabis sativa. Cannabis is one of the most ancient and historically important of cultivated plants. Hemp or Cannabis has been cultivated for at least 6000 years (Frank 3). On account of the many advantages that this multipurpose plant offers, I see reason to believe that it should be legalized, to the public, in all forms. The legalization of hemp would reduce the size of our overpopulated jails. As a result, mill...
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York Columbia University Blue Whale
851 wordsAll aboard the SS Katie MS for an exciting tour of the deep blue sea in search of Blue Whales. Please keep your hands and feet inside the boat at all times. Ready, set, here we go! While were waiting to find a Blue Whale, here are some interesting facts about all whales. Whales are mammals who breathe air, are warm blooded, and produce milk to feed their young. To live in the ocean they have a streamlined form, nearly hairless skin, and an insulation of blubber that can be over 2 feet thick. Wha...
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1,132 wordsSaudi Arabia, monarchy in southwestern Asia, occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia is bounded on the north by Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait; on the east by the Persian Gulf and Qatar; on the southeast by the United Arab Emirates and Oman; on the south by the Republic of Yemen; and on the west by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. The country's border with the United Arab Emirates is not precisely defined. Saudi Arabia has an area of about 2, 240, 000 sq km (about 864, 900 sq mi). The ...
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Millions Of Dollars Equally Important
807 wordsIn the past, the effect on the environment and its living creatures wasn't a top issue when building military bases. Unquestionably, it has been a concern though. Since flying first became a reality, documented safety reports go back as far as eighty-eighty years. As a result of not making it a number one priority, today we have problems with environmental organizations under the Endangered Species Act and millions of dollars are spent on scientific systems and even more lost to accidents and fi...
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560 wordsWood Bison are dark brown terrestrial mammals. They feature very massive heads. They have a shaggy brown coat with long, thick, black beards. Males have short black horns, which curve inward, while females have straight horns. These bison have very large shoulders and a massive hump on their backs. Males are larger than females and measure about 3 to 4 meters long and 1. 75 meters high at the shoulders. They weigh between 500 and 1000 kilograms. They are very distinctive animals, capable of runn...
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Siberian Tiger Siberian Tigers Animal
469 wordsThe fur of the Siberian tiger is long, thick and yellow with dark black stripes running through it. The coat of this animal is reddish colored in the summer months. The underside of the Siberian tiger is bright white, and the tail area is white and black. What its eating habits are: Like all members of the cat family, tigers are carnivores. The Siberian tiger hunts a wide range of prey, including small mammals, deer, water buffalo, wild pigs, and birds. Tigers ambush their prey, often camouflagi...
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20 Th Century Tropical Forests
1,791 words... been noticed that male orangutans tend to be less aggressive towards each other, when their social interaction occurs on permanent basis. Usually, this happens when males territories overlap. Female orangutans social role is reduced to raising offspring. Nevertheless, during the mating period, females become much more active. As a rule, males would not approach them, unless being welcomed by a specific mating gesticulation. Male orangutans express their excitement with breaking branches off ...
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689 wordsEnvironmental Science - P 1 -IP Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited places on earth. Only some 150 square miles in area, it lies in the Pacific Ocean, 2, 000 miles off the west coast of South America and 1250 miles from the nearest inhabitable land of Pitcairn Island. At its peak the population was only about 7, 000. Yet despite its superficial insignificance, the history of Easter Island is a gloomy warning to the world. The history of Easter Island is not one of lost civilization...
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Endangered Species Animal Life
1,049 wordsApplication for Admission to Veterinary School Essay You become responsible forever for what you " ve tamed. This highly philosophical quote from The Little Prince written by the French writer Antoine de Saint-Expert had a great impact on me in childhood. I have always cared so much about pets. I felt that as they cannot speak, they need someone who truly cares, who will speak for them and step up and see that they are taken a good care of. That is why the quote from The Little Prince became the...
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Gray Fox Coyote Pacific Slope Flycatcher Species
683 wordsThis work describes the plant community, wildlife habitats, and special-status species that occur within the Toro Canyon area, including the potential for loss of sensitive (endangered, threatened, rare, or otherwise protected) plant communities and wildlife habitats. The Toro Canyon is located between the San Inez Mountains and the Santa Barbara Channel, California, The USA. Toro Canyon begins at the San Inez Mountains and extends approximately 5, 750 acres to the to the Pacific Ocean. Native v...
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Blue Whale Atlantic Ocean
287 wordsThe blue whale or balaenoperta muscles is the largest animal to ever have lived on Earth. Whalers have reported this whale to being over 100 feet long and weighing over 150 tons! The blue whale is a mammal, because it has milk, hair, and the embryo develops in the mothers womb. The blue whale is a type of baleen whale. The blue whale eats mostly plankton and crustaceans like krill or copepods. The blue whale is located in the Atlantic Ocean. The smaller species of the blue whale, known as the py...
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Therapeutic Cloning Stem Cells
781 wordsIt all started Cloning Cloning It all started as science fiction, something along the lines of pod people. Then this small branch in science fiction grows to be a very popular idea. Then real scientists start believe that it would be possible to clone someone. Finally it happens this small idea of science fiction becomes real with the first clone, Dolly the sheep, but now people are thinking that this might not be such a good idea. Cloning has many great possibilities and shouldn? t be stopped b...
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Endangered Manatee Manatee Population Problem
229 wordsNew Endangered Manatee Endangered Manatee New York Times April 11, 1996 The manatee population has suffered a devastating blow so far this year. About 221 manatees have been found dead already. Out of those 221, 128 have no obvious cause of death. Marine biologists have been unable to find the cause of these deaths. They suspect that the Red Tide off of the coast of southwest Florida has some connection with these mysterious deaths. A red tide is a bloom of flagellates which are deadly to marine...
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Animals In Captivity Animals To Live Zoos
533 wordsAre Doing Time Doing Time Are zoos really safety retreats for exotic animals or wretched prisons? When I was a child, I used to think that zoos were cheerful and exciting places to go, wonderful places where humans helped misplaced animals to live happy lives. However, I was very wrong! Fortunately, I was blinded by the clowns and cotton candy and did not see that the animals were not happy or cheerful, and the zoos were not wonderful places. Now that I am an adult, I have come to realize just h...
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Male Florida Panther Feet Long From The Tip Panthers
474 wordsThe Florida panther s scientific name is Felis con color copy. The Florida panther is in the family of the feline. The Florida panther has been an endangered species since March 11 th, 1967. With an estimate the population of the Florida panther is only 30 to 40. The panther is one of the most rare to the everglades region. The Florida panther is large, with a lengthy tail. The coloration of the Florida panther is a rusty color on the upper part of the body and a dingy white color on the lower p...
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Dollars Per Kilo Ban On Elephant Ivory Hippos
672 wordsJason Wapiennik Mr. Trippeer, Biology January 6 th, 1997 The Hippopotamus: Endangered Species Report The ban on elephant ivory trading has slowed down the poaching of elephants, but now poachers are getting their ivory from another creature, the hippopotamus. For the poacher, the hippo is an easy target. They stay together for long hours in muddy water pools, as many as eighty-one can be found in a single square mile. This concentration is so big its only second to that of the elephant. Poachers...
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Endangered Species Human Cloning
802 wordsHuman cloning is the ability to take a cell from a human donor, take out the nucleus and place it in a unfertilized human egg. Finally the egg is placed into a female body in which the egg develops into a younger duplicate of the nucleus donor (sex depending on where the nucleus originated). However, in society such as ours which divides church and state, laws governing human cloning will have to reflect ethical positions that are not based on any God or set of religious beliefs. Issues that hav...
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Gray Wolves Endangered Species Wolf
310 wordsDebbie Smigiel Smigiel 2 Essay 2 English 102 - 81 February 17, 1999 The Re introduction of Wolves In my opinion, wolves should be able to live and survive in the wild. Ranchers do need to consider that wolves have a major influence in our eco system. Grizzly bears fed on elk carcass only in the spring. Now there is more carcasses available year round. A lot of animals have died due to lack of food. Recently the Mexican Gray wolf was brought into New Mexico from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Hopeful...
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Rain Forests Latin America
437 wordsEndangered Species Study: Jaguars I. The jaguars of Central and South America have been being killed for game and protection. This cat used to have homes around the United States to Uruguay, but ever since the fears of extinction the jaguars have moved to the undeveloped rain forests in Latin America. Jaguars are being killed due to many people fearing for their own lives and many are also being killed to protect cattle. Jaguars do stalk and ambush their prey, however, they rarely ever attack ma...
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Endangered Animals Zebras Zebra
382 wordsDeep ebony, blinding cream, these are the colors of the zebra. The zebra is one unique animal. Zebras are one of the marvelous animals in Africa. About the size of a small horse, these amazing animals are about 50 - 53 inches in height. When a male zebra grows up, he can weigh up to 520 pounds! Its a good thing that the female zebra is friendly. It can weigh a whopping 510 pounds, almost as much as the male! Zebras usually do not attack unless threatened though, whew! The large animal, the zebra...
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