There's angry squirrel fussing because someone stole his nuts, a cricket chirping after a bad joke, armies of birds having a singing competition so see whose voice is more beautiful, the howl of the wolf to the distance, and the frogs chirping to find their mate. ... There's the scent of a flower shop with the smell of wild roses and honey suckle, the smell of a skunk is blowing past from upwind, the scent of defecation everywhere, the strange scent of nasty water flowing through the creek where it runs through a farm somewhere up stream, the stank of a dead animal decomposing while ...

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Sacagawea was an important member of the Shoshone tribe. She was born in eastern Idaho in what is now Salmon, Idaho. It is thought that her birth year was about 1790. When Sacagawea was around the age of 10, she was captured by a raiding band of Hidatsa and carried to their camp near the border o...

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Gruiformes that inhabit the grasslands eat things such as seeds, leaves, nuts, berries, fruits, waste grains, worms, snails, other insects, snakes, lizards, rodents and other small mammals, and even small birds. ...

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In 1992, a young American named Chris McCandless walked into the Alaska wilderness with the maverick plan to live off the land. He had discarded all his worldly goods, cut off his loving family and survived thus far on odd jobs, rice, nuts and berries. McCandless was found several months later, havi...

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Massachusetts Bay Colony Two to three thousand years ago, Algonkin tribes settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony area. Before the colonists arrived in the early 1600's, they lived there peacefully and settled near streams and rivers. Although they were still considered to be Algonkin, several d...

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The Stillaguamish and the Ocmulgee Indians have some similarities and some differences. I am comparing and contrasting these two Indian tribes. It will be a good thing to read because it will give lots of information. The Stillaguamish Indians lived on the Northwest coast of Washington State. T...

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Up to 80% of all plant species are pollinated mostly by insects and nearly three-quarters of the world's most common crops require insect pollination, some of these crops include tea, chili, berries, alfalfa, coffee, fruits, and nuts! ...

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Young girls would carry baskets of nuts to the camp where the older women heated the nuts to loosen the seeds. ... The Iroquois found their food by hunting, fishing, and gathering berries, fruits, and nuts. ... Berries, nuts, and wild plants were important forms of food for the Cherokee. ...

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In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley makes many references in regards to parenting and education. She seems to be sending a message that without discipline and guidance, as well as unconditional love, a child cannot reach their full potential.As a result of his early childhood where he was indul...

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Recently I have read an exhilarating novel called "Of Mice And Men", written by John Steinbeck. I will examine the themes of friendship, racism, and dreams by examining evidence from the text about the characters George, Lennie and Crooks. The story describes two characters, George and Lennie who...

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Initially, the monster had been stealing some of the family's food and firewood as a way to secure his own self-preservation, he states "I had been accustomed, during the night, to steal a part of their store for my own consumption; but when I found that in doing this I inflicted pain on the cottagers, I abstained, and satisfied myself with berries, nuts, and roots, which I gathered from a neighboring wood" (Frankenstein, 77). ...

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Caffeine is a natural compound, found in many plants such as tea leaves, coffee beans, and Kola nuts. ... Inhibiting this neuronal activity for a period of at least forty minutes effectively enhanced the memory of Drosophila (Berry, 2012). ...

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Feral hogs were first introduced to the United States in 1493 on Christopher Columbus's second voyage to the new world. They were brought with other livestock to be used for food, but they soon escaped captivity. These animals were reported to be very aggressive and attacked Spanish soldiers. The...

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Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelly, is about Victor Frankenstein's thirst for forbidden knowledge. The story begins with Walton, a sailor, telling his sister he had finally met a true friend named Victor. Victor comes on to Walton's ship ill and unable to speak. Walton nurses him for days until he...

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Earth without forests is a picture that most of the world could not conceive. Forests cover much of the planet's land area. They are extremely important to humans and the natural world. For humans, they have many aesthetic, recreational, economic, historical, cultural and religious values. Timber an...

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