Bald Eagles have long; sharp, hooked beaks made for ripping fish apart. Their talons are very sharp and long. They use their long talons to penetrate important flesh, such as throats. Eagles have excellent eyesight. An Eagle can see a fish underwater from a mile away. Bald Eagles can fly at roughly 30 mph. Bald Eagles can dive at 100 mph. Bald Eagles can swim with fish in their talons using a backward stroke. Many eagles have drowned doing this because they will not let go of the fish, the fish is to heavy, or they do not know how to swim.…
The Fennec Fox is a nocturnal omnivore. It hunts rodents, insects, and birds and eats desert grasses and fruits during the…
Whooping cranes eat both plants and animals. They are omnivores. They mostly eat crustaceans, small fish, insects, amphibians and reptiles but they will also eat grains, marsh plants and acorns.…
Inhumane, atrocious conditions, which Romans had imposed on their slaves created a favorable ground for frequent outbursts of slave uprisal. In the past, during the years of rebellions, instigators were discovered and executed, and hundreds of participants were crucified often framing the roads to Rome with their decayed bodies still hanging on the crosses (60). Among the prominent leaders of the opposition movement was a legendary Red Eagle, whose words stirred up slaves spirit and spread like fire throughout the city (60, 354). Using "act" or posters, Red Eagle spread the message of fighting for equality and freedom by nonviolent means opposing assassinations with his conviction that " the rulers had as many rights to a long life as slaves"…
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), our national bird, is the only eagle unique to North America. The bald eagle's scientific name signifies a sea (halo) eagle (aeetos) with a white (leukos) head. At one time, the word "bald" meant "white," not hairless. Bald eagles are found over most of North America, from Alaska and Canada to northern Mexico. About half of the world's 70,000 bald eagles live in Alaska. Combined with British Columbia's population of about 20,000, the northwest coast of North America is by far their greatest stronghold for bald eagles. They flourish here in part because of the salmon. Dead…
In Avianne Tan’s ABC News article “Texas Mother Who Sparked Change to Textbook ‘Downplaying Slavery’ Believes ‘More Needs to be Done’ ” she speaks about a concerned mother who is criticizing the McGraw-Hill company because their history books mention slaves as agreeable immigrants rather than unpaid laborers. Tan explains that McGraw-Hill Education is planning on revising their history textbooks because Roni Dean-Burren, a Texas mother, complained about a caption for a picture that slaves were “immigrants" (1-2). The next day Dean-Burren made a video criticizing the caption (3-4). Tan mentions that in response to Dean-Burren’s criticisms McGraw-Hill stated they would make changes in the digital version of the book, and the company is offering…
War Hawk, in U.S. history, any of the expansionists primarily composed of young Southerners and Westerners elected to the U.S. Congress in 1810, whose territorial ambitions in the Northwest and Florida inspired them to agitate for war with Great Britain. The War Hawks, who included such future political leaders as Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, fiercely and aggressively resented American economic injuries and national humiliation during the Napoleonic Wars. They were further indignant over British encouragement of Indian hostilities toward settlers in the Northwest and hoped to use war with England to wrest Florida from Spain, Britain’s ally. The nationalistic fervor and anti-British sentiment whipped up by the War Hawks was a contributing…
When most people think of Elisabeth Griscom Ross, also known as Betsy Ross, they think of the woman who came up with the design for and then sewed the first American flag. Many Americans believe that she sewed the first American flag under the direction of President George Washington, but historians are now saying this is likely untrue and was made up by her grandson over one hundred years after the first flag was sewn. Since this story is likely untrue should Americans still revere Betsy Ross as a significant hero of the Revolutionary War? In my opinion Betsy Ross is a significant person in the Revolutionary War even though she did not sew the flag because she was a strong, educated, independent woman when most women in those days were not strong, educated, and independent. Betsy Ross started her own religion, she loved her country, and should be considered a great American patriot.…
The book American Sniper is written by Chris Kyle that is a captivating, thrilling, and very dramatic autobiography that follows his life as he turns from a bustin’ broncos cowboy into the deadliest sniper in U.S. history with over 160 confirmed kills. Chris was born in Odessa, Texas on April 8, 1984 and was truly the definition of a patriot. He loved the country he grew up in and that motivated him to enlist as a Navy Seal in 1999. When reading his book it was brought to my attention just how much soldier's sacrifice when going off to war. The stakes really are higher than just their individual life, for almost all of them have people who are relying on them back home, because not only is their duty to their country but also to their families.…
The narrator of the short story, The Scarlet Ibis contains multiple interactions with his younger brother, William. Now the narrator as an adult these interactions portray. After a long period of time, the narrator tells the story without any remarks that explain he still feels regretful for what happened to his brother in the end. Proving he isn't as selfish as when he was a child thus meaning he has changed as an adult. Also concluding that as an adult now, he does not feel the same remorse about the actions he did towards his brother and him dying, but only feeling guilty for his incitement, or the purpose for his behavior in regards to William.…
All of us have dreams, goals we have that we want to accomplish. Some of us have goals we try to accomplish, while the special few go all the way and go far and wide to accomplish their dreams. Their lives may completely change and face life-changing decisions. The novel Dragonwings, written by Laurence Yep, illustrates how dreams drive our hopes and create our lives.…
In the year 1861, while President Abraham Lincoln was in office, shots were fired at Union troops at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Lincoln requested the help of 75,000 troops to protect the nation’s capital. At this time of the rebellion, the state of Virginia was assumed to be contributing to the revolt, however, had made no decision whether or not to secede. In 1861, General Irvin McDowell commanded his federal troops to surround Arlington House and became a headquarters for the Union Army.…
Isolation, meaning a state of separation, is often misperceived by many as people frequently believe that isolation is always a negative state of being; that isolation due to emotions is non-realistic, and that isolation is always involuntary. These myths are commonly accepted; however, the novel Crow Lake takes a different stand from these myths. Mary Lawson, author of the novel, demonstrated isolations in many of its forms through the protagonist, Kate, and a small, desolated rural community that represented the primary setting of the novel, Crow Lake. By doing so, Lawson reveals the counterfactual nature of these myths and thus correcting the misconceptions that the society has about isolation.…
The American crocodile and the American alligator coexist in the Everglades. The crocodile eats almost anything. The young eats small fish, snails, crustaceans and insects. The adults eat fish, crabs, turtles, snakes, and small mammals. The American alligator young eats small invertebrates, insets, small fish, and frogs. Adults eat fish, turtles, mall mammals, birds, reptiles, and small alligators. The invader Burmese pythons eats raccoons, opossums, white tail deer, bobcats, rabbits, foxes, and been reports of alligators.Mammals like white tail deer eats grass. Bobcats eat white tail deer, rabbits, turtles, raccoons, birds, and occasionally small alligators. Bird species are put into three groups. Wading birds, land birds, and birds of prey. Wading birds eat fish and mostly crab fish. Amphibians like frogs and toads eat insects. Insects like plants and the plants require water and the sun.…
A fundamental aspect of intricate kinship, loyalty within a friendship is a driving force and foundation on which a relationship is constructed, developed, and corrupted. Compelling closeness and loyalty provide the soul with an unmatched unity and comfort in life, and serve as an integral component of one’s intensely intrinsic commitment to another. The deep attachment and relentless devotion associated with such an awareness of fealty can lead to both regrettable and rewarding circumstances.…
