The tawny owl‚ otherwise known by its scientific name‚ Strix Aluco‚ or simply the brown owl‚ is a bird native to much of Eurasia. The tawny owl is known for it’s small‚ compact body‚ as well as its brown colorations as it is named for. This specific breed of owl is known in folklore to have an uncanny sense of sight during the night time‚ however this has been disproven through the work of Selig Hecht and Maurice Pirenne (Hecht and Pirenne‚ 1940). It was actually proven through their work that the
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever The Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) is a bacterial infection that is transmitted to the human species by a tick bite. It is rare disease but can be a serious disease if not treated properly. The Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever occurs when ticks are active in the warmer seasons of spring and summer. It is caused by a variety of ticks‚ depending on where you live. The bacteria Rickettsia rickettsii that causes RMSF is transmitted by the dog tick in the eastern United
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Facts: After the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to list the Northern Spotted Owl as an endangered species‚ several environmental groups petitioned for the Department of the Interior to reconsider this decision. The reasoning behind the Department of the Interior’s failure to list the NSO was that it’s listing would interfere with a lucrative logging industry that already had several future projects approved by the DOI. Environmental groups felt that he logging projects in Washington State
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The Great Horned Owl The Great Horned Owl comes from the Strigidae family. Its scientific name is Bubo Virginianus. Bubo comes from the Latin word meaning "owl" or from the Greek word for "eagle owl" used by the 1st Century Roman naturalist Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus). Virginianus‚ meaning "of Virginia" is where the first specimen of Great Horned Owls was collected. Some other names for the Great Horned Owl are; Grand-duc d’Amerique‚ in French‚ and in Spanish is Busho cornudo. The common
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most people do not realize that the forests will be destroyed within ten years at this rate of exploiting our natural resources. We must make loggers a profession of the past and divert those current ones into another sector in our society. The spotted owl is more than a *Darwinistic* survival of the fittest issue; it represents the direction of our only planet. In order to preserve the beauty of this planet‚ we must cease the clear- cutting of forests. All old growth forests have been around for
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This essay will explore various aspects related to the epidemiology of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF). It will seek to determine the nature and extent of the problem‚ as well as strategic points of control. Additionally‚ this essay will identify the design and implementation of control strategies‚ as well as evaluate them. Overall‚ the reader is meant to gain a greater understanding of the diverse characteristics of epidemiology and the way they correlate to community nursing. By analyzing the
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Great Gray Owls I learned many interesting things by reading this article on great grey owls. I really had no knowledge of this species before I began‚ but I now have a certain respect for them because of the familiarity I have gained. One interesting aspect of these owls is their hunting methods. The great gray owl is a very aggressive hunter when it finds its prey. "These owls don ’t just pounce‚ the plunge" (Warren‚ p.78). First‚ they locate their prey with the help of their large facial
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“Night Owls vs. Morning Larks” ENG-101-03 Due: 9/16/14 “Who gets up early? Farmers‚ bakers‚ doctors. Who stays up late? Muggers‚ streetwalkers‚ cat burglars.” (63). Anne Fadiman describes a human’s perspective on being a morning person‚ or as she refers to it “a morning lark”‚ verses a night person or “a night owl”. So how would you classify yourself; a morning lark‚ a night owl or are you a little of both? When reading the article‚ “Night Owl” by Anne Fadiman‚ I found that she provides
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At first the purpose of the passage “Owls” by Mary Oliver is difficult to pinpoint. This is because Oliver begins with describing the penetrating fear of a “terrible” (33) great horned owl‚ and suddenly develops into a section discussing a desultory and trivial field of flowers. The mystifying comparison between the daunting fear of nature and its impeccable beauty is in fact Oliver’s purpose. Oliver uses hyperbole in her lyrical and poetic diction to convey her true feelings about nature. She
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“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Objective-tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story’s action and dialogue. The narrator never discloses anything about what the characters think or feel‚ remaining a detached observer. Third Person-here the narrator. lets us know exactly how the characters feel. First Person-in the first person point of view‚ the narrator does participate in the action of the story. Omniscient-a narrator who knows everything about all the characters
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