Frogs have sticky tongues that can catch prey that weigh up to 1.4x its own body weight. The reason as to why a frog’s tongue is sticky is due to the fact that its spit can change physical properties. The frog’s spit can go from a glue that is stickier than honey to a thinner fluid and back in enough time that it would have have been able to catch its prey. Instead of having saliva glands like humans‚ frog gets the saliva it needs from it tongue‚ which oozes out the saliva even when it has been taken
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How does Arthur Miller use dramatic devises To portray the character Eddie in A View from the Bridge? Dramatic devices are an element of a play used to build a better understanding of the character. Dramatic devices come into play better when performed rather than read. Arthur Miller uses various dramatic devices to portray the character of Eddie‚ and let the reader or audience think about how Eddie is thinking. This essay will look at the different dramatic devices used. The most used
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People of higher power are calling on activists‚ and new laws are being made every day supporting this. Everywhere you go it’s all about energy effiency and new products being made that don’t give off CO2 emissions. It makes you wonder... does climate change really matter? Global warming is the increase of the earths average surface temperature caused by burning fossil fuels and releasing greenhouse gasses. Pretend the atmosphere is a decent blanket‚ not to thick not to thin‚ just good enough
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How does the poem “The poet as Hero” suggest a change in attitude by the poet? Siegfied Sassoon’s poem ‘ The Poet as Hero’ was written during World War One and explores how the reality of war differs from what those who have not experienced it think and tell what war – and dying for one’s country– is glorious and honourable. Sassoon wrote romantic war poetry before he had experienced war and uses this poem to explain why he started writing anti-war poetry and to try and apologize for his former
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Imagine the Night Lights fans cheering and walking out on the field. Football to me is life just like they say ball is life. I started loving football when I was young. My step dad used to make me play football for an older team. The position I started playing was running back‚ I was the best at it. I scored many touchdowns on my team. They called me the best player. People started telling me that I should go to the NFL. I was so great at my position that people started liking me and saying that
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the role gender plays in sports. According to Real World: An Introduction to Sociology‚ agents of socialization is defined as “social groups‚ institutions‚ and individuals (especially the family‚ school‚ peers‚ and the mass media) that provide structured situations in which socialization takes place”. This means that playing sports teaches many essential concepts about life. Have you ever wondered why is it when a little boy‚ about 4 years old‚ is asked what sport he wants to play‚ the answer is
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Arthur C Clarke once said "It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God‚ but to create him." This quote seems to summarize the many aspects of religion in that all the aspects seem to point to one fact: Man created "God". Many of the considerations can be taken into account when attempting to define religion. Being that there are so many‚ including some that aren’t very well understood‚ there will only be a few discussed here. These will include the intellectual aspects that go into
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How does Scrooge change over the course of the book? At the beginning of the book‚ “A Christmas Carol”‚ Ebenezer Scrooge starts off as a bitter‚ greedy and unthankful old man without a Christmas spirit. He is lone and solitary‚ and his only friend is money. However‚ when he is visited by three Christmas spirits‚ to help him change his ways‚ towards the end of the book he becomes a different man. I think the author‚ Charles Dickens‚ wrote this book (in Victorian London) when he witnessed even poor
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Why Does History Matter? History Matters‚ because with out our history‚ we wouldn’t know who we are‚ or where we came from. Our history is what defines us. Knowing where you came from can help you better understand where you are headed with your life. In the video of the first lesson there are plenty of extremely interesting points as to why history really should matter to us. Richard White’s way of telling a story that the students can relate to‚ is very touching. Making the students understand
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Eddie and Catherine are two important characters form the play “A View From The Bridge” by Arthur Miller. The play takes place in Brooklyn around 1950’s. Catherine is an orphan who grew up with her aunt and her aunt’s husband. She sees them as her parents. Eddie who is her aunt’s husband is like a real father to Catherine. Eddie and Catherine’s relationship changes from father and daughter to woman and man throughout the play. This change affects everybody around them and causes problems which ends
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