Coyote‚ Skunk‚ and the Prairie Dogs While I find it rather creative to imagine a skunk and a coyote to conspire together to murder prairie dogs and rabbits‚ and although I feel I am doing a disservice to hundreds of years of Navaho storytellers‚ I am going to attempt to creatively edit parts of the story “Coyote‚ Skunk‚ and Prairie Dogs” as a written works‚ and retool it so that it makes more sense as a modern children’s fairy tale. Not that children would be interested in a story about killing
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“Prairie dogs have a significant effect on biological diversity in prairie ecosystems. More than 200 species of wildlife have been associated with prairie dog towns‚ with over 140 species benefitting directly…” (Williams 34). Terry Tempest Williams‚ author of the book “Finding Beauty in a Broken World‚” delivers a strong argument as to why prairie dogs should be protected. Prairie dogs contribute to the welfare of animals around them in many ways. They create diversity‚ kinship and community. Williams
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Black-tailed Prairie Dogs‚ Nicole Lee‚ Biology 101‚ concepts of Biology‚ Aviano Air Base‚ 20 April 2007 Although Prairie Dogs name includes the word "dog‚" they are not dogs but rodents. They belong to Kingdom Animalia. Prairie dog’s scientific name is Cynomys. The black-tailed prairie dogs‚ the most common kind‚ is named as Cynomys ludovicianus‚ the Latin form of Ludwig of Louis relating back to the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806‚ when prairie dogs were first collected for science (2)
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Prairie Dog We were making our way through the midwest on a very cold morning when I saw an animal that looked like a dog‚ but seemed to be much smaller. As I tried to near it to get a better look it barked continuously until I was out of sight. I noticed that when the animals felt alarmed the whole village quickly steps into their holes. As well as noticing that I also noticed that they make a call when there is a predator near‚ and once that predator is gone they give out a second call. The small
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Skunks Joseph Garrison Possibly the stinkiest animal‚ the skunk is pretty smart. The skunk is a mammal‚ meaning that the skunk is warm blooded‚ has fur and nurses its young. Skunks are also omnivores that eat at night. They eat both plants and meat. Their diet consists of nuts‚ berries‚ roots‚ bugs‚ worms‚ eggs‚ grubs‚ dead animals and other small creatures. They will even eat caterpillars‚ and will roll them around on the ground first to remove any hair. Skunks love bees; yes‚ skunks
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“A Crow Kidnapping” and “The Skunk in the Closet” are two short stories about wild animals. Though is seems that they have nothing in common‚ they have some similarities. In the characters‚ setting‚ conflict‚ figurative language/imagery‚ and theme have their differences also. But to find them‚ comparing and contrasting is the best way to do it. The wild animal character in “A Crow Kidnapping” is the crow. Crowbar‚ the crow‚ is very observant and loyal. In the text‚ the author noted‚ “[The crow]
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Poetry analysis: Skunk Hour‚ by Robert Lowell In beginning of "Skunk Hour" (the first four stanzas to be more precise)‚ Robert Lowell gives the sense of a Maine sea town that is slowly declining. For example‚ lines 4 through 6 state the following: "Her farmer / is first selectman in our village; / she’s in her dotage." With the usage of the word "dotage" in line 6‚ it clearly suggests that the condition of Maine is in its declining years. For a better understanding of its poor state‚ stanza
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Aroma Skunk Hour by Robert Lowell and The Armadillo by Elizabeth Bishop are two closely related poems. Both share the theme of an animal carrying with it natural defenses‚ and the image of an isolated spectator. However‚ there is one important contrast between these poems: The Armadillo portrays a creature who cannot comprehend the events destroying the life about it‚ whereas the speaker in Skunk Hour understands‚ possibly too well‚ the events affecting its life. By using the skunk as a descriptive
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The coyote is known to be an extremely adaptive carnivore‚ which is clearly evident from the fact that coyotes can survive is vastly different environments and has been for more than 500‚000 years. In legend‚ its most prevalent name is known as the Trickster‚ who tricks people into learning lessons and is evident in showing people how life may not always appear as it seems. Biology and Ecology The coyote (Canis latrans) is closely related to the gray wolf (C. lupus)‚ but is smaller in size and
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Martinez‚ Jose Per.2 9-14-12 “Coyote and the Buffalo” and “Fox and Coyote and Whale” are both trickster tales in the Native American culture. These trickster tales do share similarities; however they do share a difference as well. The similarities between these two trickster tales is that they explain why the world is how it is‚ and they present morale teachings‚ but the difference in these is how Coyote is portrayed in the trickster tales. One similarity that these two trickster tales
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