Brown tree snake Essays

  • The Brown Tree Snake

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    After World War II, the Brown Tree Snake was accidentally transported from its original home of the South Pacific to Guam, supposedly through a cargo ship or the landing gears of planes transporting goods. As a result of the abundance of prey Guam has, and the low numbers of natural predators aside from feral pigs and mangrove monitors, the Brown Tree Snake reached unfathomable numbers. Wiping out many native vertebrate species, domestic birds and pets, as well as inflicting emotional trauma to tourists

  • Komodo Dragon Research Paper

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    In the first place Komodo Dragons can be a big harm on a village called Komodo Island. Komodo Dragons have caused lots of problems. The people on Komodo island are aware of the Komodo Dragons attacking them because Ii has happened before. So there trying to find a way to make the attacks go down, because the Komodo dragons are causing lots of problems. The villagers on Komodo island are getting attacks in the school and other places where you wouldn’t suspect the Komodo

  • CA King Snakes

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    What snake is consider the monarch of all snakes in CA, even the deadly rattle snake cannot bet this beast combat and nonetheless this creature prefers the comfort of being command by a baby. The CA king snake may be a nontoxic serpent endemic to the western America and northern United Mexican States. a relatively very little biological group of the common king snake and is after all found throughout an oversized selection of habitats that ar deserts, wetlands and biology areas. one in all the foremost

  • Eastern Bluebird Research Paper

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    United States running down into Central America. It is a breeding resident in North Dakota among many other states, residing in rural and suburban areas all over the bird’s range. The Eastern Bluebird have a beautiful royal blue back and head, reddish-brown on the breast with a white belly. The males are more brightly colored than the females, the females have this grayish hue amongst the royal blue. This species can reach six to eight inches tall, with a wingspan reaching from nine to twelve inches,

  • Appearance Vs. Reality In The Great Gatsby

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    Looks are deceiving when it comes to appearance versus reality. Things are not always as they appear to be in real life. To many human beings, wealth can be mistaken as happiness and happiness can be mistaken as wealth. People become obsessed with the idea that along with wealth brings carefree happiness. However, ironically this can lead to ones failure. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the misperception between appearance versus reality is thoroughly demonstrated throughout the whole

  • Cirque Du Freak Character Analysis

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    Cirque Du Freak A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan is about two best friends, Darren Shan and Steve Leonard, and how they get tickets to see the freak show Cirque Du Freak, a freak show that features unordinary performers such as the snake-boy, the twisting twins, the wolf-man, Larten Crepsley, and his spider, Madam Octa. They each get into some trouble when Steve finds out a secret and Darren steals something he shouldn’t have. The book is fiction, but Darren says, in the introduction, that everything

  • Isopod Lab Report

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    Introduction: Isopods are crustacean, which is split into smaller groups, called order. Scientifically Isopoda order is called isopods, which include pill bugs and sow bugs (Crustacean class). Most of the time isopods are mistaken for “bugs” since they look like insects. Even though they are closely related to crustaceans, their bodies are particularly similar to crab and other sea creature with shells. The isopods have three distinct regions such as the head, thorax and abdomen (CISEO). Their

  • Indian Figurative Language

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    In “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, the author develops characters through his use of figurative language. These comparisons have a considerable impact on characterization and development of a character's personality and background.     Sherman Alexie uses similes to develop the characters background. While developing, Arnold Spirit said, “I started wearing glasses when I was three, so I ran around the rez looking like a three-year-old Indian grandpa”(Alexie, 4)

  • Comparing The Indian Grey Mongoose And The King Cobra

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    species. They can reach 18 feet in length making them the longest of all venomous snakes. When confronted,

  • The Rattler Short Story Theme

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    story “The Rattler,” a man must decide whether or not to spare the life of a rattlesnake that he encounters during a walk in the desert. He chooses to slaughter the snake, resulting in the snake’s gory death. The author convinces the audience to sympathize with the snake and empathize with the narrator through the characterization of the snake, the descriptions of the tranquil environment, and the perspective of the man. The snake’s just treatment of the man, intelligence, and gruesome

  • Analysis Of Rikki-Tavi, By Rudyard Kipling

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    ‘marks or no marks, do you think it is right for you to eat fledglings out of a nest?” (Kipling 8). Rikki is well knowingly standing up to a king cobra while never having experienced fighting snakes. This proves how Rikki shows bravery by basically declaring a fight with Nag even though he was fed snakes and never hunted. In addition,” Rikki Tikki puts his paws one on each side of the eff. ‘What price for a snake’s egg? For a young cobra? For the last - the very last of the brood? The ants are eating

  • Essay On Pit Vipers

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    they can be very tiny as well only weighing 6.6 pounds. The skin of a pit viper makes them stand out. The pit viper’s skin is a cold scaly texture that looks wet, but is actually dry. The one thing that points out pit vipers from any other species of snake is their 2 holes under their eyes that are incredibly useful to them. My research on

  • Rikki Tikk Bloodthirsty Analysis

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    Nag is a very mean snake in the story “Rikki-tikki-tavi” by Rudyard Kipling. Nag, who wants to rule his own very garden, and he is willing to kill anything that stands in his way. Nag teams up with his friend Nagaina to kill his enemy Rikki-tikki-tavi, but will he succeed? Nag proves himself to be very dangerous, bloodthirsty, and cruel snake. First, Nag makes “a horrid sound” (18) sending Rikki-tikki soaring backwards through the air two feet. Then inch by inch the grass rose up and out showed

  • Dr Grimesby Roylott Research Paper

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    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dr. Grimesby Roylott dies after being bitten by a Swamp Adder, the most venomous snake in India. I believe that Sherlock Holmes was not accountable for the passing of Dr. Roylott and was entirely innocent. When Sherlock initially saw the deadly creature he knew he had to act swiftly and defend himself and Dr. Watson. Furthermore, Dr. Roylott knew the treacherous snake would return eventually; yet, he still sat in the chair which left him vulnerable. The most vital fact is

  • Brief Summary: Rikki-Tavi, By Richard Kipling

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    “ Rikki-tikki-tavi,” by Richard Kipling, Rikki had a right to proud of himself but not too proud because he saved the English family from getting killed by the snakes. Rikki-tikki did some unintelligent things that could have killed him, but he fought off the snakes that could have killed the small english family in the bungalow. Rikki saved the father of Teddy by fighting off Nag.” Rikki tikki saw Nag and Nagaina in the bathroom, and decided after Nagina left the he needed to kill nag. Rikk told

  • Burmese Pythons Research Paper

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    Burmese Python: not the ideal pet, Matt Piven states that the python can “grow to an astounding length of 23 feet and a weight of up to 200 pounds.” This means that python pets can escape from cages. Without a doubt, this matters because the adult snake can escape and wander off and do something dangerous, or it could end up is someone else’s house. Matt Piven goes on to say “The pythons unique hinged jaws allow it to swallow an object five times as wide as its own head.” In other words Piven means

  • The Use Of Diction In Patric's The Rattler

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    culpable for killing off the snake, but he tries to make it seem like the man was obligated to kill it. The scene where the man says, “My first instinct was to let him go this way and I would go mine”, shows that he wasn’t violent by nature. The man describes afterward that he had to look out for the other people and animals that might be harmed by this venomous creature. The effects that this passage can have on a reader is one where they may feel pity for the naive snake and the ‘violent’ man. The

  • Rikki Research Paper

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    on to that but he lost his senses. Then he got revived, he was lying in the middle of a garden path. When Rikki saw the snakes at first he was a little scared, but he knew it’s impossible for any mongoose to be afraid for a period of time. Rikki never met a live cobra before, but his mom gave him dead ones to eat. He said “A mongooses business is not only to eat, but fight snakes too!” Nags wife Darzee tried to strike, but luckily Rikki heard her hissing and

  • Jararaca Pit Viper

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    The Jararaca Pit Viper On page 26 of his book, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, David Grann presents information on the Jararaca pit viper. He stated that the Jararaca is the most venomous snake in the Americas. One bite will cause a person to bleed from the eyes and become a corpse piece by piece. I found this interesting because I had never heard of the Jararaca and would like to research more information about them. Throughout my essay I will discuss the physical

  • Rudyard Kipling's Nagain One Of The Evil Snakes

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    Nagaina is one of the evil snakes that lives in the bungalow in ¨Rikki-Tikki-Tavi¨.¨Rikki-Tikki-Tavi¨ was written by the author Rudyard Kipling.Nagaina is one of the most evil and vicious snakes because she wants everyone to fear her and if they get in her way she will make sure that they won’t anymore. She shows through the whole story that she is dangerous(23),Murderous(24), and protective(25). First,Nagaina shows she is very dangerous (23) by threatening and attacking Rikki-Tikki every chance