Informative Speech On Chupacabra

El chupacabra is a legendary creature that has been running around Mexico, and various parts of Centralcentral America after its initial sitting in March 1995 in Puerto Rico when a farmer found his 150 livestock animals were dead bloodsuck. But the chupacabra also dates back in Mayan culture stories reveal a creature with a bat or lizard like face two arms and has the ability to turn into a statue. It even had a sharp snout that lends itself as a service that could suck blood from animals. And findings have been found identify terms like “goat sucker” in Mayan literature

I have decided to do my thrid quarter project on “El Chupacabra”. El Chupacabra is a myth or legend centered from Puerto Rico. I have grown much interest in this folktale. The mysterious and puzzling creature brings great interest to me. I’m eager to learn more about the Chupacabra. So with interest I believe this topic would be the correct choice for me.

The main characters are the Chupacabra, Noah Blackwood he also has a daughter which her name is Grace. Also another character is Luther his hair is like a flame, Luther’s friend is Marty they always have each others backs. Also Travis Butch but he goes by Butch, Yvonne.

When eight sheep were discovered dead, all having puncture wounds on their chest and completely drained without blood. The legend of the Chupacabra started in 1995, killings were reported in Puerto Rico later on, each of the dead animals were said to have been sucked dry due to small circular incisions. Short after the incident were reported in Puerto Rico, other animals deaths with the same incisions were all seen in South America and in the United States. It has been said that what it prays on is cows, chickens, dogs, cats, and most importantly goats. Even with all the new found evidence which shows the Chupacabra to be a myth, some will continue not to believe what science has created. Another name they have given the Chupacabra is the “Jersey Devil” because it dislikes the brightness. Apparently, the Chupacabra only struck at night when all the animals were in their pens and cages with the owners were sleeping. In this case it

A monster is defined as an extraordinary or unnatural, imaginary animal, but not all monsters are animals nor are they all imaginary. Some monsters are human, and very real. Facing a human monster can prove to be even more difficult than just an imaginary animal. In the stories, The Most Dangerous Game, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Sniper, the main characters are each faced with their own human monster. Although, not all of the main characters are able to overcome their human monster.

In the graphic novel the “beast” is more than just a bull in the sense that it represents many other characteristics, but it is still a beast because it embodies the aggression, violence and fear shown in the boy and also in all of us as individuals. The hostility of the beast is shown through the physical killing

Peru is located in western South America and it shares borders with Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador and the South Pacific Ocean. Peru is about 1.28 million square kilometers. There are three major regions in Peru: a narrow coastal belt, the wide Andean mountains and the Amazon Basin. The coast is mostly a desert, but contains Peru's major cities. The Andes has two main ranges - Cordillera Occidental and Oriental. Oriental includes Peru's highest mountain called Huascaran, it a peaks out at 22,200ft. On the east side is the Amazon Basin, a region of tropical lowland, the water there is carried out by the Maranon and Ucayali rivers.

La Siesta is when students and professionals would return home around midday for a few hours of rest and to spend time with their family, along with lunch (Thyberg). It has spread to the Philippines, the Middle East, and North Africa.

The Chupacabra is the legendary hairless, dog-like creature that is responsible for the cattle mutilations in Latin America. This “strange alien-like bipedal monster with red eyes and a long, thin row of spikes down its back” rips its victims apart and removes the ears, eyes, lips, and some organs (Coleman). Also, it sometimes drains the blood completely. The creation of the Chupacabra says a great deal about humanity. The legend of the Chupacabra shows that humans want an explanation for abnormalities, let their imaginations run too wild, and need a scapegoat for their carelessness.

There are many different de-scriptions of the chupacabra from the several sightings of them, but none of them have been confirmed, the one that is most common and considered to be the original of these de-scriptions is that it is a bipedal creature with long legs and arms, stands about three to five feet tall, has a large oval shaped head, alien wrap-around eye, and a distinctive row of spikes going down the creatures spine. The creature known as the chupacabra is thought to be a fox, possum, raccoon chime-ra, an organism that is a combination of multiple different organisms, in the 1950s. People have said to have seen it suck the blood out of small animals and livestock (Radford “mys-tery”). The chupacabra got its name from a combination of two Spanish words, these words are “chupar” meaning “to suck” and “cabra” meaning “goat” (Lusted

Chupacabra is Spanish for “goat sucker”. The creature’s name derives from stories in Latin America of several dead goats with puncture wounds in their necks and all the blood drained from their bodies.

Chupacabras feed on animal blood. Their tactic is to sneak up on their prey in the dark of night, and latch their fangs onto wherever they can. While most attacks show puncture wounds in the neck, there have been reports of them being in the belly and rib area of the animal, like they were pouncing on their prey from behind. They feed on any and all livestock, with chickens, goats, and sheep being the most commonly reported animals. Cattle and swine have also been reported, along with domesticated dogs and cats.

The legend of the chupacabra, although incredibly popular even today, has its roots not long ago. According to Benjamin Radford (2011), rumors about a beast that would suck the blood out of livestock started spreading in 1995 in Puerto Rico. It was reported that 8 sheep were discovered dead, each having a peculiar three teeth marks in their neck. The blood was mercilessly drawn from their bodies through very small incisions in their necks, but no other harm was dealt to the animal. According to local veterinarians in certain cases, the purported cause of death was puncture wounds on the right side of the sheeps’ necks that were about the size of a straw, and about three to four inches deep..

There are many exotic animals all over the world that live in the wild. There are many species and some are extinct. Exotic animals are very expensive that require more than what people realize. These animals belong in their natural habitats. It is wrong and cruel for the animals that have to live in captivity when they are meant to live in the wild. Taking exotic animals out of the wild disrupts the natural food chain and negatively affects natural selection.

One of the most interesting and exciting places I have had the pleasure of visiting was the Island of Puerto Rico. Getting on the plane and arriving on the island was the easy part, but learning to navigate the island and getting reliable transportation was a whole other ball game.