dad, brother and I planned a trip with our South African friend, Fritz, to visit his home country. He acted as unofficial tour guide and cultivated the trip of a lifetime. The memories created during nearly two weeks abroad will stay with me and shape the rest of my life. At twelve years old I traveled over 36 hours from Atlanta, Georgia to South Africa. This amazing trip started with an overnight stay in Kruger National Park and a wildlife safari. We were warned of the vicious packs of hyenas
With the assassination of President McKinley in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt “Teddy” became the 26th president of the United States under the Republican Party. At age 42, he was the youngest president in the Nation 's history. He brought new excitement to the Presidency. For example, Roosevelt was a lover of animals and wildlife and had more than 40 pets while in the White House. His daughter had a snake and his sons rode their pony on the elevators. Roosevelt was the first president to speak out on
rare. African cattle herds grazed in the hills. The distance was broken by towns that were few and far between. Along the road lay the businesses. Many of the shops had advertisements on them; here, Coke was easily beating Pepsi. Along with numerous Coke advertisements were ones for local cell phone carriers. Martian red was the predominant colour of the brick businesses and between the shops and road lay a three foot deep, uncovered, slabbed storm ditch that looked like it could eat our safari truck
Scientific Description The African elephant is part of the Big Five group of animal species that include the rhino, leopard, lion and the buffalo. They are the largest land animals on land reaching the size of 8 meters long and 8 tones in weight. The elephant’s trunk is used to communicate and to hold food and other things. They differ from the Asian elephants in the sense that the African elephant’s trunks are extended meaning they are longer than the Asian
Hunting not only provides people with healthy organic meat, it is also instrumental in the management and preservation of wildlife not only through the hunting itself, but also by the money generated by hunters that is used for this purpose. Hunting has existed since the dawn of time and continues to play a key role in providing people with the food they need to survive. Hunting plays many important roles in our world and has been a very effective tool for wildlife management and hopefully will
The Magic of Walt Disney World On October 1, 1971 in a swampland in Orlando, Florida, Walt Disney World was born. Since then, Disney World has been functioning as a place that everyone in the family can enjoy, which was the goal of creator and founder, Walt Disney. At first inspired by California’s smaller Disneyland, Walt Disney World, which was dedicated to Walt’s younger brother Roy (Fanning), has developed vastly over the years and has easily become one of the world’s most popular attractions
Name: The scientific name for Cheetah is Acinonyx jubatus. The cheetah gets its name from Hindi word Sanskrit- Chita, the Hindi translation means Spotted One. The English translation is Hunting Leopard. http://www.thejunglestore.com/cheetahs/fun facts Description: Cheetah’s have often been mistaken for leopards; the cheetah is leaner and has longer legs. Their body markings are light golden color, covered with small round, black spots on the cheeks, forehead, neck and legs. Cheetah’s have
quickly tell that the pitch was a fastball right down the pipe, I put everything I had into that swing, a rip the ball into deep right-center field. The ball takes one bounce and hits the fence. So I take off, like I was being chased by some lions in the African safari. I swing out wide, as my first base coach orders me to go two. As I approach second base I look to see where the ball
Imagine being captive for life. In a cage locked up when your so innocent. Zoos have become a controversial issue in our society, and from what I am thinking, I feel that it’s not right to keep the animals in zoos. So do we have the rights to do that? Generally every body has been to a zoo at least once in their life, I'm sure you can remember when you were a kid adoring animals behind glass. But you were missing the point the big picture. Animals need freedom it's like being locked in a
have a drink, lets have a drink.” He had never felt so good in his entire life. True symbolism occurs when the men find out that the first buffalo, the one Macomber shot, isn’t actually dead. I think Hemingway did this as a second chance for the lion incident. Now; however,