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    interview, Chris stressed that trapping, for the most part, was unregulated and that trappers don’t have to release information on unintentional animals they trap. An example she gave was back in 2014 when a Bald eagle was caught in a snare trap. And while it is a felony to kill a bald eagle and can come with a fine of up to $250,000, if one is captured in a trap and is released, or even if it dies in the trap, it is not technically illegal and the trapper cannot be held

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    to be swarming with spiders…The spiders used to be controlled by the birds, but now they, too, have few predators”. An example of a bird which has been successfully preserved from extinction is the Bald Eagle. Due to the extensive use of DDT, excessive hunting, and loss of habitat, the Bald Eagle population in America plunged from around 400,000 in the 1700’s to just 412 nesting pairs in the 1950’s. However, just by imposing regulations on hunting, and by banning DDT, the population has rebounded

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    as creation of humankind or even in the story about flood. In Salinan Indian Creation Story, there are resemblances both to Greek mythology and to the Bible. The myth says, “When the world was finished, there were as yet no people, but the Bald Eagle was the chief of the animals. He saw the world was incomplete and decided to make some human beings. So he took some clay and

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    Symbolism is a literary device that uses objects or events that hides the even greater idea beyond what the text it gives you. For example, the bald eagle may seem like a fascinating bird, but to the eyes of an American the bald eagle represents freedom. Symbolism can be found throughout our everyday lives. Shoes have logos that are used to show what brand of shoes ones self is wearing, also money may seem like just paper, but it can also represent power. In the short story, A Worn Path, the main

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    Pink on the map. Wildlife is often visible at the camp-ground and vicinity. This small buck was quite distressed that I was eating “his” chestnuts along the trail. The last time I was here, a juvenile bald eagle was flying above the trail as I arrived. Once I went to the creek, an adult bald eagle flew just beyond me straight north along the creek bank. Just south of us were three deer grazing in the stream. While we are at the campground, sharp eyes may spot on the high ledge to the east (our left)

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    Liberalism Vs. Liberalism.

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    Conservatism vs. liberalism Contents I. Opening Conservative VS liberal II. Abortion III. Gun control IV. War on terror V. Immigration VI. Embryonic stem cell research I. Conservative VS liberal In the United States there are two separate and very different parties that believe how the government should be ran. The conservatives and the liberals. The conservatives believe in a limited government with a sense of personal responsibility. They want a government with free markets

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    that our previous connived notions about them are in fact untrue. We commonly call people unintelligent pigs even though we now know that pigs are smarter than dogs. We have made the bald eagle our countries national bird because we assumed that something so majestic must be honorable denizen of the sky when bald eagles are in actuality scavengers and bullies. We are scared to swim in the ocean due to our fear of sharks when cows kill more people annually. These preconceived notions have allowed us

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    “ Okay let's go see what they are” Phoenix replied, rolling his eyes and sighing. Once getting close they realized they were a owl and a Bald Eagle. They decided to wake them up and there names were Charger and Destroyer. “ We were knocked by the best wizard during that time out during a cold war and they probably thought we were dead so they left us.” recalled Destroyer “We are 20,000

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    Climate Change In Alaska

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    The temperature in Alaska changes a lot because of the pollution that people have caused as they have been mining for oil and other natural resources causing greenhouse gases.The climate in Alaska is extremely cold only certain animals can live there because of the temperature. People who live there always have to be prepared for the weather that can change any second. The people who live in Alaska have adapted to the environment so it isn't as cold for them but if someone came from Florida and

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    placed webcams around a nest of bald eagles in Pittsburgh, what they found out was shocking. The video footage captured adult eagles returning with a young cat in their talons, and they were feeding it to their two eaglets. They streamed this video footage on the Hays nest website live, and some of the viewers found it incredibly disturbing that bald eagles would do this. One of the viewers pointed out how this cat could represent someone's pet, but to a bald eagle, this simply becomes a source of

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