Heads or Tails

They are attractively marked with a black back, gray sides and white stripes spanning from their eyes to the tail. The dorsal fin is tall and sharply hooked; flippers are small and rounded at the tips; and its fluke or tail has a notched center. They are seven to eight feet in length and weigh up to 300 pounds. Dolphins are found to be directly related to wales and porpoises. Fossil evidence has been found from

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) states that a tornado forms when a rotating column of air that meets up with a thunderstorm and hits the ground. (HR Byers, Compendium of Meteorology, pp 681-693) About each year there are about 1,000 tornadoes. A scale called enhanced Fujita (EF) is used to measure the intensity of the tornado. There is a number given to the tornado from 0-5 and that number depends on the wind damage. The wind damage is scaled upon what was hit such as trees

Building Blocks Every morning you lick the warden’s face, your growling stomach possessing you. When he finally wakes, he bats you aside or pats your head, smoothing your fur. He gets out of bed and makes his way to the water chamber. You restrain from following in after him; your skin finding water disagreeable. You often scratch the door, awaiting your daily ration. Eventually, he releases steam into the hallway. Yesterday’s fragrance from yesterday’s shower following him into today. He then

family Syngnathidae, and the genus Hippocampus. The genus name Hippocampus comes from two Greek words; hippos meaning horse and campus meaning monster. Their physical appearance explains why they received their name. They have a horse-like head and a curled tail. They have developed many unique adaptations such as mobile eyes and a long snout that help them survive in the seas and oceans. The most interesting thing about seahorses to most people though, is that the male becomes pregnant. Many people

snorkel from my face, and raced towards the lobby. The water was swaying in rhythmic motions on the sand, the water slowly creeping onto the shore, then sinking back, leaving some rocks and shells that had been pulled in. As I placed the snorkel on my head, I felt the now familiar tickling sensation emerge and the hard slits forming. I practically dived into the waves, the salty water filling my neck, making me cough. I scratched my hand on the hard scales that had formed along the gills, and a couple

I awoke with my head clouded with images of failure. My dad, beating me with a stick for not going out to get milk. My mother, hitting me across the head with her hand yelling at me for not making friends. My parents were very strict when it came to my studies, social life, and chores. They made sure I was taught right and how to impress girls for my 16th birthday, when I would choose a wife, but I had no business in doing so. I was 11 and my parents were already getting ready for my wedding. I

Imagine having the body of a man, but the head and tail of a bull. Now imagine your mom is a human and your dad is a giant bull. This is what the Minotaur had to deal with his entire life. The Minotaur was the most unfortunate character in Greek mythology considering his appearance, early life, and adulthood. The Minotaur had a terrible body appearance. He had the head and tail of a bull, but the body of a man. He was very large and considered a monster and an unnatural being because of how he

waging war on the mafia especially on the big mafia bosses that had taken a stranglehold on the poverty stricken parts of the states and because of this the mafia had vowed revenge " if you remove a dogs tail the head will bite you but if you remove a dogs head the tail will die to. " Often the mafia are connected with the killing of JFK because of statements like this that were made. Kennedy Coursework Assignment ============================= 4. After JFk's

plastron into two lobes. The combination of a relative long, hinged plastron and a high-domed carapace enables the ornate box turtle to completely withdraw into its shell, thereby “boxing” itself inside and protecting the soft tissues of its head, limbs and tail quite effectively against attacks by predators. Both male and female ornate box turtles reach an adult straight-line carapace length (SCL) of 6 inches (15.4 centimeters). Because of the relatively high dome of its carapace, scientists sometimes

Animal cruelty is categorised into either intentional acts of violence or, neglect based cases where an owner is unable to provide for an animal and broadly as unnecessary or unreasonable harm. These are general statements of what can be considered animal abuse as most animal welfare acts and legislation do not have a specific definition themselves. Generally they have examples of what is considered animal cruelty which all fall under the two categories above. Some of these example include: physically