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    Research Paper Rough Draft The common, or northern, mockingbird is well known as a mimic; it has been known to imitate the songs of 20 or more species within 10 minutes (“Mockingbird”). The complexity of the mockingbird can be best understood by looking at their characteristics/ interesting facts, the way they migrate and their singing. Mockingbirds are interesting birds and have some interesting facts and characteristics about them that can make them unique and different from other birds. Some

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    Mimus polyglottos which is also known as the mockingbird, it’s a songbird that is known for its beauty and music. The mockingbird is seen as an innocent creature that does no harm. The novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is set in the 1930’s and deals with racism and social normalities that were unjust. One of the prominent ideas in the novel is innocence weather it would be child like or when being prosecuted innocence is a driving force for the moral hardships in the book. The book also

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    Topic - A comparison of the respiratory system between Mimus Polyglottos and Orcinus Orca. I. Introduction While the Mimus Polyglottos lives on land and the Orcinus Orca lives in the sea, the respiratory system of these two species is worth perceiving the way they have evolved from there past ancestors and the similarities these two bring together. As time goes by, these two species have changed from very modest animals to more progressive animals. There respiratory systems have advanced depending

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    Human Motion Capture

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    Human motion capture is being used for more and more things. It is being used in the clinical setting to define problems in gait or other athletic movements. Motion capture is also being used in the field of entertainment to animate movies and video games. We can track human movement through a variety of mechanisms. The most common is to use cameras and reflective markers to track how the person is completing a movement. There are downfalls within each of the ways to track movement. For example,

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    Observation: Viewing Nature through an Artistic Lens While visual art has played an important role in many sciences, it was integral to the development and acceptance of the theory of evolution, as it enabled Charles Darwin to more clearly express his theories to the general public and other scientists alike. Darwin displayed “a sharp eye for visual differences,” (Donald, 5) which is the quality that truly set the visionary apart from other scientists and the careful observation that allowed him

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    1. The first two sentences contain qualifiers because Ellison is providing multiple theories for the nickname and these qualifiers leave room for doubt and alternative explanations. 2. Ellison suggests that his audience might be “fans of the animated cartoons” because he is assuming his readers are fans of jazz, and would appreciate animated cartoons as well due to the fact that both are a part of pop culture. 3. Ellison suggests that a book about bird-watching might be more edifying than a biography

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    In Ohio there are several non-native plant species that are considered as invasive species. Invasive species are plants that are non-native (or alien) to an ecosystem, whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic and environmental harm or harm to human health. Invasive plants are known to invade spaces and crowd out native species. An example of an invasive species is the Multiflora Rose ( “What is an Invasive Species”) National Invasive Species Information Center. United States Department

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    The quote “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” by Lord Acton parallels with the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. Once the animals overthrow Mr. Jones and become leaders of their own farm, two pigs start to lead the farm, but one of them, Napoleon, wants full control so he runs his co-leader Snowball off of the farm. A quote by Lord Acton applies to Animal Farm’s character Napoleon and his progression of corruption throughout the novel. The first half of the quote

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    Arkansas state bird is Northern mockingbird that’s our state bird because On March 5, 1929, the General Assembly of Arkansas approved the Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglots) as the official state bird. ... When the Mockingbird is in flight, two white patches become visible within their 14-inch wingspan. Their state flower is Apple Blossom. Why is it the state flower? Well I can answer that. Because the apple

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    The mechanisms that influence the behavior, physiological stress, and fitness of natural populations may be altered due to the interaction with a species’ temporal niche. Defined as the entrainment of 24-h rhythms whose time is characterized by the period and the phase of the light: dark cycle (Smarr et al. 2013), the temporal niche characterizes the time of day an individual is active, which in turn defines the environmental conditions the individual is subjugated to, as well as the timing of interspecific

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