Prairie dog

Squirrels, one of the natural rodents that we don’t seem to mind when we see them in the neighborhood compared to the hated skunks, bats, and rats. They are a part of the Sciuridae family, which includes prairie dogs, chipmunks, and marmots. Squirrels are an indigenous species to both North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and more recently introduced to Australia. The earliest known proof of squirrels date from 56-33.9 million years ago. Although they are adorable and seem harmless in appearance

The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)[2][3] is a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus), a member of the Canidae family of the mammalian order Carnivora. The term "domestic dog" is generally used for both domesticated and feral varieties. The dog has been the first animal to be domesticated[4] and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and pet animal in human history. The word "dog" may also mean the male of a canine species,[5] as opposed to the word "bitch" for the female of the

A single pack may contain animals that are black, shades of gray-brown, and white. Wolves in the heavily forested areas of eastern North America are more uniform in color. They are often a grizzled gray-brown like some German shepherd dogs. This color variation is a good example of natural selection, which enables those animals best suited to a particular environment to survive. On the arctic islands, where much of the ground is snow-covered for at least nine months of the year, being

to the west coast, but the way in which Wilder shows this infant demand for the entire continent seems almost puritan in nature. Through the innocent perspectives of Laura and her siblings, the reader of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House on the Prairie,” is presented with an edited first hand response to the dogmatism of manifest destiny by means of overcoming every obstacle ever so seamlessly and the confusion of why they are allowed to just settle the west under new ownership. This concept of

The woman I plan to wed is smart, gorgeous, funny, hardworking, and sweeter than her favorite Splenda. She also has a four-year-old son, who is a great kid. He is smart, well-adjusted, and precocious. But it's obvious that I need to keep some New Year's resolutions in mind as I prepare for step-fatherhood in 2012. 1.) Become more comfortable with assertive fathering. As the non-parent, it is easy to sit back and let the parent step in when the kid gets out of line. Certainly, and especially as a

Have you ever wondered about how people lived in the late 1800s in America? Historians aren’t the only ones who can teach you about those times. Laura Ingalls Wilder lived in those days and experienced all of the joys, pain and hardship of living the pioneer life. She decided to write about her experiences later in life, and those writings became famous for providing a window into what life was like then. This paper will detail the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her contributions to literature

the American Prairie. In these books, Wilder uses imagery, symbolism, and language from when she was growing up. One of the most common elements is Wilder’s writing is imagery. She uses beautiful compilations of words to paint a picture in the minds of readers. An example of this is, “In a perfect circle the sky curved down to the level land and the wagon was in the circle’s exact middle,” (13). This is a description of how it looked when Wilder was traveling on the American Prairie. This quote could

thought Professor emeritus, Con Slobodchikoff has been studying prairie dog communication for 30 years, at North Arizona University, and discovered that they have “a sophisticated communication system that has all the aspects of language”. After using AI to analyse the prairie dog’s calls he discovered that: “they have words for varied species of predator and can describe colour of the clothes of a human, or the coat of coyotes or dogs”. This remarkable discovery, although done on rodents, may be the

Title Where the Wild Things Are Author Maurice Sendak What it’s all about? A young boy who dreams of a land of Wild Things away from his problems at home. Why it was chosen? It is a quality picture book because it is a Caldecott Medal winner. Title Where in the Wild?: Camouflaged Creatures Concealed…and Revealed Author David Schwartz What it’s all about? Pictures of creatures that are camouflaged with poems that offer clues to find out the animals identity. Why it was chosen? It was chosen due

Comparing Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House Books and the Television Series Little House on the Prairie The themes of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books are repeated in the television series Little House on the Prairie. Specific events in the television series aren't the same and don't happen in the same order as in the books. Big events, such as when the family moves, happen in both and are at similar times. The Ingalls family of Pa, Ma, Mary, Laura, and Carrie is the same in both. Themes of