The American Alligator helps to maintain a steady balance of energy in the food chain by eating both land mammals‚ fish‚ and other reptiles. By doing this‚ it prevents the dramatic overpopulation of certain organisms. The American Alligator is native to southeastern swamps‚ rivers‚ and marshes ranging from South Carolina to eastern Texas. It uses the shallow marshes to help gain strong advantages against it’s prey. The alligator’s color matches the moss covering the water‚ making it harder for the
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Both alligators and crocodiles are members of the reptilian order Crocodilian. But the families they belong to‚ Alligatoridae and Crocodylidae. As a group‚ crocodilians are pretty impressive animals: Their lineage goes back 240 million years‚ meaning they’ve outlived the dinosaurs by a good 65 million years. Ideally suited for life in water and on land‚ members of the order can swim up to 20 mph and run up to 11 mph. Crocodiles and alligators are top-notch hunters and will eat just about
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Entries Breakouts The Turtle Experiment CHAPTER 5 18 Adding Units 19 Consistency INTRODUCTION 18 20 ONE A Complete Trading System 7 CHAPTER The Components of a Complete System 8 Stops 21 Markets – What to buy or sell 8 Turtle Stops 21 Position Sizing – How much to buy or sell 8 Stop Placement 22 Entries – When to buy or sell Alternate Stop Strategy – The Whipsaw 23 Benefits of the Turtle System Stops 24 8
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frame> <!-- END TAG --> | | Red-Ear Slider Turtles | | Home | | Introduction of the Red-Eared Slider Turtle | History and Taxonomy | Diseases and their cures | Feeding time! | Photo Album | Related Links | Contact Me | | | Diseases and their cures | | | | | | There are so many diseases a captive turtle can get.All of us as owners or breeders should know the most common ones.As we know turtles unlike many herptiles ‚dont give any signs of an illness so
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Once there was an alligator named Tippens. He lived in a cage in a dusty old zoo‚ with nothing to do except entertain the audience of sweaty people that crowded his enclosure everyday. Despite being lionized day after day‚ Tippens began to conspire a plan to escape from the shackles of the zoo. Tippens planned meticulously‚ of course. He wouldn’t want to rush in and ruin his one chance at freedom. It was a bizarre plan‚ but Tippens felt as though it would prove to be successful as long as he followed
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Have you ever heard the story about the New York sewer alligators? I see some of you have. Well‚ the story goes like this; A family in New York decides to relent to their children’s requests for alligator pets. This‚ of course‚ is a terrible idea. The family either releases them into the sewers in purpose‚ or the gators escaped‚ depending on who you ask. Either way‚ there’s now a bunch of alligators in the New York sewers‚ striking fear into the hearts of the waste management service. How about
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ALLIGATOR CRACKING AN INTRODUCTION :- Crocodile cracking‚ also called fatigue cracking or alligator cracking‚ is a common type of distress in asphalt pavement. Crocodile cracking is characterized by interconnecting or interlaced cracking in the asphalt layer resembling the hide of a crocodile. Cell sizes can vary in size up to 300 millimetres (12 in) across‚ but are typically less than 150 millimetres (5.9 in) across. Crocodile cracking is generally a loading failure‚ but numerous factors
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and alligators are large‚ frightful-looking reptiles. They are classified as reptiles because they have tough‚ scaly skin and are cold-blooded. This means their body temperatures become warmer as the air temperature rises and colder as the air temperature falls. Both crocodiles and alligators bury their eggs in sand or mud until their babies hatch. Very young crocodiles and alligators eat worms and insects. Adults eat mammals and are even known to attack humans. Crocodiles and alligators swim
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The Turtle is an allegory written by John Steinbeck. He symbolized every character and objects happening in the story to describe the experience of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. So here are the parallels between the Turtle and human struggling during The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. The Turtle was on a journey. This is like what people living on the Great Plains did. The environment in the Turtle and the Dust bowl was both arduous and painful. The highway was edged
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ENDANGERED SPECIES Introduction An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers‚ or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has calculated the percentage of endangered species as 40 percent of all organisms based on the sample of species that have been evaluated through 2006.Many nations have laws offering protection to
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