The parrots are a broad order of more than 350 birds. Macaws‚ Amazons‚ lorikeets‚ lovebirds‚ cockatoos and many others are all considered parrots. Though there is great diversity among these birds‚ there are similarities as well. All parrots have curved beaks and all are zygodactyls‚ meaning they have four toes on each foot‚ two pointing forward and two projecting backward. Most parrots eat fruit‚ flowers‚ buds‚ nuts‚ seeds‚ and some small creatures such as insects. Parrots are found in warm climates
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The Paleolithic Age The notion that Paleolithic man was a cave man is preposterous. They were physically the same us people today‚ we are now and were than Homo sapiens. Society than was fairly complex‚ people lived in communities‚ they had art and music‚ they also believed in more than just the physical plane of existence in which they lived‚ even made tools. The common place location of a community was in valleys in France. Primary sources of food were hunting and gathering‚ from the rich
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The Philippine Tarsier IJsselstein‚ Friday‚ 18 May 2001 (updated: Saturday‚ 24 April 2004) The Philippine tarsier‚ (Tarsius syrichta) is very peculiar small animal. In fact it is one of the smallest known primates‚ no larger than a adult men’s hand. Mostly active at night‚ it lives on a diet of insects. Folk traditions sometimes has it that tarsiers eat charcoal‚ but actually they retrieve the insects from (sometimes burned) wood. It can be found in the islands of Samar‚ Leyte‚ Bohol‚ and Mindanao
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Since the beginning of time men have played the dominant role in nearly every culture around the world. If the men were not dominant‚ then the women and men in the culture were equal. Never has a culture been found where women have dominated. In "Society and Sex Roles" by Ernestine Friedl‚ Friedl supports the previous statement and suggests that "although the degree of masculine authority may vary from one group to the next‚ males always have more power" (261). Friedl discusses a variety of diverse
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have been around the forest of the Congo for tens of thousands of years. The Congo basin is great in providing food‚ medicine‚ water‚ materials and shelter for over 75 million people. There are over 150 ethnic groups in the Congo. Often known by as (Pygmies) they are today’s most visible representatives of an
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Espinoza 1 Connie Marie Espinoza English 1302 Ms. Pedraza December 4‚ 2012 “The American Dream Faces a Nightmare” Before the Border Fence was built on August 29‚ 2008‚ America was facing and still is facing one of the gravest threats ever. The lack of security and law enforcement agents‚ has caused so much havac and danger to the citizens of America and Mexican residents. We the citizens of the United States of America
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climatic zones are the main and underlying reason why Cameroon has so many diverse ethnic cultures‚ such as the Kirdi in the warm desert climate‚ the Fulani in the warm semi-arid climate‚ the western highlanders in the tropical savannah climate‚ the pygmies and Fang-Beti in the monsoon climate‚ and the Bantu in the equatorial climate (Mbaku). These cultures contrast in the way that they live their lives according to what the land and climate look like around them.
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PHILIPPINES FOLK DANCES FUNDAMENTALS OF FOLK DANCING TERMINOLOGY The term "folk dance" is sometimes applied to dances of historical importance in European culture and history; typically originated before 20th century. For other cultures the terms "ethnic dance" or "traditional dance" are sometimes used‚ although the latter terms may encompass ceremonial dances. There are a number of modern dances‚ such as hip hop dance‚ that evolve spontaneously‚ but the term "folk dance" is generally not
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Sundew plant Sundew are a kind of carnivorous plant. The leaves of sundews are covered with "tentacles". sundew is found throughout all parts of the world. Its greatest concentrations are in Australia and South Africa‚ making them the largest group of carnivorous plants. They have a long-ish head that’s parallel to the ground with small sticky red balls. The insect sticks to the balls and the head curls up to eat it. Besides those there are also some ones in which the heads are the shape of
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This place is dominated by the tribe that the men who are taller only reach to 150 cm. This indigenous tribe is called “Yali Tribe” or in another name “Papua Pygmy Cannibals.” They are discovered around 1970s (Yali Tribe‚ n.d.). Many people believe they are the most dread cannibals in the western of new guinea. The reasons why people call Yali is the most brutal tribe is because Yalis always and completely eliminate
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