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- 5591: The Beginning of the Universe
- ... a portion of this randomness happened to form a bubble, with a temperature in excess of 10 to the power of 34 degrees Kelvin. Being that hot, naturally it expanded. For an extremely brief and short period, billionths of billionths of a second, it inflated. At the end of the period of inflation, the universe may have a diameter of a few centimetres. The temperature had cooled enough for particles of ...
- 5592: The Wolverine
- ... far south as Colorado, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and perhaps Michigan. It looks like a weasel maybe because it is in the weasel family.It has black and brown fur and long claws.Its legs are short but strong. The Wolverine is usually solitary except for members of the opposite sex and a female's young. After the females give birth they hide with their young. The mother defends her territory and ...
- 5593: UFOs: We Are Not Alone
- ... which was discovered by a pair of arizona rock hounds, was damaged when the sedimentary encrustation was being removed and therefore couldn't be tested (montgomery 221). Since the dawn of time, man has told stories of heavenly and demonic beings coming to rule, teach, torment, seduce and provide salvation. Every culture has myths of ancient gods who strode through the heavens. The American Indians had the cachinas who taught them ...
- 5594: Turkey Vultures
- ... they strongly preferred the fresh. Badly decayed meaat contains unpleasant bacterial compounds that either impede digestion or are actively toxic. Vultures will eat rotten meat if they are extremely hungry, but if they are not short of food, they will give bad meat a miss and wait for the scent of something more palatable. Turkey vultures can tell from the smell coming through the tree canopy how long an animal has ...
- 5595: Cooper, James F.
- Many great people have told history. Stories of how we progressed from the small colonies to the country we are today have been passed down to every generation. We were given the idea of our triumphs, struggles, tragedies and adventures of history ...
- 5596: Introduction To Evolution
- ... perfect adjustment to a unchanging environment. Such stable forms, however, are not at all dominant in the world today. The human species, one of the dominant modern life forms, has evolved rapidly in a very short time. The Rise of Mammals The decline of the reptiles provided evolutionary opportunities for birds and mammals. Small and inconspicuous during the Mesozoic Era, mammals rose to unquestionable dominance during the Cenozoic Era (beginning 65 ...
- 5597: The Call of the Wild: The Effect of the Environment
- ... of his environment. Many of Bucks masters helped to transform him into the wild, emotionless dog he became. Each sled drivers expectations of his or her dogs were truly too high. In five short months, Buck traveled three thousand miles while pulling his masters sled. In order to maintain discipline, the dogs were whipped and beaten until they accomplished many unthinkable tasks. After losing thirty pounds due to starvation ...
- 5598: The Downy Woodpecker
- ... and pink on the whole crown. The youngsters are also somewhat fluffy or "downy" looking. The juvenile female looks like the juvenile male, without the red crown. This juvenile plumage will be worn but a short time, for all downies, young and adult, molt into winter plumage in September. Ounce the young have fledged, the parents divide the brood and only take care of their charges. The male will usually take ...
- 5599: Cortes
- ... town called Medellin in Extremadura. It talks about little of his child hood and little about his young life except that he studied law at the University of Salamanca. His law school years were cut short in 1501 when he decided to try his luck in the New World. He sailed from Santo Domingo in the Spring of 1504. After he had got there in 1511 he joined he Spanish Soldier ...
- 5600: The Application of Fractal Geometry to Ecology
- ... too long of a time interval is used to map the insect's progress, the segments will be too long and the intricacies of the insect's movements will be lost. The use of very short intervals may create artificial breaks in behavioral moves and might increase the sampling effort required until it is unmanageable (Wiens et al. 1993). Movement pathways are one of the main characteristics influenced by the landscape ...
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