Poison Dart Frogs

In the past we have tried to contain these Cane Toads by setting up traps in the dry-seson however many blue tongue lizard got caught in them. They also tried to set up fences around areas that only have 1 or 2 freshwater lakes in them so that the babies cannot walk away from the area. This worked but we cannot simply fence up all the water sources in the top half of Australia. But I think we should create a poison on the cane toads. Because the other thing that eats Cane Toads is Cane Toads; therefore if we create a poisson on them we are able to get rid of many toads. The first step in creating this plan would be to make the poission. Secondly we would give the poison in a syringe to every homeowner in Northern Queensland so that they can

The scientific name for the Eastern Spadefoot toad is Scaphiopus holbrookii. They have vertically elliptical pupils with grayish or blackish brown- skin with olive skin scattered with warts. Two yellow lines originate from each eye and formed a lyre shaped pattern along each side of the body. The sickle- shaped spade on the side of its foot belongs to the primitive amphibian family that is neither true frog nor true toad.

Texas Horned Lizards (P. cornutum) are currently listed as a threated species in Texas and Oklahoma. Texas Horned Lizard decline has been documented to start in the 1960’s, and is attributed to many things such as the invasion of red fire ants, habitat loss, urbanization, and the increased use of insecticides (Donaldson, Price, and Morse, 1994). These lizards inhabit arid to semi-arid environments and are known to primarily eat harvester ants. However, other invertebrates have been noted such as spiders, crickets, and beetles (Montanucci, 1989). The Horned Lizards dependence on Harvester ants has already been brought to question when it was shown that habitat influences population distribution and not harvester ant availability (Whiting,

Have you ever imagined a creature with transparent skin? Well, the glass frog is one of them. I know that some of you might think that they’re completely transparent like clear glass, but they’re not. The glass frog is generally transparent lime green in color like green stained glass and sometimes have transparent, clear skin on their bellies or chest so you can sometimes see their heart pumping! But not all glass frog has translucent skin! These little creatures are two centimeters to three centimeters long and many other species can grow up to eight centimeters long.

In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “Hop Frog,” the main character Hop Frog can be justified and not justified in his act of revenge because the king made fun of him and murder is to be taken to far, for that it is not needed in this situation. A reason for Hop Frog to be justified in his revenge act is that the king always made fun of him for multiple personal issues. For example, Hop Frog cannot walk straight because of his deformation so the king calls him Hop Frog. The king loved to make fun of Hop Frog; even making him do something that he would never do: “He took pleasure in forcing Hop-Frog to drink” (Poe 901). The king knew Hop Frog did not drink wine but he still forced him to drink as a joke for the king.

In the story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Lake”By Mark Twain. Mark uses several literary devices to form a well fit story. One of the literary devices that mark used is conflict. This device helps develop the main problem of the story. “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Lake” is about a man named Jim Smiley with his frog who insists that his frog could outjump any other frog in calaveras county.

Mark Twain use of American regionalism is very well done in both of his story’s and very important stated for the time. “Life on The Mississippi” and “the Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” By Mark Twain uses American regionalism in those two storys. Regionalism is terms refer to literary movement that flourished from the close of the Civil War. These terms are suppose to be all American, so The United States region. Mark Twain uses regionalism like “Life on the Mississippi” to make the events and themes of the narratives come to life to his readers.

Often considered India's most dangerous snake. The venom contains highly powerful neurotoxins which cause the muscles to become paralyzed. It has two kinds of neurotoxins (postsynaptic and presynaptic) that usually affect the nerve endings located close to the synaptic cleft of the brain.

Known in the scientific community as Bufo marinus, cane toads were introduced to Australia in the mid-1900’s t rate from their native home of South America. Sugarcane crops were at risk of destruction from the infestation of beetles, and these species were brought in to help counter the negative effect that the beetles were having on farms. These amphibians have the ability to grow up to 4.4 pounds, and were soon doing more harm than good. Not only were the cane toads eating the beetles that they were meant to, but they also started including native insect-eaters in their diets (Roach). This new addition to their food source helped the toads to thrive and expand their habitat region.

I have picked "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain because it's talking about the bet and also because at the end of the discussion forum unit 5, my classmate (Ghobry_Raafat) says:” I liked this story so much it has a life lesson that never depends on gambling to fulfill your dream, but hard work.” (Ghobry, (2017), p,n).

1. The educational aspect portrayed in this text “The Notorious Jumping Frog”, was made very clear. Mark Twain brilliantly allowed the readers to see a difference between Easterners and Westerners through educated and uneducated diction. The narrator’s tone and choice of words used at the beginning of the text, revealed to me that he has academia background.

In the short story titled ”The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County” the author, Mark Twain, conjures a story about Smiley and his frog that can jump on command. In the story, it is in a first person point of view as a person asked a friend known as Simon Wheeler. A man known as Leonidas W. Smiley and his pet frog that can jump on command. He is also known as Jim. Jim was a humongous better.

The reasons why I want to be this year’s Frog Aides Director all stem from my passion for this incredible program. From the moment I stepped foot onto this campus as a freshman, I was eager to get involved with a program that had a unique purpose and an outcome of personal growth. I was looking for a program that would welcome me to TCU, provide me with potential friendships and connections, and that would help mold me into the person I wanted to be at graduation. And after learning about Frog Aides, I was sold. A program designed to expand our leadership skills while making big projects happen on campus and learning about TCU’s Student Government sounded like the Holy Grail of organizations.

As it is in real life, an interesting way to get introduced to someone is through the eyes and stories of another person. When you have no first hand experience to match up the information to, it is enjoyable to create a person in your mind based on the perspective of another individual. In The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Mark Twain cleverly uses lengthy, uninterrupted dialogue as a means of better understanding a character from another character’s perspective. Simon Wheeler may not be the narrator of Twain’s story, but he becomes the narrator of the sub-story when he backs the true narrator “into a corner and blockaded [him] there with his chair”

Dragonfly larvae are main aquatic predators that habitually eat tadpoles and this has strained the tadpoles to come up with devious defence strategies. The tadpoles of leopard frogs will speed up their maturation if they are in a pond with dragonfly larvae. Other species of tadpoles hide or develop ornamentations on their tails to trick the dragonfly larvae into outstanding at less vulnerable parts of their bodies. Dragonfly larvae might be the tigers of the water-weed jungle, but they were not thought to harass (defend, harass, defeat, frighten) adult