Possum Essays

  • Possums In The 21st Century Essay

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    Introduction 1080 poison is a poison used to kill possums as they are seen as a pest. Possums were brought into New Zealand to start a fur industry. The first surviving possums were brought from Australia in 1858 to the South Island. In 1921 it was made illegal to bring possums into New Zealand as there were possums living in 450 parts of New Zealand. By 1946 possums were officially declared a pest. In the 1960s the population of possums were in the South Island with hardly any in the north island

  • Efficacy of Feratox® Cyanide Pellets to Control Introduced Brushtail Possums on Middle Island

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    pellets to control introduced brushtail possums on Middle Island RESEARCH TRIAL PROTOCOL Animal Control Technologies in conjunction with Connovation (NZ) and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) February 2010 COMMERCIAL – IN – CONFIDENCE Not to be published or reproduced without the consent of the authors Table of Contents: 1. Executive Overview 3 1.1 Toxin welfare screening for possums: 4 1.2 Feratox® cyanide pellet possum bait: 5 1.3 Non target impacts:

  • Possum Research Paper

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    Introduction Your in your house at night then you hear a noise kinda like a hiss then you look down and you see a possum staring at you and you jump with fear but no need to fear possums aren't really dangerous there animals that are a part of nature and i tell you some information about the night time critter the possum. What are possums Possums are marsupials (which means they have pouches) that only look for food at night these things live under houses, in trees, and in woods. There

  • Personal Narrative Essay On Possum

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    One of the utmost frightening events that has ever happened to me was a little run in with a massive possum. I’d never encountered a possum in real life and I didn’t want to. I’m used to discovering peculiar creatures or objects, the perks of living on a farm, but I’ve never faced anything so ugly that it scared me. Let’s just say I have definitely found a new fear! It was approximately 9:00 p.m. on a weekday when the event occurred. Earlier that week, I noticed that one of the kittens, Louis,

  • Why The Possums Are Killing Our Environment

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    issue is the possums are killing our environment by scratching bark of trees and killing endangered animals that are native to new zealand, such as our kiwi, and a lot of trees have been getting wrecked such as our totara,rimu, and the kowhai tree and plenty more habitats of native birds such as Kea , tui, kaka. This is a issue because if we don't solve this and kill the possums we will have native birds that will be extinct and so will trees they will slowly die of with the way possums scratch and

  • Analysis Of Piaget's Cat In The Hat

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    summarises the purpose of Children’s Theatre, to help the growth and understanding of children whilst also keeping them entertained through theatrical techniques. The National Theatre’s Cat in the Hat, along with our performance pieces of Cranky Bear and Possum Magic all showcased these techniques in a number of ways, whilst also subconsciously coinciding with the child development theories

  • Sugar Gliders Essay

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    Gliding Possum Have you ever wondered what gliding possums are? Gliding possums are small omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possums belonging to the marsupial infraclass. The common name refers to its preference for sugary nectarous foods and ability to glide through the air much like a flying squirrel. What Do Gliders Eat? Gliders eat at night, their diet includes nectar, pollen, insects and the sap of certain eucalypt or wattle trees. Sugar Gliders are like the bigger possums, but bigger

  • Passage To Manhood - Comparing

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    of his father, a man. In an effort to please his father David took it upon himself to kill a possum that had become a menace to his father, this would make him a man, this would grant him his “rite of passage”. The possum eventually appeared and was described as David would describe his much-loved lilies, “soft, beautiful, white in the moonlight”. The symbolism of using the same words to describe the possum like the much loved lilies shows the reader that it is against David’s morals to kill the animal

  • The Fatal Jet Ski Ride

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    there was "Perv", whose real name I haven't a clue. At one social gathering, Daniele and I were having a conversation with a couple of guys, one who was Aaron Houston and the other was Stuart Klassen, who will always be known to Daniele and I as "Possum". Then along came the 4th of July weekend that will haunt me forever. My uncle took their family camper out to the lakes and Daniele and I took turns with her brother, Casey, staying out there.

  • Climate Change: Pros And Cons Of Global Warming

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    Home Sweet Home The dictionary defines climate change as a change in global or local climate patterns such as heat and precipitation. The trees that provide oxygen, the water that keeps us hydrated and the animals along with plants that gives us food grant Earth with features that make it adequate to live in. Global warming, as stated in the name, occurs when Earth 's atmosphere starts getting warmer. Global Warming has become a problem throughout the world that will need to be addressed over the

  • Persuasive Essay On Greyhound Racing

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    Mr speaker, I now move the bill be read a second time. The bill that is being proposed is about the industry of Greyhound Racing. The main aspects of this bill are to bring justice to those who use live baiting, address the welfare issues surrounding this industry and to ban greyhound racing in all states of Australia. Greyhound racing is a cruel and degrading industry and putting a permanent ban on such a thing will benefit the society of Australia greatly. Every year, around 20,000 greyhounds

  • William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and in Virginia Woolf’s A Mark on the Wall - Subjective Narrative

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    William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and in Virginia Woolf’s A Mark on the Wall - Subjective Narratives in Modernist Texts Like many other modernist texts, William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying employs many unreliable narrators to reveal the progression of the novel. One of the most interesting of these narrators is the youngest Bundren child, Vardaman. Like the rest of his family, Vardaman is mentally unstable, but his condition is magnified due to this lack of understanding of life and death. Because

  • Climate Change Affecting Australia's Wildlife

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    temperature and rainfall patterns changing, many species are having a hard time adapting, such as the green ringtail possum. This type of possum lives in the rainforests of Queensland and is having a hard time with the rising temperatures because when the temperature rises above 86* Fahrenheit, it cannot control its body temperature (“Climate”). Another struggling species is the mountain pygmy possum; it

  • Monotremes Research Paper

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    Order Monotremata: The defenition of a monotreme is an unusual mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live babies. A few examples are the echidna and the platypus. Their skulls have certain features that resemble reptiles. They have three bodily systems, they have the digestive system, urinary system, and reproductive system. These systems all end up in the same chamber for monotremes called the cloaca. Cloaca means “one hole’’ so it fits perfectly with the monotremes situation. After

  • Kevin Young’s For the Confederate Dead

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    As I gazed across the book isles and leaned over carefully to pick one up out of the old dusty vaults of the library, a familiar object caught my eye in the poetry section. A picture in time stood still on this book, of two African American men both holding guitars. I immediately was attracted to this book of poems. For the Confederate Dead, by Kevin Young, is what it read on the front in cursive lettering. I turned to the back of the book and “Jazz“, and “blues” popped out of the paper back book

  • Australian Alps

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    during winter. As snow falls and covers the vegetation a space exists between the ground in which small mammals can move and search for food. Temperatures remain constant under the snow even though they vary greatly in the open air. The Mountain Pygmy Possum, the native Bush Rat, and Swainson’s Antechinus all survive in this way. During the coldest part of the season some animals hibernate or go into torpor. In both cases the animal’s metabolism shuts down almost completely and only the essentials are

  • Salvius In Britannia

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    In the story Quintus in Britannia, there are several characters with different personalities. In each sub-story we get new information on these characters traits and personalities. In Ad Aulam, Salvius is, firstly, shown, within the story, to be very rude and mean. Salvius was very cruel to the Britons. He gets his slaves to beat them up when they got in the way and even threw their cart into a ditch, breaking it even more! He was even laughing! Not only this, he yells and swears at varica he orders

  • Exploring the Biodiversity of Field of Mars Reserve

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    Field of Mars Research Task Introduction The Field of Mars Reserve is a protected nature reserve situated in East Ryde, New South Wales. The reserve is regularly used to assist students and teachers with fieldwork, environmental education and education for sustainability and also acts as a recreational site for locals and tourists alike, providing walking tracks and parks. Two of the neighboring ecosystems within the reserve are the dry sclerophyll woodland of Sugarloaf Hill and the mangrove wetlands

  • Jukuna Mona Chuguna

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    My Life in the Desert by Jukuna Mona Chuguna How does the author or speaker of the selected text use literary techniques to position the reader and provide insight into the lived experience of Aboriginal people? In ‘My Life in the Desert’, Jukuna Mona Chuguna forms a literary mystery that weaves layers of complex meanings in such consistent, observant language that the readers are compelled to uncover and decipher Jukunas intentions. Through observant language, allegory, personification, and juxtaposition

  • The Cause Of Global Warming

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    Global warming is a war that we should not get involved with because we will lose if changes aren’t made soon. Global warming is the rapid increase in earth’s average surface temperature over the past century due to the fact that greenhouse gases are being released into the atmosphere increasing the earth’s average temperature (EarthObservatory.NASA.org). There are many contributing factors that play a role into the cause of global warming. Greenhouse gasses are gasses such as Carbon Dioxide, Methane