Saturday, October 17, 2009

RETIRED at LAST



MaMa always told me I couldn't save the world,
But I wanted to be a hero
To shine like a pearl
Now here I am defeated to bits
Guess I finally got tired of taking the hits
The villains attacked day after day
My adoring fans soon began to call me gay
Other heroes think I'm lame
That I put everyone to shame
My time has come to retire
Now that my back is against the wire

Abandon Ship !!



Sometimes officials intentionally sink ships. You may be wondering why on earth would they do something so out of the ordinary. I'm guessing that they have their own reasons. I think that it is because they want to create an artificial reef, a place where sea creatures can live. Also, I think that they want a new thing for divers to be excited about. Usually, divers go to the natural coral reefs. When divers do this, it causes harm to the coral ecosystem. By the officials making a artificial reef, it will draw attention away from the natural coral reefs, helping the environment stay healthy and out of harms way. Some of the artificial corals weren't sunken intentionally. A couple of them were actually ship wrecks. One of the oldest ones was found and searched. Inside the ship, modern treasure hunters found tons of riches. As you can see, it's not only about loving the earth and caring for the ecosystem. Anything that they do must have to have something to do with money. At least this is what I think.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Nature



I just finished watching 3 videos about animals in their habitats. The first video I watched was of a shark in the ocean trying to get food. They continuously tried to catch the group of seals that were swimming around. You could see that the ocean was very fierce by the way the waves splashed. In the second video I saw a fox hunt for her children. She took the baby geese when the parents weren't there. When the parents saw what was going on they quickly rushed to their child's rescue. In the end the fox only got away with one of the baby geese. When he got back to his home all of his children fought for the little bit of food that he brought home. I could tell that the parents of the baby goose that got taken away was hurt deeply by the way they cried. In this video I can tell that in the wild it's survival of the fittest. The last video that I watched was of birds in the jungle trying to mate. The male would dance around trying to get the females attention. Sometimes if the female is interested they would go up to the male and they would be together. If she wasn't interested she either ignored the dancing male or just fly away.

The environment in the videos are very different from the environment we have in the city. Here in the city we have many cars and people but barely any trees. The three different video showed three different types of living environments. In the first video it showed the ocean, wild and blue. The waves were powerful and no land was anywhere near to be seen. In the second video it showed very dry land. The ground was a light brown which kind of reminded me of sand. If i remember correctly there were cactus's just like the desert. The last video showed the rain forest. It was full off different plants and greenery. Even the birds were different colors and very bright. You could hear the many different noises of the living animals in the back round. The insects could also be heard above all the others.

Out of all the environments that I have seen in the videos, I think I would like to travel to the rain forest. It seemed full of life and exciting. I imagine that in a place like that, unexpected things may happen. The birds were of the brightest colors and they catch the human eye instantly. Even the green trees were very breath taking. The moist, fresh air makes the place seem like a great place to be.