Komodo Dragon Fact

So I was just watching a documentary on Komodo Dragons and I found out that the females can actually have eggs and they can hatch with out the fertilizing of a male. This is crazy to me because everyone always says it takes two to keep going, but this is the total opposite of this theory.

"scientists have documented a virgin birth. Actually, what they describe is two such births by Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) in captivity. The births occurred in zoos that lacked male Komodo dragons, the largest of the lizards." 

I think its crazy that this can happen, and if it starts happening in the wild (if it hasen't) we will soon have tons of Komodo Dragons!

Pet Grave Yards

Pet Grave Yards and memorials are becoming more and more popular these days, I find it to be a loving touch to have a memorial for your pet but maybe a little odd to actually bury them in a pet cemetery.

There are lots of stores and websites available now that customize memorials for your pet any way you want it.  An example of this is http://www.companionanimalmemorials.com/  They make and sell everything from carved rocks, granite slates, memory boxes, and pet urns.  I find it crazy that there are so many options for your pet now, but comforting if you are a pet lover as I am.

Pets like people are offered cremation or burials, in Victoria we do have pet cemetery's one of them being the Pet Memorial Center which has a website that can be found at http://www.petmemorialcenter.ca/memorial-center/burial.php.   They offer service for pets and owners in both cremation and burials of the beloved animals.

There are many different ways in which people deal with there animals once they pass away, including burials in a pet cemetery and cremations.  Some people see this as being odd but others understand because they as well would do the same for the pets they loved.  I would get my pet cremated I believe, I don't even want to think about one of them passing now!

Website Prompt

The website I found in relation to my group project was http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3409147,00.html which is called Jewish World and the article I read is called:

Mass Jewish grave from WWII found in Ukraine

Remains of thousands of Jews killed by the Nazis found near the site of what was once a concentration camp. ‘It underscores the enormous scope of the Nazis’ plans of annihilation,’ director of the Israel office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center says 

This website relates to my group project because we both look at mass graves from WWII and talk about excavations and monuments of the past and present.

This website and article compared to our rubric would get around 82%


Organization and presentation: 2

Layout is very confusing! i don't know how I would find the article again if I went somewhere else on the page.

Sources: 6

Sources are perfect because they are direct quotes from people!

Research Question: 6

Great question to look at the excavations and whether we should know the names of the dead or not, looked at very well and relates to this class for sure.

Written Communication: 6

The writing is great, it is a professional article!

Content and Data: 8

content and data are obviously great as well as it is a published article and therefore is all proper.


Method and Approach: 9

Archaeology is clearly understood in this article, and the methods they conduct about the excavations and monuments are clear and proper.

37/45
 

Children and death

When you think about children and how they deal with death you pretty much think about the deaths of their family or maybe close friends, but I also think about the deaths of their beloved animals.  I think its weird that when a child loses a grandparent or someone like that we take them to the funeral and we hope they cope well which they usually do since they are so young.  But when a pet starts to get ill we don't take the child to the vet with us when the animal is put down or anything like that, and we expect them to morn more over the animal.

I think this is odd because yes I understand that kids greatly morn over their animals loss but shouldn't they morn a lot over loss of their family members as well?  I think the question will always stand as to why kids morn greater over their animals then people, and I don't really know the answer either.