Current Events reading Tuesday 17th June

Article comprehension 

What is unusual about the reptiles at Nyanyana Farm?

The crocodiles at Nyanyana farm are vegetarians, which is unusual because crocodiles in the wild are carnivorous, but the crocodiles in Nyanana farm are herbivorous. They don't attack other animals, as they are not interested. Another thing that makes them unusual is that they sleep most of day. This makes them mellower and cost a lot less. Them being vegetarian also made their skin softer, which is better to sell. They also sleep a large portion of the day, which makes it easier than clean and maintain the enclosure. The crocodile skin also goes to company such as Gucci and Hermes.

How did they turn this way?

The crocodiles becoming vegetarian was a mistake. The company found it impossible to find food for the 164,000 crocodiles as Zimbabwe had a food crises, so they turned to pellets that had vegetables and meat. They observed the crocodiles and found out that the change in diet did not seem to harm the growth and health of the crocodiles. They then completely cut out the meat, and raised the crocodiles on vegetable pellets. 

What are the crocodiles being bred for? 

The crocodiles are being bred for their skin, to sell off to well known fashion companies to be crafted into belts, handbags and shoes. The skin is also sent to european Tanneries where it is changed into leather, then shipped off to companies that use leather.

Critical thinking.

How do you feel about the crocodiles being bred for their skin? Is it different from breeding cows or chickens that are killed for their meat? Why?

I feel that this is both a bad idea and a good idea. The reason I think that this is a bad idea is, humans don't need leather, but we still take it. The good part of this is that at least we are waiting for them to reproduce and grow older. If we were that mean to just kill them, without them reproducing then that is when a problem forms. The way they are doing it is fine (not saying I hate the idea of killing them just for looks) as they are waiting for them to grow old. I do hate idea that humans are taking a life for fashion, for looks.

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Current Events reading Monday 16th June

1. What did Malavath do? Why does the author believe it is so admirable? Because she is the youngest person to scale Mount Everest. 
2. What did she have to do to get selected for the Mount Everest climb?Malavath had to take pass a training course.  What happened when Malavath reached the advanced base camp? She hoisted the flag of India. 
3. How long did it take the team to get to the summit?It took 52 days to get to the top.  What does Malavath hope her achievement will do to help other people? Malavath hopes that her achievements inspire unprivileged girls. 

Aticle

Ramona and Robo

I looked at my creation. Happiness spread over me. He lived. I thought he had not, I thought I had failed. But no. I got up, using the hand at support. I walked over to my old station, the controls broken to bits. I picked up my tools and walked back to the robot. I undid the bolts and re did them up, tightening them. When I had done this to all of the bolts, the robot looked at me. I turned, heard a noise that startled me. I dismissed the noise and went to the controls. I looked up, my robot slowly collapsing. I ran over to my robot grabbing it’s hand, tears streaming down my face.

I tried to save him, but he shook his head every time I went near him. I ran up to it, hugging him. I worked so hard for nothing. The lightbulb eyes screamed into life. I looked up, His hands picked me up and I jumped on top of his head. He opened his mouth, like her was trying to say something. That is the one thing I forgot about. I climbed back down, he opened up the door to his controls. I scrambled inside. I changed a few things around, and made an incision for his mouth. As I was working on him, the thought of him saving me had finally hit me. I had just furthered robot engineering. I was an inventor, my name will be on plagues, and so will his. Ramona and Robo are going to be the most famous names in history.

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For homework we had to get another 10,000 points. 

Gate Pa Commemoration inquiry

The first person is Willie Apiata. He is a former corporal in the New Zealand air service.  He was the first Victoria Cross recipient for New Zealand. He got the award for bravery under fire during the afghanistan war in 2004. He carried a gravely wounded comrade across the battlefield. He is also the only Victoria Cross recipient from New Zealand.

Jerry Mateparae is the governor general of New Zealand. He was chief of the New Zealand defence force between the years of 2006 and 2011 and is the second māori person to hold the office and the director of New Zealand government communications security bureau.

Science Fair

For term two we are starting a science fair. This term we had to choose our topic.

Here is the Link to my science fair page.

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