Information Report - Killer Creatures

Killer Creatures

By Lucy deYoung

I.A.l.T  inform my audience through an information report.

What is black and white, top of the food chain and has 40 to 56 pearly white teeth., lives All over the world and is the 2nd smartest marine animal in the world? Yes you're dead right- an Orca whale or as you might say a Killer whale but is this name fair? Orcas have never actually hurt someone in the wild can you believe that?

Appearance:

The Orca whale is black on top with black underneath and has a little patch of white behind the eye. Their eyes are positioned on the side of their head. The animal has a dorsal fin,. Due to stress the dorsal fin will bend over. Their skin is as leather, smooth but thick . Orcas can grow up to 6   to 9 metres long!! and weigh over 6 ton!! An Orca named Tilikum is one of the biggest orcas in captivity as 6.9 meters long. Also the Orca has 40 to 56 teeth in total. But the numbers of the species is dying due of captivity and poaching.  

Habitat/sleeping:

Orcas do not have a precise place to settle and sleep for the night and they are found all over the world. But you might be thinking how do orca sleep without drowning? Aren’t they mammals? Well orcas actually sleep on their backs and float, and put their heads to the surface. This prevents drowning. But orcas as well as dolphins and other animals are still awake when sleeping, they have half of their brain awake and half asleep so the can be alert for predators. http://dougsart.net/shop/cartpix/image8/Orca%20Whale.jpg

Intelligence:

Orcas are the second smartest marine animal. This would occur because orcas have a section of the brain for emotions that humans do not have. scientists have found they are amazingly well-wired for sensing and analyzing their watery, three-dimensional environment.

Orca are so intelligent that they have never killed a person in the wild. Though due to the amount of water parks with orcas in captivity there have been numerous deaths. http://www.takepart.com/sites/default/files/styles/tp_gallery_slide/public/KillerWhaleSunset_117148882_0_1.jpg

protection/Hunting/Food:

Orcas do not have many enemies as they are top of the marine food chain. killer whales have been observed preying on more than 140 species of animals, including many species of bony fish, sharks and rays, and 50 different species of marine mammals. Their only threat would be big sharks or great whites. to protect themselves Orcas charge themselves into animals and tears chunks from their bodies… orcas can devour a sea animal… and maybe even you! You do not want to mess with this kind of power.

Conclusion

Orcas live all over the world,. and their intelligence are too the fullest. Orcas are needing more attention as they are being hunted and put into captivity. they are endangered, animals. http://wallpapers.free-review.net/wallpapers/15/Orcas_killer_whales.jpg

Creative Writing - Under the Rug

Under the Rug

By Lucy DeYoung

I am learning to entertain my audience.  

There was a man, a simple man, a man named Mark.. People would call him simple Mark or normal Mark., He lived a simple life in a simple house, in a simple town. He never did, or would never wear something too cool, too crazy, or too plain. You would think that a man so simple would be weird or creepy. He wasn't, not perfect, not strange… he was just… Simple.

After a simple day, mowing the lawn, doing the chores, all normal things that he did that most normal people would do.  However he did lack the absence of a yelling wife nagging or telling him what to do.  Because Mark did not have anyone else in his small house.  He was alone and got very depressed, but… Mark tried to keep a straight face and continue with his simple life, day in and day out.

After Mark had a long think about his life he was settling down to do what any simple man would do, skim through the paper. While Mark quietly was scanning the paper the ground started to shake, “AHH!” nervously he looked down, something was moving under the rug! Something was alive! Mark quickly sprang to the stairs, and then it disappeared. He thought he must of just been tired and longing for someone or even something to be in his house, so he casually walked off to bed to complete his simple bedtime routine.

Mark had forgotten about the strange object under the rug as he had woken the next day and completed again his normal routine.  Again, slowly sitting down to do his reading routine something jump up and pushed his chair over. “Ahhhh,” he screamed as he recalled the previous night, his body shaking as the shock took hold of him. This taunting experience continued repetitively over and over, days, weeks this creature has been mocking him from under the rug. Laughing, like its only purpose was to terrorise him. But the worse part was it became predictable, the visit from rug in a spiteful manner would appear every night on the dot at 8pm.

Again, 8 ’o’clock on the dot, it came back.. but simple Mark came prepared this time mentally,  he picked up his chair and threw it at the rug. CRASH, BANG, he was filled with great relief.  Until his scream broke,  “NOOO!!”  the object came back! Mark screamed with rage. It was like it was staring at him and using all his energy. Mark’s neighbors came racing over to see what was wrong. Arriving on his doorstep forcing their way in, they froze in their footsteps as Mark turned to them, with eyes of fire he came rampaging towards them as if he had lost all control.

They ran like frightened rabbits and called the police. Mark was taken to the asylum. Once cleared and paperwork sorted they escorting him to his property the following night. minutes before 8pm to collect a few home comforts, such as Mark’s books. Gasp, he looked uneasily towards the rug and the strange object was gone… had it been all in his head? Was he mad? Was he going crazy!? Well we will never know….