Coral Bleaching

If any of you didn't know about Coral Reefs before, they are undergoing some sort of heatstroke that's causing them to turn white and lose color. This sign isn't because it's dying, it's because it's sick. Only the coral that is near to the shore, like the Great Barrier Reef, are turning white. The ones deep under the water are still OK, but who knows, it could be affecting them in another part of the world. Not only is the heatstroke bad for the coral, but for the animals that live in the coral reef. Coral reefs only grow one foot every 20 years, and once it's destroyed it may never come back again. I have a strong respect for every single animal that swims, walks and flies over the water, and I plan on keeping that respect all throughout my career as a marine biologist when I grow up. I'm going to figure out the problem of why the coral is sick, and prevent it from dying or doing any more damage.

Tasmanian Tiger, Back from the Dead?

You all know, that since 1936, the last surviving Tasmanian Tiger died in captivity . Then, the government classified them as an extinct species. Although they say that, there have been many unconfirmed sightings in various remote areas in both Tasmania and Australia. From my perspective, I think this hunt for an extinct species is like finding Bigfoot. I believe that the species does still survive, just they have learned to fear us and learned how to keep a low profile, like a Crocodile. And now, park rangers have set up cameras and video cameras in remote areas where the sightings have been said found to find this elusive extinct species. The sightings have gone viral on the media, and animal and extinct species experts don't know what to think of this legendary creatures. Tasmanian Tigers were unique in many ways: their endurance to run down kangaroo to exhaustion, unique stripe patterns, the largest marsupial to live along-side humans, and the jaw gape that can open up almost 90 degrees. Most people don't know what it means, but I think it's a warning to back away. There have been no known Tasmanian Tiger attacks on humans, but they did kill sheep. When the hunters saw them, they killed the Tigers, and hung their coats on barbed wire fences as trophies to passerby's. The last Tiger that died was stuffed and put in a museum for all to see. Now with these sightings are making people become curious. They wonder if the species is indeed making a comeback. If it's true this would be the greatest comeback in the whole animal kingdom. We just have to hope that these sightings are indeed true. 

The Theory of Natural Selection

Charles Darwin was the first one to come up with the theory of Natural Selection. Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection is when More individuals are produced each generation that can survive. Phenotype variation exists among individuals and the variation is heritable. Those individuals with heritable traits better suited to the environment will survive. Like when a male animal with wide paws mates with a animal with long claws, those traits are passed onto the next generation, and maybe the new generation will have new traits. Hopefully, the next young animal will mate again and pass on some of his/her traits into their offspring. Sometimes, the animal doesn't look anything like their parents, and when the genes are split, sometimes they mutate. This creates an animal with more survival tools in their arsenal, making them more likely to survive in the wild. Now, they will pass on their traits to their young, and them their cells might mutate too, and allowing that species of animals to thrive.

The Unwanteds: Dragon Captives

Magical twins Thisbe and Fifer Stowe were venturing into the darkest part of the Jungle. Suddenly, three noises were heard on either side of them. They were trapped. One of the creatures turned out to be a giant clay Scorpion trying to eat them. The other one was an ebony panther bounding to save them, knocking over the scorpion. Letting out a scream, Thisbe accidently shot magic from her fingers, cutting panther in two. Suddenly, before the venom in the scorpion’s tail could strike, a large sandstone cheetah named Simber plucked them up and carried them off. Upon arriving to the magical land or Artime, Fifer and Thisbe realized their brother Alex Stowe, the head mage of the magical world, was going to be angry at them. He was furious to find out, and after a heated debate, Alex threatened to lock up the twins until they learned self-control. Feeling ashamed, Fifer and Thisbe hastily left the room, while Alex contemplated over what he just said. Resigning to his living quarters, he meditated over all the people he lost because tomorrow was the Day of Remembrance.

          It had been 10 years since Queen Agarla caused Alex’s arm to go limp and no longer work anymore, and he in turn killed her by sending her underwater because her people can't swim. The next day, while the girls were sitting with their friend Seth, two outlines appeared over the water to the west. It was Pan, the coiled water dragon and her son Hux, the ice blue Dragon. Hux needed Alex to return with him to the land of dragons not just to make new wings, but because if he didn’t return, his sister, Aribis the Orange would be killed by the Reniver. That night, Alex consulted with his friends: Samheed, Artime’s theater instructor, Lani, a young woman whose legs were paralyzed, Aaron, Alex’s identical twin and husband of a girl named Kaylee and father of a boy named Daniel, Fifer and Thisbe, Thatcher and Scarlet, two orange-eyed people from Warbler Island, Carina and Sean, a couple who stood by Alex from the beginning, and Crowe, Fifer and Thisbe’s keeper. Alex wasn’t the Alex he used to be, and was constantly holding back. Back then, he didn’t hesitate to rescue people. Only one person could bring that Alex back, Sky, Crowe’s sister and the love of Alex’s life. Alex was afraid he wouldn’t make it back and decided not to go to the land of dragons, making his friends upset, especially Carina.

That night, Thisbe, Fifer and Seth snuck off with Hux to rescue the Dragons. Alex was upset when he found out his sisters gone, and Carina with Seth. Sean was up too, so they decided to put a rescue team together and find them. Pan was there, and when Alex asked her the way to the land of dragons, Pan said she would only tell Simber. Alex was beside himself, fumed and upset. Carina and Simber, along with Thatcher, would go and find them. A short time later, the team was packed and off they set, diapering within minutes. Alex, feeling helpless and destroyed, stood long after the others had gone, thinking about the long-ago battles.

Meanwhile, the trio on Hux were just getting to the giant waterfall that had push Artime’s ship over years ago. From there, Hux took flight and took off to the land of dragons. Upon arriving, Seth gets captured. Fifer and Thisbe try to rescue him, but end up getting captured too. Using Heart Attack and Scatterclip components, Seth broke free, and later found the five dragons in stalls with magic muzzles around their snouts. Carina, Thatcher and Simber found Seth bring the Dragon’s wings to live with the component word, “Live.” Then, with the help of Simber, Seth successfully freed all the Dragons. Whiile the Dragons carried Carina back to Artime, Simber, Thatcher and Seth took off to rescue the twins.

Shackled and forced to walk, Fifer and Thisbe stumbled through the darkness. They arrived at a town square, from there they were tied up and people tried to auction for them. Thisbe put up glass barriers to protect herself and Fifer. Then they saw the Reniver, a black cloaked woman with icy blue eyes. Suddenly, Simber swooped in, but by looking at the Reniver for a split second, he didn’t see the glass walls. He smashed through them. Thisbe was untouched, but Fifer fainted when she saw blooming red stains appear all over her body. The Reniver made off with Thisbe, but Simber was able to snatch up an unconcise Fifer from the ground. Upon arriving at Warbler, they found Scarlet and Copper, Sky’s mother. They said that while Sky was trying to stop the volcano from plunging, it went down unexpectedly, taking her with it. With Sky gone, Thisbe in the dungeon, and Fifer wounded and unconcise, Alex was going to be so overwhelmed and heartbroken at the news. The time of peace was over.  Chaos has returned to the land of Artime

Hell Creek Fossils

Edmontosaurus- A duck-billed dinosaur who lived in prehistoric marshes and plains. The maximum in a herd of these dinosaurs are 5 males, 20 females, and the babies. When the males are grown enough, they set out to make a herd for themselves. These dinosaurs have a top speed of 35 mph, with a short thigh-bone and a long shin-bone. It means it is a fast runner.

Triceratops- They are relatively slow moving dinosaur with a speed of 10 mph, but they have a great defense. Armed with a spiked frill and a trio of 7-foot-long horns that they use to stab their opponents, the Triceratops are like walking dino-tanks. With their stout legs, Triceratops can avoid an attach from their underbelly. Their herd consists of one male, ten females, and the babies. When in danger, the dinosaurs form a tight circle around their young to protect from Dromaeosaurs and T- Rex.

Tyrannosaurus Rex- They are an giant carnivore from North America, a T- Rex’s mouth can crush anything. When feasting, it uses it’s little arms to hold down the prey while its mouth tears huge chunks from the dinosaurs underbelly. The common prey of these dinosaurs are Edmontosaurus, and occasionally feeds on Ankylosaurs and Triceratops. With long legs, the T- Rex are capable of hitting speeds of 40 mph or more to catch up with their prey, and can chase for long distances, and teeth the size of Steak Knives. They were the biggest predator in all North America.

Ispiration

Early  today, my family and I watcted this Ispiration video which I have posted on the bottom of the blog. If you have a dream, you have to keep it, Period. Always hold onto your dream. What is your dream, my dream is to become a Marine Biologist, and get a PhD in Math. Post it on a comment below. Let me tell you something, pain is temporary, and it will sudside. But if you quit, that pain will live with you forever. People like to complain, but they don't do anything about it. If you are not good in math, you never studied. If you are not good in piano, you never practiced. I encourage you to find out what your dream is.





Video- https://youtu.be/g-jwWYX7Jlo

Sceptile, The Forest Pokemon

 

Sceptile
Type- Grass Type- Dragon	It Mega Evolves, Becoming a Grass/Dragon type Pokemon. Evolves from Grovlye, who evolves from Treecko.

History

Joining Ash

Sceptile as a Treecko

Treecko first met Ash when he and his friends came across the dying tree it lived in. It fought and beat Pikachu, before being approached by an elder Treecko who tried to talk it into leaving the tree, but it refused. Ash helped Treecko take care of its tree and after stopping Team Rocket from capturing the other Treecko living in the forest, the Wood Gecko Pokémon had a rematch with Ash, which ended with him capturing it.Soon after this, Ash introduced Treecko to the group’s other Pokémon, but it was unsettled by the attention and stayed in a tree until it rescued May’s Torchic from a wild Seviper. However Treecko was badly hurt by the Fang Snake Pokémon’s Poison Tail and was brought to a Pokémon center for treatment. The Wood Gecko Pokémon then ran off to train, successfully perfecting a stronger variation of Pound. Ash and the others found Trecko, just as Team Rocket showed up to steal Pikachu and faced off against the Seviper from before, now owned by Jessie. However this time, Treecko’s new move allowed it to emerge victorious. The Wood Gecko Pokémon later took part in Ash’s battle at the Rustboro Gym, taking on Roxanne’s Geodude. However Treecko was defeated, even with type advantage, because it didn’t know any Grass-Type moves at the time. After this, Ash used it in his first Gym Battle with Brawly and the Wood Gecko Pokémon managed to beat Brawly’s Machop, but failed to defeat his Hariyama. Ash began a period of special training with Treecko and his other Pokémon, but during this time, it and the group’s other Pokémon were separated from the trainers. Treecko started getting into fights with Corphish and they eventually angered a Nuzleaf, who began capturing them along with its cohorts. But when Team Rocket tried to capture them and the Nuzleaf, Ash and the others came to their rescue and Treecko and Corphish worked together, making a truce. In Ash’s second battle with Brawly, he used the Wood Gecko Pokémon to fight Hariyama again and this time, Treecko emerged victorious. After Ash had Treecko fight a Shifty to save Nurse Joy, he was inspired by Shfitry’s Bullet Seed to teach it that move. They met a trainer named Natasha and they had a Double Battle with Treecko and Corphish fighting Natasha’s Grovyle and Slugma. Eventually it came down to Treecko and Grovyle, but the fight was interrupted when 

Treecko having its rematch with Hariyama

Treecko first using Bullet Seed

Team Rocket tried to make off with Natasha’s Watermeleon. By watching Grovyle use Bullet Seed, Treecko was able to finally learn the move and after Team Rocket was defeated, it resumed its battle with Grovyle. Despite putting up a good fight, the Wood Gecko Pokémon finally lost after its Bullet Seed wasn’t able to match Grovyle’s. Treecko later took part in Ash’s Gym Battle against Flannery at the Lavaridge Gym, where it took on Flannery’s Slugma. But it was eventually burned and recalled by Ash, later being sent out to take on Torkoal, finally being defeated. After this, Treecko was used by Ash to fight a swarm of Gulpin that were running lose in a city. However it, along with the last 

Treecko giant-sized facing giant Gulpin

Gulpin, were accidentally absorbed by Professor Jacuzzi’s particle beam. After the system overloaded, Treecko and Gulpin were released, but were grown to giant size. It fought the Stomach Pokémon, but eventually shrank back down to normal size, though Jacuzzi managed to capture the giant Gulpin.

Evolving into Grovyle

Sceptile as a Grovyle

Treecko later started getting slightly stir-crazy so Ash decided to have it get some exercise by fighting a Loudred belonging to a trainer named Guy. During the battle, Treecko and Loudred evolved into Grovyle and Exploud. Soon afterwards, Grovyle took part in Ash’s gym battle against Norman at the Petalburg Gym, taking on his 

Grovyle fighting Slaking

Slaking. The Wood Gecko Pokémon had a hard fight as Slaking countered many of its attacks and weakened it severely. However Grovyle’s Overgrow ability activated, boosting the power of its Grass-Type moves, and it finally defeated Slaking. Grovyle was later used in Ash’s Fortree Gym battle, taking on Winona’s Altaria. Despite type disadvantage, the Wood Gecko Pokémon put up a good fight against Altaria and managed to defeat it. Grovyle was later used against Winona’s Swellow, but was defeated. Some time later, the Wood Gecko Pokémon was used to battle an Altaria belonging to Drake and was able to deal with its flying thanks to its jumping skills, but was eventually defeated. Grovyle later took on Juan’s Luvdisc in Ash’s Gym Battle at the Sootopolis Gym, but the Rendezvous Pokémon used Sweet Kiss to confuse it. Grovyle trashed about, smashing its head in a pillar, and was finally knocked out by Luvdisc’s Water Gun. At the Ever Grande Conference, Grovyle was used alongside Ash’s Glalie in the second rounds, taking on a Charizard and Quilava.

Grovyle defeating Walrein

Grovyle was able to defeat Quilava, before being taken out by Charizard, though Glalie managed to win the match. In Ash’s next match against Katie, Grovyle went up against Walrein and at first, the Wood Gecko Pokémon was at a disadvantage due to Walrein hiding underwater then attacking. However Ash had Grovyle use the Ice Break Pokémon’s Ice Beam to freeze over the pool they were fighting on, removing that advantage, and finally managed to win. Ash then used 

Grovyle breaking through Steelix's Dragon Breath

Grovyle against Morrison’sSteelix in their match after it defeated Pikachu and Torkoal. The Wood Gecko Pokémon emerged victorious by cutting through its Dragon Breath with Leaf Blade and then took on Morrison’s Gligar, but was beaten. Soon after this, Grovyle was sent out to fight Tyson’s Metagross and at first used its Bullet Seed against the Iron Leg Pokémon. But when the Wood Gecko Pokémon tried to use Leaf Blade, Metagross knocked it out with Meteor Mash. After Ash went to the Battle Frontier, he used Grovyle in his match with Greta, sending it out to fight her Hariyama, but lost.

Becoming a Sceptile

Grovyle facing Tropius

Later, when Ash and his friends were at Camomille Island, Grovyle took on a Tropius defending its tree. However it was overwhelmed by the Fruit Pokémon until Nurse Joy used her Meganium to make it leave Grovyle alone. Ash and the others brought it to the Pokémon Center and Meganium healed it, causing it to develop a crush on the Herb Pokémon. Grovyle went back to fight the Tropius again and this time managed to win. But Meganium arrived with Team Rocket and was clearly attracted to the Tropius, severely depressing Grovyle. However when Team Rocket tried to capture Meganium and Tropius, Grovyle evolved into Sceptile to save it. But it was unable to use any of its attacks, though Pikachu was able to free the Grass Pokémon who then drove off Team Rocket. Sceptile was unable to use any of its attacks for some time, growing angry and depressed. Ash tried to help it, but they got attacked by a bunch of Beedrill, causing Ash and Sceptile to be separated from Pikachu. Despite being injured, the Forest Pokémon went with Ash to look for Pikachu. However they were attacked by another group of Beedrill and Sceptile tried to protect Ash, but couldn’t use its attacks again. Luckily, Pikachu arrived with the others to save them and Palace Maven Spenser had his Venusaur use Sweet Scent to calm down the Beedrill. Suddenly Team Rocket tried to capture Sceptile and Pikachu and Ash jumped onto the arm holding the Forest Pokémon to try and save them. Determined to save its trainer, Sceptile managed to regain its ability to use its attacks and saved 

Sceptile battling Shiftry

Ash and Pikachu, before sending Team Rocket blasting off. The Forest Pokémon later took part in Ash’s battle against Spenser, fighting his Shiftry and winning. After Swellow was beaten by Spenser’s Claydol, Sceptile took over and defeated Claydol by using a new move, Solar Beam. Some time later, Sceptile helped Ash and the others fight a wild Deoxys to weaken it and help a ranger named Solana use her Capture Styler on it and succeeded. Some time later, when Ash was possessed by the King of the Pokélantis, he sent Sceptile out to fight Brandon’s Regirock. 

Sceptile taking on Blaziken

He forced it to perform dirty tactics, much to its reluctance, before it was defeated by Regirock. Later Sceptile was used in Ash’s match against May in the Terracotta Contest, facing her Blaziken. They put up a titanic fight, which finally ended in a tie. After Ash set out for the Sinnoh region, he left Sceptile at Professor Oak's lab. Some time later, when Ash took part in the Lily of the Valley Conference in Sinnoh, he used

Sceptile fighting Darkrai

Sceptile for his battle against Tobias in the semi-finals. The Forest Pokémon took on Tobias’ Darkrai who dealt quite a bit of damage to it, but Sceptile finally managed to take it down. However the fight with Darkrai left it ill-prepared to take on Tobias’ Latios, who used its Giga Impact to overpower Sceptile’s Leaf Blade and defeat it. After the Lily of the Valley Conference, Ash sent Sceptile back to Professor Oak’s lab.

Personality

Sceptile is constantly cool and collected, notable for always having a twig in the side of its mouth. It has a strong sense of pride and if it is beaten by an opponent, it’ll become focused on defeating them. While Sceptile isn’t extremely sociable with the other Pokémon, even teasing them before it evolved, it will still fight hard to protect them.

Abilities

Sceptile using Solar Beam

Sceptile is a very strong Pokémon, possessing some high speed and agility, and then, because it is a Grass Pokémon, it can overcome electrical attacks by channeling them into the ground. Sceptile’s moves include Leaf Blade, where the leaves on its arms form into large blades that it uses to slash opponents, Solar Beam, where Sceptile absorbs energy from the sun, then forms a beam of energy that it fires from its mouth, Leaf Storm, where it releases a barrage of leaves at its target, Pound, where Sceptile strikes the opponent hard with its tail, Quick Attack, where it tackles the opponent at high speed, 

Sceptile with Overgrow in effect

Bullet Seed, where Sceptile fires a barrage of seeds from its mouth, and Agility, where it quickly dodges attacks. Sceptile also possesses the ability, Overgrow, which makes the power of its Grass-type moves increase when it's weakened or tired.

Trivia

• Sceptile’s habit of keeping a twig in its mouth is a habit most likely based on 

  

  stereotypical juvenile gang leaders from older anime and manga.

• While Sceptile has been called male in the English dub of some episodes, its gender is considered unconfirmed.

• It was the third of Ash’s Pokémon to ever defeat a Legendary Pokémon, the others being Charizard and Pikachu. It has also fought more Legendary Pokémon than any of Ash’s Pokémon.
• Trainer: Ash Ketchum
• Friends: Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Kingler, Muk, Tauros, Snorlax, Heracross, Bayleef, Quilava, Totodile, Noctowl, Donphan, Swellow, Sceptile, Corphish, Torkoal, Glalie, Blaziken, Beautifly, Skitty, Bulbasaur (Venusaur), Munchlax, Squirtle (Wartortle), Eevee (Glaceon),