Brianna
O’Donoghue
Professor
Santos
English
102-037
22
February 2018
This week we were assigned to read
Chapter 5 from the book “Eating the Landscape”, by Enrique Salmon. In this
chapter the author talks about and explains the Sonoran Desert. When I think of
a desert I think of just a landscape of sand and hills, or just dry land with
cactus’s and tumbleweed blowing in the wind across the land. I think of this
because that is what most deserts are seen as being. But, that is not the case
in this desert. “The Sonoran Desert is home to about 60 species of mammals, 350
different bird species, and 20 amphibians, 100 plus reptile species, 30 native
fish, and more than 2,000 native plants.” (pg 69) The author continues and
explains that there are fourteen different Native cultures on this desert.
After reading about this I was very surprised because deserts are never
described as “living”. I also realized that this specific desert is still the
way it is probably because of the Natives living on this land and taking care
of it the way it should be.
I agree with your response about the deserts. Deserts are filled with a lot of life that many people sometimes overlook
ReplyDeleteHi Brianna, I agree with the way deserts are usually described. They are barely descried as living and filled with life, they're usually described as dry and not that any species species of animals or plants live in a desert
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