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 George Washington Carver     Early life and environmental impacts      George Washington Carver was an essential part of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Carver was an agricultural scientist most known for his research on crop rotations as well as his use of peanuts for many different products. Carver's crop rotations utilized planting " nitrogen-fixing " crops in order to revive the soil and allow for increased yields for cotton crops the years following. He was also thought to have "invented" peanut butter, but this was not the case. He did, however, create over " 300 derivative products from peanuts - among them milk, flour, ink, dyes, plastics" and so on, which garnered him the nickname The Peanut Man. His original motive for studying and researching agriculture at the Iowa State Agricultural College was to help improve the lives of Southern farmers.      Carver was born into slavery in 1864, where he spent his early childhood years as a worker on

The Secretary Bird     The Secretary Bird is a large bird of prey similar to the likes of an Eagle, standing around 4 feet tall with a wingspan of about 6 feet. The main body of the bird is white and gray, while the feathers on the tail and wings are black while the face of the bird is a bright orange. The Secretary Bird is native to different parts of Africa, mainly areas of grassland or savanna. Unlike other birds of prey, the Secretary Bird are terrestrial, so they hunt on the ground rather than flying in the air. Its main source of food consists of insects, small reptiles, snakes and even other birds, such as doves, chickens, and warblers. Other sources of food include small mammals, such as cheetah cubs, or hares. In the wild Secretary Birds have little to no predators to watch out for except the Tawny Eagle, which is another large bird of prey. Their lifecycle begins as a chick in a nest of 2-3 which can either be built on the ground or in the tree, from there they spend the next