Western Lowland Gorillas October 23‚ 2009 Introduction: When I was around 14‚ I saw one of the best movies. The movie was Gorillas in The Mist‚ starting Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey. It was one of the most impressive movies of my life. My step-mother at the time notice how must I liked the movie and game me her very well torn copy of Gorillas in the Mist to read. I still have that book and since the first time I read it‚ I have been fascinated with these great apes. This is way I believe
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means a species of animal that is at risk of extinction. Do you ever wonder what kind of animals that are endangered? There are multiple of animals that are endangered and one of them is the Western Lowland Gorilla. The Western Lowland Gorilla is found in Africa (Earth’s Friends). The Western lowland gorilla is one of the most recognized wild animals around the world (Earths Friends). This incredible subspecies is native to Africa; however‚ they can be found worldwide in zoo exhibits (Earth’s Friends)
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www.galaxyimrj.com Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal ISSN: 2278-9529 Jhumpa Lahiri ’s The Lowland: A Family Saga with a Political Perspective Sugata Samanta West Bengal‚ India Abstract : Jhumpa Lahiri ’s The Lowland‚ partly set in Calcutta of the 1960 ’s and 70 ’s and partly in Rhode Island of America‚ tells the story of four generations of Mitra family with a sweeping‚ addictive plot. The initial development of the story centers around the Naxalite insurgency in West Bengal
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Compared to the well-documented Highland Clearances‚ it may appear as though ‘the Lowland Clearances’ never existed. By and large‚ there are few Scottish historians who consider the similarities between the events that took place in the Highlands and Lowlands. Most academics recognize the significance of the agricultural improvements that took place in the south; whereas‚ they identify the north solely based on the immense number of clearances. In contrast‚ this acknowledgement is not only one-dimensional
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character of Margaret is introduced as someone who doesn’t usually follow the rules; she is an outsider and feels alienated from the rest of the children. “They all gabbled to one another in Gaelic‚ mysterious and hateful to her lowland ears” As Margaret is from the lowlands she doesn’t understand Gaelic. She feels isolated and unwanted as the other children don’t take any interest in her or involve her in anything they do. She has not adjusted to the fact that everyone else speaks another language
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inheritance. The plot follows the normal stages of development beginning with an introduction to David’s status in life‚ followed by the rising action involving his many adventures in the Highlands‚ leading to the climax where David returns to the Lowlands and confronts his evil Ebenezer. The real action begins at Ebenezer’s house‚ when David is sent to the tower‚ which does not exist. In the process‚ he endangers his life. When this plot of his uncle fails‚ David is kidnapped by Hoseason and sets
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Also known as Grauer’s Gorilla‚ the Eastern Lowland Gorilla is the largest of the four gorilla subspecies‚ and holds the titles of the world’s largest living primate. It is related to the Mountain Gorilla‚ both of which are subspecies of the Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla berengei). A testament to their high level of intelligence‚ wild Eastern Lowland Gorillas have been observed using simple tools to gather food‚ and have been taught to use sign language to create simple sentences in captivity. Despite
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This article discussed the origins of Lowland Maya Civilization and the role of the Gulf Coast Olmec. There are speculations that the Gulf Coast Olmec had some type of influence on the lowland Maya Society. According to recent excavations‚ the growth of ceremonial space that turned into pyramid and plaza complexes have similar buildings in both Lowland Maya areas and in the center of the Olmec. Since Gulf Coast Olmec is considered the mother of culture‚ it could be assumed that the Olmec culture
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AMUR LEOPARD The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is a very rare leopard subspecies that lives only in the remote and snowy northern forests of eastern Russian’s Primorye region. Its former range included Korea and northern China‚ but the Amur leopard is now extinct in those countries. A 2007 census counted only 14-20 adult Amur leopards and 5-6 cubs. Threats facing the species include habitat loss due to logging‚ road building and encroaching civilization‚ poaching (illegal hunting)
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primates share many similar characteristics as humans do and have complex social structures that closely relate to our own. I will be discussing two different primates of which I observed; the orangutan (Pongo Pygmaeus and Pongo Abelii) and the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla). The first groups of primates I visited and observed were the orangutans‚ which translates to ‘man of the forest’ in the Malay language. There were two different sub species in the enclosed habitat‚ the Bornean orangutan
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