Sloths are the six species of medium-sized mammals belonging to the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae‚ part of the order Pilosa. They are arboreal residents of the rainforests of Central and South America. The sloth’s taxonomic suborder is Folivora‚ while some call it Phyllophaga. Both names mean "leaf-eaters"; the first is derived from Latin‚ the second from Greek. Names for the animals used by tribes in Ecuador include Ritto‚ Rit and Ridette‚ mostly forms of the word "sleep"‚ "eat" and "dirty"
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group of prominent scientists has signed The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness in which they are proclaiming their support for the idea that animals are conscious and aware to the degree that humans are — a list of animals that includes all mammals‚ birds‚ and even the octopus. But will this make us stop treating these animals in totally inhumane ways? While it might not sound like much for scientists to declare that many nonhuman animals possess conscious states‚ it’s the open acknowledgement
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Phylum Chordata • The chordates occupy the highest position in the food chain. • The name phylum was derived from the characteristic which all chordates share‚ the notochord – a long‚ elongated‚ and flexible cartilaginous structure that runs the entire length of the body. (Gr. noto = the back; chorde = string) Characteristics: • A dorsal nerve cord located above the notochord‚ it runs the entire length of the body. The nerve cord is a bundle of nerve fibers that connects the
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of its mother’s milk per day‚ putting on as much as 200 pounds (91 kg) every 24 hours. An adult blue whale can eat more than 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) of krill‚ a tiny shrimp-like creature‚ every day. This puts blue whales well above any known land mammal in terms of size. Most people believe that the largest animals to ever exist on Earth were the dinosaurs. However‚ one of the largest land dinosaurs‚ thesauropod Argentinosaurus‚ weighed only about 180‚000 pounds (81‚647 kg). That’s little more than
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better you can hear. The frontal operculum is used to speak and process speech‚ the lager it is the more sounds you can produce. The limbic Lobe is used for emotional behavior and memories.Killer Whales are one of the most interesting and smartest mammals in the sea‚ they have been held in captivity since
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by the dinosaurs. But‚ because of the asteroid 6 miles wide That struck the earth; it brought the end of the reign of the Dinosaurs. After being strucked by The Asteroid‚ the earth became life less. But‚ insects and plants and some small Mammals would Survive and populate the landscape. And‚ one of these is the Pregatoria‚ One of earth’s First Primate. It was an arboreal animal. The Earth regained its life source and bass tropical rainforest For hundreds of generation. This Large
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of the many age old debates: dogs versus cats. It has been argued for ages. Which is smarter? Is a dog or a cat a better lifelong companion? Which one can do more cool tricks? Many questions are asked to compare one another and differentiate which mammal is worth wild‚ a dog or a cat. When looking for a furry friend‚ dogs highlight every attribute of a best friend‚ making one uncertain of investing time and effort into a cat. For the many reasons people invest in a dog‚ undeniable loyalty is the
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enjoyments which are identical with futures of adults and children. sub-argument 1 Killing is wrong in all of the following cases: A. Normal functioning adult human beings B. Aliens (non-biologically human species) C. Non-human mammals (with future-like ours) D. Children & infants Killing is NOT wrong in all of the following cases: E. Severely/incurably ill (Marquis supports active euthanasia)- future of pain/despair; wish to die F. Permanently comatose persons: cannot
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sandstone deposited by channels of ancient rivers that flowed in the Black Hills. This formation took place 30-34 million years ago also during the Oligocene Epochs period. • The Chadron formation is grayish in color and consists of fossils from early mammals like the three-toed horse and the large titanothere deposited by rivers across the flood plain. This formation took place 34-37 million years ago during the Eocene period. • The upper layers are Yellow mounds weathered by yellow soil and black
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mostly occurred later on in Earth’s history. Mesozoic Era has the most events which are four out of ten events on the list‚ mean that Earth-shaping events happened more recently. Earth-shaping events occur later on because the complex life form such as mammal existed on earth just only about 220 million years ago compare to the formation of earth that already happened about 4.6 billion years ago. This due to the early structure of the earth that was not suitable for complex living things. There were significant
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