intelligence‚ powers of memory‚ amenability to training‚ behavioral patterns and social organization. I along with many others love to watch this creature and I would never get enough of it. Yes‚ many people of course know this giant‚ the largest living mammal on land‚ none other than the elephant‚ yet most of them know very little about this threatened species a major tourist attraction in the island. It is well known among Asian societies‚ including our own‚ elephants for centuries have played prominent
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Preliminary biology assignment task 3 Part A The Urey and Miller was conducted in 1952 and published in 1953 by Stanley miller‚ under the supervision of Harold Urey at the University of Chicago. It proposed the possible chance of the inorganic material of some of the basic building blocks of life‚ given that conditions resembled those of the ancient earth. This was the first ever experiment to test Alexander Oparin ’s and J. B. S. Haldane ’s hypothesis about the evolution of pre-biotic chemicals
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Moral or Immoral Should people have the power to act as God? Should scientific studies be limited? Some people would say yes‚ while others would say no. There are countless debates that are constantly going on in the biological field. Two examples of these highly debated topics are stem cell research and euthanasia. In the U.S. today‚ many people are questioning the morality of stem cell research and euthanasia. Stem cells are cells that can renew themselves. They have the ability of making an
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other species are too; not only mammals but also birds‚ reptiles‚ fish and insects as well as plants. -Rhinos are charismatic mega-herbivores! By focusing on a well-known animal such as a rhino (or‚ to use the jargon‚ a charismatic mega-herbivore)‚ we can raise more money and consequently support more conservation programmes benefiting animal and plant species sharing their habitat. -Rhinos attract visitors and tourists; Rhinos are the second-biggest living land mammals after the elephants. In the
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Australia Introduction: Grabber: G’day Mates! Preview: Today we are going to talk about Australia’s wildlife‚ sports‚ celebrities‚ cuisine‚ history‚ and attractions. Body: I. Australia has a number of different mammals but does not have any large predatory animals. A. Mammals are warm blooded animals that give live birth. B. Their biggest carnivorous animal is called the dingo‚ or wild dog. 1. They are found all over Australia except for Tasmania. Transition: moving on to Marsupials
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Capybara The capybara is the largest rodent in the world. The capybara’s name comes from the native people of South America. It means "master of the grass." The scientific name of the capybara is hydrochoerus hydrochaeris‚ which means "water pig" in Greek. Capybaras have been in existence since the Pleistocene epoch. Their ancient ancestors were rodents that lived about sixty million years ago. The average size of a capybara is four feet in length and two feet in height. This is about
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Giraffes live on grasslands in Africa with trees surrounding them. Other animals such as lions‚ zebra’s rhinos‚ and elephants live in the same biome. They live together in herds and it is common for a giraffe to leave one herd and go to another. These mammals have a very unique pattern. No two giraffes are the same in any way. Their pattern is as distinctive as your fingerprint and stays with the giraffe throughout its life. Males grow to be 18 feet tall and females are known as cows and grow to be 15
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McDaniel April 20‚ 2015 Since the first edition of Peter Singer’s book “Animal Liberation” in 1975 the animal rights movement has been a topic of discussion. This movement or the animal liberation movement is an effort designed to protect mammals from being mistreated and regarded as property by humans. Peter Singer is known as a Utilitarian and believes in maximizing individual happiness while minimizing nonhuman unhappiness. Singer claims that all human beings have the same worth as all
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common animals used; they are about 96% of the 26 million animals used. Other animals used in research that year were Guinea Pigs (213‚029)‚ Rabbits (210‚172)‚ Hamsters (145‚895)‚ Nonhuman mammals (71‚317)‚ Dogs (64‚930)‚ Pigs (53‚260)‚ Other Farm Animals (38‚008)‚ Cats (21‚578)‚ Sheep (13‚271)‚ Marine Mammals (126)‚ and all other covered species warm-blooded animals‚
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ORGANISM’S PHYSIOLOGY MICHAEL A DENKYIRAH BIO/101-PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY DECEMBER 8TH 2013. JEBA INBARASU Organism Physiology is the method in which many diverse living organisms are considered to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth that can be defined as Evolution. Several organisms have evolved as a result of environmental
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