try a guinea pig? Guinea pigs span the gap between an easy to care for goldfish with a fleeting lifespan and a labor intensive dog with a long lifespan. Guinea pigs typically live five to seven years‚ though some may live as long as nine years. While they enjoy floor time with their owners‚ they will spend most of their life in their cage. So while the cage requires weekly cleaning‚ there is no need for daily walks with empty plastic bag in hand. After a few months of acclimatization‚ guinea pigs
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In the book the geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner‚ the author Weiner travels to ten different countries around the world to find out about the source of happiness of each country. Mr. Weiner starts out his journey by going to the Netherlands‚ home of the World Data Base of Happiness where he meets Ruut Veenhoven‚ Professor of happiness. After acquiring knowledge about happiness from Mr. Veenhoven‚ doing research and taking some conclusions Mr. Weiner continues his journey to the next of his nine
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7 am wake up; watch “Caillou”; go to school; eat Frosted Flakes with 3 cups of 2% milk; return home; eat a plain baked potato and peanut butter toast; watch Judge Judy or a musical until Andrea returns; eat dinner; take the computer for one hour; shower and get ready for bed; ask Andrea for a good night dream. This is the daily routine of a girl named Allysha Coffey‚ a 19-year-old girl with autism. Now you may ask who Andrea is? Well‚ that is her twin sister and my best friend. Since her birth
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NAME OF ORGANISM Dracunculus medinensis MORPHLOGY Dracunculiasis‚ also known as Guinea worm disease‚ is caused by the large female nematode‚ Dracunculus medinensis‚ which is among the longest nematodes infecting humans. The adult female is primarily larger than the adult male. The longest adult female recorded was 800 mm (31 in)‚ while the adult male was only 40
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Guinea and Merck’s Gift to World: A Vaccine for Ebola Christmas may have come early to the West African nation of Guinea; a vaccine developed by Merck and tested on 4‚000 people in Guinea proved 100% effective. Sakoba Keita‚ Ebola response coordinator in Guinea called it Guinea’s gift to the world and it very well might be. Conditions of Testing There are certain medical concerns on the testing methodology. Due to the epidemic nature of the disease and the urgent need for a solution‚ no placebos
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Pet Guinea Pig Have you ever wanted a pet‚ but you couldn’t have a pet? This is how I felt; lonely‚ bored‚ curious and anxious. Having a pet guinea pig to take care of meant the world to me. My mother isn’t the type of person who wants 2 cats‚ 4 kittens‚ 2 dogs and a guinea pig roaming around the house. So talking about it to her was going to be difficult. I just went for it and asked her‚ not knowing what to say or what will happen. It surprised me when she told me‚ “If you can find
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Lorna Goodison states in her poem “Guinea Woman”‚ “Great Grandmother was a guinea woman”(Goodison). This statement can be interpreted in many ways as guinea has multiple connotations. For example‚ Guinea is a country in West Africa‚ but it is also an ancient coin and name for a witch or wise-woman. Creolization‚ as a term‚ also has multiple meanings. These meanings are based on different aspects of the mixing of cultures. This can be a mixing or change in religion‚ music‚ food‚ and skin color. The
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Guinea worm water disease‚ it’s caused by the parasites that live and develop in contaminated water such as pond. This disease infects population when they drink or contact to water that has been contaminated by this parasite. The guinea worm is a global health problem and every individual can get exposed to it‚ it has become so common in the recent times because of the global water shortages‚ therefore some people forced to use even the dirty and contaminated water for their daily use‚ as lack of
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The Lena Baker and Anjette Lyles are two-court cases that are very questionable in court decision. Lena Baker shot and kill Ernest B. Knight who had remove her from her home and locked in a the gristmill. Baker was sentenced to Death. Anjette Lyles was a woman who murder four people Ben F. Lyles Jr who was her first husband‚ Joe Neal Gabbert who was her second husband‚ Julia Lyles who was her former mother in law and Marcia her daughter. She was sentenced to the State Hospital for the Insane in
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There are a lot of different types of guinea pigs as pets. However‚ when you stop to think about this animal‚ you probably think of what is known as the short haired or the short coated guinea pig (a.k.a. cavy). These guinea pig breeds are known for their short hair. According to guinea pig facts it is also the one that most closely resembles the species’ relatives and ancestors (the Cavia genus). Different Guinea Pig Breeds Whenever you stop and think about guinea pig breeds (a.k.a. cavies)‚ you probably
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