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    If you look at the world around us there is great evidence for an intelligent Designer. The evidence is overwhelming as we regard the world that God has created and how fine-tuned it is. For example‚ our bodies have been intricately designed to show that it was not an accident that we exist‚ but there’s evidence for a Creator. Not only are we able to look around with our eyes‚ but we are also able to study the fundamental constants and quantities and see how fine-tuned this universe is. Scientists

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    such insights are not learned gradually through reinforced trials. They seemed to occur in a flash when the elements a problem are set up appropriately. In another experiment boxes were put in a room with a banana hanging from the ceiling. The chimps found out that they could stack the boxes on top of one another to reach the banana without being taught to do it. It was also found that rats made cognitive maps‚ which are mental representations or "pictures" of the elements in a learning situation

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    study by Roland Anderson reports an octopus playing with a pill bottle as a toy. The octopus was blowing water to move the pill bottle from one end of her tank to the other. Anderson states that “Only intelligent animals play – animals like crows and chimps‚ dogs and humans” (page 5). In a study by Bill Murphy octopuses opened locks on boxes to get food and they used different strategies showing individuality. One octopus was so eager to get the food that he

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    certainly believe that zoos are a rich educational source whereby many people can learn about the behaviour and habits of animals‚ otherwise alien to them. Students and teachers have access to learning about the habits and lifestyles of elephants‚ tigers‚ chimps and red pandas (to name a few) from zoos. So apart from being a rich source of entertainment‚ zoos also function to provide us with many insights into the lifestyles of various animals. The zoo offers a really great day out for all. Modern zoos

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    standards. Many people say ¨We do them on the animals so that we won’t have to do them on human beings and so that no harm will come to us it the test failed.¨ However many animals every day over 100 million animals are killed by animal testing and chimps are the most abused also‚ (stated in paragraph 2)We will have to at some point do testing on humans.Many other animals are abused and killed by testing such as‚ mice‚ fish‚ rats‚ rabbits‚guinea pigs‚ hamsters‚ farm animals‚ birds‚ cats‚dogs‚ and mini

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    Animals should NOT be used for testing in labs. There are many reasons why this dilemma should stop. They have different bodies than humans so the tests may react different on them than on humans and that could lead to danger to people. I think if scientists have to lab test on something living then they should pick something overpopulated‚ but that still is not okay‚ therefore something needs to be figured out. Or instead of using helpless animals‚ they should use all natural products and take human

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    deaths of chimpanzees Reba‚ Marlin and Charlie‚ who all suddenly die within 7 months period because of the captivity. This shows that chimpanzees definitely have preferences in life. In addition‚ there was a scene in a movie that surprised me where a chimp Kanzi tries to take off the shoe of the person’s feet and did not succeed to do that in the beginning‚ but when the person orally suggested Kanzi to try untying the shoe‚ she did it right away and removed it. This is just one of the many proofs that

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    Bibliography: -The Lectures of Harvard‚ Yale‚ and Cambridge Universities Symbols‚ Language and Communication -Chimp vs. Human DNA: what ’s in the 1% difference? Cornell University School Service. Andrew G. Clark (2003) -Communication‚ Symbols and Meaning by John A. Cagle -Wikipedia -Mad Men Season 1 Episode 8 – The Hobo Code (for the video) from (23:56 and 26:59)

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    | |Gardner & Gardner |Use several chimpanzees in the study. Improves validity; chimps are social creatures & so behaviour |Learn more signs | | |more likely to be normal than Washoe’s (lone chimp with human company). |Use syntax better

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    6/16/13 Evolution vs. Creation Log In :: Register :: Search Forums Groups Popular • New Topics • New Posts • Unanswered ▲ 1 2 Next Read Discussion Reply to All 2 Evolution vs. Creation Forums: Science‚ Evolution‚ Creation‚ Science Project Email this Topic • Print this Page KSeniorProject10 REPLY Tue 25 May‚ 2010 04:17 pm Hello‚ I created this Blog as a requirement for my Senior Project. We needed to present our projects to an audience that shares an interest in our

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