A zoo (short for zoological park or zoological garden‚ and also called a menagerie) is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures‚ displayed to the public‚ and in which they may also be bred. The term zoological garden refers to zoology‚ the study of animals‚ a term deriving from the Greek zōon (ζῷον‚ "animal") and lógos (λóγος‚ "study"). The abbreviation "zoo" was first used of the London Zoological Gardens‚ which opened for scientific study in 1828 and to the public in 1847.The
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Have you ever wondered about how many types of dolphins are present today‚ of what exactly they eat or even how they sleep? They are very interesting animals which are known as the most friendliest of all. They are marine mammals very closely related to porpoises and whales. There are about forty species of dolphins present in their seventeen genera. They evolved about ten millions years ago and they turned out to be the most intelligent animals along with being very playful to humans. They belong
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about how they catch their prey and digest it. Owls have very many complex adaptations that help them survive in their environments‚ and the children’s book‚ Dolphins‚ teaches its readers about the different adaptations that dolphins have. In the children’s book‚ Dolphins‚ it discusses how dolphins are very lovable and sociable mammals. Dolphins have very many different adaptations that help
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“the Cove” Have you ever thought of eating dolphins? In Japan‚ it truly exists as many Japanese have tried dolphin meat. However‚ they did not know anything about the story behind. This documentary tries to disclose the dark side of Japan‚ international dolphin slaughter in Taiji‚ Japan. Besides‚ it also reveals the hazardously high levels of mercury in dolphin meat and seafood widely sold in Japan which put Japanese’s life in peril. Many dolphins are captured and transported to international
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shed light upon the issue of dolphins being slaughtered in Japan. They worked tirelessly and spent many hours to make a difference and bring about change. Ric O’Barry and his team are great examples of good global citizens. In the documentary "The Cove"‚ an activist named Ric O’Barry reaches out to the public and creates a team in order to bring upon change on the issue of slaughtering dolphins. He was a former dolphin owner and trainer. This all changed when his dolphin‚ Flipper‚ committed suicide
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attractions. It is one of Western Australia’s most biological rich habitats with an array of plant and animal life found nowhere else in the world. There are lush beds of seagrass and sheltered bays which nourish dugongs‚ sea turtles‚ humpback whales‚ dolphins‚ rays‚ sharks and other aquatic life. Also‚ there is Hamelin Pool which is a marine reserve containing the world’s best-known colony of stromatolites. These are brown rocklike formations that are estimated to be 3500 million years old and are the
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EN-202-02 Example Essay Dolphins are widely known as humans ’ close relatives from the sea or so the “other humans” who chose to live in the sea. They have human characteristics that most animals do not have. They are amazingly intelligent‚ friendly‚ and genetically similar. A research done by John Lilly concludes that dolphins are in fact intelligent as humans. Many other scientists have studied dolphin behaviors years ago and now have come to a possible result of dolphins being the closest relatives
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featured women who had a similar affinity for dolphins. The first guest‚ Margaret Lovett‚ stumbled upon an experiment about communicating with dolphins and wound up living in a flooded apartment with her new aquatic roommate. The second guest‚ Denise Herzing‚ founded the Wild Dolphin Project‚ that focused on developing a middle ground for human-dolphin communication. I chose this particular episode mostly because I like animals and everyone loves dolphins. I train retired racehorses and can relate to
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that I wear a dolphin ring on my left ring finger. I have had this ring since the summer of 2007. This ring is a souvenir from my favorite family vacation. Nine years ago‚ my family and I traveled to San Antonio‚ Texas. While we were there‚ we visited the river walk‚ the mall‚ the Alamo‚ Sea World‚ Six Flags‚ and the zoo. All of those destinations were fun and each has a story to tell‚ but my favorite one was our day at Sea World. While we were at Sea World‚ we visited with dolphins‚ whales‚ sharks
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information and helps a dolphin that belongs to the military. It is true that Alexa misses her friends‚ but Alexa’s adventure is quite dangerous‚ she can find herself in a world of trouble. Alexa befriends Jose who wants to help a dolphin whose searching for it’s baby. “It looks like she’s headed straight for the dolphin facility”(Chapman pg 71).They realize they need to help her‚but that’s illegal on both parts for her and Jose‚ and the dolphin facility to capture a underage wildlife dolphin. “Two years ago
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