The Olmec culture has associated their art with the jaguar. To them‚ the jaguar is a powerful and mysterious animal that they would worship. Infantile sculptures that were created by the Olmec were found in Mesoamerica. The sculptures are those of naked infants where the sex is usually not denoted. Some of the sculptures can be found with feline characteristics such as that of a jaguar’s mouth. There is speculation that the mouths of the figures appear to be of jaguars due to the similarity between
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Legendary Hoax The range of falsehood on the Net will keep on multiplying until the Internet is entirely controlled‚ which appears to be far-fetched if not incomprehensible soon‚ also undesirable. The best insurance one can have against deception is to embrace a discriminating position toward all data on the Web. Cat Gives Birth to a Chihuahua Jia Weinuan‚ a 74-year-old man who lives in China‚ asserts that his cat has conceived a Chihuahua. As crazy as the circumstance sounds‚ I really suspect this
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November 9th 2004 Mountain Lions Have Returned: Can We Make Room For Them? By Jacob Kay Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience that mountain lions are in trouble‚ and that we need to address their current situation‚ and help where it is needed. Thesis: Societies are increasingly endangering cougar’s lives as well as their own by continuously infringing more and more on their territory. Intro I. (Attention Getter) On January 8th 2004‚ a female bike rider was attacked by a mountain
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The Wild Life of Bengal and Savannah Cats The Bengal cat’s ancestor is the Asian Leopard Cat. The African Serval is the ancestor of the Savannah Cat. Savannahs are banned in New York City‚ Massachusetts‚ Hawaii‚ and Georgia due to the concern of the cats escaping and their wild side emerging causing changes in the ecosystem. I personally know both a Bengal and Savannah; my dad owns a snow Bengal named Sassa and my cousin owns a Savannah named Zoe. They are both amazing and entertaining cats. The
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Absolutely not. In today’s world‚ zoos are nothing short of essential. Their main function is conservation. Without captive breeding‚ many endangered species would now be extinct - for example‚ the golden lion tamarin‚ red wolf and Przewalski’s horse. I am not for a moment suggesting that we should stop trying to protect animals’ natural habitats‚ but if endangered species were to become extinct in the wild (which sadly seems quite likely in the near future)‚ zoos will have preserved them for future
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Down the River Edward Abbey’s essay Down the River reveals his strong belief that the existence of life revolves around nature itself. Abbey conveys these views through syntax‚ imagery‚ and his choice of structure. Abbey’s varying detail and syntax in the first half of the passage conveys an amazement toward nature. He states while gazing at the lion that there was a “mutual curiosity: [he] felt more wonder than fear”. His unexpected reaction to the mountain lion when they shared
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Francesca Caravello 3/8/12 The Asiatic Cheetah The Asiatic Cheetah is a wild cat that can be found in Northern Iran and Sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated that only fifty to sixty of these big cats remain in the wild. These cats live approximately twelve to fourteen years on average. Asiatic cheetahs are very rare and nearly extinct. This cat is considered the fastest land mammal in the world. There are so many threats to this cheetah even while it’s endangered‚ such as
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Serval Serval Leptailurus Did you know there are ten wild cat species in Africa? Besides the three well known big cats: the lion‚ leopard and cheetah; there are seven smaller species of wild cats. These are the caracal‚ serval‚ African wildcat‚ black footed cat‚ sand cat‚ jungle cat and golden cat. Serval occur only on the African continent‚ inhabiting the wetter areas and are absent from the deserts in the north and south west. The name ’Serval’ is derived from a Portuguese word meaning "deer-like
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The ocelot also known as the dwarf leopard‚ is a wild cat. Ocelots live primarily in the rain forests of South America. They also live in Central America‚ Mexico and even some as far north as southern Texas. Ocelots are found in a variety of habitats‚ including tropical forests‚ savannah grasslands‚ mangrove forests and marshes‚ and thorn scrub regions. Their primary habitat requirement is dense vegetative cover. Ocelots are found in open areas only when it’s cloudy or at night when there
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There are many endangered animals in our world‚ and very few are critically endangered. One animal species that is critically endangered is the Iriomote Wild Cat. Key points to the Iriomote Wild Cat’s endangerment are habitat loss‚ not being well known‚ and feral domestic cats. The first part of the wild cat’s endangerment‚ and the most major is habitat loss. Iriomote Wild Cats live on the small island of Iriomotejima‚ southwest of Japan‚ the island is a meer 116 miles wide. Plus‚ Iriomotejima
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