this year‚ I visited the San Francisco Zoo and the first species I observed were the gorillas‚ also known as Gorilla Beringei. Upon approaching the gorilla habitat‚ at about 1:30 p.m.‚ I noticed the enclosure was roughly about fifty yards in diameter. Throughout the enclosure‚ there were different levels of ground elevation varying from small hills‚ to large rock structures placed about twenty feet away from the gorilla cages inside the habitat. There were also many plant or bush like shrubs around as
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Henry Rose Mrs. Pagani Period III ERWC 21 October 2013 “Body Paragraphs” PARA 1: I believe animals do not need a Bill of Rights because they already have plethora of laws that protect all of their basic needs. For example‚ Germany has already passed laws to protect the basic rights of Ape’s. In the article “primates” they said‚ “The Green Party in Germany is preparing two bills supporting the Great Ape Project”(Yong). Another way that animals already have their rights protected is‚ Dogs have
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Accused The small figure bent over a table place intentionally sideways in the center of a small‚ dirt-floored room. The only light source that allowed him to see was the little light that trickled in through the filth stained window. As his hands worked‚ sewing the soft‚ bristled fur‚ a chorus of childish voices found its way into the house from outside. “Ring around the rosy‚” they sang. The figure couldn’t help but to cringe at the intricate lyrics‚ knowing their horrible meaning. “Pocket
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The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes‚ is a sequel‚ to a prequel‚ to a reboot‚ of The Planet of the Apes franchise (get all that?). The original Planet of the Apes movie released in 1968 was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner‚ about how in the future humans were replaced by apes as top dog on earth‚ and humans were stooped down to wild dumb animals like apes used to be. This film was rebooted twice‚ the second reboot being a prequel to how apes ended up taking over called Rise of the Planet of the Apes
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Tiffany Le Professor: Somerville HDP111 April 15‚ 2016 Human evolution Over decades‚ many Americans reject the ideas of evolution and there were many arguments against the theory of human evolution. However‚ in order to understand how the human developed‚ we must look at the human evolution. For many centuries‚ we have been curious about our origins and our human bodies structure. How we got to be the kind of species we are today‚ such as the way we look; walking upright on two legs‚ our hands
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Dawn breaks over the horizon in the remote wilderness of the equatorial forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ and a large community of bonobos splits up for the day. Stomach gurgling‚ a bonobo wanders off with his group in search of food. Moving as swiftly and majestically as a gymnast‚ the bonobo swings from tree to tree‚ its kind brown eyes scanning the trees of the Salonga National forest in search of fruits and insects for ingestion. The ape and his group travel together and go about
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Early Hominids and Tools Jacky Thompson ANT 101 March 20‚ 2013 Even though humans seem to be the most advanced creatures walking this earth‚ we certainly had ancestors before us. We share similar genetic information of other animals. They are what we consider early hominids. Early hominids date as far back as 6 to 8 million years ago. Just like humans‚ they had to have some type of culture in order to survive and make a living. Culture is defined as a dynamic adaptive process of learned
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Capuchin Monkeys: Wild vs Captive INTRODUCTION Capuchins have traditionally been in the genus‚ Cebus Erxleben from the family Cabidae. There had been four species recognized among the capuchins‚ such as: Cebus albifrons‚ Cebus olivaceus‚ Cebus capucinus‚ and Cebus apella‚ all of which are a taxonomy that dominated capuchin history for an approximation of 50 years (Lynch Alfaro et al.‚ 2014). Over the years more capuchins had been recognized as well such as‚ Cebus kaapori‚ Cebus libidinosus‚ Cebus
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In the year 1960‚ Jane Goodall‚ a young‚ naive and optimistic secretarial school graduate‚ was sent to Gombe Stream Research Center located in East Africa in the country of Tanzania off of Kungwe Bay by fossil-hunter Louis Leakey where she would spend the next thirty years observing pan troglodytes‚ or chimpanzees‚ in their natural habitat and to study their social life‚ including topics such as friendship‚ loyalty‚ and social power. During this time‚ Goodall made several crucial discoveries that
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How Intelligent are Chimpanzees Compared to Humans? A chimpanzee’s brain size is less than ⅓ of a human’s brain size‚ yet they are still so intelligent when compared to humans. Chimpanzees don’t haven’t invented computers or iphones‚ but just a small it of research shows that chimps are actually quite intelligent. Jane Goodall is someone who has spent lots of time with chimpanzees‚ and she herself has experienced the intelligence of chimps. Chimpanzees are our closest relatives‚ sharing lots of
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