Guinea Pigs Of all our favorite little furry creatures‚ guinea pigs are among the lesser known. Dogs‚ cats‚ hamsters‚ and even rats are thought of before the guinea pig. But where do they come from? Are they good pets? What are guinea pigs anyway? Often‚ people have the false assumption that guinea pigs are just large hamsters‚ but they are actually very different. Guinea pigs originally come from the grasslands‚ mountains‚ and forests in South America. In the wild‚ guinea pigs live in herds of
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The Three Little Pigs is a story most of us will recall hearing during our childhood years. Looking deeper into the story we will see the message behind the story . There are consequences to the decisions we make and sometimes we have to learn things the hard way. Greed and laziness are undesirable characteristics to possess‚ while hard work and careful planning are very positive characteristics. The following story of “The Three Little Pigs” is from Andrew Lang’s Green Fairy Book. There was
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Cow and Pig Manures While cows eat many of the same plants eaten by horses‚ weed seeds do not survive in a cow’s digestive system. Cattle (along with goats‚ sheep‚ deer‚ and some other animals) are ruminants that have a system of two stomachs to double-digest their food. Cattle manure is often collected as a slurry‚ does not have bedding materials mixed in with it‚ and will break down easily. For these reasons‚ cow manure is better than horse manure in a compost pile. Nitrogen level is lower than
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Bay of Pigs On April‚ 17‚ 1961 the Bay of Pigs‚ the biggest foreign affairs disaster in U.S. history‚ occurred. At first the operation was supported but as the years went by the feelings of it changed‚ showing mostly in the policy changes of the some of the presidents over the next 49 years. June 24 1961 reporter Stewart Alsop published an article in the Saturday Evening Post titled “The Lessons of the Cuban Disaster.” In this article Alsop describes what happened at the Bay of Pigs and why
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The fox had went to the three little pigs houses‚ asking for sugar. The fox had sneezed in front of the straw pig’s house and the house fell down. The fox could have went to the village and helped the little pig out of the debris. Instead‚ the fox chased the maimed pig and ate it‚ leading the fox to be associated with a sly and inhumane creature. The fox reacted to the situation of the pig underneath the straw debris in a harmful way. The actual situation of the
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Are We Not All Assistant Pig-Keepers? In Lloyd Alexander’s book The Book of Three‚ a young man named Taran chafes under his apparent nothingness. After listening to Taran’s rant‚ Coll‚ his mentor‚ gives him a title: Assistant Pig-Keeper. However‚ this is only a title to the same responsibilities Taran is doing and has been doing for quite a while. This is not enough for Taran‚ who dreams of being a knight and becoming a hero by his acts of bravery. As the story continues‚ he gets to live his dream
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WHAT IS A FETAL PIG ? Fetal pigs are collected from the packing house as a by-product of the meat industry. These pigs are removed from the uterus of pregnant sows‚ taken to our facility where they are preserved. These pigs would otherwise be discarded. REASONS FOR USING FETAL PIGS IN THE CLASSROOM DISSECTION Anatomy of the fetal pig closely resembles that of man. Unlike a frog (an amphibian)‚ the fetal pig is a mammal. Economical - fetal pigs can cost less than using the
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But teacup pigs or micro pigs are really a smaller version of pot belly pigs‚ and they are the sweetest pig that you can have as a pet or will see out there. For many though when they hear the word pig‚ they come up with a mental picture of a farm and this huge pig that is rolling around in the mud and eating slop. For others they sometimes picture a well mannered pig that is sitting in a living room with people like any other house pet. These are people that have experienced a pig like this or
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Factory farming speech. What really is factory farming. Well i am going to tell you about factory farming. First off we can all do something about this. How would u feel about thousands of animals crammed are being crammed into dirty‚ windowless sheds and confined to wire cages and gestation crates. They are basically forced into cannibalism because they scratch each other and peak because they are so hungry What sense would be affected first? Smell- horrible‚ rotten‚ death. The sound of
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There have been many improvements in the farming industry. Indoor farming‚ like greenhouses have come along way in the past century. The constant need for food combined with the lack of sufficient land to grow food has increased the need for scientists to come up with modern advances in the farming business. With the growing need for land and the growing population scientists have come up with the idea of vertical farming. The idea of vertical farming is continually growing. According to Wikipedia
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