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    Elephant Habitat

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    Habitat for Elephants After observing the giraffe exhibit‚ my partner Nan Chen and I decided to make our way to observe the Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat which was built in 2008; an exhibit‚ home to seven different elephants‚ both young and old. The exhibit is home to adult bull Thai‚ adult cows Methai‚ Shanti‚ and Tess‚ juvenile bull Tucker (Tess’ son)‚ and calves Baylor (Shanti’s son) and Tupelo (Tess’ daughter). Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat exhibit covers an enormous

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    Pill Bug Lab Report

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    done 3 times. Data Table(s) The Effect of Tight Spaces on Pill Bugs’ Habitat Trial # Pill Bugs in dish 1 Pill Bugs in Dish 2 Control 1 10 0 Control 2 10 0 Control 3 7 3 Experiment 1 8 2 Experiment 2 9 1 Experiment 3 10 0 Discussion/Conclusion It appears that this experiment and its results may not be a reliable source of information to use when determining what factors affect Pill Bugs’ habitat. The control part of the experiment – to make sure there were no differences

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    Shandy Mae Yap 3/6 Should animals be kept in Zoos? I believe that animals should be allowed to enjoy their own natural habitat and live with their family freely‚ not trapped behind bars and cages. So no‚ I do not agree that animals should be kept in zoos. Most people go to the zoo purely for entertainment and I strongly believe that animals were not created for that purpose only. We shouldn’t put animals lower than us. Zoos claim to educate people and preserve species‚ but

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    Zoos

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    people or harmful to animals. It’s cruel to leave animals caged up day in and day out not living in their natural habitats. Zoo animals are kept in enclosures that don’t allow them to live their lives in a natural way. No matter how big some zoos try to make their bounded enclosures or how beautiful the paintings on the background wall are‚ they don’t compare to the natural habitat that animals are meant to be in. Animals such as zebras‚ gazelles‚ and giraffes are designed to run across miles of

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    Lemers

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    the destruction of their natural habitat due to human development. Since humans arrived and began turning the natural habitat of the lemurs into land which was more suitable for human use‚ there have been detrimental results to the lemur population. 3. Which types of lemurs are adapting to the changes? Which types of lemurs are not adapting well? Why? The Ring-tailed Lemurs have been the most efficient at adapting to the changes in their habitat; this is due to their ability to adjust

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    conserve their habitat permanently. These habitats are area such as national parks‚ national reserves and wilderness areas. There they can live without interference by human activities. Human’s activities such as deforestation‚ farming‚ over grazing and development result the soil compaction‚ erosion‚ desertification‚ and alteration of local climatic conditions. These changes make the wildlife ill-adapt to the drastically changed environment. In areas where rare species are present‚ habitat destruction

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    Habitat for Humanity

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    Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit‚ world-wide Christian housing ministry. Habitat for Humanity International seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world‚ and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. “Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with God and people everywhere‚ from all walks of life‚ to develop communities with people in need by building and renovating houses so that there are decent houses in decent communities

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    After Seaworld Analysis

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    aquariums and zoos‚ that are not for profit organizations try their best to create a habitat safe for the animals living there. “They feel that zoos and aquariums‚ for the most part‚ try to recreate a natural environment for the animals and‚ more importantly‚ don’t disrespect them by having them perform all day long and do things that are completely unnatural for them.” (Wallace) They try to remake their habitats‚ so that the rescued

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    purpose of preserving the ecosystems and habitats in the Great Lakes-St. Lowlands natural region. The construction of a retirement community and the local needs that come out of it will negatively affect the wildlife and vegetation of Bruce Peninsula‚ and the inaccessible environment of the park will only lower the quality of living standards for seniors. The establishment of a retirement home disturbs the wildlife and vegetation through the clearing of habitat space for construction‚ the recreational

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    Florida Panther

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    typical diet includes animals such as deer‚ raccoons‚ feral hogs‚ birds‚ and many other medium sized animals. They have been known in some places to enter farm land and kill livestock also. The natural habitat for a Florida panther is warm and being in southern Florida their habitats range from swampy wetlands to upland forests. The Florida panther used to range most of the Southeastern United States‚ from Louisiana and Kentucky down thru the southern states and to the southern tip of Florida

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