Mountain Gorilla Biological name: Gorilla beringei beringei Habitat: Currently the mountain gorillas are protected national parks in two regions of Africa. One part of the gorillas live in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. The other group of Gorillas are spread over three national parks in the Virungas mountain. Any left over Gorillas live in lowland rainforests or mountainside forest Population: The mountain gorillas population has gone up and down throughout the years
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Deforestation is indeed the primary threat to the orangutan‚ a species of great ape known for its keen intelligence and the fact that it’s the largest animal to live primarily in trees. A 2007 assessment by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) predicts that orangutans will be virtually eliminated in the wild within two decades if current deforestation trends continue. The great reddish-brown apes are native to the tropical rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia‚ which are being cut down rapidly
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HONESTY‚ HUMILITY AND HUMANITY In my last theatre class‚ I presented my thought about my school motto. And I would like to share my thoughts with my friends too. Honesty is one of the treasured values of human being. Living life honestly means opening oneself freely and exposing one’s true self to others. Honesty is essential because it acts as the glue‚ which holds people together. Moreover‚ honesty helps a person to conquer problems and excel in his life. An honest person is trusted and
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The Lowest Animal In Mark Twain’s “The Lowest Animal”‚ man’s once top place in Earth’s caste system is disputed. Twain expresses his opinion in this essay by writing it as a scientist who performs different experiments on people and animals to see which is indeed the “lowest animal”. He proves that human beings are cruel‚ wasteful‚ and the lowest animal on earth. Twain uses human action and behavior to prove his belief that people are not superior to any other animal. When talking about some
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Zhouhang Shao Professor Guillermo Algaze Culture‚ Art and Technology Nov 22 2013 Why humans are unique? Our human have made so many amazing achievements in the earth’s history. We pass laws‚ fight for poor and stand for what was right; we sacrifice‚ care about our families and cherish friendship; we build great thing，explore the universe‚ cure diseases and make ungodly technological advances; we reach for stars‚ act like men; we aspire on intelligence‚ but don’t belittle
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REASONING AND INTERPRETATION – Practice questions 1. Understanding the ecological mechanism that causes extinction is fundamental to conservation as not all organisms are threatened by the same factors. A total of 1012 threatened bird species in 95 families were studied to see how they were threatened by different factors: · habitat loss · persecution by humans and introduced predators · other factors (introduced competitors‚ hybridization and disease) and unknown risk factors. Scientists investigated
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Mariana Vasquez April 10‚ 2014 4th Period WE ARE Human. There are more than seven billion humans in this world‚ but not because we have a heart‚ or a pair of eyes does it make us human. It is what comes deeper within our souls and our spirits that entitles us as a human being. We have the knowledge of knowing right from wrong‚ but whether we decide to do the right rather than the wrong is our choice. Therefor we have the power of deciding what kind of person we are‚ what kind of values we have
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Short Essay Isn’t being a dog‚ part of being human? What if that’s the best part‚ the dog part? What if you’re really just a two legged dog? While I am agree with Nicholas Cage’s character’s point of view that being an animal‚ being a creature struggling for survival and occasionally giving freedom to its instincts is the part of being a human‚ I also think that the other part of being human is unique and is not possessed by any creatures other than human beings. The essence of human nature
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Evolution of man Man obviously shares a common ancestry with the modern apes‚ such as the gorilla and chimpanzee. We know this from the many characteristics that are shared between apes and man. Apart from obvious anatomical and behavioral similarities‚ the two groups also have many blood proteins and other biochemical characteristics in common. A comparison of the skulls of a gorilla and a modern man illustrate the main trends that have taken place in human evolution from an ape-like ancestry
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Francine Penny Patterson was born in Chicago‚ Illinois in February 13‚ 1947. She is the second oldest of seven children‚ her parents were C.H. Patterson and Frances Spano Patterson. Since she was little she felt attracted for animals and nature. In 1970 she got her bachelor’s degree in psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign‚ two years later‚ she earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Stanford University. Since then she started her long journey along with the
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