Joe Flanagan Marine Biology Lab Dr. Able 18 February 2015 Mammal Dive Response Present in Humans Abstract: Dive responses occur in mammals on both land and in the sea. Once submerged‚ it has been observed that even infants show this reflex. To test whether or not adult humans have this reflex test subjects were used to compare findings based on specific variables. Marine mammals are an excellent example of this due to the fact they have to dive to extreme depths in order to get food. Introduction:
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This higher brain function can account for attacks such as the one by Kasatka who on two occasions‚ 1999 and 2006‚ attacked veteran trainer Ken Peters during live shows in SeaWorld San Diego (Hardgrove 97). In 1999‚ another whale named Tilikum made headlines when the mutilated body of a twenty-seven year old man was found floating in the water after he’d snuck into the facility and Tilikum attacked him (Hardgrove 98). Tilikum had previously killed a trainer in Sealand of the Pacific in 1991 before
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Reader Response By: Gisselle perez Book name: The September Sisters Author: Jillian Cantor Genre: Fiction Pages: 356 The September Sisters‚ by Jillian Cantor‚ is a story about two sisters‚ Abigail‚ the oldest and Becky the youngest. They both fight a lot and make each other’s life miserable‚ that’s all they do‚ then Becky disappears in the middle of the night‚ Abby struggles to cope with her own feeling of guilt and loss. Aby meets a new neighbor‚ Tommy‚ who with time‚ discover that love can
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"Killing animals for food should be banned" Many argue that killing animals for food should be banned. They say that we humans have no right to control and produce these animals commercially. Instead‚ they say that we should only eat vegetables and fruits. On the other hand‚ it is undeniable that in order for humans to have a complete and balanced nutrition‚ one would require meat in their daily diet as it provides the required proteins for the body to function in a healthy way. I believe killing
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Pride and Prejudice Reader Response To me personally I found this book to be beneficial in understanding the ways of society throughout time. Within Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice‚ Bingley and Jane’s relationship proves that social pressures essentially inhibit people from fulfilling their true identities‚ and their true desires. Whether it manifests itself in the pressure to marry for security and convenience‚ or the pressure to attain affluence and culture‚ the social norm erases individual
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Response Essay In reading the three articles‚ “From Degrading to De-Grading” by Alfie Kohn‚ “And Now He is Nothing” by Michael Specter and “Dilma Rousseff” by Simon Romero my impressions of each article varies from one of unbelief to affirmation. As compelling as the ideology of not grading is‚ the practicality of implementation would be enormous. The assumption that Lance Armstrong is now nothing can it really be so easily dismissed? Finally‚ Dilma Rousseff rise to power as a right of previous
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What if our choices were already made for us we had no say so? Would we still be ourselves? Would everything that made us “us” disappear? No laughter. No emotion. No love. No color. No true family. No pain. No sadness. No sorrow. No freedom. No way out. Of course‚ I know‚ I believe‚ you would not want this kind of life you have now
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“Killing Time” by Ricky Swallow “Killing time” by Ricky Swallow is a Sculpture of a old table with all sorts of fishing utensils and types of fish on top that are all carved out of laminated Jelutong‚ maple and is 108 x 184 x 118cm and it is relatable by the audience of 1970 because that was the time that inspired him‚ when he’s dad would come home and put a whole heap of fish on the table from the days catch. Ricky is a fantastic sculptor he has one prizes such as Contempora Prize in Melbourne
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Antigone Response "In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God." Psalm 10:4 In the Greek drama‚ "Antigone"‚ written by Sophocles in 442 BC‚ a blind prophet named Teiresias tried to change the stubborn mind of Creon‚ the king of Thebes. Creon was determined to punish his deceased son‚ Polyneices‚ for being a traitor to the kingdom by not giving his body a proper burial. Teiresias tried to teach Creon otherwise. Creon always listened to the wise
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these situations. Philbert ensnares the unimaginable while releasing the truth of reality. Readers who have not experienced such tragedies are left speechless‚ while others‚ who have‚ are left comforted in knowing they do not stand alone. The idea of killing to end agony seems rather incomprehensible‚ yet Philbert unconsciously leaves his audience to think “what would you do?” The piece as a whole‚ serves to be remarkably influential and impressionable. Philbert discusses and elaborates his opinion
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