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    “Monkey’s Paw” is about three wishes given to the White family. The family has all they ever wanted until the son‚ Herbert‚ has the idea to wish for 200 pounds to pay off their house. When Mr. White wishes for it‚ they receive it‚ but lose something more significant. They are later informed that their son‚ Herbert‚ has died in a machinery accident. Mrs. White then thinks to wish him back to life which results in a mysterious creature at their front door. Fearfully‚ Mr White finds the monkey paw and makes

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    chose a Howler monkey is because it is a loud animal just like me. Howler monkeys are the loudest of all monkeys. They are very soft and cuddling creatures. These monkeys are very good with humans. These types of monkeys call to let others know where their territory is‚ warning them to stay away. The calls sound like a loud shouting roar. After one group of howler monkeys call another group of Howlers answer. Howler monkeys tend to do this in the morning and at the end of the day. Monkeys are divided

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    Monkeys range in size from the Pygmy Marmoset‚ at 140 to 160 millimetres (5-6 in) long (plus tail) and 120 to 140 grams (4-5 oz) in weight‚ to the male Mandrill‚ almost 1 metre (3.3 ft) long and weighing 35 kilograms (77 lb). Some are arboreal (living in trees) while others live on the savannah; diets differ among the various species but may contain any of the following: fruit‚ leaves‚ seeds‚ nuts‚ flowers‚ eggs and small animals (including insects and spiders). Some characteristics are shared

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    Monkey Imagine writing about a book about your own world‚ and you are the leader. That is exactly what the novel Monkey written by Wu Cheng’en is about. Wu Cheng’en was born in 1504 in Lianshiu‚ Jiangsu during the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty lasted from 1368 to 1644‚ and it was the growth of “common” literature. Wu Cheng’en was born into a poor family‚ so he grew up poor. Wu failed the government exam twice‚ and it was a huge disgrace to his family. Wu retired as a hermit‚ because he believed

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    Apes vs Monkeys Today I will be comparing apes to monkeys. I am going to be comparing them in 3 different ways.Their traits‚diet‚and habitat.They both are very similar to each other are also very different. When it comes to traits the ape and monkey have more differences than they do similarities.Apes are large primates and are usually larger than monkeys.Apes do not have a tail while a monkey has a tail. Apes are also considered to be more intelligent than monkeys. Another big difference

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    Title: Monkey Drug Trials Experiment Authors: Deneau‚ Yanagita & Seevers Year: it was done in 1969 Purpose: The purpose of the experiment was to look at the effects of self-administration on drugs‚ drug abuse‚ and drug dependence in humans‚ by testing it on monkeys. They wanted to observe whether a monkey would become addicted to drugs or not‚ and to understand better the effects of drugs. Method: First a method was developed‚ to teach the monkeys how to self- administer the

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    Who’s Got the Monkey? 1. Summarize the article ½ page • What are the main concepts/points? • In your own words‚ what is the article saying? • What is one main lesson you learned from the article? • What is a “monkey” in the context of the article? 2. Describe 3 of your monkeys 1 page 3. Describe when you got or took a monkey that actually did NOT belong to you ½ page 4. What happened?(positive and negative) ½ page 5. Conclusion: what would you do again? 1 page Communication Strategies

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    Monkey’s Paw is a tale that is known worldwide for a genre that was not popular at the time of its creation. I asked my mom if she ever heard of the Monkey’s Paw‚ and she told me to tell her the story because she thought it sounded familiar. I personally loved the story for its genre‚ but I wouldn’t know my parents like it for the same reasons too. This story over a 100 years old‚ and still has people loving it globally. This story follows a father that is consumed by greed‚ but is indubitably blind-sighted

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    Monkey boy of Uganda A boy was found in the woods by Benedick‚ he had been raised and protected my monkeys most of his life. He walked and talked like a monkey and some said that he even looked like a monkey. SOCIAL CULTURAL When a child grows up it learns to socialize with others and slowly get closer to the people around them‚ this allows the child to grow and learn. This little boy was influenced by monkeys and learn to grow up imitating what they did and learn to interact with the other monkeys

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    Description of a famous mythological creature Monkey king is a one of the most widely known Chinese mythological creature. It was first appeared in the novel called Xi You Ji (Journey to the West). As the legend begins‚ the Monkey King is born from the earth and known as the stone monkey. Then he entered a cave which other monkeys are not brave enough to get into. The stone monkey was the only one to do so and they declared him King. Day by day‚ he feared that he would soon die and began a quest

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