The Lowest Animal By: Mark Twain. I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the lower animals (so-called)‚ and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. For it obliges me to renounce my allegiance to the Darwinian theory of the Ascent of Man from the Lower Animals; since it now seems plain to me that the theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one‚ this new and truer one to be named the Descent of Man from the
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Animal extinction Animal extinction has been dramatically occurring and this is the biggest issue in the planet. The governments and scientists try to figure out the better ways to prevent and preserve the disappearance of animals. Human attitudes‚ degradation of nature and climate change are the causes that lead to animal extinction. I think that if these causes are still occurring without protection and preservation‚ the environment will become in less healthy state by 2050. The world human population
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Is it cruel to keep animals in zoos? In my opinion it is very cruel to lock animals in cages because their freedom is taken from them and neither are they able to run around in the wild. Instead they have to be stuck in the cages with little kids chucking rubbish at them at any time of the day. It is all right to put in a zoo endangered animals like the cassowary because the zoo looks after them and gives them food. But if the cassowary was in the wild it would get killed and make it more endangered
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Poaching Poaching‚ as defined by Webster‚ is the illegal practice of trespassing on another’s property to hunt or steal game without the landowner’s permission. Today‚ that definition seems slightly vague as the nature of poaching has changed drastically in recent years. Poaching is an ever growing epidemic that plagues every continent of this world. Animals of every type are pursued for a variety of economic reasons despite the ecological consequences associated with disrupting the natural
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assumed an almost sacred-like status in the West‚ while other animals such as the pig… well‚ have lost out. The Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove‚ which aired Sunday night on ABC1‚ is a masterfully crafted spy-like thriller telling the story of dolphin hunting practices in Taiji‚ Japan. The documentary shows terrible scenes of dolphins being rounded up‚ netted and then slaughtered with spears. It is shocking to see an animal‚ any animal‚ being killed. So what about the meat that makes it to the
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ANIMAL DIVERSITY Systematics • study of biological diversity and its origins Its arms TAXONOMY focus on properly describing‚ identifying‚ classifying‚ and naming of organisms. CLASSIFICATION focus on placing organisms within groups that show their relationships to other organisms. Writing a scientific name. • Kimberlicus beltranus • Kimberlicus beltranus The Protozoans Protozoa Alveolates Ciliates Sporozoans Dinozoans Amoeboids Amoebozoa Cercozoa
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Many elephants are dying because of the ivory trade. The ivory trade is a trade for elephant tusk. The ivory trade takes place in Africa. Most of the ivory is hunted for illegally and is mostly by poachers. Poachers are people who hunt illegally‚ and don’t have a license from the government. However‚ most poachers aren’t using the ivory the Chinese are. Three fourths of all ivory hunted is bought by the Chinese. Ivory is used to make many objects like rings‚ jewelry‚ chopsticks and other objects
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RHINOCEROS POACHING Poaching Despite of the protective measure‚ prosecution of this animal continues with the exceptionally high and illegal price on the rhino horn in clandestine market. In Kaziranga National Park‚ 69 rhinos were poached during the period of 1988 to 1991 (Bhattacharya 1993). In Nepal‚ data shows that intensity of rhino poaching is depend on the action taken by the management authority. During 1976 to 1983 poaching was completely stopped due to the Army involvement in the conservation
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"Brazen Killing of Rhinos Reignites Fears of Poaching" An act of cowardice and pure malice was displayed when four black rhino’s were recently slaughtered at a national park in Nairobi‚ Kenya. A thirteen-year-old calf and its mother were among two of the fifty-one black rhinos at Tsavo East National Park to have been murdered. The slaying of black rhino’s by poachers has been an epidemic that has increased within the recent years. The population of the black rhino’s had been decreasing in
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Poaching is a huge problem for many endangered species. Examples of poaching include shooting animals out of season‚ catching more fish than allowed‚ and “spotlighting‚” which is when a hunter shines a powerful light into a deer’s eyes to incapacitate them. These are the types of poaching seen in America. Commonly poached animals in North America include white tail deer‚ Canadian geese‚ and numerous types of river fish. All of these are common animal. In other parts of the world‚ the poached animals
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