the digestive system toward the brain‚ heart and skeletal muscles. It also causes adrenaline to be released‚ temporarily increasing physical strength. SYPATHETIC NERVES It is a nice‚ sunny day...you are taking a nice walk in the park. Suddenly‚ a rhino appears in your path. Do you stay and fight OR do you turn and run away? These are "Fight or Flight" responses. In these types of situations‚ your sympathetic nervous system is called into action - it uses energy - your blood pressure increases‚ your
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determined mostly by the availability of prey. Although individuals do not patrol their territories‚ they visit over a period of days or weeks and mark their territory with urine and feces. Across their range‚ tigers face unrelenting pressure from poaching‚ retaliatory killings and habitat loss. They are forced to compete for space with dense and often growing human populations. POPULATION- as few as 3‚200 WEIGHT- 220 - 660 pounds LENGTH- 4-10 ft. HABITATS- Tropical rainforests‚ evergreen forests
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Conservation of the Asiatic Lion. The Asiatic lion‚ also know as Panthera leo persica‚ is from the Gir Forest National Park‚ which works closely with the Wildlife Conservation Trust who specialise in the conservation of the Asiatic lion‚ in dry deciduous forest and open grassy scrublands in the state of Gujarat which is located in India. The population of the Asiatic lion is over 300 and so this specie’s status is defined endangered. The Asiatic lion could once be found in Eastern Europe‚ Turkey
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active in several parts of the world. The elephants are killed for their tusks of great value. A pair of tusks in the international market may fetch an enormous amount to the poachers. The wildlife department authorities are unable to put a stop to poaching despite their utmost vigilance. The African elephants and the Asian elephants are killed for their tusks. The late forest brigand‚ Veerappan of India‚ traded in the elephant tusks. It was very difficult for the Government to catch him alive or to
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Scientists Solved the Mystery behind Bengal White Tigers Scientists from Peking University‚ Beijing in May 2013 discovered that a change in single amino acid (A477V) in one pigmentation relate gene (SLC45A2) is the cause of white fur or sepia brown stripes in some tigers. The scientists studied 16 captive white tigers from three different parents to come up with the conclusion. As per the scientists‚ two types of melanin namely pheomelanin and eumelanin are used for identifying the color of
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develop and boost its economy and on the other hand the tourists can be really ignorant be really unlawful and do illegal things e.g. steal lumps of coral reefs which take millions of years to grow and take ivories from endangered species like the rhino black/white I don’t know and also the elephants tusks etc so that’s my conclusion I can’t say much about it (tourism) because to me it’s both. wtf is wrng with u dipsticks seriulsy I cant even sign upy conclusion I can’t say much about it (tourism)
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Henry Jenkins: Theoretical concepts Defining Fandom With the word ‘fan’ being an abbreviated term for ‘fanatic’‚ the word itself is dynamic for it has shifted in meaning and appearance over time with regards to the context in which it is found being with regards to religion (a devotee to a form of “any excessive and mistaken enthusiasm”). However the word’s underlying meaning remains intact in the form of expressing fascination towards something or someone within a negative manner (as found within
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Cosmetic Surgery All types of cosmetic surgeries are on the rise. Young people and old people around the world are having all types of cosmetic procedure done at some point in their lives. The media portrays beauty in a certain way‚ which causes people to feel pressured to look a certain way. Why else would a person decide to go under the knife? Even people with medical conditions or some type of disfiguration want to be accepted in society and be normal without being judged because of their physical
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Soils Conservation: Easier - Soil is the loose top layer of our planet’s crust. It is dirt or earth in which plant life can grow. Harder - Soil covers a major portion of the earth’s land surface. It is an important natural resource that either directly or indirectly supports most of the planet’s life. Life here depends upon soil for food. Plants are rooted in soil and obtain needed nutrients there. Animals get their nutrients from plants or from other animals that eat plants. Many animals make
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Culture Interview: South Africa Andre Ebbinkhuysen is the subject of my culture interview. I chose him because I was interested in learning more about the South African culture and its history. We met at McDonalds on South College Road on Friday‚ June 10th at 11:00 am and interviewed for about an hour. I felt very comfortable interviewing him‚ as we share a secondary group at Cape Fear Community College‚ sitting right next to each other in our Sociology class. I feel I know him better than a
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