Fossils have been found to show that the presence of the species in northern Pakistan between 1.2 to 1.4 million years ago. Brian Davis‚ Dr Gang Li‚ and Professor William Murphy (2009) ran genetic tests on the five species of big cats; lions‚ jaguars‚ tigers‚ leopards‚ and snow leopards. Looking at mitochondrial DNA and sex chromosomes it was shown that snow leopards are the most closely related to tigers as their ancestor had branched off at 3.9 million years ago. The ancestor of the
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its original positioning the appearance is only enhanced. The Striding Lion‚ though originally only a small piece of a bigger picture‚ is a visually captivating piece of art to be examined and appreciated. The Striding Lion originally located at the Ishtar Gate to the Temple of Marduk‚ Babylon‚ now resides at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston‚ which can be viewed from multiple angles at their online museum link. The Striding Lion is classified as an architectural element of Near East‚ Mesopotamian‚
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this shape the recumbent lion appears in a naturalistic relaxed pose with its head turns to the side‚ the front paws are crossed over each other. The oldest example of this shape is dated back to the reign of Thutmosis III (18th dynasty). There is a granite statue of a recumbent lion‚ is dated back to this period and preserved in the Walters Art Museum‚ Baltimore‚ Maryland (Pl. 9). This new technique of the recumbent statues was only limited to the statues of the guardian lions‚ as the statues of the
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Tigers: The Silent Assassins Armed with razor like teeth and retractile claws in addition to their keen senses‚ tigers are silent assassins on top of the food chain. The magnificent striped panthera tigris‚ originally from Eastern Asia‚ once ranged an enormous span of the earth’s surface. Over the past century‚ it is estimated that the tigers habitat and numbers have been depleted by up to 95%. Having been greatly limited as a result of many factors‚ mainly human impacts‚ the tiger has been driven
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True Lion By: Kevin M. Macheca They say that a brave man is like a lion. So‚ how can we be like a lion if frights and fears are always dominant against to ourselves? Is there any weapon to hinder this kind of phobia in life? People‚ are you a true lion or just pretending somewhat that you belong to this genre of humanoid? Or must we wait until others will tell us as a coward lion? Is true lion a person of great courage‚ strength and determination? Well‚ can you consider yourself as a true lion? A
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Lion Dancing Every time when you see youth swiftly glistening over the rampaging ungodly Earth accompanied with the blistering heated wonder of the orb-like sun‚ it can take you back to your exhilarating days with no headaches‚ worries‚ or obligations also known as‚ childhood. Worries‚ headaches‚ obligations‚ these are enemies within ourselves that we must overcome. These flea-like worries are infesting everyone. We are being overwhelmed by these creatures. The only ways to fight off such
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"The Secret Lion" "The Secret Lion‚" written by Alberto Rios‚ is a strange short story consisting of symbols. Each symbol highlights the change of the lives of the twelve-year-old boy who tells the story‚ and his friend Sergio. As the story progresses‚ the boys are growing up and becoming adults. My argument is that the boys learn that change is to be expected‚ and is always accompanied by loss‚ and everything in this story is relates to symbolism. The main symbol of the story is the arroyo‚
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University of phoenix | Lung cancer | Rough draft | Trichelle McDaniel 1/15/2013 COM/172Mrs. Molly Holmes | I. Introduction II. What are the causes of lung cancer? A. Smoking B. Family history of lung cancer 1. Does secondhand smoke affects one’s health? III. What are the different types of lung cancer? A. Non-small cell lung cancer B. Small cell lung cancer 1. How is it categorized? IV. Who will be at higher risk men or women? A. Is there any
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Mountain Lion is a poem that depicts the death of an inhabitant of the Lobo valley‚ a lion that is trapped mercilessly by two hunters‚ who are confronted by the poet as they leave the valley. The poet describes the lion’s face using contrasting but very emotive descriptions such as beautiful dead eyes’‚ and fine round-fashioned head‚ with two dead ears’ putting emphasis on the word dead by repeating it twice in the same stanza. In the first stanza‚ the poet describes the natural beauty of the Lobo
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Together with many wild animals of the world today‚ the Amur leopard is facing the likelihood of extinction. Their threat is not by means of natural selection or a changing world but by man who has deliberately or unknowingly depleted their habitat and community. Only mans’ intervention and realization of the problem can hope to save these animals (Garman 1996). According to Kutscherenko (1995) the wild population of the Amur leopard has dwindled to an estimated 120 to 140 leopards‚ 30 of which
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