hunted down the villagers’ animals. The warrior class of the community started to protect the domestic animals by killing the predators, especially lions. Richard believed killing the lions was not an acceptable idea; therefore he started formulating hypothesis and testing new methods. The fist hypothesis was regarding fire, which failed, so he adopted a new method to use scarecrow. Lions observed that the scarecrow was stationary at one place, and attacked the domestic animals. He learned…
People always mix up horse breeds, dog breeds, cat breeds, and many other animal breeds. This essay is comparing three horse breeds that are mixed up all the time: the Shire, the Percheron, and the Clydesdale. The following paragraphs will compare features, their uses, and where the breeds originated. The horses are usually mixed up because people don't know a whole lot about them. They only know that they're horses, they're big, and the general look of them. As it was mentioned before, these…
The water moccasin, North America's only venomous water snake, has a distinctive blocky, triangular head; a thick body; and a dangerous bite. Common names include variants on water moccasin, swamp moccasin, black moccasin, cottonmouth, gapper, or simply viper.Water Moccasins reach 30 to 48 inches, occasionally up to 74 inches. The back is dark olive or black, the belly is paler. The snout is always pale, and there is usually a dark vertical line by each nostril.Water Moccasins are primarily…
nonexistence. The book starts off with stories of how different species has become extinct or are currently endangered. The book has a lot of facts and they all seem to support the theory that humans are making a mess of things. Due to over killing of animals, miss use of natural resources and lack of efficient means of spreading the word on what’s going on, we may be heading to a sixth extinction. After reading the book I took a closer look at the world around me and I did notice that the…
There are so many little journeys in the novel Monkey, but the ones where the Monkey gained more powers were the most interesting to me. From the beginning of the novel the Monkey is always changing; starting out as a stone on the Mountains of Flowers and Fruit. To eventually becoming Buddha at the end of the novel. Power can be described in many ways, it can be described as magical power but also power can be measured by growth or respect, the ability to not die, to become enlightened. The…
If a dog is trained to be violent, the dog will be violent. The environment the animal is brought up in, will determine the behavior of the animal.it is likely for the animal to be violent if brought up in a hostile environment. A chihuahua will be violent if taught to be. Society just wants someone to blame and blaming the animal is better than blaming themselves. There’s no hard evidence to support the idea that Pit Bulls are naturally more aggressive…
Every August, black bears in Maine’s woods may find a mouthwatering surprise waiting for them among the trees, they find barrels overflowing with old doughnuts, pastries, molasses, and leftover deep-fryer oil. Its a rare bear that doesn't hang around to chow down on such temptations, some bears will even come back for more. If these bears happen to return a few weeks later once beer-hunting season starts. They may receive an altogether different surprise at the so-called bait barrels. Then, they…
picked was “Jealousy in Dogs,” the experiment was conducted by Christine R. Harris and Caroline Prouvost out of the University of California, San Diego. The article was published in July of 2014 by the Public Library of Science (PLOS). The paper covers animal behavior, specifically dog emotions. The topic is interesting because I was always told you anthropomorphize your pets by giving them emotions. The paper hypothesizes that there is a primary version of jealousy that does not require complex…
realism. Zoo's use of symbolism is brilliant and definitely unexpected. One example of this is the protagonist, Jackson Oz's pet ape Atilla. In literature Apes are used to symbolize immaturity, This symbol is surprisingly easy to miss in a book about animals. A example of Atilla being used as a symbol…
human survivor along with a few other animals. This unlikely bunch find their way onto a life raft and fight to survive. One of these animals is an orangutan named Orange Juice. Orange Juice plays a very important role in this ordeal for Pi. She is is closest thing to a human and this fact provides both comfort and grief for Pi. Pi compares her to a human saying, “The poor dear looked so humanly sick! It is a particularly funny thing to read human traits in animals, especially in apes and…