Giraffes Essay

zoos are great and interesting. In my opinion, I'd go with the fact that they're great and interesting. The main point of zoos is to educate people and save animals, but mostly save the animals. In fact, some animals live longer in the wild! Take giraffes for instance, they live up to 26 in the wild, but they live way longer in zoos than in their natural habitat. Therefore, just like Newton's 3rd law; for every reaction there's an equal, opposite reaction. For every negative, there's a positive…

The fall season this year is much hotter than any other years, but the weather did not keep me from packing my lunches and camera for my trip to the Los Angeles Zoo. Since I took all my courage to take this chance and request one day off from work, I had high expectation for this trip. I prepared the lunches on Sunday night so that it would lessen the time for preparation on Monday, the actual date. Departing at 9 o'clock in the morning, it took about one-hour driving and half an hour parking…

On the southern fringes of the Sahel desert of West Africa is one of the most extraordinary tribes on earth. They are despised by many of their neighbors and struggle to exist in such hostile environment; but for the Wadaabe nomads beauty is just as important as survival. The Wodaabe often compare themselves to birds, they move across the land almost as they please. They are beautiful like birds and just like birds of the wilderness, they put on a show to empress the women. Every year they…

prominence economy and power that Tang Dynasty already started(pg289) The voyage was coming home with information that Chine did not know by that time. They also brought diverse merchandises. The book also mentioned that the imperator was amazed by the giraffes brought from East Africa which was positioned in the imperial zoo. Chine also was beneficiated by the things that they brought from the new places that Zheng He visited because they help to rise the acknowledge about the world and the…

with the fact smaller animals, who tend to have higher metabolic rates, tend to sleep more.” An example of this would be that a mouse gets close to twenty hours of sleep a day, only spending approximately three hours awake, while a larger animal; giraffe or elephant, only need two to three hours a day to sleep, spending over twenty hours awake.…

In the National Association for Children of Alcoholics research article, the organization emphasis the importance of research into the problems faced by children of parents with alcohol problems. The article also states that, “Alcohol was found to be the most harmful drug in a recent study that ranked 20 drugs according to the harm they cause to the user and to others” (NACOA). Those effected the most by this substance abuse are primary children. The research article continues by saying,…

a ton of homework due. Although he knew that he had to do it to keep his grade up, he decided not to. Instead, he decided to put stickers on his bedroom wall and go out to eat at McDonalds! Later that night, he fell asleep with his stuffed animal giraffe, filled with guilt. Larry had a realization that night. Instead of his normal dreams about BBQ beans he dreamed about what it would be like to be a good child, like Harry. He in a sense grew up that night, figuring out what his point in life…

Overview Evolution is a theory originally thought of by a man named Charles Darwin. Darwin was surveying the land around South America to make maps and then discovered the Galapagos Islands. He noticed on these islands there were 14 different types of finches within a small archipelago. He concluded from this that originally there was one kind of finch on all the islands, but they evolved from the original so they could survive on their respective islands (Evolution). Evolution is something…

Social inequality has been feature of every civilization since the earliest agrarian societies. In almost all cases, the aristocracy oppresses the lower and middle classes socially and economically. However, throughout history, there have been individuals who have spoken out and fought against social inequality. In the short story, “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara, Miss Moore is the character who tries to combat social inequality by pointing it out to the young protagonist Sylvia and her…

A bright red cardinal bird chirps outside your window as you hit snooze on your alarm clock. Your arms find themselves in front you, stretching as if they were a giraffe neck reaching for the leaves on the tallest tree, while you slowly begin to sit up in your bed. You can take your time getting ready for the day, open the enormous wooden door to your home, to find the sun shining brightly over God’s creation. This morning sounds peaceful, right? Think again. Imagine the cardinal pierced by an…