Extinction event

Is Killing the Solution Over the past Century there have been various opinions on how to prevent, or maintain overpopulation of White-Tailed Deer (WTD). Although killing is the oldest, and most effective method of deer population control according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (NCWRC). Some animal rights groups like People for the ethical treatment of animals (PETA) feel that killing of the WTD is not the answer to the problem. The population of these beautiful WTD is on…

not possible to clone the dinosaurs from The DNA found in the mosquitoes that had sucked dinosaur blood and got trapped and preserved in amber millions of years ago. This is because to clone the dinosaurs a complete strand of dinosaur DNA is required, and the dinosaur DNA need to be inserted into the dinosaur ova (which does not exist) to create an embryo. Otherwise, the offspring will be badly malformed if the dinosaur DNA is inserted in any other ova which does not belong to the species of…

The largest dinosaurs to walk the Earth may have embarked on seasonal migrations that covered hundreds of kilometres when local watering holes dried up and food became scarce. Evidence that giant sauropods set off on epic journeys came to light when scientists examined fossilised teeth recovered from the remains of beasts unearthed in Wyoming and Utah in the US. The analysis of 32 teeth belonging to two species of Camarasaurus, among the most common sauropods found in North America, suggests…

Animals In Captivity I’d say most us have been to a zoo or an aquarium right? I’m sure all of you were amazed and captivated by all the exotic animals that the park had to offer. But I’m sure most of you don’t realize that these animals are basically given the same amount of rights as prisoners. These animals are stripped away from their natural habitats and are put into enclosed areas where they are limited to things that are important and natural to them such as running, roaming, flying,…

Both populations go down together. This prey ranges from rodents to deer. An example of a near extinction due to prey depletion is the Iberian lynx. The Iberian lynx’s main prey is the European rabbit. Between 1960 and 1990, the rabbits were almost wiped out with two imported diseases, and traps set for the rabbits still result in an annual 25% mortality…

financial resources and technical capacity to save Africa's elephants” (Dymoke, 2016). In the past year of when this article was made “about 100,000 elephants were killed in africa and sold in illegal markets, if there is no action taken for this the extinction of african elephants in the wild is just a generation away.” (Dymoke, 2016)…

Introduction Learning is a form of behavioural development that results in adaptive responses to its environment. Animals must learn how to find new sources as old ones become used up, they must learn to avoid predators as new ones enter their territory, and they must find new shelter when storms destroy their old one. All these things involve learning. In my assignment, I will identify the differences between instinctive and learned behaviours. I will provide a suitable definition of each and…

phobias or addictions which can affect their lives to the point of intervention. These phobias and addictions can be nearly impossible to get over without the process of extinction. Through the implementation of classic and operant conditioning, we can explore the deep-seated root of phobias and addictions as well as the extinction of them. Classic conditioning is defined as “A procedure by which a previously neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response after it is paired with a stimulus that…

Classical Conditioning is when an animal or human has a reaction to the neutral stimuli. The Stimuli is the thing in which causes the person or animal to make a response/reaction towards it. When the person/animal is conditioned they are being taught to react a certain way to the object. For example, conditioning a dog to not slobber when he sees a bone. In its unconditioned natural state the dog will slobber automatically the minute you show it the bone. When you condition it, the dog learns…

The subject I experimented on was my mother’s new schnauzer puppy, her name is Josie. Negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, negative punishment, and positive punishment are the different types of operant conditioning. Out of the four different types of operant conditioning techniques the one I chose that would work the best is positive reinforcement. The reason why I chose the technique of positive reinforcement is because Josie is a very timid puppy towards people other than my mom.…