Foraging

tastes good and it’s cheap. But isn’t there a better way? A way to eat without frantically checking every label to see if it’s FDA approved organic? Yes. Hunting and Gathering. Turns out our ancestors actually did know a thing or two. By killing and foraging for your own food, not only will you finally be part of the circle of life, but you’ll also be eating food that’s never even heard of pesticides. Hunters are also likely to have superb health: low blood pressure; no inflammation; ideal…

Species taxonomy- The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle belongs to the kingdom: Animalia, the Phylum: Chordata, the Class: Reptilia, the Order: Testudines, Family: Cheloniidae, Genus: Lepidochelys, and its species is olivacea. Thus the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle’s scientific name is Lepidochelys olivacea. (NOAA, 2014) In Spanish the Olive Ridley is called Golfina. (Sea turtle Inc., 2016) There is only one other animal in the genus Lepidochelys and it is the Kemp’s Rideys Sea Turtle: Kingdom: Animalia,…

1) Culture is a group of community, who shares common belief and experiences which shape the world of their understanding, including political belief, race, religion, national, origin, and gender. Understanding of culture is important, because it can give person to analyze things from different prospective. It also provides opportunity to better understand each other and way of life, which will bring two together. 2) With the invention of writing, there was no need of memory, speech, and rely on…

The decline in bees has been a controversial topic that has gradually garnered public attention over the last few years. With nearly 87% of all flowering plants (Ollerton, et al. 321), and 35% of global crop production (Klatt, et al.) being reliant on animal pollination, bees are a vital contributor to food production. Unfortunately, the bee population has been dropping steadily for the last 60 years due to factors such as, pesticides, invasion of pests, and climate change (Walters 375).…

habitats. These projects adds a stress upon the dolphin population, forcing them to move farther away, possibly towards less suitable habitats. In addition, these reclamations result in disturbance of the Chinese white dolphin’s breeding, nursery and foraging grounds. Water Pollution & Food depletion Since there are more than 1,400 hectares of sea area have been reclaimed in Hong Kong’s western waters, fishery resources were affected because of those reclamation. Heavy metals from the…

medical school after the war. I have not seen any of them since. The war seemed a prime opportunity for adventure, a chance for me to spend my youth acquiring heroic memories for future reminiscence. I imagined brilliant skills of shooting, digging, foraging, hunting,…

Bees pollinate about 80% of wild plants and 84% of human grown crops in terrestrial ecosystems (Brown, 2009). The ecosystem service of pollination has the economic value in the agricultural industry worth $1.7 billion (Brown, 2009). However, global honey bee populations are in decline (Potts, 2010). With the given projections for human population growth to reach around 9 billion by the year 2050, the importance of bees to human survival is vital (Brown, 2009). The US Fish and Wildlife Service…

Elephants are known for living in an expansive amount of land where they have room to roam and walk around. They can walk for around 40 to 50 miles a day and are active for around 20 hours a day just browsing, foraging and other activities. Therefore, our zoos are not capable of meeting all the needs of such a large animal. Therefore these elephants should not be in zoos. Elephants in zoos have remarkably shorter lifespans compared to their wild counterparts. Females…

If you were to think of a horse today, you would say they are big, strong mammals. 55 mya, horses did not look like this. With the mannerisms of a deer and the traits of a dog, the first known horse darted through forests in North America during the Eocene Period. As time went by, many horses evolved like the Orohippus, Epihippus, Mesohippus, Miohippus, Parahippus, Merychippus, Pliohippus, Dinohippus, and finally the Equus. In Greek, ‘hippus’ means horse. Fossils of the first known horse were…

The Canela: Bonding through kinship, ritual, and sex I. Introduction This case study of the Canela is designed to represent how the Canela bond through ritual, kinship, and sex. Anthropologist William H. Crocker began field research with the group in 1957 and has since lived with the Canela for an accumulated total of more than five years during eleven field trips. Crocker graduated from Yale University in 1950 and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1962. This…