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    are helping endangered species survive through breeding programs. However, breeding programs in zoos never get the chance to see or interact with their natural environments. Many zoos lobbyists petition that zoos protect the species from human destruction and teach younger generations about “wild” animals. A few zoos do have signs near their animal enclosures, but these signs hardly teach the visitors anything new about the animals or their environments. Very few of the animals in zoos are on…

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    or to engage in sexual activities”, and a theme which appears to be significant in Othello, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Enduring Love. In all three, sexual desire proves to contribute in both building solidarity within relationships, and the destruction of them. For Shakespeare, sexual desire shows how concealing physical feelings can lead to the breakdown of one’s psychological state, causing the death of both the male protagonist, Othello, and his lover, Desdemona; a classic tragedy of the…

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    This is a true story; the names have been changed to protect the innocent… Alexander grew up in a home where he was abused continually by his mother’s brother, Uncle Wilson. Mary Alexander’s mom didn’t know what was going on because the majority of the time she was so spaced out from heroin that she couldn’t pay attention to her surroundings or her children. Heroin had taken over her capacity to see and hear anything but its voice. Alexander’s cry for help was to emulate what had been done to…

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    Severe Animal Cruelty

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    hundreds of thousands of zoos around the world, those who have claimed to be stopping the capture and abuse of millions of animals have allowed it to go by unnoticed and even supported by the public. From premature death and bad health to unnatural habitats and the culling of surplus animals, wild animals have experienced extreme suffering due to human intervention just for the opportunity for the public to be able to see such ‘wild’ animals on a ‘fun family day out’. Premature death and bad…

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    Environmental Effects on Pillbug Behavior Catherine Liapes October 14, 2015 AP Biology- Pd.9 Mr. Angus Introduction: Before conducting this lab, I researched information on pillbugs and learned that pill bugs are commonly found in damp environments such as piles of leaves, or under logs. Although they are crustaceous, they can still spend their entire lives on land. They are about ¾ inch in length with seven pairs of legs, and multiple antennae. Pillbugs are nocturnal and mainly…

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    Pill Bug Essay

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    The Pill Bug has many names like such as Woodlice , potato bugs , roly-poly and the Sow Bug . The Pill Bug's real scientific name is the Armadillidium Vulgare. The Aramadillidium Vulgare lives mainly in humid areas of the world underneath logs and stones ; the reason behind this is because they breathe through a gill like structure on the underside of their bodies . The Pill Bug is known to many countries around the world mainly but in Mediterranean areas . The Pill bug is in the class…

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    Endangered Species Act

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    Atlantic Green Sea Turtle. Although the act has been tested by non-conservation supporting lawmakers, the act still remains successful due to its recovery rate and habitat…

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    In The Future of Illusion, Sigmund Freud discusses his idea that man at its very basic nature has a primordial instinct for pleasure and that nature and fate play a more powerful role. This has created a perception of civilization that he feels is built on two concepts that are knowledge based and rule set by a minority that has destructive anti-social tendencies. This is done for the base of extracting and distributing “wealth” by means of coercion and suppression of this primordial natural…

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    I watched the video Fatherless Towns this past Monday during class. It was about a town in which a lot of the fathers were missing because of being in prison. Many of the fathers hadn’t been present in their children’s life. However, in the video, they get a chance to have a father and daughter dance. These men have grown up in horrible environments and this has impacted them negatively. Now in prison they are trying to get their lives and their families back. The video we watched was an…

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    Destruction comes in many different forms. In Nathanael West’s novel The Day of the Locust, destruction is a common theme that occurs throughout the course of the novel. The main character, Tod Hackett, paints a picture depicting the destruction of Hollywood and the world of film. Tod’s vulgar fantasies about Faye demonstrate the destruction of one’s mind, body and spirit. The bloody cockfight demonstrates the destruction of humanity. The decay of morals and values eventually leads to the…

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