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    everyone obeys, eventually to reproduce and pass on genes, ‘Every one of the fighters gains an obvious advantage by its behaviour or, at least, in the interests of preserving the species it ‘ought to’ gain one. But intraspecific aggression, aggression in the proper and narrower sense of the word, also fulfils a species preserving function’ (Lorenz 8).Its a competition in which the more aggressive ones takes all, especially when fighting for a female. The winner will pass on its superior, more…

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    biodiversity is at its peak. Biodiversity, or biological diversity, is the whole range of different varieties of living things and systems on this earth. It includes animal species, plant species, ecosystems and landscapes. We need biodiversity for its immense capabilities. Conservation is an important piece in biodiversity, with species and populations decreasing, conservation is a necessity. Conservation is planned management of a natural resource to prevent destruction or neglect. The goal of…

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    What ethics means to me Describe ethics in your own words. Some many thoughts come to mind, because the word ethics can mean so many different things to different people. However, in my description it is ones belief that they believe what they perceive whet they think is right and wrong. Living one’s life to do what you think is right to be a good person overall. Now the question arises do I believe human beings have an ethical or moral obligation to look after the welfare of other life forms…

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    Prompt 1 One of the greatest and most renowned biologists of all time, Charles Darwin, wrote a fantastic novel The Origin of Species. The Origin of Species begins with an extraordinary image of existence as coexistence. Darwin describes this through the process of how multiple beings rely on each other for survival. Morton describes this as, “Water and air are like hair and feathers. Living and nonliving beings become the medium in which other beings exist.” (Morton 61) He also goes on to say,…

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    Earth at war with an alien species that overwhelming outnumber humans. Already the encounter with the alien is hostile, and with the waging war between the two species, this is considered other-as-enemy, or varelse. For example, Malmgren states that “…sentient beings…have been imprinted with an overriding directive-the will to survive (19). As varelse would have it, the total war between the two species will end with the result of the annihilation of one or the other species. As a result of…

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    The earth contains a massive amount of biodiversity, like other animals on this planet, humans are just a member of the animal species. We tend to think or see ourselves as more superior to other living organisms because we have special features that allow us to function somewhat different from the rest of the animals. But still we are not different from the other animals, especially our closest living primate relatives, the bonobos and chimpanzees. To understand ourselves and what our place in…

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    Malthusian Theory

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    Our species depends on positive and preventative checks to keep populations from surpassing food supplies. Without these biological differences, our species as a whole would be in danger of starvation and extinction, which is why those naturally inferior must exist to keep populations in check. These inferiorities can be plainly…

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    Animal Adaptation Essay

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    Plants and animals have made changes in their habitats as they have transitioned from water environments to land environments. This alteration requires the organisms to adapt to their new environments in order to survive and reproduce. These evolutionary transitions eventually led up to alterations in means of respiration, ways to prevent water loss, water dependent reproduction, and structural transformations. Amphibians evolved into reptiles and eventually into birds and mammals, being able to…

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    to change things and create an energy and a different way of being. He fully explains how he want individuals to acknowledge the present opportunities and use them as life changing and world-shifting methods to build as a non-destructive member species of the Earth community. Berry insist that most people can connect their own experiences with…

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    The Construction of human nature has been affected by multiple avenues, such as the interaction of Humans as a species throughout History, these interactions have helped to form the mind into a naturally selected set of cognitive adaptations. The importance of Human interaction, in the construction of Human nature, is emphasised by Evolutionairy Epistemologist, Tim…

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