Lemur

Within this essay I will be comparing two information texts based on attractions. One of these attractions is presented as a webpage; Edinburgh Zoo. It is clear that it is a webpage as it has a navigation bar on the left, which has several links that take you to different pages. This enables the audience to find what they want very quickly, at the click of a button. This also allows the audience to interact with the webpage. On the other hand the Light Water Valley attraction is presented on a…

One trait that defers between humans and monkey, chimpanzees, and Bonobo's is the size and structure of the pelvic bone and sacrum size. When we look at a human pelvis the sacrum is large and wide in a circle/oval shape, the pelvic structure is thicker in bone size as well as the top of the pelvis has a bigger butterfly effect to it. The Bonobo and monkey pelvis on the other hand is much smaller in both the pelvis shape and sacrum shape. One of the biggest differences is how at the bottom of…

The sounds of the rainforest are played through speakers, the deep hiss of a monstrous snakes that could stretch the length of the aquarium, and playful lemurs jumping from tree branch to tree branch. The visitor is introduced to the wild land of Madagascar. The country of Madagascar is home to wild looking creatures. “Over 80 percent of Madagascar’s plants and animals are endemic, which means they are found…

extinct because of human activity. When habitats are destroyed, the animals have nowhere to go but to zoos or they will not survive. Madagascar’s jungle has about 85% of it cut down for people to build. Madagascar is home to 80 different species of lemurs and many other animals. They have nowhere to go when the jungle is cut. Zoos help provide homes for mistreated animals, like abandoned pets, circus animals, and animals stranded without a habitat. Zoos are also established to educate people.…

Humans Vs. Primates Primates and humans go through a similar daily life that has its ups and downs. It’s a struggle, but both parties seem to use their tools to still get through life. It is said that humans have aspects where they are related to animals. But what is it that makes primates different from humans? Primates are different from humans due to their senses, teeth, how they move, how they reproduce, behavior, vocal communication in their everyday life. The senses that primates have…

chair covered with the lush brown coat of a grizzly bear. He was looking out into the marvelous Settle skyline through a floor-to-ceiling window when his attention was attracted to something else, it was a palm-sized specimen of an endangered mouse-lemur he had recently obtained from Madagascar placed on an elaborate stand on his desk. It had eyes just as bright and lively as it was before, even though it is now only an ornament next to the collector’s desktop. He then continues to marvel at the…

It was a bright and early Halloween morning as I gear up to board the plane. I was about to leave on that cliché post college graduation trip to London. I left at 7:15pm from Boston. I ate half a bagel and I was ready to conquer the world, or at least London. I finally arrived across the pond and stepped my feet on the ground at 9 am. I hopped in my rental car and started towards my hotel, because I am ready to sleep. Jet lag had gotten to me. I finally arrived at Hostel 639. I decided…

Rainforests are beautiful ecosystems where trees, plants, insects, and other wildlife thrive. There are rainforests all over the world; even some in the United States. The rainforest holds many wonders humans have yet to discover. The largest and oldest ecosystems on Earth are rainforests. There can be as many as 500 tons of living things per acre. Over 50% of the world’s animal and plant species are found in the rainforest. Four layers make up the rainforest; the first of the four is the…

There is polyandry when one female will live in a social system with multiple males. In this community, the male will help with raising the off-springs. Marmosets and tamarin species are socially polyandrous. In lemur community, females are dominant. Males in this community does not compete in any aggressive activities. The female has priority to food sources and choosing their mate. Primate groups have their own form of social hierarchies. These hierarchies…

Overview Communication is the basis for all primate social behavior. Primates communicate using a variety of modalities including olfaction, vision, and audition. While primate communication is an extensively researched topic, not all modalities have received the same amount of research. Acoustic communication has been the most often studied, followed by visual and then olfactory (Semple & Higham, 2013). Typically primates are considered visual animals and several species have the ability to…