Animal rights are rights which state that animals are free to live from human exploitation and abuse. That means that humans have no right to use animals in any way that could cause them to feel pain or make them die no matter how humane they are treated during what they experiencing, and that they should be free from any unnecessary pain and suffering, and premature death even if it is for the benefit of both humans and animals. Some of these rights include: freedom from hunger and thirst by…
are familiar, unfamiliar, real, and imaginary. In some aspects, Henderson’s The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, a 21st century bestiary, is no different, since it still incorporates beasts ranging from the fire-defying salamander to the intelligent macaque. However, in other ways, this bestiary diverges from previous ones. Henderson’s bestiary reintroduces the medieval unicorn as the goblin shark, urging his readers to closely attend to relatively unknown yet striking creatures rather than to…
characteristics with New World Monkey, unlike their location. There are two main subfamilies of Old World Monkeys. The first, Cercopithecine, is the largest of the two subgroups. In this subgroup you can find: Baboons, Patas monkeys, Mandrills, with Macaques being the largest group of old world monkeys. Members of the second subfamily, Colobinae, do not have cheek pouches, but they have stomach pouches. These pouches are in the lining of the stomach due to the special enzymes…
Social Behavior Among Monkeys May Be More Nature Than Nurture ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2003) — An unusual experiment with monkeys who were switched between mothers shortly after birth has demonstrated the importance of nature over nurture in behavior. Rearing Young monkeys reared by a mother other than their own are more likely to exhibit the aggressive or friendly behavior of their birth mothers rather than the behavior of their foster mothers, a University of Chicago researcher has shown for…
The Animal Welfare Act is a federal law that makes the minimum standards and regulations for animal testing. This law’s purpose is to provide the minimum protection for animals used for animal testing, but 95% of the animals used are completely excluded, receiving no protection. Meaning this law only protects 5% of animals used in tests. The AWA regulations are so limited that psychological, and physical cruelty and suffering of these animals has continued. This federal law conflicts with…
The Need for Animal Research A woman gets up early in the morning. She enters her bathroom, takes a shower, puts on makeup, eats breakfast, takes her medication, and heads out the door to her job. In this scenario, the woman uses an assortment of goods, all of which have been deemed appropriate for human use. People go through life using various products on a daily basis. In this case, the woman washed her body with soap, applied a red lipstick, used an oil substitute to cook with, and took a…
Monkey Love The bond between a mother and her child is instantaneous and beautiful. Newborns automatically feel safe when they are first put into their mother’s arms after birth. Feeling safe around your mother as a child is completely normal. Harry Harlow simply wanted to study love and created several experiments for this. His experiments were long meditations on love, and all the ways we ruin it. Harlow was not a very loving man himself, according to his son and students. He also suffered…
Through out time knowledge about optical illusions has been deepened by many different philosophers and researchers to strengthen the explanations of illusions. Epicharmus and Protagoras, Aristotle, and Plato are only some famous philosophers well known to this day that have contributed their own knowledge about, what actually are optical illusions? Epicharmus is a Greek poet and inventor of Sicilian Comedy during 540 and 450 BC. He was one of the earliest to appreciate the concept of optical…
Introduction: Originally, I’d hoped this research project to be an analysis of the Western media response to the Ebola outbreak. As my research carried on, I focused the study on the stark limitations and biases of the popular discourse present in regards to the cultural epidemiology and understanding on the situation. Understanding the media response is critical to understanding how Westerners construct Ebola and it terms their response to the disease. Moreover, a persistent theme of the…
The Ebola virus is gaining worldwide fame due to its sensational outbreak originating from Sierra Leone. The outbreaks of the virus have been recognized and effectively dealt with in the past, but the present outbreak is becoming a overwhelming challenge. Approximately there have been 15,000 suspected cases of the disease and 6,000 confirmed deaths so far. The horrifying visual hemorrhagic symptoms caused by the Ebola virus include internal and external bleeding as well as the fear inducing…