Mammal

Giraffe The scientific classification of the giraffe is the Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Giraffidae, Genus: Giraffa, and Species: G. Camelopardalis (Giraffe: The Facts). Giraffes are found in savannas, grasslands and open woodlands in Africa. Each subspecies lives in a different area of Africa. They range from eastern, central and southern Africa (Basic Facts About Giraffes ). During the dry season, giraffes are found near water holes and…

that has evolved and grown wings is the bat, although bat wings are different because they have hands. Also bats have the heaviest wings of any flying animal, relative to overall body weight of course. Although bats are one of the biggest groups of mammals today, they sadly come as one of the smallest groups in the fossil record. When trying to figure out how all they have evolved it gets disappointing because honestly there’s really only theories. Let it be known that bats have small, fragile…

Animals testing has its flaws as humans and animals’ organisms are not the same. Even experimentation with mammals, the closest animal type from humans, can led us to a failing in the prediction of toxic effects of drugs. Thus, animal testing is a waste of effort and money. The scientific process consists on discoveries and studies that can contradict predetermined…

DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU RODENT: TEN WAYS RATS BRING DESTRUCTION Rodents are the biggest group of mammals, consisting of almost half of the whole mammalian population with around 4,600 species. Chipmunks, squirrels, beavers and prairie dogs are just some of the most popular rodent species native to the United States, playing an important role in forest and grassland preservation as they serve as a major food source for scavengers and predators like bobcats, foxes, hawks and wolves.…

In modern culture, human beings treat animals in ways termed as wrongful if meted out on them. People kill animals for consumption, cage them at will and even use them to conduct numerous experiments (Steinbock 1). Treating animals indifferently is morally incorrect. According to philosopher Peter Singer, no real difference between humans and non-humans justifies animal mistreatment. This is because humans evolved from animals. This single element clearly points out the fact that human beings…

Peter Singer is a well-known ethicist who rights about his thoughts that animals and humans should have equal interests. Before deciding to debate this topic I took the time to read Singer’s “All Animals are Equal”. After reading this I believe that Singer ignored the reality of nature to build his argment; however, one cannot just simply “forget” the irreversible acts of nature. There is a great debate over wether animals should have rights that are equal to a humans rights. In Singer’s theory…

This is due to the fact that a life is at stake and we, as humans, must decide if we are justified to take that life, while in the process inflicting suffering, in order to benefit society as a whole. We must almost play God, in a sense, in deciding which animal lives are expendable and which are valuable enough to allow to remain living. This ethical dilemma almost assigns a value to life. The debate over animal rights asks if it is worth killing innocent animals in order to benefit such…

prohibits possession, purchasing, selling, or transporting endangered or threatened animals. The ESA also protects an endangered species’ natural habitat from being touched by humans (Hodges 1). In 2012, a man was charged with trading endangered marine mammal parts. He was caught trading sperm whale teeth, which earned him an estimated amount of $70,000. This man, Richard Ertel, was only sentenced to one month in prison, house arrest for a month and a half, supervision for two years, and a fine…

Whales are fancy creatures. They are considered as the biggest mammals in the world. An adult whale can grow up to 30 m long and 180 t weight. There are 7 different main species of this giant mammal such killer, Minke, Sei, humpback, right, finback, and blue. Whales are mostly considered as predators. The interesting thing about the whales is that they are considered as highly intelligent animals with emotion. the social behavior of whales. They live alone or in groups. However, they are mostly…

George Millay, Milt Shedd, Ken Norris and David DeMott originally founded the SeaWorld we know today in the late 1950’s to early 1960’s. It was originally a subsidiary of Busch Gardens, housing a bird sanctuary, and eventually it turned into a water park. Its founders, however, had plans for the facility. They envisioned an underwater restaurant that would allow guests to look into a large pool and see marine animals close up but that idea soon expanded when Ted Griffin, sold Shamu to SeaWorld…