Mammal

spread of mercury poisoning and the increase of whaling in Eastern Asia have a very evident positive correlation. Although the whaling of large whales has seen quite a dramatic drop since the boom in the 1950’s and early 1960’s right before the Marine Mammal Protection Act was enacted in 1972, there has been a significant increase in the amount of dolphins and small whales being killed and sold in Eastern Asian Countries. One sample of Dolphin meat can contain up to 10 times the regulated amount…

Throughout time, animal testing has made extraordinary breakthroughs in the scientific world. In today’s society, we find new, catastrophic, and life-threatening diseases each year; however, through the use of animal testing, we’ve been able to find cures for some of the most devastating illnesses. The use of animal testing has cured many diseases and saved millions of human lives. Also, none of the alternatives to animal testing could ever completely replace animals. We need to have animal…

food! It is hard for a giraffe to drink water standing because it is the tallest land animal in the world. Its legs are so stiff the animal has to practically do the splits to reach its water source (lake, stream, and watering hole). A giraffe is a mammal but let's talk about all of the animals physical features the giraffe has brown eyes and lengthy lashes that are black. Giraffes also have a long neck and tail that can reach all of its body! Giraffes live in dry plains and savannas of Africa.…

The Difference Between the Nine Sub-Species of Giraffe The Giraffe is the tallest species of land mammal in the world, a bull giraffe can grow to be over 17 ft. in height and can weigh over 3,000 lb. Giraffes are herbivorous even toed ungulates, giraffes are one of the last two living species of the Giraffidae Family, and are most closely related to the Okapi. A Giraffe’s body is unusual in comparison to most ungulates, its body sloping down from the shoulders to the rump. However, all four legs…

Little Humans: The Comparison Between Humans and Animals Animals are more humanlike than you think! Animals have many humanlike emotions and behaviors, but this can scare people or “blind” them. When it should boost conservation attitudes. Many studies have been done on anthropomorphic or human-like responses from animals, and most of those studies came out to the same conclusion. Animals actually have all the emotions as humans do, they just don't always show them in the same ways humans…

however if we could take the time to observe the lives and the emotions of the animals around us then maybe we can learn who they are, and maybe who we are. The primate that I picked was a mongooses lemur, native to Madagascar. Not a very large mammal, its body being just over a foot long. I found out later that my lemur was female based on the patterns of her fur. The white neck and the black face is female while a orange-red face is typical for the males. The observations began around 2:30…

Have you ever wondered what happens to animals in zoos, aquariums, and circuses after closing hour? People spend hundreds of dollars coming to these facilities with their families as a “fun” trip. People of the world are contributing to these animals facilities without even knowing what really happens to these animals behind closed doors. Animals are just being treated as props and not as living animals, and it is about time people realize this and make a change. I believe all zoos, aquariums,…

In The Cat's Song, Marge Piercy portrays the theme of the strong bond between cats and humans. Piercy concludes that cats and humans share an inherent darkness that connects them in a special way that is unlike any other animal to human companionship. By comparing cats and humans, Piercy answers why humans and cats love each other so much by emphasizing the differences and similarities that binds us together. Marge Pierce discusses cat and human differences through the use of figurative language…

If one were to look at the skeletal structure of a whale one could see a bone structure that would fit a less aquatic mammal with there being clear kneebones in sight and also leg bones built units every devolvement these bones may have lost their effectiveness but the whale genome still is programmed to produce these bones the same comparison can be made with humans as well if one would look at a human that has been agitated for 4 weeks there is a clear tail but said tail is lost during later…

Animals are thought to be separate from humans. However, they both are in the animal kingdom, and even as mammals they share certain characteristics: they are vertebrates, endothermic, have body hair, and mammary glands. These characteristics are what relates animals to humans. Although, there are various aspects which distinguishes an animal from a human. Humans are self-conscious beings, who have emotions, language, a complex thought process, and philosophical thinking. These are the key…