Mammals of Africa

Feral cats are pests and impact dramatically on the native fauna and flora of Australia. Feral cats have threatened the lives of over 100 native species in Australia. Most Feral cats have caused the extinction to some of the ground dwelling birds and mammals. They are also responsible for the decline in the population of land based animals like the bilby, bandicoot, numbat and bettong. Feral cats can also carry many harmful and infectious diseases that can be transmitted into the native animal…

As humans, we are only able to understand the world around us in terms of the human experience, through human emotions, feelings, and perception. Authors will often personify other things in order to relate back to the human experience. Most likely of these cases, authors will personify animals. Sometimes this is deliberate and other times the author is personifying animals unintentionally, because that is the only way the author can perceive the animal in his or her own terms of the human…

The Truth about Blackfish The documentary Black fish uses many forms of documentary film making in order to imprint its message of the treatment of killer whales at SeaWorld permanently in our minds. The movie uses the whale Tilikum, who was the biggest killer whale in captivity, as an instrument to show us how killer whales are treated in the world of animal training. First portraying how the whales were unethically captured from the wild by the SeaWorld industry, and how the young were…

• I could just as easily have said, "a subject I had some knowledge in", or, "a subject I had some knowledge of". I suppose the main thing I've noticed is, thinking whether you are talking in the present or the past tense, for example as you have said, "on the final of the sentences", we would tend to say, "on the end of sentences", or, "on the end of the sentence". So we don't just make plural by putting an 's' on the end of the word, we also add a 'the' in front of the singular. You are making…

Animal Testing Some animals get to live free in the wild, some get to be with a caring family, and some have to stay in a lab with greedy scientists. Many people believe that animal testing is the right thing, and it helps humans, but many people also believe that it is cruel and not right. These people think it is wrong because the animals are treated cruel and the results of these tests are not accurate either. This cause serious problems later on when people use these products because the…

I read about animal “sharpshooters.” This book talked about many animals that have interesting adaptations. They shoot substances (poison, gases, blood, feces, webs, their own organs, water, etc) to ward off predators or catch prey. I actually just picked a book off a shelf that seemed packed with information since I was open to learn and/or read anything. This book was really a good pick though. It included information about animals I never knew about or didn’t know a lot about. Did you know…

Tasmanian Devils are carnivorous marsupials that have marveled mankind with its intense strength for its small size. This one foot tall mammal is probably one of the toughest in the world. These nocturnal animals live primarily in Tasmania and Australia. These snarling creatures have a life span average of about five years. In those five years the Tasmanian Devil accomplishes all nine processes of life. As endangerment is concerned, these creatures need lots of love and help from the mankind as…

When you look at a deer, you probably think at least one of these two things: Deer Hunter, and Bambi. Don’t worry: the irony isn’t lost on us. Today at PPcorn, we will show you some fun facts – 10, to be exact – about deer that might expand your ideas about these beautiful forest creatures. These are the last five of the group. Number Five: Fawns Don’t Smell. We don’t even mean that fawns don’t even smell bad. They don’t smell: period. They have no scent, as to remain undetected by predators.…

The Meaning of “Human” What does it mean to be human? This question has been pondered for decades without one, single, agreed on response. The dictionary definition of a human is “typical of a person”, but there is no standard for what is typical of a person. To answer this question, one may ask him or herself what it is that sets them apart from organisms that aren’t human. Humans have their obvious biological differences from other organisms. Examples would include: they walk on two feet, they…

One of the most interesting and intriguing organisms that exists in the Los Angeles area is the owl. Southern California is home to several different species of owls. The three main species are the western screech owl, the great horned owl, and the North American barn owl. They dwell in various types of landscapes, including mountain and valley areas, the desert, as well as city areas populated mainly by humans. The owl that I want to concentrate on is the great horned owl. The owl is…