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    Breeding gliders If you’ve ever wanted to do a fun animal hobby for a little extra money, then I would highly recommend breeding sugar gliders. Gliders look like exotic flying squirrels and originate from Australia. They are marsupials, and relate more to the term “flying possums” than flying squirrels. However, anyone interested in breeding gliders- or any other animal for that matter -must ask themselves this: “What does it take to breed sugar gliders, and am I really prepared to take on this…

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    islands. Even though both regions had different types of birds, the area shows the great population of birds in each region. Also on the eastern islands, there were many monkeys, tigers, and rhinoceros, while on the eastern islands there were many marsupials such as kangaroos and cuscus. These differences explain the concept of how a specific environment might be well suited for one type of animal and explain how that specific animal adapted to the environment they were placed on. When Wallace…

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    There are many reason why animal testing is bad. Testings on animals shouldn’t be allowed. It’s bad the test on animals, they could die from the tests, the effects of it don’t even really benefit people, and because it’s torture to animals. Some people are too naive and they may think that animal testing is good, but animal testing is cruel to the animals because they get tortured for our medicine and beauty products. With all the testing that gets done to the animals, some of the tests fail…

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    According to the Oxford dictionary, corruption is the dishonest or fraudulent act by those in power and the action and effect of making someone or something morally depraved. One of the more prominent features of Gothic Literature is the depiction of moral decay within the human mind. The concept of the Gothic genre is to question whether humans are born with corruption or it is wielded onto them, this can be seen with the contrasts between Stevenson’s ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, the pilgrims in…

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    The biodiversity on our planet today has been formed from 3.5 billion years of evolution. Once humans step foot on earth the planet had to support more biodiversity than ever before. Since humans have become the dominant race the levels of biodiversity have declined rapidly impacting each species differently. Biodiversity is all living things; plants, animals and microorganisms, the genetic information they contain, and the ecosystems created by them. Biodiversity is explored in 3 levels that…

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    M. Tempus Research Paper

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    surface area of blood vessels in the ears (Tyndale-Biscoe C H 2005)). In extreme winters, they’ve been seen to spontaneously enter torpor, much like in the Numbat, and decrease their body temperature from around 36⁰C (common body temperature in most marsupials), to around 18⁰C (Volgenest L, Woods R 2008). Due to their small size, the metabolism of M. tempus is quite low to reduce heat loss and conserve energy, and therefore a large portion of their diet consists of invertebrates or plant…

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    Essay On Ethical Hunting

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    Position Statement We here at AUTESH (Auburn Tigers for Ethical and Safe Hunting) are a non-profit pro-hunting organization that promotes the practice of safe and ethical hunting through education and example. Hunting, as a source of sustenance by humans, has been commonplace before even the first cave paintings arose. However, in an increasingly developed world, hunting is surrounded by controversy. Although hunting has greatly evolved from the days of primal humans, so have humans and…

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    The native species of marsupials that once roamed this park freely are now threatened by an army of introduced predators. These predators, which include wild cats, foxes, rabbits, and goats, have all become pests over the years destroying the native plant and animal populations…

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    In “The Big Kill”, American journalist Elizabeth Kolbert discusses New Zealand’s problem with invasive species attacking endemic fauna which results in many of their native species becoming extinct. Kolbert explains the problems of exterminating specific animals such as stoat for conservation of their natural wildlife. She also explains the issues of how explorers brought various animals to different parts of the world. Hence, Elizabeth Kolbert discusses the difficulty of eliminating invasive…

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    Honey Gum Case Study

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    snout and brush-tipped tongue help the Honey Possum get easier access to the pollen and nectar. The ridges on the top of the mouth also help the honey possum get the nectar and pollen off their tongues. Reference Honey Possum, unique nectar-eating marsupial. (n.d.). http://www.honeypossum.com.au/ 2. The eastern grey kangaroo has a big space on its upper and lower jaws between the incisors and the premolars. Explain the significance of this morphology (structure). 
Answer The gap is called a…

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