Mating

Tears stream down a young Chinese girl’s face as her feet are literally folded in half and bound in place with cotton bandages by her mother and grandmother. Foot binding has a cloudy origin dating to ancient times, with the aristocrats binding their feet for beauty. It is done to girls at a very young age because it was perceived as beautiful in the time and women were practically unmarriable without it. Today it is only seen in elderly women that were alive at the time of foot binding prime.…

reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and many other creatures, A sexual partner is required. Each type of organism has there own way to attract mates. Birds like turkeys fane out their tails to impress potential mates. Fireflies glow up. All of these mating displays are visual, but for creatures like the frog's, auditorial cues are relied upon. In the case of the Barking tree frogs of Florida’s Apalachicola national forest, Scientists have used…

The blue whale is the largest animal in the world weighing in at 180 tonnes and an average of 30m in length. The blue whale is part of the Chordata phylum as it body possesses a notochord, an endostyle, pharyngeal slits and a post anal tail. The blue whales body is a blue-greyish colour on the top and on its underbelly it is somewhat lighter. The blue whale has a long and tapering body that is muscular when compared with other whales. Its head it a flat U-shape and has a ridge that runs from the…

Loneliness is an ailment that affects every living creature, as animals have this instinct of mating which is one way of socializing. Many people go through such an odyssey in the early stage of their life in order to please society, in order to please their peers, and end up realizing how much time was wasted worrying about not being lonely. The fact that loneliness is such a universal idea and feeling makes many wonder as to why this fear has not been overcome. Loneliness is a feeling or…

The way sexuality is demonstrated on popular culture over the time shows the prevalence of a sexual hookup culture among young adults. Is common topic of novels, plots of movies and television series, also numerous songs lyrics all prove a liberal sexuality among consumers. Today uncommitted sexual encounters or “Hookups¨, are becoming gradually more impressed in popular culture, replicating both evolved sexual tendencies and altering social and sexual scripts. This encounters may involve a…

Urbanized Eagles American Bald Eagles have been sighted in many areas of Houston and the Gulf Coast. I call them urbanized eagles. Some photographers may select to use computer software to remove the trash in the photographs. I try to capture the moment and these photographs reflect the truth of that moment. William L. Morris III Flight Witnessing the American Bald Eagles in flight is an awesome sight. Capturing the moments of an eagle in flight requires patience. One of my…

Although summer is the most popular time to visit America’s national parks it is also the season most overrun with tourists, higher admission prices and sweltering temperatures. However, fall foliage isn’t the only thing worth turning out to see during September through November. Visitors can expect to get up close and personal with bears and other animals. Also, visitors should prepare to take out their cameras as the fading light portrays iconic places such as El Capitan in truly stunning…

The Eupleridae are small, furry, cat-like creatures that live in Madagascar. Molecular studies show that the euplerids evolved from one ancestor that most like rafted from main land Africa 18-24 million years ago. The reason for the speciation is not confirmed, but it could be because of different geographical regions. Some common traits between them is their slender bodies, they all feed on insects, and they all have fluffy tails. Narrow Striped Mongoose: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata…

Due to internal gestation in female mammals, reproductive rivalry/aggression among male mammals is likely to be higher among this sex than females because males must show a greater potential for reproductive rate; this is disregarding the typical mating pattern of humans. On the topic of homicide, which can be viewed as suggestive of aggressiveness among individuals, it was found that there was a higher frequency of male same-sex homicide with…

beginning of the honey process depends upon a queen. Each hive must have a queen. She keeps the hive functioning when the colony is getting too large; the queen will begin laying queen cells. The nurse bees will take care of this cell. Next, comes the mating flight a queen cell that has hatched is called a virgin queen. A virgin queens job is to lay eggs and keep the hive thriving. Naturally, she must mate before laying eggs. But this is where bees are different than most other species. A…