Mating

The readings for this week consisted of reading chapters one through five of Morgan Giddings “4 Steps to Funding; Avoid Rejection and Get Your Grant Funded on the Next Try With This Simple Four Step Formula”. As the title states, Giddings’s work is about how to write grants in a way that will ensure the grant writer obtains funding. Giddings’s writing reads like an infomercial, and while it may seem silly at first, it makes valid points on how to write a grant. Giddings addresses the need for…

colorful and extravagant feathers that appeared to have no benefit to the bird’s survival. With further observation of these male birds, Darwin established that these maladaptistic feathers were useful mechanisms to attract female partners for sexual mating. Through the conclusions on sexual selection and maladaptive traits, one can conclude that the primary action within the animal kingdom is not conquering, but reproducing, highlighting the significance of females within the natural world.…

For this lab we conducted a population genetics study on the frequency of wild and apterous flies within a small population of fruit flies. The fruit fly Drosophila works well for genetic and evolutionary geared studies because they have a relatively short generation time but are intricate enough to reveal some biological principles that are parallel to many different kinds of eukaryotic organisms. When exposed to artificial selection in laboratory experiments, fruit flies have experienced…

The plates and spikes can also be used to identify the species and as a territorial display. They can use their horn to intimidate competition and fight their species for food and mating. Stegosaurus spikes were used to fight their species instead of other prey because the spike on their head displayed a scissor manner when they were put head to head. Deer and hippopotamus show this kind of behaviors when they attract the opposite…

Imagine living in a society where individualism wasn't an acceptable concept. Picture a world where “I” wasn't a state of mind. This is the theme of Ayn Rand's Anthem, a dystopian novel set in the distant future. “We learned that the earth is flat and the sun revolves around it, which causes the day and the night. We learned the names of all the winds which blow over the seas and push the sails of our great ships. We learned how to bleed men to cure them of all ailments.” (Rand 23). This quote…

The City Palace of Mating strategically selects people to create a society where “evil” traits are limited. Today, a Eugenics Program would never be successful, and, in fact, it would cause chaos around the world because people’s individualism would be limited. First, many…

As human beings, we are prone to fear what we do not understand. When someone tells us something terrifying, we tend to stay away from it rather than research what it really is. Although this can seem like a good idea, it prohibits us from learning and getting the full scoop of information. This idea is shown through Laveyan Satanism. When people think of satanists, typically they think of these horrifying people who come out at night dressed in all black causing mayhem or destruction to all…

Introduction Neuroscientist Jaak Panskepp (1998) came up with a definition of emotion such that they are “processes which are likely to have evolved from basic mechanisms that gave animals the ability to avoid harm or punishments and seek valuable resources or reward.” Robert Plutchik, an American psychologist suggested that there are eight primary emotions that have an associated behavior and functional aspect: fear, anger, joy, sadness, acceptance, disgust, expectation, and surprise. This is…

Before an in depth analysis about the visual perceptions of both the common barn owl (Tyto alba) and the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virgiriianus) can be provided, it is important for the reader to understand the environments of which these organisms can from. Unlike the Odocoileus, the Tyto genus are nocturnal, medium sized creatures with white-brown fur, and are found in almost all parts of the globe except Antarctica (Harris, 2002). In regards to the courtship ritual among these owls, it is…

Humpback Whale In this paper, I will discuss a Humpback Whale biome of their choosing as an animal from that biome. I will explain how a humpback whale lives in weather and their biome. Also, I will explain where does a humpback whale live at in different oceans. The humpback whale is a species of baleen whale. A humpback whale is one of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12-16 meters 39-52 feet and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms 79,000 pounds. The humpback has a…