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Animal Behavior Objectives Define fixed action patterns and give an example. Fixed action patterns (FAP) are innate behavioral sequences of an individual within a species that consistently displays these sequences with a regular pattern of behaviors carried out to completion. These behaviors are prompted by a “releaser,” which is a specific sign stimulus. This prevents energy waste within the individual, and hence the species. An example of a fixed action behavior is a female turkey’s mothering…

the reader’s first response will be one of disbelief. When experiencing or observing events unknown, the reader will regularly make reasonable excuses for the happening of that event based on previous knowledge. After Pi inquires how there could be meerkat bones in the boat if the island was impossible, Mr. Okamoto counters, “They could be bones from another small animal.” Much like how one hears a bump in the night and dismisses it as common house noises, readers will rationalize inconceivable…

that made the story more palatable for those he would tell first story to. In a brief moment in the book, Pi ends up sailing to an island full of algae. On the island we meet meerkats, and lots of them. These meerkats are brainwashed, they simply do what others do and act like robots who all follow one another. The meerkats in the story represents religion as a…

replace the one we didn’t understand. Victoria started to read off 5 things that one study thought to lead to civic engagement. The first 4 all seemed relevant, but the 5 reason started with the word “Meerkat”. After hours of trying to understand the graph, we were all going a little crazy, but the word meerkat pushed us over the edge. We erupted with laughter. That is my happiest memory from SWC. It was so fun to work with Shelby and Victoria, and if anything sums up our team, it is that…

revenge with his hyena henchmen. They come up with a plan to kill King Mufasa and Simba, thus making Scar king of the Pridelands. Mufasa is killed, Scar convinces Simba that it is his fault and Simba flees the Pridelands in shame. He is discover by a meerkat named Timon and warthog named Pumbaa. He grows up away from the Pridelands, and as everyone there thinks that Simba is dead, Scar and the hyenas rule. Simba’s friend Nala goes out and finds Simba, and she and Rafiki convince him to go back…

Maddy Ball Ms. Restivo English Honors 9A 10 - 4 - 15 The Lion King An archetype is a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature (http://literarydevices.net/archetype/). Swiss Psychologist, Carl Jung says that archetypes are symbols of character that every human understands because they are passed on from generation to generation. Many movies and books have archetypes but one that really stood out was one of Walt Disney’s Animated…

Many authors attempt the feat of creating a novel that blurs the lines of reality and fantasy but few achieve it. Writer Martel perfectly executes this feat in his novel The life of Pi. To convey this world to the readers along with its nature, Martel uses Dualism, realism, anthropomorphism, and Zoomorphism. By using these devises he is able to relay this fantastical world in a real light that leaves the reader questioning where does reality end and the fantasy begin. Martel uses the Dualism…

legislations should be followed when keeping exotic animals in captivity to ensure they are getting the correct care they need in order to survive. The law states that everyone who owns an animal should take these legislations seriously. These legislations should be followed in order to protect the animals from abuse. Animal Welfare Act 2006: The animal welfare act states that owners of the animals must take responsibility for their animals and must give the correct care for their animals. Most…

Neither the story of Noah and the ark, nor Pi on the lifeboat with a tiger, can be considered objectively true, in all of their details. But both are metaphors that make comprehensible the passes-all-understanding phenomenon of human survival in extreme circumstances. Or as the Japanese investigators finally acknowledge in the summary report with which the novel concludes, Pi’s is “an outstanding story of courage and endurance in the face of extraordinary difficult and tragic circumstances”…

I went to the Minskoff Theatre in New York City expecting to be very bored. I had never been to a Broadway play, and The Lion King probably wouldn’t have been my first pick if left up to me, but my wife had wanted to see it since she was a little girl. When I went to get concessions before the play started, the concession worker asked me if I was excited about the show and when I didn’t seem too enthused she mentioned that the show had been going on for 14 years, so it must be good to keep…