Orangutan

Ranking animals versus humans is difficult to do based on social standards. From the view of society, animals rank lower than people. This is mainly because the level of assumed intelligence and impossible communication between both species. Is this still true from a scientific of religious standpoint? Organizations like PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) strive for the protection of animals and the creation of stronger animal rights. The morals behind animal testing are also an…

All in His Head 2019253--4th Hour Life of Pi--Final Research Essay Screams wrack a soldier’s body as he witnesses another brother fall to the ground, the body limp and cold. The piercing, repetitive sound of gunfire rings throughout the closed, cramped confinements. Home, a reoccurring thought embedded in every soldier’s mind, appears centuries away. With heavy hearts and fatigued minds, they trudge onto the next battle. Trauma, particularly stemming from war, affects soldiers differently, but…

Primates fall under the the class of mammalia and the mirorder of Primatomorpha, which has two suborders: Strepsirrhini and Haplorrhini. The order Primates includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians. These animals are most commonly found in South America Primates have evolved from arboreal animals, so most monkeys live in trees. They are typically found in rainforest, and some can even adapt to human, modified environments. Almost all primates have prehensile hands and feet, and have five…

Gunnar Kaufman, the main protagonist in Paul Beatty’s The White Boy Shuffle, is removed from comforts of white Santa Monica and relocated into a foreign setting, the ghetto of Hillside. Gunnar considers himself to be the “whitest Negro” and as he begins his journey in his new surrounding he realizes how true this title is. He may have held some expectations to what life in a “ghetto” what be like but he never believed that he would have to live it. Beatty creates a character that is able…

“Not every child who has attended a summer camp is classified as a hero–” (Allan, Davin). Pi battled a tiger and the vast open sea at the age of 16. In the book Life of Pi, Yann Martel wrote a young adult named Piscine Patel, who is on his way to complete a hero 's journey. This journey really shows how much someone can adapt to such a life changing experience. Before Pi’s journey began, he lived in Pondicherry, India, and spent a majority of his time at the zoo that his father owned.…

On February 9, 2017, the article “Torture of Animals Shames Our Society” clearly states that “testing on great apes such as chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas although testing on lesser apes continues behind a curtain of secrecy.”. This is bad because research shows that some types of monkeys that are being tested on are becoming endangered, such as the spider monkey. In 2017 an article…

Most of humanity is provided with simple everyday items to aid them throughout the day. Humanity has evolved to be more dependent on others to survive however in Yann Martel’s award winning novel “Life of Pi”, Pascine has to endure and overcome very horrible and gruesome horrors. Pi manages to survive on a life boat and uses many survival tactics to keep him alive such as having strong hope and faith in his religion. The first and last thing Pi does is pray and doing so it keeps his hopes up.…

Did you know, more than 100 million animals each year are killed in the U.S laboratories for drug, food, chemical, and cosmetic testing (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals)? These animals are used to test safety of products for human use, toxicity levels of medication, and many other types of scientific and commercial testing. “95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA)” (Procon). AWA is the only law that regulates treatment of animals in…

in America, creating a desire for white-supremacist to go out and conquer those beasts for their extermination purposes. While that 's not been enough, Culture started speculating the fact that some of these gigantic beast could indeed be giant, orangutan-looking apes, that practice sexual intercourse with African Woman. Again, going back to the idea of generalizing and demonizing a certain race of human. It’s explained that, many of the people who everyone believes to be the heroes of Freedom…

After clocking in I went to greet the Primate team who were gathering their food dishes from the Animal Nutrition Service. The Squirrel Monkeys are positive for Herpesvirus saimiri and are deadly to other primate species so their food must be kept separate from the others. The keepers discussed issues that would pertain to other keepers for that day. There was also talk about each of the animals that had issues ranging from medical to shifting from one space to another. We then separated…