companions. This ethical responsibility involves the ability to understand the nutritional needs of companion animals. This is the case with lagomorphs such as rabbits and a variety of rodents who practice caecotrophy. Caecotrophy, also known as coprophagy, is the act of eating soft excretions, known as caecotrophs, directly from the anus for additional nutritional absorption and digestion of plant fibers (Halls, 2008). Although strange, and seemingly unhygienic, to humans, rabbit owners must allow the behavior of coprophagy because it promotes proper nutrition for companion rabbits. The phenomenon of coprophagy is performed at night and…
“Stop moving Ethiopia if not the snake will start to tighten its grip on your neck and so that I can try to remove it!”yelled Luke She stopped moving and since he was a good aim ,he was able to shoot a rock with his slingshot at the snake. She ran to hug Luke. “Thanks!”said Ethiopia “No prob”said Luke After that, he forgave Zoe and they kept hunting after they finished hunting that caught approximately 17 animals (sadly counting the dead mother rabbit…
“‘An’ live off the fatta the lan’,’ Lennie shouted. ‘ An’ have rabbits. Go on, George!’” (Steinbeck 14). In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, two travelers during the Great Depression by the name of George and Lennie are trying to accomplish their goal of having some land with a nice, small house. George and Lennie get so close to achieving this goal, but then Lennie gets into big trouble. He strangles their boss’s daughter-in-law to death, causing their dream to be put on hold. Lennie’s dream…
In the book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Edward Tulane is a vain, self-absorbed, three-foot-tall china rabbit from France who thinks to have all he could want. Fancy clothes, a tiny gold pocket watch and Abilene, a girl who loves him with all her heart. On page 3 in the book the author states “He had china arms and china legs, china paws and a china head, a china torso and a china nose. His arms and legs were jointed and jointed by wire so that his china elbows and china knees could…
“Rabbit Run” was written by John Updike. The decisions that a person makes in life can either a positive or negative implications. The implications don’t just affect an individual, but can also affect people around them. Every day we make decisions that can affect people around us. Before making a rush decision, you need to think things through so you can prevent any future regrets. It illustrates how the decisions made by a young man in his life affect the people that surround him. The novel…
They "display the basest elements of nature... and lack all sensitivity, all compassion for those more helpless and weaker in mind and body than they are" (Johnson 16). Curley is extremely competitive, a trait that is evident in his desire to prove himself in a fight with Lennie and in his constantly asking where his wife is, as if he is competing with the other workers for her or demonstrating his "ownership" of her. Jealousy consumes him, and he lives as if he is subject to Darwin's theory of…
catalog and saw clubs for everything from cake decorating to caring for baby calves. 4-H seemed like activities for country bumpkins. For no particular reason I picked rabbit judging. It turns out rabbit judging, something that should have given me a chance to be part of a team and gain confidence, instead gave me a life lesson in jealousy. After working hard to learn how to do rabbit judging, I still ended up snubbed for what I call beginner’s luck. In the beginning, however, I…
on. In her right hand she holds roses, and under her left arm is a casket, in which “Sixteenth-century Venetian brides received symbolic wedding gifts […].” (Goffen, p. 64) behind her is a small grouping of trees and two rabbits, and beyond that a small town with what appears to be a tower. The people gathered in front of a building are clearly visible, however they and the buildings appear to be hazy. This is an example of atmospheric perspective, a technique used to show how far objects in the…
Lewis the rabbit Hi, I'm lewis and I'm a rabbit I live on a planet “Humans” like to call Earth. Earth is pretty and lively but… I'm a rabbit so can't really go out in the streets I know all these phrases from the humans. I'm going to keep it simple and say I want to get out bad I haven't got the chance, but when I do i'm out of here. And the way i'm going to do it, Is a complex strategy of running out the door when no one's looking. Yep that's how I did it, I mean how i'm going…
“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” - John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a story that follows George, an intelligent worker, and Lennie, who is strong and mentally challenged. The two men work at a farm in Soledad, California. The men both share the same “American Dream,” owning a rabbit farm. Although they share the same dream, they have different reasons for wanting it. The character’s versions of their…