Rare species

The Origin of Man How did life begin? Where did humans come from? The origin of man is a mystery of the universe, however, there is a long-lasting battle raging between the Christian belief and scientists. Christians believe God created Adam and Eve six thousand years ago, and that all the humans, animals, plants of the world began at that time. This theory is called creationism, and their evidence is everything written in the Bible. However, scientists believe in the theory of evolution. They…

Imagine the difficult situation of having to choose between the livelihood of a human versus the care of an animal? In the book of The Last Meow, Levering and his wife Karen are willing to spend thousands of dollars on a cat named Lady who has many health issues, even being allergic to her own tooth enamel. The sensible reaction would be to take care of the human interests before the needs of the animal. Levering is recovering from, “a bout of Lyme disease and carpal tunnel syndrome,” (part 1,…

such as an animal or is the human species animals? The definition of Animals is they are considered “a living organism that eats organic matter and typically have specialized sense organs and nervous systems and are able to respond rapidly to stimuli” (dictionary). The definition categorized humans as animals which we are as the years went…

kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Throughout history, humans have always classified organisms that they have encountered. One of the first taxonomists was Aristotle, “who organized five hundred types of animals according to habitat and body form” (http://www.biologyreference.com). However, the first modern taxonomist was Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who came up with the binomial name for organisms in his work Species Plantarum. In order to classify an organism, you…

Aesop’s Fables Introduction Fables are told all through the world. The characters of fables are usually animals that attract children to learn lesson from the stories. When I lived in China, I read many kinds of fables, including ancient Chinese fables, Arabic fables, and Greek fables. I have been interested in Aesop’s Fables from Greece since I was a child. The fables in Aesop’s collection usually have simple context, but they reveal deep meanings. My passion of reading fables was inspired by…

In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, the protagonist, Gregor Samsa, goes through a change that gives him a new perspective. His metamorphosis causes not only a physical but a psychological transformation within Gregor. This transformation is not exclusive to Gregor, but is also prevalent within the entire Samsa family. Gregor’s metamorphosis was sudden and unexpected. “When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin” (4).…

The lesson called Home Grown Caterpillars is a lesson about the transformation of a caterpillar to a butterfly (life cycle process) while creating a three dimensional piece of art to express idea, experience, or story. The story associated with this lesson is The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The art piece is a replica of the caterpillar during a butterfly’s life cycle made out of grass seed, soil, stockings, pipe cleaners, and googly eyes. This lesson would be considered an art enhanced lesson…

populations of plants and animals. It requires the protection of ecosystems and the biodiversity in these ecosystems. 'Biological diversity – or biodiversity – is the term given to the variety of life on Earth. It is the variety within and between all species of plants, animals and micro-organisms and the ecosystems within which they live and interact.'(Wwf.org.au, n.d.) Every organism plays an important role in their ecosystem and they are all connected in some way which means if the population…

Life. Webster Online Dictionary states the simple definition as life to be, “the ability to grow, change, etc., that separates plants and animals from things like water or rocks, the period of time when a person is alive and the experience of being alive”. Purpose. Cambridge online dictionary states that the definition of purpose is, “why you do something or why something exists”. Why is it that you have a life? Does your life have a purpose? Does a purpose for life truly exist? Have you found…

Human life is the best creation of evolution and it has two aspects: the biological and the socio-cultural. Biological aspect is found in plant and animal life. But the socio-cultural aspect is the rare division of human life alone. Our life in the complex world is governed not only by the biological process, but also by a social process. Though the performance of the organism is the biological heredity, education is our social heredity. With biological heredity alone, we would be nothing better…