Vertebrate

created beautiful poetry to bypass the worries and tragedy that brewed about in their hometowns. In order to see a different perspective of what was going on around them, poets turned to nature for inspiration and hope such as birds. Birds are vertebrates that are cute and interesting to the human eye. “Birds are distinctive with endless variety of colors, shapes, sizes, sounds and motions. These characteristics has long been an immensely rich source of inspiration, symbol and metaphor.”…

Introduction The family of Callitrichidae houses the Saguinus imperator, or the Emperor Tamarin. This species can be further classified into two sub-species: Sanguinus imperator subgrisescens and Sagninus imperator imperator. They are included in the group of New World Monkeys. Emperor tamarins are known for their long white mustaches; in fact, they were named after the Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany because he shared this distinct facial accessory (“Emeror tamarin fact file”). The Emperor…

Mary Mitchell Miss Brown 10th English 20 November 2015 The Grand Canyon One of the most visited landscapes in the world is the Grand Canyon. Along with the Grand Canyon being absolutely beautiful, it has many mysteries even scientists are not certain about, including how it was made, exactly how old it is, and many more questions remain. The rocks on the grounds of the Grand Canyon offer a breathtaking revelation of the earth's history (Euler, Tikalsky 17). Surprisingly there have been seven…

Discuss the issues surrounding the ethics of human and/or animal research The broadening of people 's understanding of biology and psychology in the past centuries, has not resulted in a full comprehension of what animals feel or think, although the majority of findings in these scientific fields were based on animal models. Notwithstanding the fact that there is a lack of information on the subject of similarity of the mental experiences of animals used in research, excuses for neglect and…

The human population has multiplied more than 7 times since 1805, when the population first hit one billion people worldwide. Today the population has grown nearly to 7,400,000,000 (7 billion and 400 million) people globally. On October 12th, 1999 the six billionth person was born, Adnan Mevic in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Only twelve years later in 2011, the world hit a record of seven billion people. That’s roughly 150 babies born per minute worldwide-that makes the average birth rate 1.13% for…

Can Animals Predict Earthquakes? In the year 373 BCE, the Roman Historian Aelian record that the city of Helike’s animals were behaving strangely. He wrote that the city’s rats, snakes, centipedes, and weasels had all fled after several days of increased activity. Five days later, the city was devastated by an earthquake that destroyed the entire area. In Edo, modern-day Tokyo, Japan, catfish were reported to have “acted weird” before earthquakes in both 1855 and 1923. In February…

Evaluation of Eugenia caryophyllata (clove oil) on vascular development of chick embryo Abstract: Eugenia caryophyllata is used in cooking, food processing, pharmacy; perfumery and cosmetics. In traditional medicine, the clove oil (eugenol) has been used in the dental care and in relieves respiratory disorder symptoms. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of single dose clove oil on mortality rate, angiogenesis and vasculogenesis of chick embryos during early stages of…

Publisher-Sachin Thaker Editor- Isaac Cook Illustrator- Emily Webb Layout Editor- Emily Webb Vocab- Henry Dupke Muscular system pictures https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muscular_system.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wrist_and_hand_deeper_palmar_dissection-en.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face Nervous System Pictures How to the Keep the System Running Properly: The muscular system- Eat a diet with a sufficient amount of protein, do weight…

Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today's most common diseases; we have to turn to unexpected sources: worms, flies, and even fish. In Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin clears up the questions previously asked. He tells the story of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back…

Guatemala, which is formally named the Republic of Guatemala, is a country that lies in Central America and is bordered by Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, Belize, the Caribbean, Honduras, and El Salvador. The meaning of the name Guatemala being “land of trees,” fits perfectly seeing that the country is heavily forested and mountainous. The country of Guatemala assumes an area of 108,889 km² (42,042 sqmi) and has an estimated population of 12,701,000, which is the most populous in Central America. The…