Western Lowland Gorilla

Half Robotic Companions Our society uses monkeys for their enjoyment. In cartoons, such as Curious George, it shows how sweet and smart monkeys are. As a whole, monkeys are described as creative and intelligent animals; however, in King Kong the gorilla is not only smart but illusory and accentuates the powers monkeys have. As a child, monkeys like Curious George are portrayed as a best friend. But as adults, they are represented as being stronger and smarter than people. Steve Ross, PhD of…

For this learning assignment, I went to the Pittsburgh Zoo and decided to observe the Lemur exhibit. Lemurs are native to Madagascar. Most lemurs live their lives in trees, but some also live on the ground. Their tails are longer than their body. They have pseudo-opposing thumbs and long toes so that they can climb and hold on to things. Their approximate life span is about eighteen years. Lemurs cannot hang by their tail, which is a common myth. Grooming and socializing is part of their…

A lot of people love animals, and a lot of them have pets, and believe that their pets understands them, and think that they are intelligent, and sometimes these animals, these pets get emotional, and they seem to have consciousness.Through research and observation, it has become clear that animals are similar to humans. there’s many kinds of animals that know what they are doing, and they know what is happening around them. For example the ted talk about Elephants, in why elephants…

Jeff Koon's work applies a unique style of art which may be banal and tasteless things, and his art strategy focuses on business, and he does not have any remorse for basing the focus of his art to business. Among his artwork his sculpture "Michael Jackson and Bubbles," presents how shape, color and line can be combined to achieve a unique blend to portray a modern celebrity. The sculpture shows the famous singer Michael Jackson embracing his pet chimpanzee named Bubbles, who is sitting on his…

Monsters are typically things people tend to be scared or afraid of. The monsters I chose are chimpanzees in the movies, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “King Kong”. They are chimpanzees in both movies and eventually grew to actual apes. The movies both had a relationship bond between an animal and a human. The humans did not feel how the animals felt at first, but soon felt the same way. In the movie “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” a chimpanzee was raised by a human and grew attached to…

It was a peculiar night on the 12th day of the 12th month of 2012, and the time was exactly 12:12 at midnight. And then Mombasa was born. In his early childhood, he was different from most gorillas instead of play fighting, he would stare at humans day after day, and he would disappear at night. What he was really doing was breaking out and traversing the zoo. This one storage room he had found had these old films about animals and the zoo’s history, he watched these over and over again…

This paper will center on the nature of diachronic personal identity; specifically, bodily continuity personal identity as my stance. I will define a person, and explain the difference between synchronic and diachronic thoughts of personal identity. Next, I will analyze Lock’s stance on synchronic and diachronic personal identity. Afterward, I will analyze Reid’s perspective & objections against Lock’s view of diachronic personal identity. Per the objections outlined by Reid, I will explicate…

understanding of sex differences in feeding in Gorillas. The main focus of this study is to assess whether males or females spend more time feeding. It is predicated that male gorillas will spend a greater amount and proportion of time feeding, due to their larger size. Methods: Observations were made at the Calgary Zoo during scheduled laboratory time (Thursdays, 2:00-4:45pm) November 19, 2015 and November 24, 2015; a group of Gorilla gorilla (gorillas) consisting of 5 individuals- Zuri, Kioja,…

People have a fascination with monkeys and the interest in monkeys is generally due to the similarities they share. What's more interesting is the differences between different categories of monkeys; Old World monkeys and New World monkeys. It’s interesting that many differences arise between Old World monkeys and New World monkeys from generation to generation. Differences such as their anatomy, geography and group sizes are found in each subgroup. The struggle with distinguishing New World…

Sloths Sloths are medium sized animals. Two toed sloths have only two fingers and three toed sloths actually have three toes. Sloths are part of the order Pilosa so they are related to anteaters and armadillos. Sloths are tree dwelling animals, they are found in the jungles of Central and South America. A sloths scientific name is Folivora. A brown throated sloth usually sleeps for around 15 to 18 hours. A pale throated sloths gestation period is 183 days. A brown throated sloth weighs around…