...household families of today, Basenji’s and Rat Terriers are the two best pets that one can own. Most people have a hard time choosing what they think is the best pet for them. Most people want an animal that has some energy but not too much! They also want a dog that can be gentle with them and their children, but can also be protective and a guard dog when the time calls for it. Some people think that size matters when you want these qualities in a pet, but they really don’t! People of today have just been deceived into thinking that way. Basenjis and Rat Terriers carry these qualities without being too big to be uncomfortable or to small that they can’t do their jobs. Basenjis and Rat Terriers are both protective of their owners and are very loyal to them. Families want to have security with their dogs; they don’t want them to be TOO friendly to just anyone but they don’t want them to be too aggressive either. Both animals are very cautious about strangers and though they might not necessarily bite them they will make sure that they are noticed by the intruders. They will make sure that they are in between the strangers and their owners in case they need their assistance. Basenjis and Rat Terriers are very watchful and if they see or hear anything they automatically alert their owners that something is not right. Even if it is something big like seeing someone outside or something small, like seeing another animal. Both Basenjis and Rat Terriers are products of their intense...
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...Marian Diamond were able to test these questions and it gave us more insight as to how the brain responds to certain situations. Methodology: This study was conducted on a set of 12 rats in each of three conditions for 16 experiments. The first condition was a standard colony cage with a few rats in a typical space with food and water always available. The second was the impoverished rat, which had just one rat in a standard cage with nothing inside besides food and water. And finally there were the rats in the enriched environment. There were six to eight rats in this extra-large cage with many objects for the rats to play with. The rats were allowed to live in these environments for a period of 4 to 10 weeks. The rats were then examined to see if any differences had taken place. To be sure that no bias had taken place the rats were examined at random order with code numbers to make sure the person doing the autopsy didn’t know which rodent they were observing. There were definitely limits, as this study could never possibly be put on humans and it is difficult to relate the rats to the humans. The fact that all rats were eventually handled and treated the same is definitely a reason to believe the legitimacy of this study. Findings: The findings showed the brains of the rats in the...
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...Christina DeFiori In the chapter Oh Rats!, C. Kwon Kim and his colleagues use rats in an experiment to try to learn about the effects that exposure of alcohol, prenatally, have on the cognition, or learning, of the newborn rats. This experiment tests a question that has been a major issue, especially in the human world. Women are encouraged to stay away from alcohol when pregnant because of the many issues that can come to their newborn child. This experiment uses rats to test this question in the sense of learning ability of the newborns. The experiment brings together male and female rats until the females become pregnant, then the females are removed into individual cages. Of course the rats are all genetically similar and the cages are in a controlled lighting and temperature area. The pregnant females are then divided into three different groups. The first group, or Group E, receive a liquid diet of rat chow, which 36% of the calories are ethanol. The next group, or the Pair Fed group, also receive a liquid diet of rat chow, but instead of ethanol, it consist of a sugar like substance. Since this group is pair fed, the rats are paired with the rats from Group E and receive the same...
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...them”, a current view of drug users where they are demonized. But, in all walks of life an addiction does not discriminate between rich and poor, young or old. In Lauren Slater’s “Rat Park: The Radical Addiction Experiment”, a “junkie” named Emma is a sixty-three year old woman of high status and honor as she holds a respectable position of being a science dean at a New England college. From her antique fuchsia scarf to her gold cashmere gown, Emma symbolized an individual of the privileged and cultured society, no forms of an impoverished drug abuser. As we attempt to understand the confusion of Emma’s drug abuse, Lauren Slater states, “To ease the pressure, she went under the knife and came up to consciousness with a surgical seam and one brown bottle of OxyContin, the medicinal disks releasing her to a place without pain… Emma Lowry, however, has a different view of the drug. Surgery cured the bad bones in her back but left her with “a terrible dependence. (157)” In all configurations of drug addictions, an addict can range from skinny to overweight, low class to high class, ending with the variation of all divergent races. As Emma was portrayed as high profile and clean cut, a man with grimy clothing, scabbed lips and protruding...
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...some of the rat patrol in their Back cheeks Disadvantages * Always the chance of being road kill * Risk of going to the nuthouse * Their wife and kids could be squirrel bait At anytime * Going nuts due to that they are constently Under nutvalance Outline Introduction * General topic: crime life of a SwM * Limited topic: SwM as a Nutpin * Thesis: The SwM known as the Nutpin Body paragraphs * Advantages * Disadvantages Conclusion: Trying to get out of the crime life The Under Tree Crime Life of the Top Squirrel with Mustaches Since the enormous increase in population within the Squirrels with Moustaches (SwM) community, there has come a group of tougher SwMs. These now tougher Squirrels with Moustaches are known as the Grey Moustache family. They have come here from Elm Wood Treeville. They live the life of a crime family and there is one top SwM known as the Nut Pin. His name is Harry “Nuts” Squirrel. There is a constant threat of Harry “Nuts” Squirrel becoming road kill, being sent to the nuthouse, and always being under Nutvalance. In this wild life that the tough Squirrels with Moustaches live in, there is a constant threat of becoming road kill.” Nuts” always has a chance that one of his under squirrels can turn nut evidence with the rat patrol. Harry “Nuts” Squirrel has hired the Rocky Raccoon security boys for protection. You would think that Elm Wood Treeville would be a safe place to live, but in reality...
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...What are Giant Kangaroo Rats? Giant Kangaroo rats are the largest of their entire species. They’re rodents that hop on their hind legs like a kangaroo. Their front legs are short and used for digging. They have big eyes, small ears, and a round body. They have buff-colored fur and a white stomach with stripes across the hindquarters. The tail is dark with white lines on either side. They are about 34.8 cm long. Their tail is about 19.4 cm. The Average weight for a male is 157g and for a female it is 151g. They belong to the kingdom Animalia, the phylum Chordata, the class Mammalia, the order Rodentia, the family Heteromyidae, the genus Dipodomys, and the species Kangaroo Rats. Where do these species live? Giant Kangaroo Rats are native to...
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...In the years 1346-53 an epidemic of the terrible bubonic plague, spread across Europe. This plague is more commonly recognized as the Black Death, a name that came several centuries after. In order to stop the spread of this devastating disease, it was necessary that the physicians and scientists of that day begin to research and understand certain things: where this disease came from and how it spread so fast among the population; the symptoms and stages that made this disease unique; and how it was impacting society. Research shows that one way this disease most likely evolved, was from the Central Asiatic Plateau, the stretch of dessert that touches Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Most researchers believe it came from rats,...
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...control exp: chipmunk street gang under control out of fear * Having some of the rat patrol in their Back cheeks Disadvantages * Always the chance of being road kill * Risk of going to the nuthouse * Their wife and kids could be squirrel bait At anytime * Going nuts due to that they are constantly Under nutvalance Outline Introduction * General topic: crime life of a SwM * Limited topic: SwM as a Nutpin * Thesis: The SwM known as the Nutpin Body paragraphs * Advantages * Disadvantages Conclusion: Trying to get out of the crime life The Under Tree Crime Life of the Top Squirrel…Harry “Nuts” Since the enormous increase in population within the Squirrels with Moustaches (SwM) community, there has come a group of tougher SwMs. These now tougher Squirrels with Moustaches are known as the Grey Moustache family. They have come here from Elm Wood Treeville. They live the life of a crime family and there is one top SwM known as the Nut Pin is also known as “The Boss”. His name is Harry “Nuts” Squirrel. There is a constant threat of Harry “Nuts” becoming road kill, being sent to the nuthouse, and always being under Nutvalance. In this wild life that the tough Squirrels with Moustaches live in, there is a constant threat of becoming road kill.” Nuts” always has a chance that one of his under squirrels can turn nut evidence with the rat patrol. Harry “Nuts” Squirrel has hired the Rocky Raccoon security boys for protection...
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...ECOSYSTEM- IS A SPECIFIC PLACE WHERE LIVING THINGS INTERACT WITH NONLIVING THINGS. HUMAN BEINGS, ANIMALS, PLANTS AND OTHER ORGANISMS ARE PARTS OF THE LIVING ENVIRONTMENT. SOME PARTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARE NOT ALIVE. SUNLIGHT, AIR, WATER, SOIL, AND MINERALS, ARE PARTS OF THE NONLIVING OR PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT. LETS FIND OUT HOW INTERACTIONS OF ORGANISMS WITHH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT. ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS IN AN ECOSYSTEM A community of plants and animals that live together are related in some ways. No organism can live alone. Neither animals nor plants can survive by themselves. Plants need animals and animals need plants. Both animals and plants need us as we need them. Human needs plants that serve the food and plants need human that produce carbondioxide in able them to survive. * For example, a colony of insects may have a tree as its home. The insects may feed on the leaves and fruits of a tree. Some birds that live in the same tree may feed on the larva of the insects are related to the birds because they provide food for the birds. The tree is also related to the birds because it provides a nesting place for them. Why did PRODUCER, CONSUMERS, DECOMPOSERS are important? * These 3 are important because it is the group of living things in an ecosystem. Each of these group performs a different work. 1. PRODUCERS - A producer in an ecosystem is an organism which can produce food for itself and for others. Plants are the only producer...
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...Rat Sequel The rats headed off on their very long journey, it took about a couple of days, but they still got there very early. Nicodemus and the rats headed to Thorn Valley. Jenner, being Nicodemus’s best friend didn’t agree with his idea to go to Thorn Valley. At night, Jenner and his crew attempted to steal a motor from a hardware store, and got electrocuted in the process. The smart animals have been very successful with their civilization, crops, and any other machinery and technology they were hoping to build. The rats’ plan had been like no other ordinary rat’s! Nicodemus walked up a trail and suddenly showed a face of excitement. “Well, rats, we have indeed have reached Thorn Valley!,” the rats jumped and cheered. “Since we have all the food we need, let’s just take a break for now. We will start planting the crops tomorrow. Alright, let’s set up the cave!” the rodents then headed to work. After a few hours the cave was ready for the animals. It was getting dark, and soon the rats would have to start wrapping things up. “Great work! It is almost dusk we will start planting tomorrow morning!” the rats then proceeded to go to sleep. It was worth the wait, finally at Thorn Valley, the smart rodents have a proper home, without stealing....
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...instance of passion can be seen in Aimee Bender’s “The Girl in the Flammable Skirt,” a short story about a teenage girl’s strained relationship with her sick father. At quick glance the story is basically a collection of random, loosely connected events that also consists of ridiculous characters which might leave some to question its direction and the message it is trying to convey the readers. But if someone were to take a closer look at the story and take note of the symbolism Bender is using then they would be able to see how the story deals with passion and what it has to say about it. And despite the seemingly occurrences that take place in it, the story shows the effect of passion has on people and communicates that passion is a force that drives us and allows those with a strong desire and mind to realize and achieve the potential that lives within them. There many different obstacles that people may face in life and the main character’s obstacle is just one of many. What they all have in common, however, is that whether or not they can be overcome all comes down to passion, and...
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...surrounding the plague because the risk of epidemic is still present even in today’s world. Understanding the causes and circumstances surrounding a serious epidemic such as plague is important for scholars as well as everyday people. Epidemics of infectious disease did not cease after the plague disappeared from Europe. Even in the modern world infectious diseases of epidemic proportion have still ravaged populations. As long as conditions are right, infectious disease can systematically wipe out large chunks of civilian populations. During the plague in the 14th century “an estimated 200 million people” (Kelly 11), were killed worldwide. Kelly informs us that if an outbreak of this nature occurred today it would claim an estimated “1.9 billion lives” (Kelly 12). Kelly tries to outline the severity of the plague to point out how an epidemic of that proportion would have a drastic impact on the population of today’s world. The causes and circumstances surrounding the plague are still under debate. Kelly argues that war,...
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...Ryanesha Curley Animal Rights Do you believe that animals deserve rights? They may not talk or reason, but they do have rights. Animals surely deserve to live their lives free from suffering and exploitation. All animals suffer in the same way and to the same degree that humans do. They can feel anger, loneliness, depression, happiness, and love. Animals should have rights because; they have feelings, should be treated equally, and shouldn’t be used as objects. “If you step on your dogs paw, he yelps because it hurts. Animals experience pain…”-Goodman Animals don’t have voices to express the way they feel during certain situations so humans think that they are okay with the harm they do with them. Perhaps humans believe that since we are on the top of the food chain that we don’t know that we selfishly inflict animals, by our own survival. Animal cruelty goes unnoticed each and every day, because it doesn’t occur to us that they are living breathing creatures. Further more animals that can’t contain the pain and misery are left to suffer and die. At present, on an average day in the United States, 130,000 cattle, 7,000 calves, 360,000 pigs, and 24 million chickens are killed(Williams 65). An average day! And these figures exclude the hoards of rats, mice, dogs, cats, and primates that are brutally tortured until death in research labs across the country. Surely, no form of genocide undertaken in human history can match these numbers. We believe, at least individually, that...
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...They have long, powerful back legs which they use for hopping. During the cooler parts of the day, you can find kangaroos hopping around, looking for food and water. Kangaroos also lick their chests and the inside of their arms to stay cool. Kangaroo Rat: The kangaroo rat is a small rat that hops like a kangaroo, only much closer to the ground. They can jump nine feet in a single leap! Kangaroo rats eat plants and seeds, and produce most of the water they need in their own bodies. To stay cool, kangaroo rats bury themselves in the sand. They also give themselves sand baths when they first wake up every morning! Desert Tortoises: Desert tortoise can go for a whole year without drinking water! All spring and fall, these tortoises spend their time eating the plentiful plants and flowers, storing water in their body for the rest of the year. Desert tortoises dig their burrows six feet deep and stay there most of the year. They also dig shallow holes to catch rain water. Desert tortoises remember where the shallow holes are and return to them when the rains finally...
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...Ecosystem of the Mojave Desert Bio/101 March 5, 2012 Ecosystem of the Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert is 54,000 square miles of its own special brand of diversity; it is one desert - rather than a series of separate entities. By becoming aware of the combined identity, appreciation and better understanding of the issues that affect the Mojave Desert can occur on a holistic level. Generally, at the edges of the Mojave are areas where dominant plant and animal species change from one to another and both, to various degrees may be possibly found on the fringes of the other. The Mojave Desert ecosystem evolves from plants and animals which are resources within each other. Adaption to the rough temperatures and little water, these ecosystems finds many ways to survive. This ecosystem plays host to a wide variety of plants and animals living in an environment that humans may think are harsh conditions. Many animals get their energy by eating plants, but desert plants give up the fruit of their production very reluctantly. Sharp spines, such as a cactus, discourage plant-eaters. The Mule deer avoids these obstacles by eating seeds, although safe to eat, they can be hard to find. Many are small and look like grains of sand. The plant's solar energy flows through the ecosystem as Mule deer, and other herbivores like jackrabbits, fall prey to carnivores like great horned owls, coyotes, bobcats, or snakes (Townsend, Harper & Begon, 2000). Survival in the desert cannot occur...
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