Essays on Animals Page 13

Potbellied Pigs in DomesticationPotbellied pigs are interesting animals that exists in the wild as well as in domestication. In the wild, they may form herds of considerable numbers, one herd keeping its distance from others. Herd members communicate with a variety of squeaks, grunts, gurgles and other sounds, including different “sneezes” and a noise made…

The Patagonian huemul, as seen at the left, lives in the region of Patagonia, which is a region in South America that comprises both Chile and Argentina. They live along Chile’s southern coast, roaming the Andes. The terrain is very mountainous with many wetlands, grasslands, shrub lands, and few desert areas. The climate all depends…

There are an uncountable number of living things, most of which are not discovered yet. Human, is known to be the most intelligent, most developed and most social of all. What’s more, we say that human has the most ability to perceive things in the correct way, because he is the most biologically-developed living thing….

Cats and dogs are the quintessential pets for the modern man. Despite the increasing variety of household pets, not one pet can challenge the classic role of cats and dogs as the ultimate animal companion. A pet owner can identify as either a cat person or a dog person—an age-old question repeated to through time….

Finding good daycare can certainly pose a problem these days,unless, of course, you’re an African widow bird. When it comes time for a female widow bird to lay her eggs, she simply locates the nest of a nearbyEstrildid finch and surreptitiously drops the eggs inside. That’s the last the widow bird ever sees ofher offspring….

According to the dictionary, an animal by-product refers to something derived from animal body parts. The USDA classifies animal by-products as items “harvested or manufactured” from livestock, excluding muscle meat. Swine, cattle, and sheep all offer numerous useful and interesting by-products. Some by-products produced are readily identifiable such as leather from cattle. Others, like insulin…

Many things should go into making a website that will educate people about cat care. It is important that the site is very easy to use and the information is easy to follow so that new cat owners can easily discover what they need to do to properly care for their cat. The first thing…

What do you think is the number one catalyst of climate change? Much of the population may almost immediately think of burning coal, but according to Kip Andersen’s documentary Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, it’s animal agriculture and factory farming. Throughout the documentary, Andersen seeks out answers to important questions such as how much of an…

Human activity such as fishing, hunting, and marine litters are causing a huge amount of aquatic and terrestrial animals to die. About thousands of animals go extinct every year, mostly because of human related actions or of natural causes. Animals, terrestrial or aquatic, serve many different purposes on humans everyday life. One of the main…

            One cannot force a living creature to liver in a place where it can never belong. This does not only apply to people, but also to every little thing that lives. One cannot put tropical plants in very cold places. Likewise, you cannot have a happy fish out of water. Human beings who are…