Essays on Animals Page 7

The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), or Duck Hawk, is a medium-sized raptor weighing 2 to 2 pounds. These remarkable birds of prey measure 15-21 inches and have a wingspan of about 3  feet. Their name, Peregrine, comes from the Latin word peregrinus, which means “to wander”. The name fits, given that they have one of…

Known as Marjaiasana by its Sanskrit name, the cat pose is one of the simple yoga poses. When one does the cat pose, they want their shoulder to relax. They also want to let the neck get free while not forcing the head into the chest. The pose loosens the spine and the back. Additionally,…

One of the most fascinating and perhaps exotic animals to me is the armadillo. The facts about armadillos are interesting and seemingly endless. Armadillos are mammals that live in Latin America and the U. S. They are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and other animals. There are 20 different species of armadillo, including the…

Discuss why animal eyes glow green when illuminated at night. What causes “red – eye” in flash pictures? The distinctive eye shine given off by many animals comes from the tapetum lucidum, a mirror-like layer of cells in or behind the retina. The retina captures some of the light that enters the eye, but some…

Animals in the wild have developed defense mechanisms to survive over time. The squid, a member of the Mollusca class Cephalopod, exemplifies adaptation and evolution through natural selection. However, predators that depend on speed and eyesight pose a new threat to the squid. These predators are easily detected by the squids and introduce a novel…

In southern California, grownup California triton ( Taricha torosa ) have been found to often cannibalise both larvae and egg multitudes. In bend, for those big triton that remain in the watercourse pools after engendering, conspecifics have become one of their chief beginnings of quarry in the chaparral watercourse pools of the Santa Monica Mountains….

Animal cruelty is the infliction of harm to animals. It is basically some form of abuse where people cause pain and suffering to these creatures through infliction of pain and other forms of suffering. Animal rights activist argue that people abuse them in different ways and for different reasons. Animal cruelty can either be passive…

The Baboon which belong to ‘Cercopithecidae” from the Old World monkey household. Baboons are found in Africa. South of the Sahara and in the Saudi Arabia desert. Baboons have five races including the hamadryas. the Guinea. the yellow. the Papio ursinus. and the olive baboons. ( S. C. Strum. 1987 ) . Baboons are the…

“It is one thing to say that the suffering of a nonhuman animal, just as the suffering of us humans, is a bad thing in itself. It is another to say that we or the nonhuman animals have a right not to be caused to suffer or feel pain (MacKinnon, 382). ” Most of the…

Muhamad Naem Bin Yusof Title : Animal in Extinction SubTopic : Why the animal under verge of extinction Introduction In bucked the trend towards modernization and progress, we increasingly forget that not only human beings that inhabit this universe. Ever forget the existence of human animals and the environment so that most of us have…