Essays Tagged: "Giraffe"

Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution

ggested that species evolvethrough the use or disuse of particular organs. In the classic example a giraffe that stretches itsneck slightly to reach higher leaves will gain in neck length, and this sm ...

(13 pages) 698 4 3.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Charles Darwin

Exploring a Change in Views on the Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics.

Exploring a Change in Views on the Inheritance of Acquired CharacteristicsCan a giraffe make its neck longer by stretching to reach higher branches? Most people today would laugh a ... are incorporated at different levels of the natural world. While we are still pretty sure that the giraffe can't make its neck longer just by stretching, it is evident that other aspects of the giraf ...

(4 pages) 51 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

A member of the Butswana task force, who was sent to analyze and evaluate the living conditions and way of life of the Ju/wasi people in Southern Africa.

o be quite abundant in their area. They do not appear to ever run out of food due to the occasional giraffe, antelope and other large, along with small game. In addition they do not appear to take pre ...

(2 pages) 34 1 3.5 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

A Look at Character Development in Schools

education events and awards and even sign up to become a member.The third site I looked up was the Giraffe Project at the web address http://www.giraffe.org/. The Giraffe project is a 501(c) 3 nonpro ... ho are willing to stick their necks out and take responsibility and then telling their stories. The Giraffe project is a K-12 story based curriculum that teaches courageous compassion and active citiz ...

(5 pages) 73 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Psychological Review of Miller G.A.'s: "The magical number 7 plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information."

it together to make better use of our brains resources. For example: If we think of a cat, dog and giraffe separately it can take more time and effort than if we were to group the objects together in ...

(1 pages) 52 1 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Compare Darwin's Theory of Evolution to Lamarck's Theory of Evolution

m was able to pass on required traits to their offspring. This theory is commonly shown through the giraffe's evolution to having longer legs and a longer neck. According to Lamarck's theory, during a ... marck's theory, during a bad season when all the vegetation in lower areas (easily reachable by the giraffe with the shorter neck and legs) had gone, the giraffes were forced to stretch their necks, t ...

(2 pages) 14609 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Charles Darwin

A Comparative Essay between two poems: "The jaguar" and "The Domescity of Giraffes".

omment on the world of man. To accomplish this, I will refer to two poems called The domesticity of Giraffes by Judith Beveridge and The Jaguar by Ted Hughes. Mans relationship with nature is portraye ... with nature is portrayed by Judith .1. Beveridge and Ted Hughes in their poems, The Domesticity of Giraffes and The Jaguar. They both express their views in their poems about 2 animals in a zoo. The ...

(3 pages) 4066 0 4.0 Jul/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

The Domesticity of Giraffes by Judith Beveridge.

The poem, “The Domesticity of Giraffes” portrays the agony of a giraffe confined in captivity. The concepts of power and powe ... “Bruised-appled eyed”. This metaphor was used to describe the physical appearance of the giraffe’s eyes. It draws on a comparison between the giraffe’s eye and that of the result ... ely emphasizing her individual powerlessness. The poet further illustrates the powerlessness of the giraffe describing it as a “wire-cripple”. When associating with the description ‘cri ...

(2 pages) 23 1 5.0 Dec/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Panthera Leo

ions are flesh-eating mammals.They eat gazelle,warthog,impala,buffalo,antelope,wildbeest, zebra and giraffe.They sometimes catch smaller prey such as hare.The lions are the biggest cats after the Sibe ...

(1 pages) 1586 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Giraffe kid's golf wear Market Plan

The Giraffes' goal and objective is to be a market nicher and market leader when it comes to kids golf w ... ctive is to be a market nicher and market leader when it comes to kids golf wear. With this regards Giraffe needed to position its self in the market and create a unique selling position. The company' ... arket, than marginally connect with everyone, to be very successful with the portion of the market, Giraffe had to able to identify the customers, Giraffe has to understand the customer as companies t ...

(19 pages) 37 0 3.0 May/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing