Essays Tagged: "Mammals"

This essay is comparing and contraasting two stories. "The Day of the Last Rock Fight" and "Dead Poets Society"

emany similarities and differences as do cows and horses. They both walk on four legs, they areboth mammals, and they both live on a farm. They also have differences in appearances, eatinghabits, and ...

(2 pages) 59 1 3.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Do culture and individual beliefs affect logical thinking? If so, how do they influence the conclusions we reach?

ed by any outside influences as long as the premises are truly valid. For example the syllogism:All mammals are warm blooded.Whales are mammals.Whales are warm blooded.is truly logical because the maj ... h provides conclusive evidence since it deduces from the general to the particular. For example:All mammals nurse their young.All whales are mammals.Whales nurse their young.This syllogism is deductiv ...

(6 pages) 339 0 3.6 Dec/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

this essay compares the skeletal system between a tiger and an ant

This essay will compare the skeletal systems of an ant and a tiger.Tigers, like other mammals and birds have an endoskeleton. That is to say that their skeleton on the inside of their bo ... what allows them to jump such long distancesAs carnivores that feed entirely on the flesh of other mammals, tigers have short powerful jaws with very large jaw muscles. The tiger has thirty teeth, fi ...

(3 pages) 53 0 4.2 May/2002

Subjects: Science Essays

Dolphins

Dolphins are mammals closely related to whalesand porpoises. Dolphins have a powerful and streamlinedbody. They a ... ptation dolphins candive up to 1000 feet with no problem.A dolphins tail is, like all other aquatic mammals,moves in an up and down motion. Dolphins double fluke theirtale to move forward. Their flipp ... d I wish that they would withdraw from the NationalFootball League.The End!!!p DolphinsDolphins are mammals closely related to whalesand porpoises. Dolphins have a powerful and streamlinedbody. They a ...

(6 pages) 106 0 2.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Risks of Dairy Products and Problems Withing the Dairy Industry

cies, or drinks milk past infancy and childhood. This happens for a reason. Milk is produced by all mammals to feed their young, not another species. Every species milk contains different enzymes nece ...

(6 pages) 143 1 4.1 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Chimpanzee Cannabalism and Infanticide

thought peaceful primate.Wild chimpanzees(Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) are known to kill and eat mammals in various parts of Africa. Monkeys were recorded to be consumed in the Gombe National Park, ... over, there is new evidence that chimpanzees near the Ugalla River of western Tanzania also consume mammals.(Riss, 1990:167) Cannibalism has also been recorded both in the Budongo Forest, Mahale Mount ...

(9 pages) 52 0 4.4 Feb/1994

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Grey Wolves

. Althoughsavage and bloodthirsty, wolves are among some of the world'ssmartest and most perceptive mammals.Where found:Wolves are found all over the world, and on almost everymajor continent of the e ...

(9 pages) 63 0 4.7 Mar/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Transitions of Reptiles to Mammals

boring read, lots of techno words needs work on footnotes and referencesTransitions of Reptiles to MammalsA long long time ago, in a galaxy not too far away, was a little blue planet calledEarth, and ... lot of time has past sincethen and we now have lots of furry creatures that are collectively called mammals. Howdid they get their? Where did they come from? These are the kinds of questions that ledm ...

(10 pages) 105 2 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Archaeology

Ants

their history and culture that induces a second look. These insects are about as different from us mammals as two organisms can be, yet it appears that of all the known animals their way of life appe ...

(12 pages) 49 0 4.2 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Effects of foreign species introduction on an ecosystem

ies introduction into an ecosystem are very profound. From small microorganisms to species of large mammals, many foreign species introductions occur every day. New implications of their introduction ...

(3 pages) 75 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Outline about echinoderms, birds, and mammals

outline about echinoderms, birds, and mammals !!!!Echinoderms, Birds, and MammalsChapters: 34, 39, 40I. Diversity- Echinodermata ('Spiny-S ... saurs for food by eating insects3. became dominant in Pateocene epoch4. Cenozoic era known a Age of MammalsC. Characteristics1. endothermic2. hair3. four chambered heart4. diaphragm that aids in breat ... tion1. Differences from other vertebratesa. hairb. produce milk to feed young2. 19 orders of modern mammals in class Mammaliaa. 17 are placental, nourish unborn young via the placentab. 2 remaining ar ...

(7 pages) 66 0 4.6 Jun/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Cloning of animals

cell of an adult ewe. This breakthrough opens the door to the possibility for the cloning of other mammals including humans.This remarkable achievement is being looked at as a great advancement in an ...

(2 pages) 30 0 2.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Evolution of Immunity in Invertebrates

and Gail S. HabichtPages: 60 - 71Total Pages Read: 9The complex immune systems of humans and other mammals evolved over quite a long time - in some rather surprising ways. In 1982 a Russian zoologist ...

(5 pages) 56 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Rabies

ile to write Nice JobWhat is Rabies? Who gets Rabies? Rabies is a viral disease of humans and other mammals. It is most common in carnivores. The word rabies comes from the word 'hydrophobia', fear of ...

(3 pages) 29 0 3.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Cloning: why we shouldn't be against it.

ement it had been thought by many to be unlikely that such a procedure could be performed on higher mammals. The world media was immediately filled with heated discussions about the ethical implicatio ...

(5 pages) 161 0 4.1 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

The benifits of cloning.

engineering and cloning has been used to clone plants, unicellular organisms, amphibians and simple mammals. This has led to significant advances in agriculture, industry, and medicine. Newer techniqu ... and medicine. Newer techniques in genetic engineering have enabled scientists to clone more complex mammals and opened up the possibility of cloning humans. Although there are many potential benefits ...

(13 pages) 241 0 4.4 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Cushings Syndrome: The causes, effects, and treatments of the disease.

n. Not only does it affects humans and also is found in dogs and horses along with many other large mammals.Cushing's syndrome is caused by many different factors. The main cause; however, is problems ...

(3 pages) 153 3 2.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

A Journey Through Evolution - The locomotion and behavioral changes of fishes, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals. A good starting place for short biology papers.

y want to choose the theme of "reproductive strategies" of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, or you may choose "locomotion", "environmental adaptations", etc etc etc - the list is endl ... the ages, we went from jawless and cartilaginous fishes all the way to amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and finally to human beings.The earth experienced its first vertebrate in the Cambrian time ...

(8 pages) 91 0 4.1 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Kantian Ethics concerning human Cloning.

matures into the same exact "copy", at least genetically, as the original organism. Already done on mammals, cloning is something that can be extended to utilize humans as subjects. In the future it w ...

(6 pages) 157 0 3.5 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Bernhard Schlink's "The Reader".

iliar generation, is as if trying to teach a person to walk through the example of a whale-both are mammals but are impossible to compare. This is evident in Bernhard Schlink's The Reader, where fifte ...

(6 pages) 87 0 4.2 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature