The project Title: To carry out an Ethological Survey on a giraffe in captivity. Submitted by: Aoife D’Arcy Organisation and preparation of observation tasks I am planning to go to Dublin zoo on the 25th of October to carry out an Ethological Survey on an animal of my choice in captivity, the giraffe, I think it would be interesting to study the behaviour of the giraffe in captivity. To carry out this project I will need a pen and paper, a stopwatch and a camera. Research the natural environment
The Evolution of the Giraffe Neck Throughout time, one theory has remained constant in terms of why giraffes developed longer necks. The idea, which was presented by Charles Darwin states quite simply that giraffes selected for longer necks in order to reach the food that was higher off the ground during the dry season. No one has ever challenged that idea until 1996. Initially, Gould argued that "the story-the giraffe evolved its long neck in competition to reach scare foliage-is supported
The Life of a Giraffe Giraffes are great examples of animals that have adapted to their habitat in the unique only to them. Their physique and their environment play a large role. A giraffe, scientifically named the giraffa camelopardalis, is the world’s tallest animal. Male giraffes grow to be 18 feet tall. The older giraffe males are the leaders of the which usually contains about 12-15 members in each . To identify the sex of a male giraffe is that a male has three or more horn and there is
to write my essay about the giraffe? I chose to write my essay about the giraffe because this mammal has been my favorite animal since the third grade. My science teacher had us do a project about an animal. I did mine on the giraffe and working on that project I became more fascinated by the giraffe as I was working on the project. It made me just wanted to know more. This is why I chose to write my essay about the giraffe. I already knew a little bit of information about the giraffe. I knew that
the change occurring. For example, a young child may worry about starting school due to the new environment and people. This essay will highlight the major changes in the story, “The Giraffe”, and changes in my life that shaped my thinking today. Furthermore, I will explore the similarities and differences between the events that occur in the story and in real life. This essay will highlight that you should embrace change, accept new experiences and face reality
This section will explore the public response from a very controversial case of a giraffe from the Copenhagen Zoo. Marius, a young, male giraffe, was euthanized because his genes were already sufficiently represented in the giraffe population across zoos of Europe (Goldman). He was openly dissected to a crowd, who were mainly children, and the remaining carcass was openly fed to the zoo’s lions and other
temperature increases most plant and animal life won’t be able to adapt to survive. This essay will give facts about the abiotic and biotic factors, plant life, animal life. Gum trees, giraffes, and bacteria are example of living things or biotic things. Plants like the Gum tree make their own food. The giraffes that eat the Gum tree get the leftover energy from the tree and the animals that eat those giraffes get their energy from those animals. Decomposers break down dead plant or animal remains
survival. He believed that the changes in form of plans and animals passed down to their offspring, this idea he called Lamarckian inheritance of acquired characteristics (Lamarckism). A well-known example for Lamarckism is the giraffe and their long necks. According to Lamarck, giraffes stretched their neck to reach high branches to get food over a long period of time which resulted to the development of elongated necks, then they passed the elongated necks to their offspring. Today we know that his idea
Summer Reading Essay Everything that has happened to me, every TV show I have watched, every person that I have met, and every book I have read has molded me into the homosapien I am today. The clothing I wear, the music I listen to, and the people I talk to is heavily influenced by embarrassing mistakes of the past. To put it simply, I like books and movies and I used to love them. The constant page turning and scene watching had shown me extravagant worlds that didn’t exist, but I grew to love
Charles Darwin published in November 1859 "The Origin of Species by natural selection". Darwin uses his reasoning and the evidence he found to explain his theories of evolution. Darwin knew that the text he was writing was controversial and many people discussed the evidence Darwin had presented. This evolution is simply a theory; There are strengths and weaknesses that do not exist if it were a fact. Three of evolution's strengths are the evidence of fossils and the connection between living animals