An Experimental Study At A Local Zoo

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One has probably heard the simile, “you must be blind as a bat!” Well in fact, this statement is false, bats are not blind. Formally known in the mammal family as Chiroptera, bats can be split into two sub orders known as mega-bats (flying foxes or fruit bats) and micro-bats. Typically, when bats are thought of it is commonly known to have the characteristics of having echolocation, or sonar vision, to aid detection of objects in complete darkness. As illustrated in Figure 1, echolocation is the use of sound waves made by the contraction of the larynx, these waves are then reflected back from the moving object to signal the bat.

This paper aims to study the traits of non-human primates. By observing two types of primates including Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) and Western Gorillas (Gorilla Gorillas), I try to find out their characteristics, pattern of their behavior, and differences between these two primate species. Especially, characteristics and behavior such as social interaction, food acquisition and intelligence will be discussed and compared in this paper. In order to enhance the persuasiveness of my observation, I recorded and examined at least 25 distinct characteristics of both Common Squirrel Monkeys and Western Gorillas. It is also helpful for me to compare these two primates. Apart from exploring the primates’ traits and differentiation between them, this paper will discuss the effects of captivity. How being in captivity and on display in a zoo would influence their behaviors and emotions? The observation was a great success and I have successfully derived with a hypothesis base on our observing data. The ultimate goal of this paper is arousing humans’ awareness of the importance of studying primates.

White-nose syndrome is a disorder connected to exceptional bat transience event in several areas of North America. In the study conducted by Blehert et al (2009), bats declines beyond 75% from winter 2006 to 2007. The fungal growths on their muzzles, ears, and/or wing membranes of the bats, cause them to collapse (Blehert et al. 2009). Thus, this experiment was done as research methods for inhibiting the growth, investigating factors affect the growth and to prevent the growth of the tip.

The procedure started with placing the intruder cricket into another cricket’s residence. The intruder was distinguished from the resident by marking its body with a colored marker provided for the experiment. Once the intruder was in the container, a trial of ten minutes started. The object was to tally the winner each time the two crickets interacted in aggressive behavior. The loser was determined by which cricket backed up from the interaction first. After the ten minutes were up, the winner of the trial was the cricket with the most tallies. If the score was tied, the crickets were watched for an additional minute. This procedure was repeated twice for the remaining four crickets.

The vocal uniqueness in animals is present in a variety of species such as bats, dolphins, and birds (such as songbirds).

On Friday, March 31, a observation study was conducted at the L.A. Zoo. The time of arrival for the observation was at 11:48 am and the end of the observation was at 2:42 pm. The weather condition at the zoo was very sunny with a mild gust of wind every so often, which is a perfect weather condition to conduct a study. The main reason for conducting this observation study was to study and gather information about the many different types of primate that are located at the zoo. To see how different or similar each primate is to one anotherin different aspects.

I can distinctly remember myself as a young child walking outside at dusk and looking up into the sky seeing a recurring black cloud floating above, swooping and diving like a synchronized ballet above me. Now, sixteen or so odd years later when I visit my parents country home in North Georgia, I no longer see the performance dancing above me. This is a sad reminder of a much bigger issue. The issue I am referring to is the huge decline in the eastern bat population due to WNS or White Nose Syndrome.

Statistical tests were performed to ensure that the order of the sounds didn’t affect results. The researchers also tested connections between nest identity and observation location. Finally, they verified whether trials could be looked at individually when the same nest was tested because the same individuals may have been observed more than once. After all these statistical tests, the trials were adjusted to include the best results that showed no confounding variables.

Theodore Roethke’s poem ‘The Bat’ clearly focuses on the animal the bat and effectively conveys through the latter an important message to the reader. One could interpret this poem in various ways; however a prominent theme would be that every

The primary objective in “Moth tail divert bat attack: Evolution of acoustic deflection” is to test whether the spinning hindwing tails changes the target of the echolocation on a bat’s attack. This paper aims to observe the bat attacks on the moth tail, instead of attacking the moth’s wing or other body parts.

The overall purpose of the assignment was to observe the various behavioral patterns of the flamingos. The observations included squawking, grooming, head dip, wing flap, and head rub. The study took place in the early afternoon at Zoo Miami, and we observed the Flamingos in their exhibit for approximately fifteen minutes. Data sequences were collected for each of the behaviors listed above and were documented in our notebooks. The data was further analyzed in class.

In the short story “My life as a bat”, the author Margaret Atwood compares humans and bats and shows how more elegant and sophisticated they are. For example” When they kill, they kill without mercy, but without hate. They are immune from the curse of pity, they never gloat(17-20). Humans let emotion control them, it’s not hardwired to the brain but the scenarios and experiences they have lived to make them be that person. While bats do not let their heart get to their brain, they do what must be done in order for them to survive.

The long eared bat likes to hang out in deep heavily filled woods and in caves with low areas.

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Los Angeles zoo on a beautiful, sunny Thursday (October 19th). Although I arrived off schedule which left a minimal amount of time to observe primates, I managed my time well. After being told that the larger animals get put away earlier, I figured my first stop would be at an ape enclosure. The ape I chose to see that day was the gorilla. The time that I began my observation was at approximately 3:05. At that time only one ape was quite visible and he was sitting at the front making eye contact with me making it seem as if he is HABITUATED. Next, post gorilla watching, I had the chance to take a gander at the ring railed lemurs at 3:40. These prosimians all had their own personalities which interested me deeply. Lastly, and certainly not least on my journey through the LA zoo, I had the chance of looking at the mandrills which were once classified as baboons. Considering that two baby mandrills were present and only a month old, this was my favorite exhibit to see because of their high energy and randomness of actions.