Flattened Fauna by Roger M. Knutson

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an ant? Author of "The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher" Lewis Thomas, has. In his essay, he compares ants to humans. He has a theory that they are very similar. I believe this comparison is accurate one because both humans and ants act similar in the way they live, both are a stronger force when they work together, and both have a nature to cause destruction.

Humans struggle their entire lives to find affection that satisfies them. We assign this affection to objects that we obtain throughout our lives. An engagement ring, for example, is a large meaning attached to a small object. While it still has quite a high expense, women care more about the man who it’s from than the store, well, hopefully. In Akiko Busch’s story The Uncommon Life of Common Objects, she explores the objects her two sons, and people in general, become attached to over time. There’s a certain box she brings up and says “Sometimes the little box had value, sometimes it had none, and its worth seemed to come and go, by pure chance” (1). She discusses why certain things are worth more than others and why certain things have more

[Thesis and preview]: Today I am going to share with you a quick history lesson, talk about where these animals currently roam, and explain several threats that this growing population currently faces.

Yet, Shaw concludes, “wild animals increasingly find suburban life in the United States to be attractive.” (Shaw) She explains the suburbs are ideal places for wildlife, citing there are 32 known breeding pairs of bald eagles in Virginia, a species once thought to be on the brink of extinction. She shows the deer population is at an all-time high, with a possible 25 million deer in the United States. She accredits two phenomena to the rise in wild animal populations; including natural reforestation and suburbanization, both of which create a haven for “edge” type wildlife (Shaw).

Secondly, you can see many different animals. At my grandpa’s house he had a box turtle in his backyard. We would wake up early to see him come out of his den. When we would go to the Gulf of Mexico, the manatees would come next to the dock. They also had alligators all over. At the zoo, they had animals

We have come to understand some of the wildlife that the inhabits this area and how

Conservation of our biodiversity not only demonstrates foresight, it protects the natural resources so vital to our own continued existence. The value of any single species to an ecosystem is immeasurable; the environment will not endure without its species, despite size or niche. These animals are not dispensable. And, they are apt to face extinction in the not too distant future, unless a resolve for their preservation is insisted by the public and enforced by governments internationally.

When the white-tailed deer show up in my backyard, it's like witnessing a direct link to an age almost forgotten. I freeze in my tracks, and I can't help but think about their unbroken chain of ancestors going back into the ancient past. These animals were here long before any settlers arrived from Europe. They were the hunted long before rifles replaced bows and arrows. They knew these lands when the waters were still clean and the air was still fresh. They knew these lands when there were no cars and no railroads. They were here before horses were brought to this continent from Europe. In their majestic silence, the deer have witnessed footpaths become trails, trails become roads, and roads become interstates. Their resilience is remarkable.

Roads act as barriers to animal movement and lead to habitat broken up . Many species will not cross the open space created by a road due to the threat of predators. Roads also cause increased animal deaths from traffic. the barrier effect can also prevent species from migrating areas where the species gone locally extinct as well as restricting access to seasonally available or widely scattered resources. Habitat separation may also divide large continuous populations into smaller more isolated populations. The smaller populations are vulnerable to genetic drift such as inbreeding depression and an increased risk of population decline and

Dallin Ashby, a graduated UF entomology master's student, normally spits crickets with his 11-year-old son Myles Ashby when they participate in BugFest. But this year, his 8-year-old daughter, Eliza Ashby, said she was going to try too.

The text explains to the reader about the importance of wolves in the Yellowstone National Park and how they affect the environment around them. The book is written in a way so it does not seem like and it is informational but is giving the reader a great deal of facts. Information such as how the wolves were forced to leave the park, and the cause and effect relationships of their absence and reintroduction. George illustrates how the food chain works in the text, and how a domino effect can happen by human interference in the ecosystem.

Business that lined themselves along this road were geared toward tourism, local shops, hotels and guided trips that promised the eager foreigner they would take them to see a tapir and possible the elusive jaguar. I spoke with a few local rangers at the Monteverde National Park about the wildlife and the growing area around it. They had mentioned that the tapir was on the verge of extinction in the region and that a jaguar had not been scene for years. I could not help but connect the dots of the growing economic needs of the locals and the habitats of these two creates and the ecological damage that came with expansions of towns to

Diamond says that the major 5 animals originated in Eurasia and diffused to other places. These animals provided transportation, help in supporting in society, and helped with wars. The example he uses for domestic animals is in Kazakhstan horses were and still are used as modes of transportation and helped during war times. He uses this to show us how animals were diffused to different places and how in each place they used that animal. He also talks about the Major 5 which you will find out later on in the paper. This argument and the example he uses goes under agriculture. This goes here because when animals diffuse to different places and they are used for people's needs. This use of animal was needed during the agricultural revolution. Agricultural Revolution is the time when humans began first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied on hunting and gathering. This will give you an example about what this topic will be all about. Diamond uses this argument because these major 5 animals (which you will learn about later) were more than just farm animals. They helped many people and made their life easier. Animals also were more than just transportation help they also helped people during wartime. These animals also spread disease because they were infected, (but you will learn about that in the disease part of this

Often times, when a person experiences something unusual, that experience stays with them forever. The poem “Driving with Animals” by Billy Collins is about the experience of deer and the lasting impression they create. The imagery, sound devices, and figurative language that Collins uses in the poem draws the reader into the poem and makes them feel as if they are the driver.

different animals around us. This book provides tons of information about how all of animal life