quoted as saying “[a] dog has the soul of a philosopher” ( ). Plato was one of the most influential philosophers in history, and he agreed that dogs are more than just animals. Dogs have always been extremely popular animals, and for good reason. They are incredibly intelligent, talented, and versatile. Due to these characteristics, dogs are able to adopt many different positions. Dogs can take on many roles in society including household pets, service or therapy dogs, police dogs, and search and rescue
Pit Bulls: Misconceptions and the Truth Pit Bulls, one of the American societies famous bully breeds is too often stereotyped as malicious animals, but that stereotype is false due to evidence that pit bulls can be just as loving as the iconic golden retriever. According to the American Temperament Test, which is a test that focuses on and measures different aspects of temperament such as stability, shyness, aggressiveness, friendliness and self-preservation in the face of a threat shows that Pit
of desired traits in animals and plants. Similar to natural selection, humans have developed artificial selection where humans select the most desirable traits instead of the environment, this is what’s known as selective breeding. But in fact selective breeding does not select for the fittest phenotype like in natural selection it actually selects for the most desirable phenotypes which may cause harm to the individual. Natural selection selects against harmful alleles as they are disadvantageous