Human Behavior In Gym Wildlife

Mankind is placed at the top of the animal kingdom because of man’s ability to think and reason. Despite this ability, mankind seems incapable of moving past negative emotions and the greatest atrocities: hate, anger, abuse, and murder. For these reasons, some humans question the true nature of mankind. Some argue that humanity is no better than any other vile species and conclude that mankind is only a “beast.” However, as Albert Camus demonstrates in his novel The Stranger, the situation is more complex. Camus utilizes his character Salamano and his dog to demonstrate that humans have to parts. Salamano represents the ideal of a human and his dog represents that bad -- the part that humanity hates about itself. The novel’s protagonist, Meursault

In an article based on an interview published in Time Magazine, “A Change of Heart About Animals”. Jeremy Rifkin expresses his views about the similarity behavior and emotional state between us humans and animals, with the purpose to change the way of how we see and feel about them. “We’re so skewed toward efficiency that we’ve lost our sense of humanity. What we need to do is to bring back a sense of the sacred”, Rifkin, argues. He supports his arguments with the findings of many researchers around the globe. Researchers that come from very prestigious institutions using different species of animals, we’re talking about crows, elephants, geese, etc. Not your ordinary lab rats and monkeys (which they don’t have anything

Human beings did not always hold the reins as the most superior creatures in this universe. A

The author of “What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage,” gave me the impression she was a strange person. For starters, she used animal training techniques on her husband. Amy Sutherland was very innovative by trying this technique, but it was very strange and almost obtrusive by doing this. Although, this essay was insightful about the similarities between human and animal behavior. My intellectual curiosity about human behavior opposed to animal behavior skyrocketed after reading this section. Why do animals and human react the same after being put through training, unknowingly? What causes both species to act the same?

To the editor of “A change of heart about animals” Los Angeles Times, September 1, 2003: thank you for the well-written article by Jeremy Rifkin on animal emotions and cognitive abilities. Animal emotions are, indeed, important. When watching the full documentary last week on Koko, the gorilla who can, do sign language, and understand several thousand English words made me eager to write you. I agree with your statement that animals are more like us than we imagine in your opening sentence. We do need to respect animals around us because we take them for granted lots of times.

Peter Singer has written many works in support of animal rights. In one of his greatest works Animal Liberation, Singer goes into great depths on how similar in biology animals are to human beings. Another strong point was not only the biological resemblance, but also the behavioral tendencies and traits humans and nonhuman species share. There are two major areas of focus that Singer puts emphasis on that need to be recognized for the purposes of my argument. One focus is this utilitarian approach that only the human species carry: the belief of ethical and morally good behavior should be extended to the consideration of nonhuman species. The second focus that is the basis for my argument is Singer’s argument against a huge human social construct labeled speciesism.

Humans as a whole, have an animalistic nature to them. Saki starts the story with one of the main character going on a hunt. Saki states, “[A] man stood one winter night watching and listening, as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision, and, later, of his rifle” (Saki 6). Ulrich is stalking the woods for as Saki stated ‘beast of the woods’ but rather he ‘‘patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy.” Saki goes on talking about the feud that started with their grandfathers over a land

Fast food chains promote eating animals, cosmetic brands sell makeup that infected or even blinded small rodents. But who said this was okay? When life became stable, the nomadic movement stopped, and the industrial revolution boomed people used so much and did not realize the repercussions. It was then that birds were hunted and killed for the feathers on hats as a fashion statement, which resulted in the extinction of the Plume. Why were humans once in love with animals as children, yet grow up to be harmful towards them? A change in thoughts, feelings, or actions because of group pressure is known as conformity (Huffman). Humans can not stray from conforming to the group pressure around them. As humans evolved their thoughts changed, they got smarter and stronger becoming the most intelligent being. Somewhere along the lines, humans began thinking that harming an animal for the resources it will provide gives the human race the one up strategy. However, some may say cruelty is a part of human nature. In recent studies science has shed light on this question, and the main culprit at works seems to be envy. The more we envy someone, the more pleasure we derive when that person meets some horrid end (Shammas 2013). So at some extent we may envy the animals around us, maybe their kind nature, their ability to fight for their own. At some point

In David Pierson's article discusses the representations of the animal world, focusing on anthropomorphism,  in the nature programming of the cable television network, Discovery Channel. The channel has established a perceived authority in educational and nonfictional documentary programming for its shows. The line between anthropomorphizing animals and the majority is portrayed that drive human moral behavior can be useful, harmful or both – depending on whom you ask. People have and continue to portray the natural world as reflections of us in film, social media, literature and even with personal pets. As an ABEC, I understand that animals do not share the same emotions or physiology as humans but anthropomorphizing leads us off the scent

Human arrogance is derived from the biased notion that man has the right and the sovereignty to dominate over nature and nonhuman animals. The difference between humans and animals is not their ability to reason or think about reality, but rather the human tendency for anthropocentric idealism – a false illusion of superiority in which society accesses the differences through an exclusively anthropomorphic perspective. Society’s arrogance over nonhuman animals is merely a form of speciesism, or what Peter Singer, in his essay “All Animals Are Equal,” describes as the violation of “the principle of equality,” or the prejudice towards one’s own species in favor of another (Singer, 5). Under Singer’s principle of equal consideration, both humans and animals have the capacity to suffer, “the prerequisite for having [interests] (Singer, 4).

Man does not know how to be modest like animals who are innocent in the brain and work hard to survive without showing everything off. In general, an animal will go through life not understanding that other animals could possibly have more than it, and not care at

responsible in creating. A common case amongst zoo animals is that of anxiety. This can be due to several factors in the zoo environment. This includes animals strict diet, the constant attention from zoo goers, lack of companions, and loss of freedom. The animals may be unaware to how they have ended up in their situation, but their instincts know something isn’t right. There have also been cases of depression with zoo animals. Most cases of depression are due to lack of companions or a loss of a companion, if a zoo animal is surrounded by a companion and the companion passes the behavior of the animal changes. For example, in NY Times article Zoo Animals and their Discontent by Alex Halberdtadt he mentions a male gibbon who struggled psychologically, displaying behavior qualities after the passing of his companion,” He ate less, moved less and sometimes refused to go on exhibit.” (paragraph 25 line 9-10). Behaviorist Virga believed the cause to be grief, which happened to last for a quarter of the year. The psychological effect physically caused the animal harm regarding its health. In the wild gibbons live a life with several companions so when one dies, the loss isn’t as tragic or mentally straining on the animal. This affliction zoos have on its animals is correlated to captivity in general.

In his article “All Animals Are Equal,” Peter Singer discusses the widely-held belief that, generally speaking, there is no more inequality in the world, because all groups of formerly oppressed humans are now liberated. However, it often goes without notice that there are groups of nonhuman animals that continue to face unequal treatment, such as those that are consumed or used as scientific test subjects. Singer’s article criticizes the belief that because humans are generally more intelligent than nonhuman animals, then all humans are superior to all nonhuman animals. Singer argues that intelligence is an arbitrary trait to base the separation of humans and nonhumans, and declares that the only trait that one can logically base moral value is the capacity to have interests, which is determined by a creature’s ability to suffer. Singer explains that in order to stay consistent with the basic principle of equality, anything that has the capacity to suffer ought to have its needs and interests recognized, just as humans’ needs and interests are currently recognized through what he calls “equal consideration.” In this paper, I will explain Singer’s notion of equal consideration as the only relevant sense of equality and why it applies to the rights of both human and nonhuman species that are

Animals are one of the top factors influencing human behavior outside of other non-human animals. The interactions that occur between people and non-human animals, particularly in the Appalachian region, has led to profound changes both on the local community. The most significant interaction to take place and has influenced the area drastically is domestication. Four types of domestication at the forefront of Appalachian culture are livestock, blood-sports, pet keeping, and animal’s prevalence in oral folklore. The introduction of domestication previous to and after the Neolithic Revolution has harbored new relationships between humans and animals that have altered the mountain face, culture, and economy of the Appalachian region.

First of all, what is humanity? When I recall my lectures correctly human behavior is effected by nature and nurture. The makeup of a human genetics and its environment. From what I have learned from my Sociology classes and so far from the Psychology classed is that the ratio is about 50-50 percent. Although I suspect that the neutering and its environment might tip the scale towards an environmental factor what determines our human behavior and our situational behavior. This therefor could be the base of stressors that trigger how humans behave and interact within a society. It is possible the need in human to, fit in, in any situation that grooms a person’s socialization. This has been the base of my thoughts of reviewing “The Human Behavior Experiments” video for this assignment.