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    Popular attractions like zoos and aquariums have been a popular tourist hub for countless years. Whether it is feeding the giraffes over the railing or spotting the elephants during feeding time, there are numerous endeavors for human amusement in these types of attractions. However, the lives of the living animals on the other side of the railing or aquarium glass seems to be widely overlooked by the corporations themselves. No matter how intensive the efforts of these companies are to make the

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    Healing through Animals Animal therapy is a form of healing using a variety of animals such as horses, dogs, lamas, cats, dolphins, rabbits, and other animals depending on the individual’s preference. The purpose of this program is to provide a type of therapy that helps individuals cope or recover from heath problems or mental disorders. The goals of animal therapy are to improve motor skills, increase self-esteem, develop social skills, improve motivation to interact with others and readiness

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    Animals are pretty chill. They do a lot for us too, dogs help police sniff out illegal drugs, sea lions are monitoring climate change in the ocean and bees help grow our planet. Dogs have a sense of smell that is 1000 times stronger than the average human. Which is like woah. With their strong sense of smell, detection dogs are used to help find drugs, contraband, blood, etc. which helps the police keep us safe. Sea lions that are trained to monitor the ocean have sensors attached to their fur

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    The use of animals in scientific experiments, whether for the development of new shampoo or the cure of cancer is unethical, impractical, and expensive. In the United States, roughly 100 million animals are tested every year! You would think that with that many animal tests taking place, there would be a lot more cured diseases and lives saved, but that’s not what I see. Many animals are tested using very cruel methods, which not only harm the animals, but also harms our budget as animal testing

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    What does it mean to be a hero? The answer to this question has changed through the ages. No matter how it’s phrased it is always a difficult question. Often the difficulty of this question comes from the fact that it’s opinion based, and has no definitive answer. There are fictional characters that often reflect the common perception of heroism in their respective times. Among these is Beowulf, strong, brave , caring, and patient. Even in modern times we have our own heroes. The one I have chosen

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    emotional release, although that is not the truth. Instead of creating a feeling of justice, the outcome of getting revenge can be a cycle of retaliation. These two stories will then reveal the effect torture/abuse can have on one’s mind, V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and Sleepers by Barry Levinson. In the book V for Vendetta, V was sent to a concentration camp, and held against his will in a prison cell. There they had tortured him mentally and physically. The guards had drugged V and many other prisoners

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    Alan Turing: Alan Turing is known as one of the creators of computer science. He has made many scientific contributions to the world of computers which included defining Turing machines, the Turing test, the Church-Turing thesis, and undecidability. Alan Turing is considered the father of modern computer science. In 1939-1940, he invented the electromechanical machine which was known as the Bombe. The Bombe was designed to breakdown Enigma quicker. Turing’s first major work was on computable numbers

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    Animal Testing Animals are man’s best friend; this is what most people claim, but do they really mean it? Animal testing is widely used nowadays and this method has been used long time ago. Some people agree that animal testing is useful and has some benefits as it helps in discovering new medicines and its side effects so by this method it helps in saving humans lives and some animals too. Animal testing is so inhumane due to the physical pain and cruelty the animals face, some experiments are misleading

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    Life is just like the ocean, whatever choice you make as a steersman, you must be well aware of your favorite, that is, it is worthy of pursuing in your whole lifetime. My high school physics teacher influenced me a lot in life choices. First of all, I have cultivated great interest in physics from junior high school. It has been my most favorite subject. As a result, my physics grades have been the best among my batch. During my high school studies, I took part in the High School Student’s Olympic

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    Animals can be harmed in a zoo if not careful and knowing what the zoo can do. Zoos should not exist but i will settle for being fined these are some reasons zoos should be fined for the animals poor state of place and mind this can mean bad things for people that try hard for a living and are just trying to help the animals but are they helping no they are not they are just making things a lot worse. First, the Animals kept in a zoo will never truly know what it's like to be a real animal. The animals

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