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    Animal testing began in the 1920’s after a mascara darkener caused the side effect of losing the ability of sight for women who used the product (aboutanimaltesting). The United States Food and Drug Administrator then passed the Federal food, drug and cosmetic act in 1938 which gave authority for others to test that their products were safe to use (about animal testing and Wikipedia). Furthermore, animal testing is still present in the twenty-first century as mice, rabbits, rats, guinee pigs and

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    and Macro-ecology the class has discussed as well as learned multiple foundation concepts that have provided us with a concrete understanding of several fundamental concepts of biogeography and macro-ecology. Through the reading of the Song of the Dodo, the biogeographical terms were represented and reinforced in various real life situations, which made them easier to remember. Although we did not spend a significant amount of time on macro-ecology with the readings of articles I definitely feel

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    other words, Finnegan does a lot of work, but he seems to enjoy every second of it and loved File. “Some of the alerts are contextual-based, i.e., sirens when in the home or office are ignored but not in the car,” said File in an interview with The Dodo. File has Meniere’s disease, which is the cause of his hearing issues. In addition to the hearing issues, File also has “attacks,” where he has extreme vertigo. Thanks to Finnegan, File is able to get to a safe place

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    Save Animals In the passage “The Stripes Will Survive” by Jaqueline Adams. He explains what the AZA and the SSP do everyday, they want to keep tigers safe so their wondrous species wont leave this earth. In the passage, “The Zoos Go Wild from No More Dodos” by Nickolas Nirgoitis and Theadore Nirgoitis. Is about a Gorilla named Willie who was once wild and free but was kidnapped by poachers.He was confined in a small cage with nothing to do but then he got sold to a place that made him feel like home

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    non-threatening shrug. "We've just got to make some repairs, and then we'll be gone. No problem." "That's not *buzz* what she means, man," the lanky Shaggy analog explained, punctuating his words with a buzz in his vocabulator. "You're, like *buzz* dodos, man. You're extinct!"

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    Throughout the book The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath we see that Esther's has many of these exact symptoms. So by definition Esther suffers from Depression in one of its variations in addition to quite possibly other mental illnesses. For that reason Esther Greenwood’s ultimate breakdown in the end of the Novel is not too shocking. Although attributing her ultimate mental breakdown solely to her mental illness would be awfully simplistic and detrimental to one’s understanding of the book. Instead it

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    killing over 1,000 species a year by the year 102,017 all species excluding humans will be extinct. It may seem like a long time until you think about all of the animals on a worldwide spread, gone forever. Some that are already extinct are the well know dodo bird, passenger pigeon, and the sea mink. All due to poaching.

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    those new traits eventually lead to the evolution of the animal to further help its survival. The horse evolved to have longer legs to be a greater runner. And if they can not adapt, they can not survive this leads to their extinction. Such as the dodo bird. Compare and contrast: Players and animals go through many choices in their lives every day, but in what ways are they different from one another? Animals and players have different values at stake. Animals value their lives overall and will

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    The Hero’s Journey The story type I will be examining in this essay is the Spatial-Temporal Fantasy narratives. In the three fantasy stories, The Hobbit (Novel), Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (Film) and The Hunger Games (Film). The characters Bilbo Baggins, Alice and Katniss Everdeen all go through an archetypal hero’s journey, as researched by Joseph Campbell. Although Alice in Wonderland and The Hunger Games are both films, Alice in wonderland is an animated film while The Hunger Games is a motion

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    The Nonsensical World of Victorian Society: Through Alice in Wonderland Throughout the Victorian era, women were constrained by strict genders roles, and an expectation to uphold the facets of these roles was understood. These expectations include getting married, always presenting oneself with manners, and being a good housewife. Alice, at nine years old, is in the process of learning and enforcing these expectations upon herself. This is seen throughout the opening of the first two novels. In

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