Golden Lion Tamarin

The film Monsoon Wedding, directed by Mira Nair is an intriguing film about Punjabi culture. Produced in thirty days, it shows five different stories and how they develop. Some develop into love stories and have a happy ending. For one it shows the horrible disgusting reality of life. Throughout the film, it shows the innocent, harmless love, then as the film comes closer to the end, it becomes a dark reality that the audience has to realize happens to Ria Verma and Aylia Verma. Ria is an ordinary

animals there. Covering a small 20 acres of land, I came across two primates that fit perfectly for the purposes of this course project. I chose to observe an endangered ape, the white-handed gibbon, and an endangered new world monkey, the golden-headed lion tamarin. First off, white-handed gibbons are an endangered species. They can be found in tropical rain forests of Southern and Southeast Asia. This would include places like

the Santa Barbara zoo to observe and contrast different types of primates. I observed one species of an old world monkey, which was a gorilla and two different species of new world monkeys, which were the Bolivian Grey Titi Monkey and also the Golden Lion Tamerin. The first type of primate I observed was a Bolivian Grey Titi Monkey which is a type of new world monkey species found in areas of eastern Bolivia and also can be found in Brazil. The scientific term for this species is Callicebus donacophilus

African Experience: This habitat is a natural habitat for African lions which was opened by occupying a small part of the zoological garden was first started in the September of 2003. The presence of the large rock formations as well as the waterfall attracts visitors a lot. The main animals which can be seen in this

Do you think that animals should be kept in captivity there whole life's. When people put animals in zoos or captivity that keeps the animal safe. Although keeping animals in captivity is bad because they don’t get to be themselves, they should keep animals in zoos or captivity because it helps them not go extinct, it brings happiness to families that go the zoo, and zoos bring in enough money to build better animal enclosures. Animal extinction is big a threat to some animal species. According

Evolution to Extinction of Non-Human Primates During the Eocene epoch, 47,000,000 years ago, one of our ancestors lived in what is now Germany. She was still young, her baby teeth still intact and probably less than a year old. This little girl came to a lake’s edge for a drink of water; cupping the water with her hand she slowly drank the water while holding onto a branch with her other hand. Our ancestor died there when she was overcome by an underground gas bubble that erupted, the fumes leaving

Species such as the Arabian Oryx, Golden Lion Tamarin, Red Wolf, and the Freshwater Mussel are only a few of the several species that zoos have successfully protected from extinction. Critics argue that zoos should focus more on the underlying causes of extinction such as habitat destruction, poaching

I.S.24 Jaad Shahout 616 6/12/10 Rain forest Biome The average rain fall a rain forest receives is 50 to 260 inches yearly (125-660 centimeters). Rain forest belongs in a wet climate. Its temperature does not go higher than 93 degrees (34 degrees Celsius) or drop below 68 degrees (20 degrees Celsius). The rain forests average humidity is 77%-88%. Almost all rain forests are near the equator. Half of all plant and animal species are in the rain forest. Tropical rain forests produce

and increase wild populations. These programs had varying levels of success, with some failing completely to reintroduce species at all. Some of the species in these programs included: the California candor, the black-footed ferret, and the golden lion tamarin of Central

“Zoos and aquariums are some of the best places for you and your family to get connected to nature and become engaged in conservation action” (“Society”). Zoos are essential in growing public awareness of nature. Recently, zoos have faced controversies from animal activists. Many believe animals are restrained of their rights. Furthermore, individuals believe it is wrong to display animals for entertainment which is unethical and unnecessary. However, such perception is only one of many aspects.