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    that level. Every day, I hear tons of news and tragic stories of animal living in captivity, how they suffered to amuse human, how they live without care in unqualified conditions. Detroit Zoo mentioned in the article “Detroit Journal; Ripples of Controversy after a Chimp Drowns” was opposed by letting many chimps drown because of the moat they use for chimp exhibit. The other case is Lincoln Park Zoo which was drawing criticism from animal right activists by the dead of nine animals in the short

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    Think for an instance about life without zoos or aquariums. You might cheer because of the thought that the animals are free, you may feel upset because you will no longer see your favorite animal, or perhaps you could feel indifferent. Nonetheless, zoos and aquariums are a humane and essential resource to understanding our life, our species, and our world. Constructing zoos and aquariums are an ethical and beneficial practice because they are places that provide human contact with nature and animals

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    Pandas are very unique animals, and they have many adaptations that can help them survive. These interesting mammals are extinct, so there are only about 1,300 to 2,000 of them left in bamboo forests. Pandas live in the central regions of China. They live in cool, wet bamboo forests, so it is easier for them to find food. A pandas latin name is Ailuropoda malenoleuca. Ailuropoda stands for black-and-white mammal of Bamboo Forests, and malenoleuca stands for member of the bear family. Pandas are one

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    Pandas’ official biological information shows that they are of the class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Urisidae, and genus Ailuropoda (“Giant Panda Bear”, 2008). It is interesting that pandas are in the order Carnivora, but their diet consists of almost entirely bamboo making them nearly exclusively herbivore. Meaning that not all species that are classified as Carnivora eat meat, but all do have strongly developed teeth made for grinding many tough items for digestion. Adult pandas are unique

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    RED-CRESTED TREE-RAT BY MARGOT Introduction: The red-crested tree-rat is a tree-rat (Santamartamys rufodorsalis). Also known as the red-crested soft-furred spiny-rat. It feeds on greens and plant-matter. Only three of it’s kind have ever been seen! Before May 2011 it hadn’t been seen since 1898 making people believe in was extinct. Sadly it is critically endangered. Description: Red-Red Crested-Tree can be between 51 and 122 cm long to the tip of their tail. Their tails can be up to 28 centimetres

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    Douglas Adams, who is normally “a writer of humorous science-fiction adventures,” takes on the journey of a lifetime in his only non-fiction book, Last Chance to See. In the novel, Douglas Adams teams up with zoologist Mark Carwardine to take off on expeditions, in search of exotic and endangered species, investigating the odds for these animals’ survival. They take us on their quest, overviewing some of the world’s most in-need species in terms of protection to save these populations. The multitude

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    There are people all over the world that criticize the way people think and behave. People think that it is so easy doing what others have to, even if they have never been in the same situation. If you were the president and you chose to bomb a country that was planning to bomb you soon and another country suffered from its aftershocks and somebody said that you are doing your job wrong, but they never seen or done the job before do you think that that person’s opinion would be right. When you tell

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    As an Australian native marsupial, the koala has been listed as endangered across majority of its natural habitats. At one point, its population had grown to almost 10 million, but has dropped to 100,000 or less still in the wild because of human activity. Many have taken action to restore the population of the koala. The koala’s background proves that their population decline is effected mainly on humans. Numerous people refer to the koala as a koala bear, but in reality it is a marsupial, similar

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    Pandas: Did you know pandas have been on earth for 3 million years? The discovery of pandas was spreaded around the world about these ¨cat like creatures¨. About these creatures that were different than any other animal. Pandas are one of the most popular parts of China and attractions in China, but few zoos in China have pandas. Attractions meant to attract tourists and just regular people in general. Pandas are fuzzy , lazy, with white and black spotted fur.

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    outside to play some games then they went to look in the mirror they were both fluffy as any other panda would be and had long eyelashes to, the only difference they had is that they had different colored eyes Bobo’s were blue and Lili’s were green. Lili and Bobo were bored so they asked their mom if they could go explore she

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