Rhesus Macaque

exhibiting primary instincts. Nevertheless many researchers studying animal emotions believe that humans are not the only animals to experience emotion. In 1988 at the University of Zurich, Eduard Stammbach set up an experiment with long tailed macaque monkeys to determine if they were able to rein aggressive behavior and act cooperatively. Subgroups of monkeys were created, and the lowest ranking monkey was taught to press a set of levers in a specific sequence that caused a machine to deliver

Nature​ ​vs.​ ​Nurture​ ​Debate​ ​Research​ ​Notes 1. The Boy Who was Raised a Girl - Pg. 96 David Reimer was circumcised at 8 months old and the surgery went horribly wrong. His penis was destroyed. From then on his parents decided to raise him as a girl. Nature: Even though David’s parents gave him sex pills, treated him like he was a girl, dressed him like one etc. He couldn’t believe them and he naturally felt like a boy, not a girl. They couldn’t train him how to pee sitting down. When

Animals and human beings come into contact with each other in the different environment across the world. This has been fostered by human settlement in most regions that were delegated for animals. Whenever there is a contact between human and animals, there is a chance for the development of a relationship. Although human beings are familiar with the interaction of companion animals like cats, human-animal interaction also occurs in the context of farms, laboratories and in the wilderness (Davis

with the results making them less accurate and unreliable. As found on the Food and Drug Administration, Non-human creatures cannot contract the HIV virus yet it is considered deadly in humans. A medication that appeared promising in treating rhesus macaques in animals was also ineffective in humans. Animal experiments should stop because alternatives have been widely discovered (Christopher 40). In addition to this, scientists have developed a lot more in the campaign to terminate use of animals

Veronica Peiffer Ms. Sharon Graham ENG 102 VF 08 October 2015 Ruthless or Progressive Animal Testing Curious minds since the beginning of time have used animals to explore deeper into the realms of science, whether behavioral or biomedical. Despite many medical advances since, people have developed a division between what they feel is beneficial or not to the modernizing world as to whether animal cruelty is acceptable and humane or not. Animal testing is research science, typically regarding

rodents (Gaughen 3). However, a research proved that a lot of non-human primates, which are more similar to human beings that any other animals, are taken away from the wild and are sold to research laboratories (Mur 2). For instance, up to 2,000 macaque monkeys, which are already listed endangered in the international Union for the Conservation of Nature are stolen from the wild and sold to Japanese laboratories every year (2). Note that these monkeys are already endangered and yet, thousands of

     It is common in monkeys, apes and humans that behavior and social organization aren’t necessarily programmed into the genes. There have been several cases where an entire troop has learned from the experiences of just a few. In a group of Japanese macaques, for example, a three-year-old female female developed the habit of washing dirt of of sweet potatoes before she

The Margay, or Leopardus wiedii, is a cat that is native to Central and South America. It is sometimes called the tree ocelot. It is in the phylum of chordata, and the genus of Leopardus. They are near threatened because more than 14,000 are killed for their fur. There are many species variations, including the ocelot, the leopard, and the clouded leopard. The Margay looks like an ocelot, but is a bit larger. It weighs about 5.7 to 8.8 pounds and is 19 to 31 inches long. Their fur is brown with

Is a mouse’s life worth more than yours? Treatments for cancers and diseases are first done on animals such as mice, monkeys, and bunnies to confirm whether the treatment will harm people. While some think it is necessary to have medicine tested on animals, other despise this kind of research and call it “animal cruelty.” However, these animals are trustworthy due to their body structure being similar to ours. Additionally, almost everyone’s life depends on the usage of these animals to ensure treatments

When using cosmetics or common house cleaning products many do not realize that they are supporting animal cruelty. Animal testing is among the most disturbing experiments being done today. Vivisection is the practice of animal experimentation. It can include administering drugs, infecting animals with diseases, poisoning for toxicity testing, brain damaging, maiming, blinding, and other painful invasive procedures. Animal testing has protocols that cause severe suffering such as long-term social