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People, animals, and the environment suffer greatly in today's world from an array of diseases and mutations. Disease takes more lives than any other cause with heart disease and cancer being the number one causes of death in the United States…

Introduction "You are what you eat", goes a famous saying. And if that were truly the case, then a lot of Americans would appear to be unhealthy, chemically treated, commercially raised slabs of animal flesh. And while that is not a particularly…

covered slinkies," two common terms of endearment for these lovable animals. Ferrets are extremely affectionate, they are curious, get into everything, and enjoy playing with littermates and humans alike. In recent times, ferrets have become a hot issue among…

in the modern world regarding wealth and how did it evolve. In attempting to answer this question, Diamond touches on several factors that are woven into the answer such as food production, domesticated plants and animals, metallurgy, weapons, communication…

to life on earth. All organisms contain it, some drink it, and some live in it. Plants and animals require water that is moderately pure, and they cannot survive if their water is loaded with toxic chemicals or harmful microorganisms. If severe, water pollution…

animal electricity” which was able to circulate by an arc made by two metals, producing muscular contractions. Upon reading Luigi Galvani’s hypothesis, Alessandro Volta decided to begin his own set of related experiments to either prove, or disprove Luigi…

. Medieval theologians speculated about whether angels were members of the moral community and thereby had the same moral duties as humans. Science fiction fans speculate about whether aliens from other worlds would have fundamental rights. Animal rights advocates…

. The human race has used means of overpowering or hunter/hunted situations since the stone age, when the first humans seem to have had wars or fights with each other and animals, and hunted animals for food. Like modern day, people and animals have instincts…

The poem I choose was “I Have Killed the Deer”. This poem was written by a Pueblo Indian. He explained how throughout his life he took the other lives of plants and animals in order to survive. He said that when he died he would give his body…

for animals. I thought that Leopold loved animals so much that he wrote a whole essay about his observations of them. Well, I figured that my initial response to the essay was too simple and not quite right. I begin to ask questions about the text in order…