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Saturday, May 7, 2011
Tarsiers
As I was searching for some of the rare animals in the world I came across Trasiers, an animal with remarkable large eyes. Its hard to believe that they are not able to move their eyes within the sockets, so they rotate their neck around to see. These animals are similar to monkey's they are very clever hunters. They are strongly territorial. They have really strong smell and that is one way they are able to find other Trasiers around them so they avoid the same area where other Trasiers hunted. They are very interesting animals, they sleep in a group at night and normally hunt alone. Trasiers are capable to reduce their body temperature while sleeping so they can avoid other animals who hunt by sensing body heat. So that is why they are rarely eaten by snakes. Trasiers eat mainly small insects like cockroaches and crickets, also they hunt and kill small vertebrates. They can also kill venomous snakes and birds larger than themselves. they are outstanding leapers and are able to jump ten times their body length. The longest leap is 5-6m. They hunt small insects flying around by jumping. They grab their prey on the ground with their long strong legs. Trasiers are normally found in Sountheast Asia normally around the islands.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Antibiotics
This article provides good information on misuse or overuse of antibiotics given to animals and how they are effecting humans. I do believe that antibiotics given to the animals to help them grow faster can effect the animals and the humans and of course as mention in this article they had many illness cases due to this matter. We never really know what we are consuming with all the antibiotics given to the animals for different reasons. However, as this article mentions there are solutions to fix this. FDA has to be more strict about what should be given to animals.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Cloning Pets
As I was reading the article I was thinking if I would want another copy of my dog after he was gone. As a pet owner I can understand why many people want to clone their pets but is it a good idea to clone a pet and pretend like it's the same one? It's good that science has improved over time and they reached to a point where it is possible to do something like that. I'm sure that everyone has different opinions about this article personally I wouldn't want to clone my pet and pretend like it's my dog. It's not possible because my dog is unique even if science can make a duplicate copy of it's physical traits what about the personality, so how can I even pretend like my dog is still with me after cloning him? I would rather live with the memories I created with my dog then to live with the new fake version of my dog. If I were to die tomorrow I wouldn't want my parents to clone me and live with someone that looks like me. So, the fact is that a pet can be cloned but it is never the original pet we once loved. So if someone is still willing to this after knowing all the information then there is nothing wrong with that.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Anerobic Cellular Fermentation
We can definitely function on anaerobic cellular respiration but I don't know if we can rely on it. This process if called Lactic Acid Fermentation- which is when we break down glucose in our cells. This happen while we are exercising our muscle cells obtain very little energy, it produces two ATP molecules instead of 36. So, I wouldn't say we can rely on it. We can keep exercising to produce more ATP's but this can only go on for so long... which is why it's proven that we can survive without food for at least two weeks.
Warm blooded animals are much more active than cold blooded mammals because they can generate their own body heat in cold temperature environment. Warm blooded animals convert their food into energy. Their body requires certain temperature to convert that food in to energy. Cold blooded animal's muscles depend on chemical reactions, which is faster in hot environment and slow in cold, so they tend to be very slow when it's cooler.
Warm blooded animals are much more active than cold blooded mammals because they can generate their own body heat in cold temperature environment. Warm blooded animals convert their food into energy. Their body requires certain temperature to convert that food in to energy. Cold blooded animal's muscles depend on chemical reactions, which is faster in hot environment and slow in cold, so they tend to be very slow when it's cooler.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thermodynamics
According to First law of thermodynamics energy can be changed from one form to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed. So, changing energy from one form to another would be considered reusing the energy in my opinion. Energy changes from Kinetic to Potential energy or vice versa. When we start the car and release gas the energy which is being used is called Kinetic energy and when it stops it turns in to Potential energy. But once we release the gas, the energy that's being used can't be recaptured. However, it's probably being used in the air with other molecules. So, yes I do believe that energy can be reused.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Food
I really like drinking Pepsi, it is a big part of my life. I cannot stand a minute without Pepsi, however if we examine the ingredients in the Pepsi we can see that it has many natural and unnatural ingredients. Most of them which can be harmful to the human body. Ingredients like fructose are natural, however phosphoric acid is an unnatural ingredient. And I don't really care about the food that I consume or drink, however knowing that most of the ingredients contained in Pepsi are harmful, I think I should be more concerned about what I drink or eat. Carbonated water is the biggest component of Pepsi that is harmful to humans as well as caffeine. Besides Pepsi, I enjoy eating grapes, grapes have potassium, iron and magnesium and Iodine as well as many vitamins. Although your body requires a small amount of these elements, these elements are crucial for the survival of humans. Let's take Iodine for example, although it is a trace element , the deficiency for Iodine leads to a disease known a Goiters. Yes, I believe that occasionally I like to eat a healthy diet. I try to balance the diet between proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. I believe eating a well balanced diet can lead to many positive side effects.
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