Word: speciesism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The zone is one of the few places in the world left untouched by pesticides and herbicides. To help make the wildlife preserve even more flourishing, the South Korean government allocates some of its $400,000-a-year conservation budget for grain, which is spread by South Korean soldiers along...
In the sixth of a series of "research lectures for the non-specialist," Devore discussed the role of the male in various animal societies, nothing that males spend little, if any, time in caring for the young of the species.
Though their duties may include hunting and protection of a group of females, Devore said, the male's principal role is to provide the species with genetic change which is facilitated by sexual, rather than asexual, reproduction.
We conduct animal behavior studies to obtain a "broad range of data in order to try and look at the human species objectively," Devore said. He added that our evolutionary continuity with other mammals, especially the great apes, is "quite striking."
Like a grotesque, hook-shaped inkblot, the oil spread menacingly across the water. Along a single stretch of Brittany beach, 25 species of dead fish were found. Vast beds of seaweed, which are harvested to make Pharmaceuticals and fertilizer, were destroyed. Thousands of oil-tarred birds lay dead or dying...