Richard Preston In October of l989‚ Macaque monkeys‚ housed at the Reston Primate Quarantine Unit in Reston‚ Virginia‚ began dying from a mysterious disease at an alarming rate. The monkeys‚ imported from the Philippines‚ were to be sold as laboratory animals. Twenty-nine of a shipment of one hundred died within a month. Dan Dalgard‚ the veterinarian who cared for the monkeys‚ feared they were dying from Simian Hemorrhagic Fever‚ a disease lethal to monkeys but harmless to humans. Dr. Dalgard decided
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knows exactly where filoviruses come from. Ebola has been occurring in microbreaks in Africa for some time now. A virus doesn’t usually kill it’s natural host because then it couldn’t jump species easily. Ebola is believed to have originated from monkeys in Africa. Ebola virus is named after the Ebola River‚ a tribune of the Congo River. There are three filoviruses: Ebola Zaire‚ Ebola Sudan and Marburg. Ebola Zaire is the most lethal strain‚ Ebola Zaire first occurred in 1976. Ebola Zaire kills
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Hamadryas Baboon? Answer: The hamadryas baboon’s rump is reddish-pink in color (and ugly). 3. What is the life span of the Serval? Answer: Servals live for about 20 years in captivity. 4. What is the diet of the DeBrazza Monkey? Answer: DeBrazza monkeys are omnivores and primarily eat fruit. 5. The Bateleur Eagle gets his name from the French word for acrobat. 6. The Nile Lechwe is known for what? Answer: Having awesome‚ S shaped antlers‚ along with other adaptations for living
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symbolize the importance of conserving and protecting beautiful but endangered animals like the Panda. Golden Snub-nosed Monkey ~Snub-nosed Monkeys are named after the short stump of a nose on their face. Their nostrils that are arranged upward cause them to sneeze when raindrops enter their noses. The Golden Snub-nosed Monkey is one of the 5 species of snub-nosed monkeys. Habitat loss is their main cause of threat. Gharial ~Gharials are commonly mistaken by most people as crocodiles. Gharials
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On a trip to San Diego Zoo on March 23‚ I learned about the variety of primate species. Three species that will be analyzed here are the Wolf’s Guenons‚ the Mandrills‚ and the Siamangs. Wolf’s Guenons‚ Old World monkeys‚ are found at south of Africa’s Congo River. Their habitat is forests‚ woodlands‚ near rivers and streams. They have a unique way of jumping from tree to tree: they aim at the center of dense clump of foliage and leap. When they land‚ they scramble through the branches and find a
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Medicine Men Dr. Chris and Dr. Xan experience a lot of doubt‚ frustration‚ fun‚ hard work‚ exhaustion‚ and numerous other things in their participant observation in the jungle of the Congo. They first arrive in one of the main cities of Africa. Chris and Xan visit a medicine store packed with dried reptiles and other animals. The shop owner shows them a chimpanzee head‚ and tells them that it is a gorilla head. The Dr.’s reaction is that the store owner is ignorant‚ not only because
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so therefore it is thought of as sacred food. “...as Kulfi became more and more ambitious‚ more and more sure of what she was doing‚ just one whiff was enough to send [the family] wild.” (103) Another instance would be with Sampath and the Monkeys. Sampath often uses food in his explanations when giving advice to his followers from up in his tree; "Once you open a bottle of soda water‚ you should drink it before it goes flat." (121) Also Sampath often dreamed about exquisite foods and exotic
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“On Being Sane in Insane Places” It was very interesting to read about Rosenhan’s study and how psychiatrists‚ who go through big coursework and training‚ could wrongly classify a patient. It surprised me how some psychiatrists couldn’t say they don’t know what’s wrong with patients instead they could possibly diagnose someone as insane. Though reading this chapter I found the strange things from Rosenhan’s study that was hard to believe. Slater states‚ “The strange thing was‚ the other patients
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Abstract This paper touches base with the reality that it solitary confinement and everything that goes along with that punishment. These supermax prisons are often overlooked by the everyday citizen; this leaves the inmates serving time in one of these facilities feeling isolated‚ not only in spirit but in the physical as well. It is the research of a few scientists‚ but more actual POW victims that will be able to shed some light on what really goes on in the depths of the human mind. It will
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movement. Encouraged by her husband Diego Rivera‚ Frida documented major events in her life. She was a great painter and expressed her feelings through her expressive colors and symbolic imagery. Frida also showed her love for animals‚ she had a few pet monkeys and a pet fawn in which she painted. She has inspired many people throughout the years with her political and emotional artwork. Although many of her works contain surreal elements they cannot be called surrealist‚ because she never entirely frees
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