Newly born kittens are about one foot long, weigh one pound with blackish-brown spots around their body (“Living with Wildlife in Lion Country”). They start to peek out of the den as their eyes open after three weeks while the female is on hunting for food. They become fully aware and playful after their eyes are opened. They are generally dependent on their mother for the milk (Crewe 5-6). The next part of a mountain lion’s life is its adolescence.
Her love of animals began at the age of two when she was given a stuffed chimpanzee animal by her mother. As her love for animals began to grow, she had made up in her mind that she wanted to reside in Africa with the animals. Jane took her first trip to Africa at the age of twenty-three, but didn't begin to study chimpanzees until the age of twenty-six when she went to Gombe National Park for the first time (Learning form Chimps…89). One of the ways Jane observed the chimps was to first observe them from a distance. She had to make many observations about the chimps before she could become up close and personal with them.
Aims and context (Put aims of study & background history): The aim of the study was to answer the question to what extent (how much) might another species be able to use human language? One way to test this was to teach a form of human language to a non-human animal. Gardner & Gardner aimed to investigate if they could teach a chimpanzee (considered to be a most intelligent and sociable animal) to communicate using a human language, specifically that of American Sign Language. Context - Language makes us unique as an animal, Chomsky (1965) believes language is unique to humans, other species can’t acquire language, humans have a language acquisition device, animals don’t. Early attempts to teach chimps to talk were useless, a chimp’s vocal apparatus is unsuited to making speech sounds, however the Gardners felt that chimps can use a non-spoken language like ASL, this language is used by the deaf in America.
As she got older, her dream became her own reality in which she got an opportunity to visit the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania, Africa. What was supposed to be a four-month project studying chimpanzees and their behavior in the wild, which had never been done before, became her life’s work. Jane Goodall was interested in the outdoor since childhood. But it was one toy that she received as a toddler that would send her on her life’s path. A stuffed animal, a chimp named Jubilee.
4. How would you describe Goodall’s relationship with the chimpanzees? Use at least one quote from her essay in your answer and include the page number. Jane’s relationship with the chimps was like none other then one with a human being. Goodall stated that she “felt very much in tune with the chimpanzees, for [she] was spending time with them not to observe, but simply because [she] needed their company” (146).
Valerie Jane Goodall April 3, 1934 (age 80) INQUIRER I think Goodall is an Inquirer because she develops her natural curiosity in chimpanzees. She aquired a PH.D, in ethology from Cambridge University. She was accepted to Cambridge for her outstanding doctoral dissertation without first having an undergraduate degree. She is one out of eight that has done this. Jane was born in London, England.
* She believed that the Samoan girls were largely relieved of their responsibilities of taking care of the babies after they were born. * As a woman, Margaret Mead had an advantage over male anthropologists in gaining access to women and children. * Among Mead's many roles while working in the field was tending to medical needs of the people she was studying. Reducing people's suffering also gave Mead the opportunity to talk to those she was treating, gaining their confidence and getting information that helped with her anthropological work. * OTHER FACTS: At one time Mead was the President of each of the following organizations: * American Anthropological Association * Anthropological Film
He comprehended what was happening and tried to comfort her. Showing empathy towards others is considered one quality that only human obtain (Wild Child). The fact that a feral child can develop this ability shows that it is possible for these children to become a civilized human. These youth can also establish relationships with the people around them. Genie, a girl who had been abused and confined to a room for 13 years was still able to create a close bond with the scientists, social workers, and doctors that had been looking into her case (Wild Child).
Alice Stevens 6 February 2014 Writing Assignment The essay that I prefer is “Chicken-Hips” by Catherine Pigott because I feel that it relates better to people on a personal level due to the fact that Catherine Pigott actually went through the experience by being in Gambia, learning about their culture and what beauty is to them; then after a year of being in Gambia she returned thicker than when she left and her family members urged her to sign up for a gym to feel “better” about herself. Today many people go through self-consciousness and think that if they go to the gym and have a slender and slim body they’ll feel good about themselves and feel happy, but happiness shouldn’t be determined by someone’s physical aspects. In Gambia, Pigott
They talked to their babies in a soothing voice, sang to them, smiled at them, held them, and enjoyed just being with their babies. They all encouraged their children to try again if they failed at something they were attempting to do. As the babies grew, most of the mother's used redirection as their form of discipline, with the exception of the Mongolian mother. She spoke in a more firm voice and also swatted her toddler's bottom though it was obvious that it wasn't intended to hurt, but to get the babies