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    the book difficult to comprehend. In addition, Alvarez applies symbolism by using the quote: “These baby monkeys were kept in a cage so long, they wouldn’t come out when the doors were finally left open. Instead they stayed inside and poked their arms through the bars for their food, just out of reach” (149). The Garcia girls will always be tied to the Dominican Republic just like how the monkeys are with the cage. The example of symbolism

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    The Francois’ Langur is one of the leaf monkeys. Francois’ Langurs are very social animal, who live in the group during their lifetime. They enjoy to interact with others, but the male Francois; Langurs do not interact with other group of male, because one male creates its own group with their females. Theses monkeys prefer to have polygamy system for reproduction. All of the female members have their own male partner. Because of this system, they create the unique group behavior for the female

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    20 September 2016 Mr. Ainscough Grade 10 English 2A Monkey King Character Changes “Character isn’t something that you were born with and can’t change… [Character is] something you must take responsibility in forming,” said famous author Jim Rohn. This is shown in American Born Chinese, written by Gene Luen Yang, with the Monkey King. The Monkey King shows his true malleability as a character as he has drastic personality changes throughout the course of the book. It is always unpredictable to

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    Evolutionary Classification The Cercopithecus aethiops, otherwise known as the vervet monkey is a species that has inhabited East African woodland savanna trees for thousands of years and is considered to be an old world monkey. The twenty-two inch long twelve pound omnivore primarily eat fruits and leaves, but in some cases will eat small mammals and birds and rarely drink water. Since the vervet monkey is considered an old world species, it inherently has a "close-set nostrils that are downward

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    completely irrational. Harlow's baby monkeys study mentioned by Mook (1983) states that mother monkeys are composed of wire or terry-cloth. The settings are problematic because it is unrealistic to make wire or terry-cloth figure analogical to fake monkey mothers. The reason why baby monkey clings to the cloth mother might be because it is more comfortable or warmer but not mother love. As baby monkey cannot talk, its feeling is never known. Since the fake monkey mothers do not resemble to the real

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    Title: Does the characteristics of Resplendent Quetzal’s tail such as its length and color difference affect male’s mating success during the courtship? Abstract: The resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) is a bird in the trogon family. It is found from Chiapas, Mexico to western Panama. It is well known for its colorful plumage. This species is 36 to 40 cm (14–16 in) long, plus up to 65 cm (26 in) of tail streamer for the male, and weighs about 210 g. Resplendent quetzals have a green body

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    done on capuchin monkeys, they are trained to return a rock to the scientist to gain a reward, which is this case is a piece of cucumber. Then, the other monkey who does the same task is rewarded with a grape, a much better reward to the monkeys. The monkey who only received the cucumber responds significantly to what he has seen and gets very angry. He starts to pound on the walls of the cage, demanding that he also gets the same reward. After not receiving a grape the monkey will throw his food

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    removed infant monkeys from their mothers and placed them in two different groups. For the first group, the monkeys were presented with a terrycloth mother that provided no food and one with a hard wire mesh that provided food (milk through a bottle). In the second group, the monkeys were presented with a terrycloth mother that provided food and a wired one that did not. Harlow discovered that the infant monkey stuck close to the terrycloth mother, whether or not it provided food. The monkey would even

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    besides dog and ponies. And other animals are trained to do certain things that other animals can not do. Other Animals There are other animals help people too. According to the article animals helping people “Assistance animals like this capuchin monkey are smart and nimble enough to help in lots of ways—they can turn the lights on and off, play a CD, or get their owners a cool drink”. Also according to the article Animals helping people “One girl is part of a special program to help children with

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    literature to film is symbolism. Poignantly, in the movie “Anna and the King”, the King’s favorite daughter loved the monkeys that played on the palace grounds. She drew pictures of them and mimicked them; in one scene, climbing on her father’s back and claiming she was a monkey, not a princess. Sadly, the princess died of cholera. After her death, the King found comfort in the monkeys and their mischievousness (shown when

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