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Adorno, Theodor W. "Rose the Hippopotamus, Central Park Zoo." Social Text 27, no. 2 (2009): 133–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/01642472-2008-025.
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Kohli, Bharat, and Vishal Thakur. "NOVEL ANIMAL WELL BEING CENTRIC ZOO LAYOUT MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION AT DHAULADHAR NATURE PARK (A SMALL ZOOLOGICAL PARK)." International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management Research 8, no. 10 (November 9, 2021): 83–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/ijetmr.v8.i10.2021.1030.
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Zoological parks are the ex-situ conservation facilities to complement and strengthen the national efforts in conservation and strengthen the rich biodiversity of the country, particularly the fauna.[1]The architectural design or the map of the zoo depicting location and dimensions of the office,exhibit area, indoor holding area, visitor paths etc are some of the major components of Master (Layout) Plan of the Zoo. Central Zoo Authority is the competent authority to approve the Master (Layout) Plan of the recognized zoological parks recognized by CZA. This Master (Layout) Plan model design takes into account of 3 key parameters that one should keep in mind while designing the zoo: Animal welfare (i.e., making animal housing facility as comfortable as possible), seamless visitor experience and smooth working of zoo management personnel.
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WAKO, Kenji. "Changing of Zoo in the Central Park Zoo History and Idea to the Park of Olmsted." Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architects 54, no. 5 (1990): 90–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.5632/jila1934.54.5_90.
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DALHOUMI, Ridha, Patricia AISSA, and Stéphane AULAGNIER. "Bat species richness and activity in Bou Hedma National Park (central Tunisia)." TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 40 (2016): 864–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1505-46.
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Penn, Laura. "Zoo theater's influence on affect and cognition: a case study from the Central Park Zoo in New York." Zoo Biology 28, no. 5 (September 2009): 412–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20201.
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Tovar, Twiggy C., Don Moore, and Ellen Dierenfeld. "Preferences among four species of local browse offered toColobus guereza kikuyuensis at the Central Park Zoo." Zoo Biology 24, no. 3 (2005): 267–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20051.
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FRASER, JOHN, SUSAN CLAYTON, JESSICA SICKLER, and ANTHONY TAYLOR. "Belonging at the zoo: retired volunteers, conservation activism and collective identity." Ageing and Society 29, no. 3 (March 5, 2009): 351–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x08007915.
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ABSTRACTThe present study affirms previous research findings that volunteering satisfies personal needs but goes further by considering the factor of collective identity for volunteers and its consequences for them. The study specifically focused on older volunteers working at zoos. In the initial phase at Central Park Zoo 30 volunteers completed a short self-completion questionnaire. The second phase involved one-on-one interviews with 21 Bronx Zoo volunteers with a collective self-esteem scale. The responses indicated that the volunteers considered the collective identity of zoo volunteer to be important to their self-concept and believed that this identity is held in high public esteem. The results also suggested that identity as a zoo volunteer not only satisfies personal needs, as found by other volunteer studies, but that the collective identity supports external activism based on shared values. It was concluded that the collective environmental identity facilitated by volunteer work at the zoos provides affirmational social support for the volunteers' work as environmental conservation advocates, and enhances their sense of purpose and self-efficacy.
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Liza, Fahmida Tasnim, Mandira Mukutmoni, and Aleya Begum. "Gastrointestinal Parasites of Captive Asiatic Black Bear in Three Zoological Parks of Bangladesh." Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 48, no. 1 (June 29, 2020): 119–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v48i1.47881.
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Forty-two freshly defecated fecal samples from captive Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) were collected between May 2017 and April 2018 from Bangladesh National Zoo, Dhaka, Shaheed A.H.M. Central Park and Zoo, Rajshahi and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, Gazipur. The collected samples were processed by Formol-ether concentration technique. Altogether nine different gastrointestinal (GI) parasites were observed and identified, which include one protozoan, Coccidia spp. (42.86%); four cestodes, Hymenolepis spp. (42.86%), Diphyllobothrium spp. (28.57%), Spirometra spp. (14.29%) and Taenia spp. (21.43%); and four nematodes Ascaris spp. (57.14%), Toxocara spp. (21.43%), Trichuris spp. (21.43%) and hookworms (35.71%). No trematode parasite was found during the study period. Dominance of helminth parasites (71.43%) over protozoan parasites was observed. The male bears were found more susceptible to parasitic infection than the females. The intensity of infection was found erratic in young and adult bears. The species diversity, animals feeding behavior and hygiene maintenance may be responsible for the high prevalence rate of gastrointestinal parasites in the present study.
Bangladesh J. Zool. 48(1): 119-125, 2020
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Vyshegurov, S. Kh, A. P. Belanova, N. V. Ponomarenko, E. V. Palchikova, N. V. Ivanova, and E. V. Biktimirova. "Specialized objects of landscape architecture of the city of Novosibirsk." Bulletin of NSAU (Novosibirsk State Agrarian University), no. 2 (July 25, 2023): 14–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.31677/2072-6724-2023-67-2-14-25.
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Today, a modern large city can only be imagined with specialised landscape objects. They belong to the group of public facilities, the functional feature of which is formed, as a rule, under the pressure of the city’s cultural, social and historical environment. The presence of such facilities provides a wide range of recreational activities and contributes to the multifaceted development of the personality of visitors. The article presents a methodology developed by the authors for assessing the attractiveness and integration into the urban gardening system of specialised objects of landscape architecture in Novosibirsk. The proposed method makes it possible to determine the popularity of an entity among the population, its accessibility, its performance of the prevailing function, the possibility of social integration of people with disabilities, and the organisation of the landscape on the territory. Five specialised objects of various functional orientations were identified in the structure of Novosibirsk. Among them, parks of communication with nature and protect flora and fauna prevail in number (Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Dendrological Park, Novosibirsk Zoo named after R.A. Shilo). These objects are also the most popular among the residents of the city. The main factor in attracting visitors to such sites is the cognitive function. The historical and architectural open-air museum needs to be better integrated into the system of urban landscaping due to poor awareness of citizens about this object, the lack of developed transport and pedestrian communications and unhindered access for all categories of citizens. The dendrological park needs a reconstruction of the landscape organisation and functional zoning of the territory; for this object, the problem of popularization among the city’s residents is also relevant in the course of the analysis of specialized landscape objects of Novosibirsk, the Central Siberian Botanical Garden, the Central Park, the Novosibirsk Zoo named after N.N. R.A. Awl. However, none of them fully meets all the necessary criteria. Reconstruction of varying degrees is required for each facility, considering social trends and modern processes.
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Foerder, Preston, Martin Chodorow, and Donald E. Moore. "Behavioural synchrony in two species of communally housed captive penguins." Behaviour 150, no. 12 (2013): 1357–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003100.
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Animals in aggregations such as herds, schools, flocks, or colonies tend to synchronize their behaviour with each other for food acquisition and predator detection. Different species of captive penguins, when housed communally, intermingle more than in their natural habitat. Wild penguins typically divide themselves into separate colonies by species. We predicted that penguins would synchronize their behaviour more with conspecifics rather than interspecifically in a mixed-species zoo exhibit. The subjects were 65 penguins of two different species, chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarctica) and gentoo (Pygoscelis papua) in the Central Park Zoo, New York, NY, USA. Using instantaneous scan sampling, 359 video scans were taken over 10 days. Scans were analysed for nine different categories of behaviour for both species. Intra-species synchrony scores were calculated using the Kappa coefficient of agreement, and inter-species synchrony was measured by computing cross-correlations. As predicted, overall synchrony was significantly greater within both species of penguins than for randomly aggregated data representing mixed groups. There was also significantly less synchrony between species than between randomly mixed data for six of the nine behaviour categories. The pattern of results indicates that the penguins had organized by behaviour into separate species-specific colonies within the enclosure. They maintained species separation through behavioural synchrony despite the restrictions imposed by captivity.
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Rettenmund, Christy L., Alisa L. Newton, and Paul P. Calle. "UROPYGIAL GLAND SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IN CHINSTRAP (PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICUS) AND GENTOO (PYGOSCELIS PAPUA) PENGUINS AT THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY'S CENTRAL PARK ZOO." Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 46, no. 1 (March 2015): 113–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1638/2014-0011r1.1.
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Çalışkan, Dilek Ünügür. "The Animal Other: Revisiting Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story’s Jerry and Peter from a Postcolonial Lens." World Journal of English Language 14, no. 6 (July 10, 2024): 161. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v14n6p161.
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This paper delves into the intricate layers of Edward Albee's The Zoo Story (1958), with Jerry embodying the other and Peter representing the self. The focus is on the rich and complex postcolonial issues of hybrid identity, land, art, and otherness. The fixed identities of Jerry and Peter serve as a lens to understand the dynamics between the self and the other, where every other is shaped by the conquering culture while rejecting its ability to define it. Otherness is a complex and multifaceted concept involving discourse and the dominant group's norms and ideals. To maintain their feeling of superiority, Westerners stigmatized groups such as Others, Barbarians, Savages, and People of Color throughout the colonial era. The conflict is perpetuated through stereotyped ideals and spatial structure. The paper employs the Manichean allegory, the fragmented family metaphor, and the Native American trickster figure to delve into otherness and becoming an animal in the Third Space, Central Park, a unique blend of wilderness and modern life. The sudden appearance of the trickster Jerry in the northern part of the park, leading to a fatal fight for the bench, will expose invisible crimes rooted in animality, sexuality, and criminality discourses of identity-making. Albee's narrative will bring Editor Peter to the shaman's path through tribal storytelling and murder, a powerful tool for promoting sensation for diversity in media, forcing Peter to confront his other and self as the colonizer, colonized, and the animal via the face of the dying animal, Jerry, impossible to deface.
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Yuniningsih, Tri. "ANALISIS KEBIJAKAN PENGELOLAAN OBYEK WISATA TAMAN WISATA MARGASATWA MANGKANG SEMARANG." GEMA PUBLICA 1, no. 1 (October 25, 2015): 104. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/gp.1.1.2015.104-116.
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UPTD Taman Margasatwa formed based on the mayor 68 Semarangnumber of 2008 , instability visitors is a phenomenon is interesting to checkmanagement has be done by the city Semarang and of tourism city sernarang inits management in support of progress tourism and urban developmentSemarang be increased .In this research focused on the study of analysis policiesthat have been done by of tourism and culture Semarang city especially tourismpark mangkang marga animals , where in the management of taman MargasatwaMangkang Semarang city not maximum .Research aim is to identify the problemis in tourism taman Margasatwa Mangkang Semarang city especially with regardto the physical aspects , formulate alternative policies of physical problems facedby tourism taman Margasatwa Mangkang Semarang city and giverecommendations for alternative.From our observation in the field problems found was there is a lack ofphysical infrastructure, lack of how dare socialization and promotion, the limitedbudget from the government, still relatively low human resources / personnel,there is a lack of quantity human resources, the limited performance employees,duplicate work, there is no special security officers in the game, there is a lack ofthe trash, park did not yet have good, job desk employees who are clear, thathas not been the management of zoo mangkang, still low public participation /visitors in maintaining healthy, income have not reached a designatedtarget.Formulation alternative policies that is recommended after conductedstage weighting and scoring, so three alternative policies delivered thecoordination with third party private and, improvement of infrastructure, andchanges of form the uptd to other forms.In order to overcome problems , so the management tourism tamanMargasatwa Mangkang Semarang city must be responsiveness and responsive toeverything possible , so that we can remain in existence and could be an icontourism in central java , continuously improve cooperation with all partiesconcerned in order to attract tourists , local as well as foreign .As with biginvestors / private , travel agencies and hotels and mass media , improvement ofinfrastructure in the tourist attraction taman Margasatwa Mangkang Semarangcity , that have attraction , security and visitors .Keywords : policy analysis; managing; Mangkang Zoo
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Collins, Courtney Keane, Sean McKeown, and Ruth O’Riordan. "Does an Animal–Visitor Interactive Experience Drive Conservation Action?" Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens 2, no. 3 (September 7, 2021): 473–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jzbg2030034.
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Inspiring visitors to engage in conservation-related behaviour following a zoo visit is a primary objective for most zoos. Animal–visitor interactive (AVI) experiences are often central to this goal. Yet, these interactive experiences are insufficiently evaluated from both the visitors’ and captive animals’ perspectives. The current study took place at Fota Wildlife Park and involved the construction of an environmental enrichment device during an interactive visitor experience with Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae). It aimed to simultaneously encourage pro-conservation behaviour in visitors and promote animal welfare. Visitors (n = 51) completed a survey, observed the tigers’ behaviour and made a pledge to help tigers in the wild after completion of the AVI. Tiger behaviour was simultaneously observed by a trained researcher using occurrence or non-occurrence sampling, which found no indication that tiger welfare was compromised during the activity and was likely enhanced by engaging with the enrichment. Additionally, visitors observed a range of tigers’ behaviours. The results indicated that some visitors (8%) had continued with their pledge six weeks after the experience, and most visitors exhibited a high level of knowledge and a positive attitude towards tigers. The use of enrichment during AVIs may be a positive link between the visitor experience and animal welfare. These results can be used to guide AVIs in zoos which aim to connect people with nature and drive pro-conservation behaviour in visitors.
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Doble, Kimjohn S., and Demi C. Booth. "Nocturnal Activity Budget of Captive Bred Sand Cat Kittens During Weaning Period." Journal of Zoo Biology 4, no. 1 (April 13, 2022): 01–08. http://dx.doi.org/10.33687/zoobiol.004.01.3542.
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The sand cat (Felis margarita) is a specialist of arid desert habitat, with a wide but patchy distribution in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Central Asia and Pakistan. Due to its small size, perfect camouflage and its nocturnal habits; the sand cat is not an easy species to observe in the wild and little is known about their nocturnal behaviour. Diurnal time-activity budgets are commonly performed in captive animal collections, but little consideration is given to how animals behave outside of zoo opening hours. The assessment of nocturnal behaviour can provide more detailed information on how animals use the space provided to them and shed light on behaviour not commonly observed. This study examined the nocturnal behaviour and activity of 1.2 captive bred sand cat kittens during weaning period. Observations were conducted from July to August 2019 at Dubai Safari Park in United Arab Emirates. Nocturnal observations were recorded from 19:00 until 06:00 hours using a camera trap. A scan sampling data collection technique was used to find the percentage of time spent by each cat in each behaviour. A total of 15 behaviours were observed from 1,578 behaviour samples recorded. Observations show that the most active behaviours of the kittens were recorded as ‘Alert’ behaviour (28%), locomotion (25%), and socializing (16.5%). It was observed that the kittens were most active between 01:00 to 06:00 hours. It is recommended that further studies are needed with the use of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) Camera that can run 24-hours to account for any diurnal activity leading up to sunset prior to study timeframe that starts from 19:00 and ends to 06:00 hours, and to gather adequate information and to obtain more detailed results.
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Yankul, Oleksii. "“Writing to You. Miss You”: The Image of 2022 Wartime Kharkiv in Residents’ Social Media Posts." Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series: History, no. 62 (November 25, 2022): 203–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.26565/2220-7929-2022-62-09.
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The article examines the representation of wartime Kharkiv on social media during 2022. In total, 87 posts under the general heading “letters to Kharkiv,” posted on the Telegram and Instagram platforms, were analyzed. All the posts are tagged with the hashtags #листхаркову and #письмохарькову. The first “letter” is dated March 20, 2022 and posted on the Instagram social network. 18 Instagram posts were analyzed for this study. On March 24, the Telegram channel “Where in Kharkiv” created a rubric called “Letter to Kharkiv,” which continued until April 5, 2022. In total, 69 posts were published under this title. The study involved keeping track of city landmarks mentioned in the “letters,” in order to pinpoint locations iconic for Kharkiv residents and characteristics attributed to the city by its residents. The most often mentioned locations were the T. H. Shevchenko City Garden, M. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Recreation, M. V. Lysenko Kharkiv National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet, Kharkiv Zoo, and Sarzhyn Ravine. The Kharkiv subway often appeared in posts, particularly in its new status as a bomb shelter. Words such as “destruction” and “explosions” occur often, but at the same time in their “letters” Kharkiv residents repeatedly refer to the fighting as a “disease” plaguing the city, and call destruction and other damage caused by shelling “wounds.” In addition, most of the posters believe in victory and state that the city will definitely be rebuilt. Overall, these posts contribute to the image of wartime Kharkiv as an “unbreakable city.” The epithets “unbreakable,” “unconquered,” “staunch,” and the like acquire special significance in the “letters” as they describe life in Kharkiv in 2022. The posters are proud of the city, its courage and perseverance. The analyzed social media posts help better understand the transformation in the perception of the city by its residents since the beginning of the fullscale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The posters see soldiers, utility workers, volunteers, doctors, first responders, and all residents of Kharkiv in general as the city’s modern-day heroes.
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Bourke, Joanna. "Bestiality, Zoophilia and Human–Animal Sexual Interactions." Paragraph 42, no. 1 (March 2019): 91–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/para.2019.0290.
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From the earliest human cultures, nonhuman animals have been central to the sexual imaginary of humans. This article traces the modern history of bestiality from the nineteenth century, culminating in ‘zoo’ communities today. It explores the changing ideas about the ‘wrongness’ of such acts. It asks: what do human–animal sexual relations tell us about gender, sexuality, violence, psychiatry and concepts of consent? What are the possibilities for humans and nonhuman animals becoming true ‘companion species’?
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Akpegnon, Amékaéli Casimir. "Flore et écologie de la partie centrale du Bassin de Zio dans un contexte de pression foncière au Togo." Revue Ecosystèmes et Paysages 3, no. 2 (December 30, 2023): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.59384/recopays.tg3203.
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La création d’un nouveau jardin botanique universitaire à Kovié (commune Zio 2-Togo) fait partie des engagements des autorités universitaires à contribuer à l’atteinte des ODD. Ainsi, cette recherche vise à contribuer à une meilleure gestion et planification des potentialités écologiques du périmètre affecté à cet effet. Des in-ventaires floristiques, forestiers, régénération et écologiques ont été réalisés sur trente-six (36) placettes de 1000 m2. L’analyse rapide de l’occupation du sol révèle que le nouveau site du jardin est constitué de forêt (2,80 %), savane boisée (35,97 %), savane arbustive/arborée (14,36 %), et savane herbeuse (3,13 %). Un total de 120 espèces réparties en 112 genres et 51 familles ont été recensées. Mitragyna inermis (30,56 %), Lonchocarpus sericeus (30,56 %), Lannea acida (30,56%), et Terminalia avicennioides (19,44 %) sont les espèces les plus fréquentes. Les espèces hémicryptophytes (15,13%), mésophanérophytes (15,13%), les espèces afrotropi-cales (13,09%) et soudano-zambezienne (13,09%) sont les plus abondantes. Quatre groupements phytosociologiques ont été discriminés : Mitragyna inermis et Lon-chocarpus sericeus, Pseudocedrela kotschyi et Sarcocephalus latifolius, Vitellaria paradoxa et Terminalia avicennioides et le groupement à Sporobolus pyramidalis et Hexalobus monopetalus. Le potentiel de régénération naturelle est estimé à 78,70%. Ces informations peuvent guider les décideurs et les acteurs sur le terrain dans la mise en place de mesures de conservation et d'exploitation durable. L'objec-tif est d'améliorer le niveau de vie et les revenus de la population.
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Miranda, Jean Carlos, Glaucia Ribeiro Gonzaga, and Rosa Cristina Costa. "PRODUÇÃO E AVALIAÇÃO DO JOGO DIDÁTICO “TAPA ZOO” COMO FERRAMENTA PARA O ESTUDO DE ZOOLOGIA POR ALUNOS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL REGULAR." HOLOS 4 (September 9, 2016): 383. http://dx.doi.org/10.15628/holos.2016.4100.
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A busca por novas ferramentas no processo de ensino como alternativas dinâmicas de facilitação da compreensão de conteúdos relacionados a Ciências tem aumentado com o passar dos anos. O jogo didático pode ser considerado um instrumento de grande valia para este processo, uma vez que, além dos benefícios didáticos, ele proporciona o crescimento pessoal e intelectual dos discentes e fortalece as relações interpessoais dos mesmos. No presente trabalho, objetivou-se apresentar e analisar o jogo didático “Tapa Zoo”, que aborda a Zoologia como tema central. O trabalho foi realizado com duas turmas de sétimo ano do Ensino Fundamental Regular e com o docente responsável pelas aulas de Ciências destas turmas de uma escola municipal localizada em Santo Antônio de Pádua/RJ. O jogo didático elaborado fez uso de material de baixo custo e fácil aquisição e aborda características de classificação de espécies. Tendo em consideração que o conteúdo de Zoologia é deveras extenso, o que desmotiva os alunos no estudo desta área, o jogo didático foi de grande importância para despertar o interesse dos discentes e auxiliar no processo de ensino-aprendizagem.
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Yamada, Satoru. "Soulages, Michaux, Malraux y Vieira da Silva, amigos e inspiradores de Zao Wou-Ki." Imafronte, no. 29 (February 2, 2022): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/imafronte.480261.
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Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013) es un pintor chino reconocido internacionalmente. Intentando alejarse del convencionalismo del arte en China, decidió instalarse en París. Pero allí, después de conocer la obra de Paul Cézanne y Paul Klee, Zao empieza a reconciliarse la tradición china: el signo y el qui, como estilo de su obra, pero hay algo más. Cuando llegó a París, Zao consiguió conocer a muchos artistas emergentes que dejarían huella en la Historia de Arte que van a ser los precursores de su camino artístico. Ellos contribuyeron en la recuperación de sus raíces. Sobre ello, no hay una investigación profunda, y es por lo que la abordo. El hecho de que Zao trabajara con numerosos poetas tras la colaboración con Henri Michaux me recuerda la estética china “coincidencia entre el poema y la pintura”. Me voy a centrar en su colaboración con los poetas para investigar su arte por esta circunstancia. De otra parte, estudiaré el qui, espacio pictórico chino, porque considero que Zao cogió la chispa de Pierre Soulages. Soulages compartía la idea del espacio y la luz con Zao, por eso analizaré los diálogos del pintor francés.
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Novoa Torres, Edgar. "Las nuevas realidades del bios/zoe del cuerpo, entre la bioética y la biopolítica." Revista Latinoamericana de Bioética 14, no. 26-1 (February 17, 2014): 98. http://dx.doi.org/10.18359/rlbi.499.
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<p>El texto propone la consideración de las profundas transformaciones ontemporáneas del bios/zoé y las consecuencias que tienen para el debate bioético y biopolítico, donde adquiere una especial relevancia el cuerpo. Estamos asistiendo a un giro ontológico profundo en nuestro relacionamiento con la naturaleza y entre nosotros mismos, mediado por el desarrollo creciente y acelerado de la tecnociencia en un contexto de globalización, que se evidencia en las transformaciones en el interior de los laboratorios y en el despliegue de una nueva forma de producción. El cuerpo se convierte en un eje central de debate de discursos, prácticas, estrategias y mecanismos del biopoder y la bioeconomía, al mismo tiempo como ámbito de manifestación de los más sentidos gritos de transformación sociopolítica alternativa.</p>
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Santos, William Soares dos. "Natureza como Personagem nas Narrativas de A Cidade do Vento e Elias Portolu de Grazia Deledda." Revista de Italianística, no. 47 (December 22, 2023): 19–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-8281.i47p19-47.
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Este artigo tem como objetivo investigar o uso da descrição paisagística e da apropriação de elementos da natureza como personagem nos romances A cidade do vento e Elias Portolu, de Grazia Deledda (1871-1936). De caráter hermenêutico (GADAMER, 2003), é realizado a partir de uma perspectiva sociointeracional do discurso (GUMPERZ, 1982) e da leitura como um processo que conjuga saberes esquemáticos e sistêmicos (WIDDOWSON, 1984, 1993; SANTOS, 2022a, 2022b). A análise investiga como em A cidade do vento a natureza é um de seus principais personagens. O vento, que já aparece no título do livro, é uma de suas forças motrizes: é ele que movimenta e rege a vida das pessoas da inominável cidade onde se passa a trama e pode ser lido como uma metáfora do destino, mas, também, como a força que rege os ciclos da vida. Na leitura de Elias Portolu, a análise foca em como alguns dos elementos que parecem querer conduzir Elias Portolu (personagem central da trama) ao caminho da felicidade surgem na forma da natureza em si mesma, através das minuciosas descrições de bosques, dos prados e de outros elementos da paisagem sarda, ou pelo pensamento representativo de uma sabedoria primitiva, muito ligada às forças da natureza, que pode ser anterior ao Cristianismo, ou mesmo ao pensamento clássico, e que sobrevive na ilha da Sardenha, tal como ela é representada por Deledda em sua narrativa, por meio de personagens como o de zio Martinu. A leitura dos dois romances propostos aponta para a percepção de que Grazia Deledda utiliza a natureza como personagem em suas narrativas em três níveis: 1) o nível da descrição detalhada do próprio elemento da natureza; 2) o da natureza, refletindo o estado emocional dos personagens e; 3) o nível em que o personagem entra em simbiose com a natureza.
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Camargo–Sanabria, Angela A., and Salvador Mandujano. "Evaluación de la morfometría de pellets como método de categorización de sexos y edades en venado cola blanca (Odocoileus virginianus mexicanus) en Puebla, México." Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología (Nueva Epoca) 13, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 92. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/ie.20074484e.2009.13.1.38.
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Resumen: Tanto desde una perspectiva ecológica como de manejo, es importante conocer la proporción de sexos y la estructura de edades de las poblaciones de venado cola blanca (Odocoileus virginianus). Sin embargo, en aquellos lugares donde no es posible ver directamente a los animales en vida libre, no es sencillo determinar su edad y sexo por lo que se han empleado métodos indirectos como el análisis morfométrico de los pellets. Con el fin de determinar si la variación entre pellets de individuos de diferentes edades y sexo permite su correcta categorización, se colectaron los grupos fecales de individuos conocidos en cautiverio en la UMA-Zoológico Flor del Bosque, Puebla. Se obtuvieron 180 muestras de las cuales 18 fueron de crías (< 1 año), 78 de juveniles (2-3 años) y 84 de adultos (> 3 años). Se comparó el promedio de todas las variables morfométricas entre grupos fecales de un mismo individuo y entre individuos de la misma clase de edad y sexo. Nuestros resultados sugieren que dada la alta variación presentada en las medidas morfométricas de los pellets de un mismo individuo en una misma época y entre épocas del año, y la baja variación mostrada entre grupos fecales de individuos de diferentes clases de edad y sexo, el análisis morfométrico de pellets es una metodología poco confiable para determinar la estructura de edad y sexo de una población de O. v. mexicanus. En consecuencia, la técnica de clasificación fuzzy no logra una categorización adecuada de la población en estudio pues sólo separa a los machos adultos de 5 y 6 años, mientras que los machos de menor edad y juveniles, así como hembras adultas y juveniles no son discriminados en clases separadas. Se sugiere realizar análisis similares a este con otras subespecies de venado que no exhiban un fuerte dimorfismo sexual como aquellas distribuidas hacia el centro y sur de México. Palabras clave: estructura de edades, método indirecto, pellets, técnica fuzzy, Odocoileus virginianus.Abstract: Both from an ecological perspective as management, it is important to know the sex ratio and age structure of populations of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). However, in places where you can not directly see the animals in the wild is not easy to determine their age and sex so indirect methods have been used as a morphometric analysis of the pellets. To determine whether the variation between pellets of individuals of different age and sex allows proper categorization, fecal groups were collected from known individuals in captivity in the Zoo UMA-Flor del Bosque, Puebla. We obtained 180 samples of which 18 were young (<1 year), 78 juveniles (2-3 years) and 84 adults (> 3 years). We compared the average for all morphometric variables between groups fecal same individual and between individuals of the same age class and sex. Our results suggest that given the high variation shown in the body measures of the pellets from the same individual in the same season and between seasons, and low fecal variation shown between groups of individuals of different age classes and sex, analysis morphometry of pellets is an unreliable method to determine the age and sex structure of a population of O. v. mexicanus. Consequently, the fuzzy classification technique does not achieve appropriate categorization of the study population because only separates adult males of 5 and 6 years, while younger males and juveniles and adult females and juveniles are not discriminated against in separate classes. Similar analysis suggested this to other subspecies of deer that do not exhibit strong sexual dimorphism as those distributed to the central and southern Mexico.Key words: Structure of ages, indirect method, pellets, technology fuzzy, Odocoileus virginianus.
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"Monkeying Outside Central Park Zoo: Hasbrouck Advertises His Nitrous Oxide." Anesthesiology 128, no. 4 (April 1, 2018): 744. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000002164.
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Kasicova, Zuzana, Petronela Komorová, Patrik Pastorek, Andrea Schreiberová, Miroslava Friedman, Andrea Kimáková, and Alica Kocisova. "Diversity, Abundance and Host Preference of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Potential Vectors and Nuisance Insect in Zoo Park Košice, Slovakia." Medical Research Archives 9, no. 6 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.18103/mra.v4i6.2398.
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Biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) were captured in the course of three seasons (2017–2020) in the Zoo Košice. The total number of captured individuals was 5,667 biting midges, and 12 species of Culicoides were identified, while the most frequently captured and the most populous species were C. obsoletus/C. scoticus, C. furcillatus, and C. festivipennis. The most frequent hosts on which the biting midges were blood-feeding were humans (Homo sapiens), Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii), and domestic cow (Bos taurus). This is the first study to confirm a wide range of biting midges species in a zoo which are capable of using not only animals as their hosts, but also humans, in whom a bite may induce an allergic reaction. More than 80% of the fauna of biting midges in the Zoo Košice represented Culicoides obsoletus/C. scoticus, which are in the Central Europe regarded as the potential vectors of arboviruses, to which primarily ruminants are highly susceptible.
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Kasicova, Zuzana, Petronela Komorová, Patrik Pastorek, Andrea Schreiberová, Miroslava Friedman, Andrea Kimáková, and Alica Kocisova. "Diversity, Abundance and Host Preference of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Potential Vectors and Nuisance Insect in Zoo Park Košice, Slovakia." Medical Research Archives 9, no. 6 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.18103/mra.v9i6.2398.
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Biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) were captured in the course of three seasons (2017–2020) in the Zoo Košice. The total number of captured individuals was 5,667 biting midges, and 12 species of Culicoides were identified, while the most frequently captured and the most populous species were C. obsoletus/C. scoticus, C. furcillatus, and C. festivipennis. The most frequent hosts on which the biting midges were blood-feeding were humans (Homo sapiens), Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii), and domestic cow (Bos taurus). This is the first study to confirm a wide range of biting midges species in a zoo which are capable of using not only animals as their hosts, but also humans, in whom a bite may induce an allergic reaction. More than 80% of the fauna of biting midges in the Zoo Košice represented Culicoides obsoletus/C. scoticus, which are in the Central Europe regarded as the potential vectors of arboviruses, to which primarily ruminants are highly susceptible.
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Kras, Nicole. "Nature-Based Learning at an Urban Community College: A Case Study at the Central Park Zoo." Community College Journal of Research and Practice, May 26, 2021, 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2021.1931557.
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Garofalo, Luisa, Nadia Cappai, Marco Mencucci, Emiliano Mori, Lorenzo Attili, and Rita Lorenzini. "A forensic genetic investigation reveals a captive origin for a wild alien population of raccoons in Italy." Scientific Reports 14, no. 1 (May 28, 2024). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62424-1.
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AbstractInvasive alien species have extensively impacted the ecosystems, where they may affect the native biodiversity. The North American raccoon Procyon lotor is one of the most successful invaders in Europe since its introduction in the early twentieth century. In Italy, a wild population was first established in the North at the beginning of the 2000s following a local introduction event. A further self-sustaining population was reported ten years later in Central Italy. To support an official investigation by the authorities, who suspected a captive origin of the free-ranging raccoons in Central Italy, we used nuclear and mitochondrial DNA markers, combined with different statistical approaches, to characterise their gene pool and trace the source of the founders. Results revealed that founders came from a private zoo-park from which they had inadvertently escaped, soon establishing a reproductive population in the wild. Additionally, our mitochondrial DNA data were used to supplement the haplotype variability known to date in captive and wild raccoons from Europe, Asia and their native range. The comparisons allowed us to update previous networks based on the control region with a new mitochondrial lineage, which had not been detected so far.
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Vahid Nasiri, Farnoosh Jameie, Habibollah Paykari, Nahideh Mazhari, Saba Soltani, and Mahdieh Pashaei. "Survey of Gastrointestinal Parasitic infection in Captive Wild Animals of a Central Zoological Garden in Iran." Journal of Veterinary Science and Research, December 13, 2019, 78–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.36811/jvsr.2019.110009.
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Zoos are places where a great number of valuable animal species are put together taken out of their natural habitats .This survey was carried out to survey the gastrointestinal parasites in animals at a zoological garden in Tehran, Iran. A total of 143 fecal samples from various captive wild animals, consisting of 40 different species were collected randomly and analysed for the presence of the different stages of parasites by direct smear preparation and zinc sulfate flotation followed by Ziel-Neelsen staining method. Data showed that the examined animals were consist of 12 species of carnivores (36 samples), 17 species of herbivores (75), 3 species of non-human primates (11 samples), and 8 species of different species of birds (21 samples). 23(16.08%) of animals, that belonging to 14 animal species, were infected with different intestinal parasites. Among 143 samples from captive wild animals 23 samples (16.08%) were positive for gastrointestinal parasites that 5 samples (3.49%) belong to Carnivores, 13 samples (9.09%) to Herbivores, 4 samples (2.8%) to Non-human primates and 1 sample (0.7%) to Aves. The prevalence of parasites was higher in Non-human primates (36.36%) followed by Herbivores (17.33%), Carnivores (13.88%) and Aves (4.76%).Some animals infected with more than one parasite species and have mixed infection, thus, out of 23 animal samples that parasites were encountered, 12 (8.39%) were infected with helminths and 13 (9.09%) were infected with protozoa. The high prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites found in zoo animals examined in this study emphasizes the importance of controlling these parasitic diseases in order to keep animals, especially in the case of endangered species, in healthy conditions and prevent probable infection of humans working with these animals to zoonotic parasites. Keywords: Wild animals; Zoological park; Parasite, Iran
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Fatima, Naz. "Some Interesting facts about National Animal of Pakistan." MARKHOR (The Journal of Zoology), June 30, 2020, 02. http://dx.doi.org/10.54393/mjz.v1i1.13.
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“Markhor” (Capra falconeri) name is derived from two Persian and Pashto words, “Mar” means ‘snake’ and “khor” means ‘eater’. It is a large wild goar, habitant of mountains and high altitude rainy forest of Western and Central Asia. It is national animal of Pakistan and also termed as the ‘screw-horned goat’ or ‘Shakhawat’. The male Markhor are usually loners while females live in herds of 9. They are diurnal and excellent climbers and jump on rocky, mountains. After chewing the cud, they form a foamy substance in their drool which is used by the native people for extracting poison of the snake.
Male Markhor lives in forest during the hot weathers, while female Markhor climb the highest peaks. However, they descend down to the area of relatively lower altitudes in cold season to avoid the extreme weather conditions. They forage for around 8-12 hours a day and then rest during the mid-day to chew their cud. Markhor are normally kept with other 83:wild goats. They are captivated in zoo and wildlife parks for conservation purpose. Markhor have an average life span of 10 to 13 years.
They are susceptible of being eaten, when threatened, they give an alarm that is similar to that of a domestic goat bleating. It is listed as an endangered species on ‘The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List since 2015. During the last fifteen years (2006-2020), hundreds of markhor have been killed in Chitral gol national park (CGNP), Pakistan [1]. Direct predation and disturbance of natural environment to these animals have compromised conservation of markhor in Pakistan.
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Dzitsuik, V., L. Starodub, and T. Dyman. "GENETIC FEATURES OF TARPAN-LIKE HORSES OF THE POLISH PRIMITIVE (THE KONIK) BREED AND ESTABLISHMENT OF PHYLOGENETIC OF ANCIENT EGUIDS USING THE ISSR-PCR MARK." Naukovì Dopovìdì Nacìonalʹnogo Unìversitetu Bìoresursiv ì Prirodokoristuvannâ Ukraïni 2023, no. 1/101 (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.31548/dopovidi1(101).2023.002.
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In the development of human society, the horse, compared to other domestic animals, played a central role. It became an integral part of the economic and intellectual development of ancient human settlements, a symbol of the transformation of subsequent great epochs. The last wild horse that survived in Ukraine until the end of the XIX century, according to many paleontologists, was the tarpan. However, this statement is still questioned. In the books and documents of old chroniclers and researchers we find descriptions of wild horses called tarpans, which could be found in the wooded areas of Poland, Lithuania and Prussia in the XVIII century. Emphasizing the forest existence of these horses, they received the Latin name Equii silvestris (forest horses). According to historical records, tarpans survived the longest in the wild in the vicinity of Bialowieza Forest, more or less until 1780, when they were finally caught and transferred to the Zoo of the Counts of Zamoyski (an influential Polish count) in the town of Zwierzyniec near the town of Bilhora in Lublin Voivodeship in eastern Poland. Around 1806, the zoo ceased to exist, and the horses were distributed to local peasants. Thus, we can assume that this is the last case of domestication of wild horses in Poland. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has launched a program to return the tarpan-like Polish horse to nature. Therefore, tarpan-like horses were brought to the Belarusian part of Belovezhskaya Pushcha and to the south-west of Latvia (1999) [11]. In 2009, with the consent of the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine and the Ministry of Nature Protection of Poland, horses of the descendants of the wild tarpan horse were brought to the territory of Yavoriv National Nature Park from Roztochansky National Park to preserve and reproduce the gene pool of these horses. However, the origin of the domestic horse and the history of most modern breeds remains unclear to this day. This is due to the fact that the bones of wild and domesticated horses are almost identical. The lack of diagnostic, anatomical and biometric criteria does not allow to determine the archaeozoological remains of the horse. To solve these problems molecular genetic analysis of horse DNA is used. With the use of molecular markers in research, there are new opportunities to study genetic diversity, as well as the definition of phylogenetic relationships at both intra- and interspecific levels. One of the types of genetic polymorphism research is ISSR-PCR - amplification of intermicrosatellite DNA fragments, the purpose of which is to conduct genetic monitoring in rocks in order to preserve the allelofund of a few rocks. (3) The aim of the work was to identify intraspecific genetic variability of tarpan-like horses of the Polish konik breed and to establish phylogenetic links between ancient equids (Pleistocene horse, real tarpan) using ISSR - fingerprinting. The material for the assessment of intraspecific and interspecific genetic variability and the establishment of phylogenetic relationships between modern horses and fossil remains of ancient horses were horses of the Polish konik breed (10 heads) of the Yavoriv National Nature Park of the Lviv Region. and fossil bones of horses of the Pleistocene period (about 10 thousand years BC), metacarpal bone (os. tarsicentral). The bone was found in Novgorod-Siversky, Chernihiv region during quarry construction work. The excavations were carried out by PI Borisovsky in 1935. A tooth found in the village of Tarpan was used to study a wild tarpan horse (4.5 thousand years BC). Skibnytsia, Trostyanets district, Vinnytsia region. Excavations were conducted in 1959 by VM Danylenko. The paleontological material that was studied was provided by the Kyiv National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Department of Paleontology. It was found that the species-specific spectra of PCR products obtained by ISSR-PCR for species E.caballus are fragments of 380-400 np and 500-520 np. The breed-specific fragments of the DNA molecule inherent in horses of the Polish konik breed include spectra of amplification products with a size of 680-710 np. It was found that the genetic distances between the amplicons of ISSR-PCR markers of Polish horses and fossil remains of a Pleistocene horse were 0.0881 and between the remains of a real tarpan - 0.0845. The low value of the share of polymorphic loci (P) and the index of polymorphic information content (PIC) was revealed, which indicates a high degree of genetic consolidation of horses of the Polish konik breed and possible reproductive isolation of the population. It was established that the spectra of amplification products of horses of the Polish horse and fossil remains of Pleistocene horse and real tarpan by 97% on the universal scale of dimension of ISSR fragments in np belonged to "light" (A-35 - A-25) and "medium" -25 - A-13), which is a specific characteristic of E. caballus species.