We can not, it seems destroy our solar system but we can this planet and its surface as livable for
high animal life; however, the galaxy and the island universes are remarkably safe from our interference.
Not exact matches
Luxury
living among the
high - rise set is going to the dogs as builders are finding a huge demand for innovative spaces for
animal lovers.
As has been pointed out by several authors, rising
living standards in the developing world have seen rising demand for a
higher - protein diet and hence grain to feed
animals.
Reaching out to influencers provides an avenue for
high - impact work, since it can involve convincing a few powerful people to make decisions that influence the
lives of millions of
animals.
If humans were not designed by a
higher authority, how can each individual's DNA be uniquely different among the human species, especially different than the other
animals; how can the
life sustaining elements be constantly available and exist in exact formulations: O, H, C etc. water is always 2 atoms of Hydrogen and one atom of Oxygen; sugar, fats, grains, and any bio-chemical products can be broken down to their simplest forms of elements, but can be re-constructed with specific (not by chance) formula.
The only
animal with a
higher consciousness, the ability to reason, but many prefer to
live in their lower nature.
Whether or not there is a heaven, as reward, I would rather strive to a truly
higher ideal, than
live down to a common «social norm» that degrades us to mere
animal status,
living for our own pleasure and telling us that our more base desires are good, natural and should not be considered something to be overcome.
Outside the rarified environs of the
high academy and the fever swamps of
animal rights advocacy, most people in the West believe that the
lives of all human beings — not just the «normal» ones — are worth more than
animals», simply because they are human.
We may, somewhat simplistically, speak of four successively
higher or «emergent» levels that have evolved: matter, plant
life,
animal life, human
life.
(I interpret «
life and death» here to refer to the impermanence spoken of above, also to the fragmentation of values as scattered about, a little in me, some in you, some in other
higher animals, indeed as Buddhists assert some even in lower
animals, all of these perishable.)
Evidence of the fact that union differentiates is to be seen all round us — in the bodies of all
higher forms of
life, in which the cells become almost infinitely complicated according to the variety of tasks they have to perform; in
animal associations, where the individual «polymerises» itself, one might say, according to the function it is called upon to fulfil; in human societies, where the growth of specialization becomes ever more intense; and in the field of personal relationships, where friends and lovers can only discover all that is in their minds and hearts by communicating them to one another.
This depends upon there being a brain, an arrangement of cells in a particular part of the body which by reason of its peculiar coordination makes the given routing able to «know» in a distinctively human manner — quite different from, although certainly continuous with, the sort of «knowing» that is possible for the
higher grades of
animal life.
Similarly, the aims for most
living occasions include no (or few) hybrid prehensions, whereas the aim for a dominant occasion in an
animal organism is heavily weighted toward hybrid prehensions of past dominant occasions, which in the case of
higher organisms jointly constitute the soul or
living person.
Animal life introduces the central nervous system and a much
higher capacity for richness of experience.
The universe is self - existent and self - contained, within which man has evolved to the position of the
highest form of
animal life.
Apart from it, no
high form of
animal life would be possible.
This spontaneity may be minimal for protons and electrons, but in the course of the evolutionary advance, sustained until now, it has manifested itself in ever richer forms as the vitality of
living cells, the conscious activity of the
higher animals, and the self - conscious freedom of man.
Whitehead underscored this continuity by including «
higher animals» in his definition of «
living person.»
And on what is, in a sense, a
higher level still we have the disquieting example of such
animal groups as termites, ants and bees, our ancestors in the Tree of
Life, which, afflicted by an evil of which we seem to perceive the symptoms in ourselves, have lapsed into a state of social enslavement — the very fate towards which an implacable destiny seems to be impelling us.
The
higher we go up the scale of
life from plants to
animals to people, the greater capacity there is for enjoying the goodness of being.
Higher animals all seem to contain at least one such society, called a «
living person,» present in the body in addition to the cells and molecules of the central nervous system, even though dependent upon them.
In this regard, we described two types of biologically - based teleologies: (i) an external teleology, where there is a deliberate and conscious setting of goals, those that are generally found among human beings and possibly in
higher animals; and (ii) an internal teleology, where there is no self - directed or conscious goal - seeking on the part of
living organisms, such as in the natural selection of favorable traits among biologically adaptive species.
The attainment of such conformation would belong to the perfection of nature in respect to the
higher types of its
animal life.
MacTiernan said she had encouraged farmers to focus on boosting the boxed meat trade to key
live export markets in the Middle East and North Africa in light of the «risk» posed by
high profile
animal welfare violations.
Interestingly, with greater awareness of
animal welfare issues, kangaroo meat is the meat of choice for some people who prefer not to eat meat from traditional livestock, including chicken, because of the way many of them are housed during
life (feed - lots or other
high - density farming) and transported, handled and slaughtered.
Each time we investigate extreme cruelty to
animals within the
live export trade, the stakes get even
higher.
High - profile Australian politicians, actors and psychologists — as well as some of
Animals Australia's own investigators — speak at the rallies, urging the government to take strong action to help protect animals from abuse by ending the cruel live export
Animals Australia's own investigators — speak at the rallies, urging the government to take strong action to help protect
animals from abuse by ending the cruel live export
animals from abuse by ending the cruel
live export trade.
Animals Australia focuses its campaign efforts on the areas of greatest need — this is why factory farming and live export are among our highest priorities, with more than half a billion animals suffering in these cruel industries ever
Animals Australia focuses its campaign efforts on the areas of greatest need — this is why factory farming and
live export are among our
highest priorities, with more than half a billion
animals suffering in these cruel industries ever
animals suffering in these cruel industries every year.
Aramark has become a remarkable partner with The HSUS, and today, I am so pleased to announce that the company itself has reached new heights when it comes to
animal welfare — announcing a game - changing set of new policies to improve the
lives of
animals in its supply chain and setting the bar even
higher for other corporate players in the world of food service and retail.
The
highest quality, low ash protein ingredients, along with the right blend of carbohydrates, fats and fibers allow your
animal to lead a hale and hearty
life.
Animal studies suggest ingestion of pesticide mixtures in early pregnancy may be associated with decreased
live - born offspring leading to concerns that levels of pesticide residues permitted in food by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may still be too
high for pregnant women and infants.
«Marine
animals live longer at
high latitudes: Hhigh - latitude bivalves
live longer and grow slower than those in the tropics.»
Although the bodies of these
animals have a distinct top and bottom, they do not have distinguishable left and right sides — an arrangement, present in humans and other
higher life forms, known as bilateral symmetry.
ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is the main energy source inside a cell and is considered to be the
high energy molecule that drives all
life processes in
animals and humans.
Grandin's battles in the slaughter industry have nearly all been waged with
higher management, not with workers or floor managers, simply because they're office bound, their thinking determined more by the paper that surrounds them than by
living animals and working plants.
According to the researchers, who work with the Nature Conservation Foundation in Mysore, the
animal largely keeps to the forests and
lives at altitudes up of 3500 meters, making it one of the
highest - dwelling primates in the world.
Because
high stress levels can cut into
life - span and reproduction, at least in laboratory
animals, Wasser says the results — which he emphasizes are preliminary — raise some questions about the efficacy of federal regulations designed to protect the owl.
Small
animals have a
higher metabolic rate than big ones, and also tend to
live shorter
lives.
High levels of oceanic oxygen could have allowed advanced,
animal - like
life to develop for the first time — only to be wiped out again as oxygen vanished
Events for the younger set included a tour of «the fourth dimension» — a room full of hypercubes and other
higher dimensional objects that gave me a touch of vertigo; a chamber of robots that you could teach to play football; a demonstration of forensic science involving (real) guns and a (fake) cadaver in a staged crime scene; a
live cooking show in which physicists, chemists, and anthropologists explained the science and origins of food; and a walking tour through the natural history of excrement featuring — you guessed it — a dizzying array of
animal feces.
The approach, called tunable infrared laser direct absorption spectroscopy, detects the ratio of methane isotopes, which can provide a «fingerprint» to differentiate between two common origins: microbial, in which microorganisms, typically
living in wetlands or the guts of
animals, produce methane as a metabolic byproduct; or thermogenic, in which organic matter, buried deep within the Earth, decays to methane at
high temperatures.
Earlier this year, researchers discovered that periods when the ocean had
high levels of trace elements — like zinc, copper, manganese and selenium — seemed to overlap with periods of
high productivity, including the Cambrian explosion, when most groups of
living animals first appeared.
She was assisted by co-authors Thomas Neuberger, assistant professor of biomedical engineering in Penn State's Huck Institutes of
Life Sciences, working with the Penn State's
High - Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility, and Kate Anthony, research technician in
animal science.
«The dairy industry is committed to the economic sustainability of our farmers by selecting a new generation of healthy, long -
lived,
high production cows,» commented Journal of Dairy Science ® Editor - in - Chief Matthew C. Lucy, PhD, Professor of
Animal Science at the University of Missouri.
If a rodent
lives on a mountain and warmer temperatures compel the
animal to climb
higher, it may run out of mountain while temperatures keep rising.
Particularly hard hit are
animals with highly specialized diets and those that
live in
high altitudes.
The
highest levels were found in
animals living in the reservoir.
«This process also helps explain the unusually
high oceanic phosphorus levels, thought to be the catalyst for the origin of
animal life on Earth.»
For decades, researchers have commonly assumed that
higher oxygen levels led to the sudden diversification of
animal life 540 million years ago.
For example, she directs Gladstone's Center for In Vivo Imaging Research, which analyzes
high - resolution and cutting - edge in vivo images to monitor molecular changes in the brains of
live animals over time.