Sentences with phrase «wild animals or plants»

Domestication (Doh - MES - ti - kay - shun) is the long and slow process by which people have adapted wild animals or plants to be tame and useful.

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Biologist Edward O. Wilson argues that humans are hardwired for biophilia, or a love of wild plants and animals, and that putting them back in touch with the environment could resurrect that feeling.

Hunter - gatherers have little or no stored food, and no concentrated food sources, like an orchard or a herd of cows: they live off the wild plants and animals they obtain each day.

Humans are powerful agents of evolutionary change: Wild animals and plants that are hunted or harvested evolve three times as quickly as they would naturally, according to a study from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

domestication A process of producing a tame version of an animal or plant from a wild one, which can take many generations.

domesticate (n.) A wild plant or animal species that has been bred into a tame version, usually over many generations.

Protein - rich superstars include grass - fed beef; wild fish; free - range organic chicken; barnyard eggs; and nondairy, non-soy plant or animal protein powders.

And, as much as vegans wouldn't want to admit it, if the human species returned to a more literal Paleo picture — actually hunting for actual wild animals when necessary (and eating them fresh), making animal foods just a part of the overall diet, and eating no refined plants (like white flour or white rice, which don't exist in nature), a couple things would happen: (1) we could put an end to the horrific treatment of animals in the factory farming industry, and (2) the environmental devastation that results from our current food production model would be substantially minimized.

Miyaki recommends: «Cut out processed, man - made foods, and return to your evolutionary, ancestral, or cultural past by eating more real, natural foods like wild animals and plants.»

«They ate exclusively the wild plant and animal foods they could hunt, gather, forage or fish in their native environment,» says Dr. Cordain.

This past Thursday marked the one - year anniversary of The Curious Case of Campbell's Rats, wherein we took a wild ride through over two decades of animal research in which Dr. T. Colin Campbell of China Study fame showed that dietary protein, whether it comes from animals or plants, protects against aflatoxin toxicity and the initiation of new precancerous lesions while simultaneously promoting the growth of precancerous lesions that have already formed.

I don't consider economics or sustainability as a consideration when talking about diet though but if you want to get technical, animals exist in the wild all over the world, fruits and vegetable are artificially raised, meaning we have to plant them, tend to them harvest them and they wouldn't exist without us.

So like our true paleo ancestors the best approach in today's world is likely a plant based diet with small servings of wild seafood and / or grass fed bison or game meat that is very close in composition to the animals that true paleos ate versus the fat and pesticide laden, nutrient - deficient, modern livestock meat and farmed seafood.

The body of evidence supports that — for those of us without the time and space to run down wild game, raise free - range livestock genetically unaltered since the dawn of modernity on those animals» evolved diets, or fish in unpolluted waters — a plant - based diet with proper B12 and algae - derived long - chain fatty acid supplementation is our best bet for meeting our evolved dietary needs in today's world, where there is limited farmland, dwindling wildlife, and 6.5 billion people to feed.

Objectives covered: Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees Identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals Identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores Describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals including pets) Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties Observe changes across the 4 seasons Observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies ALSO ADDED: Individual assessments for ALL science objectives for ALL year groups are available for purchase as are individual year group, KS1, KS2 or complete Primary packs.

If the store sells wild or exotic animals, also contact the United States Department of Agriculture / Animal and Plant Inspection Services (USDA / APHIS).

Once you bring an animal into your household, you'll need to be aware of the plants you own, cultivate, or that simply grow wild — many of them are poisonous to the animal.

Whether in the acrylic flower forms he has burgeoning off small panels or the vast, almost drapery - like gouaches on paper he has bedecked with yet more stylized floral, and animal, forms, Zakanitch celebrates nature - plants, birds, other wild beings - in a way that determines a fine line between the naïve and the elegant, the dopey and the exquisitely limned, the hermetic and the expository.

Climate models have also successfully predicted many climatic events we are already experiencing — extreme events, like 100 - year floods occurring twice within 15 years, or the extended heat waves that have killed hundreds of thousands of people and uncountable wild animals and plants.

Lehigh Valley Zoo Schnecksville, PA Jan 2017 — Dec 2017 • Provided appropriate care, feeding, and reproduction services to wild and exotic animals • Cleaned animal fields • Trimmed and watered plants, replaced nesting and bedding material in keeping instructions • Watched over animals for indications of illness, injuries or other strange conditions • Measured and prepared food items for pets Maintained cleanliness conditions around feeding areas