Animal Intelligence

           Animal intelligence is the study of the origins of animal intelligence by reviewing the mental processes of other species. The basic premise of this research is that we need to understand the processes of association and learning in other animals in order to understand how human culture, art, religion, mathematics and more may have developed.

    In my Listening Speaking class we've been talking about animal inteligence. So it was quite interesting to know what some animals can do, but first i have some questions for you.

Do you think animal are inteligent? Do you think they are able to do the same things that humans can or at least the basic stuffs? Do animals have rights? Well, these questions may seems some stupid ans pretty easy but just wait and take your conclusiosn later. stood out between the others for me animals.

1. Which of those things do you think some animal can do?
2. Create words and symbols
3. Do simple math like addition
4. Recognize themselves in a mirror
5. Play tricks on humans in order to get something
6. Show sense of humor
7. Show grief at the lost of a loved one
8. Lie to others

         Well if you said yes to all you're absolutely corret. May suprise you but some animal like chimps, dolphins and even elefants can recognize themselves in the mirror. But you my ask yourself how cientists know that? Is there any kind of test? Yes there is. Cientists says that some animals have the same level of inteligence that a 4 or 5 years old child, so for this test they usually put a mark in the face or other visible part of the animal and put the animal in front of a mirror. And what they do is, they notice that something is different and they try to clean the mark because it wasnt there before.

Parrot can learn about math, size and shape of thinks etc, and tell you later all that he have learned. They also can count until six and tell you what he wants to eat and what he doesn't like.

Killer whales are funny, playfull and smart. They use fish to bate seagulls and this is a exactly prove of inteligence.

        Animal like chimps, Dolphins, Perrots, elefants, dogs, crows, killer wells are the most likely to show an behavier of inteligence, they help another, they trick to get something, they play and socialize just like most of us do. By intelligence i mean the ability of the animal to learn, think, and solve problems.

      Animal rights is what Americans can be a bone of contention because is not in law but the commom sense that difere each person mau cause struggle between people.  therefore you won't penalized for any damage unless it affects another human in many different ways. So what I could conclude in my research about animal rights is that, it depends of each one of us, if we love then we must respect then, provide the best for them and protect them like we protect our selves. So take your conclusions but alaways remember, a pet can increase your happines 7-10%.

Principal Parks of my country (Angola)

The Flora an Fauna are part od the natural heritage of Angola. Tousrists often like to see unic places and live unic experiences.

In Angola there are 13 areas of environmental protection and they are divided by 6 national park, 1 regional park, 2 integral nature reserves and 4 partial reserves.

1. Quissama National Park, main area of ​​environmental protection Angola, is in the province of Bengo. It has an area of 9.600km2 and its fauna is composed of Manati, roan and tortoise. The is also a variety of birds.

2. Cangandala National Park, is located in the province of Malanje. It has an area of 600 km2 and its fauna includes the Palanca Negra Gigante, species unique to Angola.

3. Bicuar National Park, is located in the province of Huila, has an area of ​​7.900km2 its fauna and the highlight is the black buffalo.

4. Iona National Park, is the biggest park and is located in the province of Namibe. Is highlighted by Mountain Zebra and then we also have cudu, dik-dik, elephant, giraffe, oryx, still jackal, lion, cheetah and hyena-stained. The population of these animals is unknown and some species such as black rhino, was probably extinct.

5. Kameia National Park, is located in the province of Moxico, its area is 14,450 km2 and fauna includes chango, gnu-blue, wild boar, lechwe, topi, even lion, cheetah and leopard but the star of this park is the girafe.

  6. National Park Mupa is located north Cunene Province and occupies an area of 6,600 km2, animals such as Cahama, lion, leopard and hyena are found there.

A big part of the animal were extint because of civil war.Besides flora, fauna has a huge Importance in parks for the equilibrium of the ecosystem and Also and for medicinal value.

I hope you guys liked this post!

TEXTAPHRENIA

Hello guys!

       On Thursday, July 10th, I was chatting on facebook with a couple of friends when suddenly one of them shares a picture (picture on your right) on her Timeline, and as every facebook addicted I’ve read what was written in the photo and I saw something that I didn’t know about so I thought it would be a good idea to share with you guys. 

First of all, I have some questions for you.

Have you ever felt…

1.         Anxiety while you wait for a text message or comments?
2.        Insecure because of people’s opinion on social network?
3.        Depressed when you don’t have data (internet) therefore you’re not able to be Online?
4.       Low self-esteem because of what someone might have sad about you, maybe your pictures or even if nobody says a peep about them?

            Well, those questions above reflect the risks that teens (not only) face from texting overmuch every day without a break like an addiction or a drug, what some of them don’t know is that texting all the time can bring you serious injuries. This affliction is called; repetitive thumb syndrome, Blackberry thumb, Nintendo thumb, iPod thumb or text messaging thumb. 

How to know if you suffer of text messaging thumb?

Easy, the symptoms are:

1-Pain: At the base of the thumb which may continue to occur even when the thumb is not being used for texting
2- Aches: In the wrist, thumb web area or in the base of thumb joint
3-Muscle tension: In the area between the thumb and index finger

4-Tendon Pain: Associated with particular movements and positions of the thumb

           For moderate the pain you can wear a splint, pain killers, applying ice packs to the affected area and prolonged rest but my advice, go to see a doctor just to make sure that you’re on the right path. Researches were made and it shows that American teenagers on average send and receive about 100 messages a day and 2,300 text messages per month now think about this happening globally and also think about the consequences and how it can affect our future.

Explaining the topic

• Textaphrenia

Is thinking a message had arrived when it hadn't and it is connected to Textiety witch is the anxious feeling of not receiving or sending text messages. With Textaphrenia and Textiety you feel like no one cares about you, no one loves you that are why no one is contacting you.

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Involved physical and mental injuries from texting, like walking into things while texting and even crossing a road without looking.

·        Binge texting 

Is when teens send multiple texts to feel good about them and try to attract responses, this is the reverse of the anxiety because you feel excluded, you think you've been left out so you send a lot of texts and wait for responses desolated. 

Fall as sleep while waiting for a response

Waiting anxiously 

    

What really means to socialize?

This is not socializing

For me socialize means” To make fit for companionship with others” it means; be around people and do something. We can do better than just sitting home looking at the scream, filling miserable, bored, tired, lazy and sometimes crusty, on the other hand if it makes you feel better you may also think that you can prevent accident from happening by been alert on the streets and not let S.N distract you while you’re on class studying or doing something that require your full attention. Further down there is some pictures representing everything this post is about. Chatting is good but socialize with other people physically is thousand times better so let’s DO IT!

Playing Soccer

Typing while driving is too dangerous

Friends going out for a drink

Typing on class

Friends socializing, having fun together playing boiling 

Friends having fun on the pool

The first day of a foreign student

The first day of a foreign student can be tough or not, it depends of each person. If you are one of those people that take more time to fit or adapt in a new environment i got some tips for you:

1.Dont be shy, always remember that there are many people in the same situation as you.

2. Try to make a good first impression, people really mark that therefore it is important.

3. Don't feel afraid to ask something, you're there to learn.

4. Try to find things that appeals to other peoples as appeals to you.

If you do that i can sure you that your first day is going to be unforgettable almost like in the  picture above(hahaha!) bye and thanks for reading. see you soon