Tag: essay
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Why Save a Bug? A (Scientific) Love Letter to the Fireflies of New York City
The following is drawn from a paper written for the class, Animal Welfare: Animals in Science, taught by Professor Becca Franks for New York University’s Master’s program in Animal Studies. Fireflies are natural magic. The pulse of bioluminescent light emitted by fireflies as a form of mating communication inspires a near-universal sense of wonder. Unfortunately,…
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Leather Memories
I made this short film with a partner for Animals, Art, and Technology, a class that I am taking for my Master’s in Animal Studies at New York University.
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What a Canine Hears
Or, that time I attached a microphone to my dog. Have you ever wondered what your dog hears that you might not? What is the auditory experience like for our canine companions? In a fun little audio experiment (undertaken in part to teach myself Adobe Audition), I set out to understand what the world sounds…
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Why Won’t the Georgia Aquarium Return My Calls?
What happens when you try to ask an aquarium about the whale shark that died under their care?
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