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A Primer on the Evolution of Animals Animals are multicellular, living, breathing organisms in the Kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, all animals eat raw organic matter, breathe air, can move, reproduce sexually, and secrete body heat. All vertebrates (izards, snakes, insects, birds) and most mollusks (starfish, snails, oysters, clams) belong to the class Bacteria. The […]

“Kissing is like lighting a beacon on a hillside.” -Rumi Forehead kisses–more literally just that: a kiss put on the forehead of another person–are an affectionate, loving gesture, and in most instances they tend to indicate more caring and sweetness than simply sexual attraction. Many women like to give a light, quick kiss on the […]

Love is a powerful word, one that invokes images of spring, sunshine, and angels. But love is more than this. It is the feeling of connection between two people, or between two places, or between a series of events and occurrences. Love is a synonym for friendship, although friends usually care about each other as […]

People often wonder about the different traits that animals have that sets them apart from humans. Although a great deal of research has been done over the years, much remains unknown about the animal kingdom and the most basic traits that separate one species from another. In this article, we’ll go over some of the […]

A kiss is the small, pressed touch or caressing of one’s lips to an object or another person. Kissing is most commonly associated with romantic love and affection between couples or friends, though it can occur between people of any relationship whether they are lovers, friends or family. The cultural associations of kissing range widely, […]

Is Romantic Love All There Is To It? To love is to desire something more than what we can presently have. It is to desire more of what is wanted without having to work for it. Love encompasses a broad spectrum of positive and strong emotional and mental states, ranging from the sublime, all-encompassing love […]

Behavior Patterns Found in Animal Behaviors We know that animals are made of living cells. But what about consciousness? Consciousness is not something that animals have because animals do not have the same features as human beings. For example, in humans, the brain is much bigger than the animal’s brain and there is a perception […]

A kiss is the simple touching or brushing of one’s lips to another object or another person. Kissing cultural connotations vary greatly throughout different cultures and countries. In the United States, for example, we have the strong cultural associations of kissing as a romantic gesture between couples. During the Summer months at my High School […]

How Do You Know If You Are in a Romantic Love Relationship? For many people love is a most powerful and alluring concept. It has been described as the feeling you get when you are loved. However, what exactly love is, what it’s like to love and why it is important is often unclear. What […]

Although there are great many species of animals, they are distinguished by a single common characteristic: their appendages or limbs, which are called extremities. Animals are categorized as having only one set of limbs, although some may have several. Multicellular animals are eukaryotic, a division of the animal Kingdom. With few exceptions, all animals breathe […]