Zoology is the aspect of science that deals with the study of the animals' evolution,

habitat and behavior. Many students wonder why they need to study zoology. It is a
branch of science that does not have anything to do with people so they are left
wondering why they have to learn it.
1. The first answer to the question, why is zoology important to us is for humans to
have an appreciation for nature. Our nature is not just composed of the humans but
of plants and animals as well. Everything in our environment is connected in a
complex cycle. If you have a better understanding of how animals would behave
and interact with us then you would appreciate nature better. You would feel nature
should not be taken for granted.
2. The second answer to the question, why is zoology important to us is for people
to have a better understanding of the animals. Some animals are usually
misunderstood by people like sharks and snakes. These creatures are thought of as
human killers, and this is mainly because we don't understand why they behave
that way. In this branch of science you would be able to learn their natural behavior
as well as their habitats so you would completely understand why they would
behave in a defensive manner when they seem threatened. Studying zoology would
help people achieve clarity over the common myths we have on different wild
animals
3. The third answer to the question, why is zoology important to us is to understand
the urgency of preserving the animals. Studying this subject would help people
know the real facts about animals. One of the negative facts is the dwindling
numbers of some species of animals. It makes people realize that there is a need for
nature to be always balanced. We need animals to maintain the balance in our
environment and for humans to survive as well. This branch of science would help
us learn the needs that animals lack and we can respond by thinking of solutions we
can give to the endangered species of animals.
4. The fourth answer to the question, why is zoology important to us is for people to
learn the importance of the role of humans as caretakers of animals. Modern
progress is needed for a country to grow in terms of its economy however it should
not force us to compromise our rainforests and oceans. It reminds us that
modernization should not just be equated with tall buildings and skyscrapers. People
should realize that our modern lives should include the lives of the animals that live
with us. They should not be contained in zoos but in their natural habitats as well.
We will learn that every living creature on earth has the right to own a habitat and
as their caretaker, we need to fight for them to have permanent habitats.
5 Main Characteristics of Animals

What exactly is an animal? What characteristics does it have? Knowing the ins and
outs of what makes an organism an Animal Kingdom member is crucially important
for any student of biology and any active learner. Chances are that some point in
your academic career you will have a science test with questions that deal with
information on animals. Don't wing it. Review and use your resources to acquire
more knowledge about things like vertebrates, amphibians, cnidarians and more.
Read the five main characteristics of an animal below. If anything, it will help you
ace your next biology test.
Five Facts about Animals

1. Animals are multi-cellular. They are not single-celled organisms. They are
also eukaryotes and are not prokaryotes like bacteria and archaea. This is
absolutely vital that you understand this because it makes a huge difference
in how the individual cells of the organism function. Animals have cells with
specialized organelles.

2. Nearly all animals reproduce sexually by use of eggs and sperm. This is
what humans, monkeys, alligators and birds do. There are a few animals that
can reproduce asexually through various processes like budding or
regeneration. For examples, sponges have the great skill of regeneration. This
means they can grow back broken parts.

3. All animals have various parts with different jobs to do. These are called
specialized parts. Think of yourself. What do the various parts of your body
do? A heart's job is much different than your intestines or your liver. Different
areas have specialized functions.

4. Every single animal has the ability to move. Obviously, humans, birds,
tigers and other things that we normally identify as being in this Kingdom
possess the ability to move. But what about sponges? What about coral?
These things are animals, but do they move? The answer is yes. Sponges,
albeit rarely, do move. And so do coral.

5. Animals are known to be consumers. Every single one is a consumer.

Consumers are organisms that feed on other life forms or matter. This means
that they do not produce energy from sunlight in like plants. Animals get their
energy by eating other animals or by eating plants. A lion gets its energy
from the buffalo it eats. The buffalo gets its energy from the grass and plants
it eats. And those plants use photosynthesis to obtain energy from the sun.
Hence, humans and other members of this Kingdom do not get their energy
first-hand from the sun.

Complexity.

Complexity as a science relates to the structure and order that we find between the
conditions of total randomness or chaos and the conditions that lead to total order. Living
systems, like animals, are examples of complex systems. One important thing about
complex systems is that the causes and effects of the events that a complex system
experiences are not proportional to each other. Another important characteristic is that the
different parts of a complex system are linked to and affect one another in a synergistic
manner. In other words, there is positive and negative feedback in a complex system.

Probably the most important aspects of complex system as they pertain to our
position are: 1) that complex systems are very dependent upon initial conditions; 2)
that perturbations to the system have effects that are nonlinear in other words large
perturbations may result in no change while small perturbations may cause havoc;
and 3) that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. To put all this in the
context of using animals in research, very small differences in the genetic makeup
and or organization of two otherwise very similar species can result in very different
responses to drugs and disease.
Complexity is in some ways opposite to the concept of reductionism. Ernst Mayr
defines reductionism as: The belief that the higher levels of integration of a
complex system can be fully explained through a knowledge of the smallest
components. Evolution, complexity theory and genetics explain why animal testing
should not be an effective means of discovering what a drug will do in humans and
how human will respond to diseases and most importantly empirical data supports
this. Furthermore, the level of examination has changed since the 19th century
when animals were primarily used to find commonalities across species lines. As our
examination of living systems has become increasingly fine-grained, we have found
that subtle differences between organisms tend to outweigh gross similarities.
Science could and did use animals to shed light on shared functions such as the
basic function of the liver and pancreas, but today we are studying drug response
and disease at the level that defines not only a species, but in many cases the
individual.
rhythm
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noun
movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
Music .
the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and
weak melodic and harmonic beats.
a particular form of this: duple rhythm; triple rhythm.
measured movement, as in dancing.

Art, Literature . a patterned repetition of a motif, formal element, etc., at regular or irregular
intervals in the same or a modified form.
the effect produced in a play, film, novel, etc., by the combination or arrangement of formal
elements, as length of scenes, speech and description, timing, or recurrent themes, to
create movement, tension, and emotional value in the development of the plot.

Dance to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the
accompaniment of music.
to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or quickly: to dance with joy.
to bob up and down: The toy sailboats danced on the pond.