I still cant understand why people cares more about animals than humans ,so i was searching about it and i found so many important information .
So i went first to a very intresting websites that includes questions and answers that people share so i found some intressting responces
That was the main question *
what is the psychology behind people sympathetic to animals but not humans?
RESPONCES ==
Person 1=Animals love you even if you're unkind/mean-spirited/cruel. People don't. Animals don't talk back, tell you you're wrong or leave you. I suppose such people are out to protect themselves from rejection/betrayal Happy Monday to you! :)
Person 2=think I would slightly amend your notion - at least as it applies to me. I am more sympathetic to animals than I am adult humans. For me, the reason is obvious. Most of the adult humans I know have at least the capacity to be resourceful enough to rebound from setbacks. Of course I know there are the extreme cases as in natural disasters, etc. I see adult humans as having had some say in their fate or at least some options in life. Whereas I see animals, particularly domestic animals, as being pretty much dependent upon us.This, by the way, is the reason why I defend the rights of the unborn and other children with more vigor than I defend the rights of grownups. Most grownups I know have had some choices and can fight adversity but the unborn and little ones are pretty much totally at our mercy. People who are cruel to animals and/or children are, in my opinion, the lowest of the low.
person 3 =
These people are generally referred to as animal rights activitists. Many of them work in the federal government as evidenced by a large group of California farmers who can't get water as that might endanger some insect or fish no one's ever heard of. Remember the snail darter? A little fish you might refer to as a minnow? Same group of people. But the psychology behind how these folks think is probably quite interesting and alien to the way you do.
This a link of a very intresting story of a reporter experiences.
story highlights
BackStory features a look at report on unusual animal shop in Baghdad
Animal stories typically elicit more sympathy than human ones
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/22/backstory.animals/index.html
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
part 2:effects of oil
Oil affects wild life :
Oil affects wildlife by coating their bodies with a thick layer. Many oils also become stickier over time (this is called weathering) and so adheres to wildlife even more. Since most oil floats o nthe surface of the water it can effect many marine animals and sea birds. Unfortunately, birds and marine mammals will not necessarily avoid an oil spill. Some marine mammals, such as seals and dolphins, have been seen swimming and feeding in or near an oil spill. Some fish are attracted to oil because it looks like floating food. This endangers sea birds, which are attracted to schools of fish and may dive through oil slicks to get to the fish.
Oil that sticks to fur or feathers, usually crude and bunker fuels, can cause many problems. Some of these problems are:
hypothermia in birds by reducing or destroying the insulation and waterproofing properties of their feathers;
hypothermia in fur seal pups by reducing or destroying the insulation of their woolly fur (called lanugo). Adult fur seals have blubber and would not suffer from hypothermia if oiled. Dolphins and whales do not have fur, so oil will not easily stick to them;
birds become easy prey, as their feathers being matted by oil make them less able to fly away;
marine mammals such as fur seals become easy prey if oil sticks their flippers to their bodies, making it hard for them to escape predators;
birds sink or drown because oiled feathers weigh more and their sticky feathers cannot trap enough air between them to keep them buoyant;
fur seal pups drown if oil sticks their flippers to their bodiesk
birds lose body weight as their metabolism tries to combat low body temperature;
marine mammals lose body weight when they can not feed due to contamination of their environment by oil;
birds become dehydrated and can starve as they give up or reduce drinking, diving and swimming to look for food;
inflammation or infection in dugongs and difficulty eating due to oil sticking to the sensory hairs around their mouths;
disguise of scent that seal pups and mothers rely on to identify each other, leading to rejection, abandonment and starvation of seal pups; and
damage to the insides of animals and birds bodies, for example by causing ulcers or bleeding in their stomachs if they ingest the oil by accident.
This is a video from youtube explains how oil affects sea birds :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwSrJQVGfes
sources :http://www.amsa.gov.au ==>australian maritime safety authority
www.youtube.com
Oil affects wildlife by coating their bodies with a thick layer. Many oils also become stickier over time (this is called weathering) and so adheres to wildlife even more. Since most oil floats o nthe surface of the water it can effect many marine animals and sea birds. Unfortunately, birds and marine mammals will not necessarily avoid an oil spill. Some marine mammals, such as seals and dolphins, have been seen swimming and feeding in or near an oil spill. Some fish are attracted to oil because it looks like floating food. This endangers sea birds, which are attracted to schools of fish and may dive through oil slicks to get to the fish.
Oil that sticks to fur or feathers, usually crude and bunker fuels, can cause many problems. Some of these problems are:
hypothermia in birds by reducing or destroying the insulation and waterproofing properties of their feathers;
hypothermia in fur seal pups by reducing or destroying the insulation of their woolly fur (called lanugo). Adult fur seals have blubber and would not suffer from hypothermia if oiled. Dolphins and whales do not have fur, so oil will not easily stick to them;
birds become easy prey, as their feathers being matted by oil make them less able to fly away;
marine mammals such as fur seals become easy prey if oil sticks their flippers to their bodies, making it hard for them to escape predators;
birds sink or drown because oiled feathers weigh more and their sticky feathers cannot trap enough air between them to keep them buoyant;
fur seal pups drown if oil sticks their flippers to their bodiesk
birds lose body weight as their metabolism tries to combat low body temperature;
marine mammals lose body weight when they can not feed due to contamination of their environment by oil;
birds become dehydrated and can starve as they give up or reduce drinking, diving and swimming to look for food;
inflammation or infection in dugongs and difficulty eating due to oil sticking to the sensory hairs around their mouths;
disguise of scent that seal pups and mothers rely on to identify each other, leading to rejection, abandonment and starvation of seal pups; and
damage to the insides of animals and birds bodies, for example by causing ulcers or bleeding in their stomachs if they ingest the oil by accident.
This is a video from youtube explains how oil affects sea birds :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwSrJQVGfes
sources :http://www.amsa.gov.au ==>australian maritime safety authority
www.youtube.com
Effects of oil
WHAT IS OIL??An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and is hydrophobic but soluble in organic solvents. Oils have a high carbon and hydrogen content and are nonpolar substances. The general definition above includes compound classes with otherwise unrelated chemical structures, properties, and uses, including vegetable oils, petrochemical oils, and volatile essential oils. All oils can be traced back to organic sources.
TYPES :
Mineral oil
Mineral oils, found in porous rocks underground, originated from organic material, such as dead plankton, accumulated on the seafloor in geologically ancient times. Through various geochemical processes this material was converted to mineral oil, or petroleumdiesel]], and such. These are classified as mineral oils because they do not have an organic origin on human timescales, and are instead derived from underground geologic locations, ranging from rocks, to underground traps, to sands.
Other oily substances can also be found in the environment; the most well-known of those is asphalt, occurring naturally underground or, where there are leaks, in tar pits.
Petroleum and other mineral oils (specifically labelled as petrochemicals) have become such a crucial resource to human civilization in modern times they are often referred to by the ubiquitous term of "oil" itself.
Organic oils
Organic oils are also produced by plants, animals, and other organisms through organic processes, and these oils are remarkable in their diversity. Oil is a somewhat vague term in chemistry; instead, the scientific term for oils, fats, waxes, cholesterol, and other oily substances found in living things and their secretions, is lipids.
Lipids, ranging from waxes to steroids, are somewhat hard to characterize, and are united in a group almost solely based on the fact that they all repel, or refuse to dissolve in, water, and are however comfortably miscible in other liquid lipids. They also have a high carbon and hydrogen content, and are considerably lacking in oxygen compared to other organic compounds and minerals.
Synthetic oils
Synthetic oil is a lubricant, consisting of chemical compounds which are artificially made (synthesized) from compounds other than crude oil (petroleum). Synthetic oil is used as a substitute for lubricant refined from petroleum, because it generally provides superior mechanical and chemical properties than those found in traditional mineral oils.
Mineral oils, found in porous rocks underground, originated from organic material, such as dead plankton, accumulated on the seafloor in geologically ancient times. Through various geochemical processes this material was converted to mineral oil, or petroleumdiesel]], and such. These are classified as mineral oils because they do not have an organic origin on human timescales, and are instead derived from underground geologic locations, ranging from rocks, to underground traps, to sands.
Other oily substances can also be found in the environment; the most well-known of those is asphalt, occurring naturally underground or, where there are leaks, in tar pits.
Petroleum and other mineral oils (specifically labelled as petrochemicals) have become such a crucial resource to human civilization in modern times they are often referred to by the ubiquitous term of "oil" itself.
Organic oils
Organic oils are also produced by plants, animals, and other organisms through organic processes, and these oils are remarkable in their diversity. Oil is a somewhat vague term in chemistry; instead, the scientific term for oils, fats, waxes, cholesterol, and other oily substances found in living things and their secretions, is lipids.
Lipids, ranging from waxes to steroids, are somewhat hard to characterize, and are united in a group almost solely based on the fact that they all repel, or refuse to dissolve in, water, and are however comfortably miscible in other liquid lipids. They also have a high carbon and hydrogen content, and are considerably lacking in oxygen compared to other organic compounds and minerals.
Synthetic oils
Synthetic oil is a lubricant, consisting of chemical compounds which are artificially made (synthesized) from compounds other than crude oil (petroleum). Synthetic oil is used as a substitute for lubricant refined from petroleum, because it generally provides superior mechanical and chemical properties than those found in traditional mineral oils.
sources :wikipédia ^^
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