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Animals: Encyclopedia - Animals
The word Animals when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language.
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Anime: Encyclopedia - Anime
Anime - History.
The history of anime begins at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation...
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Animate: Encyclopedia - Animate
Animate is a chain toy store in Hong Kong. Established in 1985, its stated mission is to provide a wide range of original, authentic toys...
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Animism: Encyclopedia - Animism
In religion, the term "Animism" is used in a number of ways.
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Animation: Encyclopedia - Animation
This is a Root page - a common introduction to several more specialised pages.
This animation moves at 10 frames per second.
This anima...
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Animal: Encyclopedia - Animal
Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. In general they are multicellular, capable of loco...
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Animal Love: Encyclopedia - Animal Love
Animal love or Animal friendship is the affection and caring towards animals. Some animal lovers care for stray animals they find. Many a...
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Animal Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Animal Kingdom
See Animal. Historically in taxonomy the Animal kingdom (Animalia) refered to animals, as different from Plants (and Minerals). Using t...
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Animation Director: Encyclopedia - Animation Director
An animation director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or anim...
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Animal Rescue: Encyclopedia - Animal Rescue
Animal Rescue is an TV show hosted and produced by Alex Paen. The show is about people trying to save animals from danger. Animal control...
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Animal Locomotion: Encyclopedia - Animal Locomotion
In biology and physics, animal locomotion is the study of how animals move, and is part of biophysics.
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Animal Worship: Encyclopedia - Animal Worship
Animal worship is an ill-defined term, covering facts ranging from the worship of the real divine animal, commonly conceived as a "god-bo...
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Animal Trial: Encyclopedia - Animal Trial
Animal trials were first officially implemented during the 15th century for the purpose of convicting animals, perceived to be affiliated...
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Animal Style: Encyclopedia - Animal Style
Animal style is a type of imagery used in Northern Europe during the ancient and medieval periods, characterized by animals or animal-lik...
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Unclean Animals: Encyclopedia - Unclean Animals
In many religious cultures it is considered unclean or improper to handle or eat certain animals and animal by-products.
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Working Animal: Encyclopedia - Working Animal
A working animal is a (semi-)domesticated animal that is kept by humans and trained to perform various tasks, regardless whether they are...
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Animal Welfare: Encyclopedia - Animal Welfare
Animal welfare is the viewpoint that some or all animals, especially those under human care, should be treated in such a way that they do...
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Animal Fat: Encyclopedia - Animal Fat
Fats obtained from animal sources include:
tallow (beef fat)
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cod liver oil
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Animal Mind: Encyclopedia - Animal Mind
The question of animal minds asks whether it is necessary, or possible, to describe a non-human animal as having a mind.
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Animal Muzzle: Encyclopedia - Animal Muzzle
A muzzle is a device that is placed over the snout of an animal to keep it from biting or otherwise opening its mouth.
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Animal Cognition: Encyclopedia - Animal Cognition
Animal cognition is the title given to a modern approach to the mental capacities of animals. It has developed out of comparative psychol...
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Animal Fancy: Encyclopedia - Animal Fancy
Animal fancy is a hobby that includes pet and exotic pet ownership, showing and other competitions, breeding and judging.
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Animal Liberation Book: Encyclopedia - Animal Liberation Book
Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals is a book by Australian philosopher Peter Singer.
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Animal Magnetism: Encyclopedia - Animal Magnetism
Animal magnetism is both a synonym for mesmerism as well as the 18th century term for the supposed ethereal medium postulated by Franz Me...
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Animal Intelligence: Encyclopedia - Animal Intelligence
The term animal intelligence is currently used in three distinct but overlapping ways:
as a synonym for animal cognition,
to refer to ge...
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Animal Husbandry: Encyclopedia - Animal Husbandry
Animal husbandry is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock. As such, it is a vital skill for farmers, and in many wa...
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Animal Communication: Encyclopedia - Animal Communication
Animal communication is any behaviour on the part of one animal that has an effect on the current or future behaviour of another animal. ...
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Wild Animals: Encyclopedia - Wild Animals
Wild Animals (야생동물 보호구역, Yasaeng dongmul bohoguyeog) is Korean director Kim Ki-duk's second film, released in 1996. It is...
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Production Types Of Anime
Most anime can be categorized as one of three types:
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Production Types Of Anime
Most anime can be categorized as one of three types:
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Animation Style
The drawing style used in anime is counter productive to the animation process, having far too many details and subsequently making it di...
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Animation Style
The drawing style used in anime is counter productive to the animation process, having far too many details and subsequently making it di...
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Animation Style
The drawing style used in anime is counter productive to the animation process, having far too many details and subsequently making it di...
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Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Animation - Animation Studios
Animation Studios, like Movie Studios may be production facilities, or financial entities. In some cases, especially in Anime they have t...
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Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Animism And Death
In many parts of the world it is held that the human body is the seat of more than one soul. On the island of Nias four are distinguished...
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Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Animism And The Origin Of Religion
Two animistic theories of the origin of religion have been put forward. The one, often termed the "ghost theory," mainly associated with ...
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Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Groups Of Animals
The sponges (Porifera) diverged from other animals early. As mentioned, they lack the complex organization found in most other phyla. The...
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Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Animation - Animation Techniques
Traditional animation began with each frame being painted and then filmed. Cell animation, developed by Bray and Hurd in the 1910s, speed...
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - History
The history of anime begins at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation techniques that we...
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - History
Main article: History of anime
The history of anime begins at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented wit...
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Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Differences Between Animism And Religion
Animism is commonly described as the most primitive form of religion, but properly speaking it is not a religion at all. Animism is in th...
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Characteristics
Anime features a wide variety of artistic styles which vary from artist to artist and is characterized by stark, colorful graphics and st...
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Characteristics
Anime features a wide variety of artistic styles which vary from artist to artist. Anime also features a large number of genres as well--...
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Licensing And Distribution
Anime is available outside of Japan in localized form, referred to as licensed anime or Dubs. Licensed anime is modified by western distr...
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List Of Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Anime - Anime Series
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Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Animation - Animation Techniques
Traditional animation began with each frame being painted and then filmed. Cell animation, developed by Bray and Hurd in the 1910s, sped ...
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Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Origins
Early ideas on the subject of the soul, and at the same time the origin of them, can be illustrated by analysis of the terms applied to t...
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Licensing And Distribution
Anime is available outside of Japan in localized form, referred to as licensed anime or Dubs. Licensed anime is modified by western distr...
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Notable Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Notable Anime - Shōjo Anime
Please note that titles listed in this section can fit into other categories on this page. However, they were placed here as they exempli...
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Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Animation - Styles And Techniques Of Animation
This is a Root page introducing the broad field of animation.
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Animalize: Encyclopedia Ii - Animalize - Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
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Animal Worship: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Worship - Animal Cults
Animal worship - Bear.
The bear enjoys a large measure of respect from all cultures that come in contact with it, which shows itself in...
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Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Plant Souls
Just as human souls are assigned to animals, so too are trees and plants often credited with souls, both human and animal in form. All ov...
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Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Object Souls
Some cultures do not make a distinction between animate and inanimate objects. Natural phenomenon, geographic features, everyday objects,...
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Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Overview
In some animistic worldviews found in hunter-gatherer cultures, the human being is often regarded as on a roughly equal footing with anim...
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Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Evil Spirits
Side by side with the doctrine of separable souls with which we have so far been concerned, exists the belief in a great host of unattach...
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Animated Cartoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Animated Cartoon - Genres Of Animated Cartoons
Animated cartoon - Funny animals.
The first animated cartoons often depicted funny animals in various adventures. This was the mainstre...
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Terminology
The Japanese term for animation is アニメーション (animēshon, pronounced: /ɑnimɛːʃɔn/), written in katakana. It is a direct ...
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Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Animation - History
The major use of animation has always been for entertainment. However, there is growing use of instructional animation and educational an...
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Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Terminology
The Japanese term for animation is アニメーション (animēshon, pronounced: /ɑnimɛːʃɔn/), written in katakana. It is a direct ...
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Animated Cartoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Animated Cartoon - Commercial Animation
Animation has been very popular in television commercials, both due to its graphic appeal, and the humor it can provide. Some animated ch...
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Animal Welfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Welfare - Animal Welfare Compared With Animal Rights
Many animal rights and animal welfare advocates make a clear distinction between the two philosophies. To argue for animal rights, one ne...
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Working Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Working Animal - Draught Animals
A draught animal is an animal used for its physical (i.e. muscular) power, as in transport and haulage, such as pulling carts or sleds, h...
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Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - History Of Classification
Aristotle divided the living world between animals and plants, and this was followed by Carolus Linnaeus in the first hierarchical classi...
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Traditional Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Animation - The Traditional Animation Process
Traditional animation - Storyboards.
Traditionally-animated productions, just like other forms of animation, usually begin life as a st...
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Talking Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Talking Animal - An Animal Language
To take this literally, this would refer to certain species or groups of animals which have a pronounced way of vocal communication, henc...
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Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Structure
With a few exceptions, most notably the sponges (Phylum Porifera), animals have bodies differentiated into separate tissues. These includ...
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Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Reproduction And Development
Nearly all animals undergo some form of sexual reproduction. Adults are diploid or occasionally polyploid. They have a few specialized re...
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Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Origin And Fossil Record
Animals are generally considered to have evolved from flagellate protozoa. Their closest living relatives are the choanoflagellates, coll...
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Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Examples
Some well-known types of animals, listed by their common names:
alligator
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ant
antelope
badger
bat
bear
bee
beetle
bird
bison
butt...
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Educational Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Educational Animation - Animations For Education
Educators are enthusiastically taking up the opportunities that computer animation offers for depicting dynamic content. For example, Pow...
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Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Characteristics
Aristotle divided the living world between animals and plants, and this was followed by Carolus Linnaeus in the first hierarchical classi...
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Animal Testing: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Testing - Alternatives To Animal Testing
Most scientists and governments say they agree that animal testing should cause as little suffering to animals as possible, and that anim...
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Animal Testing: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Testing - Number Of Animals Used
Accurate global figures for animal testing are difficult to collect. The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) estimates ...
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Animal Welfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Welfare - Criticisms Of Animal Welfare
At one time, many people denied that animals could feel anything, and thus had no interests. Many Cartesians were of this opinion, though...
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History Of Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Anime - The Golden Age Of Anime
This shift towards space operas became more pronounced in the late 1970s due to the commercial success of Star Wars. This allowed for the...
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Animated Cartoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Animated Cartoon - Technologies
The advent of film technology opened opportunities to develop the art of animation. The basic animation process is described in the artic...
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Animal Testing: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Testing - Cosmetic Testing On Animals
Cosmetics testing is particularly controversial. It is banned in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK [78] (pdf), and in 2002, after 13 y...
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Animal Testing: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Testing - Alternatives To Animal Testing
Most scientists and governments say they agree that animal testing should cause as little suffering to animals as possible, and that anim...
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Talking Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Talking Animal - Fiction
Talking animals are a common theme in fiction, especially in mythology and folk tales. Fictional talking animals often are anthropomorphi...
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Animated Cartoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Animated Cartoon - History
The first examples of trying to capture motion into a drawing can already be found in paleolithic cave paintings, where animals are depic...
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Clean Animals: Encyclopedia Ii - Clean Animals - List Of Clean Animals
Clean animals - Hebrew Bible.
This contains a list of clean animals that are specially mentioned from the Chapter 11 in the book of Lev...
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Animal Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Rights - Animal Rights In Law
Animals are protected under the law, though without having rights assigned to them. There are criminal laws against cruelty to animals, l...
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Animal Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Rights - Criticism Of Animal Rights
Criticism against the concept of animal rights include philosophical arguments that to have rights requires moral judgements, that animal...
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Animated Cartoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Animated Cartoon - Commercial Animation
Animation has been very popular in television commercials, both due to its graphic appeal, and the humor it can provide. Some animated ch...
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Animated Cartoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Animated Cartoon - Genres Of Animated Cartoons
The first animated cartoons often depicted funny animals in various adventures. This was the mainstream genre from the early 1900s until...
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Animal Testing: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Testing - Number Of Animals Used
Accurate global figures for animal testing are difficuly to collect. The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) estimates ...
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Traditional Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Animation - The Traditional Animation Process
Traditional animation - Storyboards.
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Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Animation - History
The major use of animation has always been for entertainment. However, there is growing use of instructional animation and educational an...
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Animated Cartoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Animated Cartoon - Television
The term "illustrated radio" became a popular moniker for the ubiquitous Saturday morning cartoon (animated TV programs for children aire...
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Animal Testing: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Testing - Cosmetic Testing On Animals
Cosmetics testing is particularly controversial. It is banned in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK [77] (pdf), and in 2002, after 13 y...
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Animal Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Rights - Animal Rights In Practice
In practice, those who advocate animal rights usually boycott a number of industries that use animals. Foremost among these is factory fa...
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Animal Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Rights - Animal Rights In Philosophy
Jean-Jacques Rousseau briefly alludes to the concept of animal rights in the preface of his Discourse on Inequality. He argues that man s...
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Animal Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Rights - Animal Rights In Philosophy
Jean-Jacques Rousseau briefly alludes to the concept of animal rights in the preface of his Discourse on Inequality. He argues that man ...
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Stuffed Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Stuffed Animal - History
It is known from tomb paintings in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamian civilizations that stuffed animals existed in those societies for relig...
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Traditional Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Animation - Techniques
Traditional animation - The cel & limited animation.
The cel is an important innovation to traditional animation, as it allows some...
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History Of Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Anime - Origins
The origins of Japanese animation are hard to define. In pre-movie times versions of Shadow play (imported from China) existed, which als...
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Dream Interpreation Animal, Animals: Dream Interpretations
Dictionary - Animal, Animals
Dream
Interpretation Animal, animals
Animals represent the parts of our personality and the depths of our unconscious, our in...
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Adult Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Adult Animation - Some Adult Animation Titles
Adult animation - Television.
Adult animation - Movies.
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Animal Dreams: Encyclopedia - Animal Dreams
Animal Dreams is a 1990 novel by Barbara Kingsolver. A woman named Codi Noline goes back to her hometown of Grace, Arizona to help her ag...
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