Zoos are sometimes seen as necessary but not poor alternatives to a natural environment. Discuss some of the arguments for and/or against keeping animals in zoos.
The article states that zoos are essential to modern life and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor explains that zoos don’t benefit animals and society and refutes each of the author’s reasons.
First, the reading states that animals are treated well in zoos. The professor refutes this point by stating that it is not true and the reality is not so pretty. He provides an example of a safety issue found in one zoo. Red pandas were found dead in their cages because they had been exposed to rat poison. At the moment of the accident no zoo keepers could be found, showing the lack of care from the zoo’s administrators.
Second, the article claims that zoos are nowadays seen as a form of education. However, the professor contends that zoos are still used as a form of entertainment. He explains that animals are being used only to attract visitors, showing to guests that there in no problem to use wild animal for their own purposes. Also, he states that visitors can’t truly see the animals in theirs natural habitat. The zoos are able to create just artificial environments that are often inconsistent to the real ones.
Third, the reading avers that zoos help to protect and preserve endangered species. Conversely, the lecture opposes this point by saying that this assumption could be a problem. He explains that in general zoos have a poor success in protecting this animals. He also states that zoos have just a small number of endangered species when compared with the total amount of animals that they have, in that way, this species tend to interbreed each other. In other words, the animals can mate just with their own relatives, increasing the number os birth defects. Those problems show that there is no advantages to preserve this species in zoos when compared with their native habitat.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
... zoos have a poor success in protecting this animals. He also states that zoos have ...
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Line 4, column 294, Rule ID: SMALL_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, use 'a few', or use 'some'
Suggestion: a few; some
...als. He also states that zoos have just a small number of endangered species when compared with t...
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Line 4, column 584, Rule ID: THERE_S_MANY[4]
Message: Did you mean 'there are no advantages'?
Suggestion: there are no advantages
...birth defects. Those problems show that there is no advantages to preserve this species in zoos when c...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, conversely, first, however, if, second, so, still, third, well, in general, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 12.0772626932 157% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 22.412803532 165% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 36.0 30.3222958057 119% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1539.0 1373.03311258 112% => OK
No of words: 313.0 270.72406181 116% => OK
Chars per words: 4.91693290735 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.20616286096 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52446713101 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 169.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.539936102236 0.540411800872 100% => OK
syllable_count: 469.8 419.366225166 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 31.0755749428 49.2860985944 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.5 110.228320801 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.3888888889 21.698381199 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.33333333333 7.06452816374 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.151425653128 0.272083759551 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0513653554617 0.0996497079465 52% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0314643084182 0.0662205650399 48% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0961393685573 0.162205337803 59% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0297015319518 0.0443174109184 67% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.4 13.3589403974 78% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.96 12.2367328918 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.06 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 10.7273730684 56% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 71.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.5 Out of 30
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