Research 01
Tamagotchi: Why they like it. Reviews by female audience.
By: steph123456789
Pros: Cute characters, fun games, alot of different characters
Cons: I don't think there is any! Exept being a pain sometimes...
The Bottom Line: A fun loving critter that will win your heart over and over again!
“Even though most people know that tamagotchis aren’t real, we still love them and care for them like a pet. Why? Some people may love how cute the tamagotchis look, younger kids might feel like they ARE real, or maybe you just wanted one because all your friends have one.”
By: jadeashlyn
Pros: Affordable fun for everyone!
Cons: Small and light weight. Breaks easily if exposed to water.
The Bottom Line: Tamagotchi's are for everyone, they are fun and time consuming at the same time. A virtual pet has it's advantages that is for sure!
By: bwalk
Pros: Cute characters, lives fairly long, good experience`
Cons: In some cases battery life, needs more icons
The Bottom Line: This is a great toy for kids. It teaches them responsibility and you can clip it on to keychains and pants.
http://www99.epinions.com/reviews/Bandai_Tamagotchi_Connection_Orange_with_Bursts
Research 02
Tamagotchi History: In an Egg Shell
The World's First Virtual Pet is Born.
Tamagotchi, the original virtual pet, first made its impact in pop culture history when Bandai launched the product in 1996, selling more then 40 million units worldwide and 12 million units in the United States and Canada. The launch of Tamagotchi not only spurred the virtual pet phenomenon of the 90s, but it also created a brand new toy category and prompted countless virtual pet imitators. During its peak, 15 Tamagotchi units were sold every minute in the U.S. and Canada.
The originator of Tamagotchi is none other then Bandai employee, Aki Maita, who was searching for the perfect companion that worked with her busy lifestyle and small apartment, and that was tiny enough for her to tote around with her wherever she went. Thus born the world's first virtual pet.
The Next Generation of Tamagotchi - Tamagotchi Connection
Over the past five years, Tamagotchi fans have been clamoring for the return of this brand. According to recent Internet research conducted by Bandai, 100 percent of consumers were aware of Tamagotchi and 85 percent of respondents had played with Tamagotchi — even seven years after its original launch in Japan. Based on this market research and high consumer demand, Bandai decided to launch the advanced Tamagotchi Connection incorporating the elements of the original product with new advanced technology.
The egg-shaped toy simulates the life cycle of a pet, letting kids experience the fun and responsibility of feeding, tending to and caring for their virtual pet. The advanced Tamagotchi Connection features new infrared communication functions allowing the virtual pet to become friends with other Tamagotchi, visit its friends to give gifts or play games together, and eventually have a possible second, third and fourth generation virtual pet.
Tamagotchi Phenomenon, Revisited
The new Tamagotchi Connection is on track to replicate its original success staring in Japan where the first product on the shelf sold out in two days. Tamagotchi Connection is one of the first items to be released in time for the holidays that retailers are anticipating will reinvigorate toy sales. Stay tuned as the virtual pet craze resurfaces and more generations of Tamagotchi are born into this world!
http://www.mimitchi.com/tamaplus/tama_history.shtml
Research 03
Maita Aki, the creator of the Tamagotchi. The 30-year-old Bandai.
She only came up with the idea, developed the concept and took charge of the marketing program. It also took a technician and public relations person to make it into a product," she says. Maita hatched the idea for a virtual pet about a year ago while watching a television commercial about a little boy who insisted on taking his turtle to kindergarten. Precisely how this spawned a computer game, Maita is at a loss to say. But as the Tamagotchi seed developed, she worked out what was needed to make it a mega-hit with teenage Japanese girls -- it would have to be a portable game that could be played anywhere, anytime. And, most important, it would be kawaii, or cute.
What separates the Tamagotch (as it is known in Japan) from other electronic gadgets is the human-like demands it makes on its owners. "It is dependent on you -- that's one reason it became so popular," the childless creator says. "I think it's very important for humans to find joy caring for something."
Last October, Maita took Tamagotchi prototypes to the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya district for a consumer test. She handed them out to about 200 high-school girls. "Their eyes instantly lit up," she reports. The inventor monitored their reaction over several weeks, and analyzed results of questionnaires they answered. With this, she finalized details such as color (white is preferred), chain design and packaging. By November, the Tamagotchi was on the market in Japan. To date, some 10 million units have been sold on the domestic market. Worldwide figures are not yet available. Is Maita surprised? Well, yes. "I never imagined it would get this big," she allows.
Her background hardly prepared her for domination of the world toy market. After graduating from college, Maita joined the ranks of Japan's "office ladies," working in the computer section of a Tokyo company. Thinking a job at toymaker Bandai would bring her closer to working with children, she joined the company's sales and marketing department in 1990. For the first two years she tracked and logged sales data -- a dead-end job for some, but not for Maita. "It was good training and it's where I developed an instinct for what will sell and what won't."
Now she is working on a new game that she hopes will become an even bigger hit than the Tamagotchi. "I have more confidence in my feelings now and trust my hunches about a product's potential," she says.
http://www.mimitchi.com/html/aki.htm
Research 04
Types of Land Animals
Adax Antelope
Albino Deer
Alpaca
Aoudad
Barbado
Belted Galloway
Black Bears
Blackbuck Antelope
Boar Goat
Buffalo
Cheetah
Eland
Emu
Fallow Deer
Giraffe
Kangaroo
Lemurs
Llama
Monkeys
Mouflon
Nilga
iOstrich
Peacocks
Pot Bellied Pigs
Prairie Dogs
Pygmy Goats
Rhea
Scimitar-Horned Oryx
Scottish Highlander
Sika Deer
Spider Monkeys
Texas Dalls
Wolf
Zebra
Zebu
http://www.adirondackanimalland.com/animal-list/list.htm
Pronghorn Antelope
Wildebeest
Lion
Thomson's Gazelle
Quarterhorse
Elk
Cape Hunting Dog
Coyote
Gray Fox
Hyena
Mongolian Wild Ass
Greyhound
Whippet
Mule Deer
Jackal
Reindeer
•Aardvarks
•African Elephant
•African Wild Dog
•African Wildlife
•Albatross
•Anacondas
•Andean Condors
•Annelids
•Antelopes
•Antlions
•Ants
•Apes
•Arachnids
•Arctic Terns
•Armadillos
•Arthropods
•Asian Elephants
•Assassin Bugs
•Australian Brush-Turkey
•Australian Fur Seal
•Avocets
•Axolotls
•Babirusa
•Baboons
•Badgers
•Bald Eagles
•Ball Pythons@
•Bandicoots@
•Barbets@
•Basilisks@
•Bass@
•Bats@
•Bearded Dragons@
•Bears@
•Beavers@
•Bengal Tigers@
•Betta Splendens@
•Bilbies@
•Black Bear@
•Black Howler Monkeys@
•Boas
•Bobcats
•Bogong Moth
•Bongo
•Buffalo
•Caenorhabditis elegans
•California Condors
•California Quail
•Camel Spider
•Camels
•Canada Goose
•Canaries
•Cane Toads
•Capuchin Monkeys
•Capybaras
•Caribou
•Caribou and Reindeer
•Cassowary
•Cephalopods
•Chatham Island Taiko
•Cheetahs
•Chickadees
•Chickens
•Chiggers
•Chimpanzees
•Chinchillas
•Chipmunks
•Chiru
•Cicadas
•Cichlid
•Civet Family
•Cobras
•Cockatiels
•Coelacanth
•Copepods
•Copperheads
•Corals and Anemones
•Cougars
•Cowbirds
•Cows
•Coyotes
•Cranes
•Dama Gazelle
•Deer
•Degus
•Dik-Diks
•Dingoes
•Discus
•Dodos
•Dogs
•Donkeys
•Dorkings
•Dragonflies and Damselflies
•Drosophila melanogaster
•Dung Beetles
•Eastern Cougar
•Eastern Mole
•Echidna
•Elephants
•Ermine
•Fainting Goats
•Feral Cats
•Ferrets
•Finches
•Flamingos
•Florida Panther
•Flower Horn
•Flying Foxes
•Foxes
•Gambian Pouched Rats
•Gazelles
•Geckos
•Geese and Ducks
•Gerenuks
•Giant Panda
•Giant Salamanders
•Gibbon
•Gila Monsters
•Giraffes
•Goats
•Gorillas
•Great Auk
•Great Blue Herons
•Great Egrets
•Green Tree Pythons
•Grizzly Bear
•Groundhogs
•Grunion
•Guanacos
•Guinea Pigs
•Gypsy Moths
•Hartebeest
•Harvestmen
•Hedgehogs
•Herons
•Horse Chestnut Leafminer
•Horses
•Howler Monkeys
•Hyenas
•Iguanas
•Impalas
•Jaguars
•Kakapo
•Kangaroos
•Kestrels
•Killdeer
•King Penguins
•Koalas
•Komodo Dragons
•Krill@
•Lamprey
•Least Weasel
•Lemmings
•Lemurs
•Leopard Geckos
•Leopard Seal
•Leopards
•Ligers and Tigons
•Lions
•Little Blue (Fairy) Penguins
•Lizards
•Llamas
•Loons
•Lorises
•Lynxes
•Manatees
•Mangabeys
•Manta Ray
•Marbled Salamanders
•Mediterranean Monk Seal
•Meerkats
•Mice
•Millipdes
•Miniature Donkeys
•Mockingbirds
•Mole Salamanders
•Moles
•Mollusks
•Mongoose Family
•Monitor Lizards
•Monk Seal
•Monkeys
•Monotremes
•Moose
•Mules
•Mustelids
•Myriapods
•Naked Mole-Rats
•Narwhals
•Nematodes
•New Guinea Singing Dog
•Northern Cardinals
•Northern Fur Seal
•Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
•Ocelot
•Orangutans
•Orioles
•Oryxes
•Ospreys
•Ostracod
•Ostriches
•Otters
•Pelicans
•Penguins
•Pigs
•Polar Bear
•Porcupines
•Porpoises
•Possums
•Potbellied Pigs
•Prairie Dogs
•Praying Mantids
•Primates
•Proboscis Monkeys
•Prosimians
•Puffer
•Puffins
•Purple Martins
•Pygmy Hippopotamus
•Pythons
•Quokkas
•Quolls
•Rabbits
•Raccoons
•Rainbow Lorikeets
•Raptors
•Rats
•Rattlesnakes
•Rays
•Recluse Spiders
•Red Kangaroos
•Red Pandas
•Red Tail Boas
•Red-cockaded Woodpecker
•Red-Eyed Tree Frog
•Reindeer
•Reptiles
•Reticulated Pythons
•Rhinoceroses
•Roadrunners
•Rockhopper Penguins
•Rodents
•Saiga
•Salamanders and Newts
•Sheep
•Siberian Tigers
•Silkworm Moth
•Skinks
•Skunks
•Sloth Bear
•Sloths
•Slugs
•Snails
•Snow Leopards
•Snow Monkeys
•Snowy Egrets
•Solenodons
•Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
•Spectacled Bear
•Spider Monkeys
•Squirrels
•Star-Nosed Mole
•Sun Bear
•Swans
•Tahrs
•Takin
•Tapirs
•Tarantulas
•Tasmanian Devils
•Tayras
•Tegus
•Termites
•Terns
•Tiger Salamander
•Tigers
•Vervet Monkeys
•Vicunas
•Vultures
•Walruses
•Wolves
•Wombats
•Yaks
•Yellow-Bellied Marmot
•Zebra Finches
•Zebrafish
•ebras
http://www.petsdo.com/blog/top-twenty-20-fastest-land-animals-including-humans
