In the recent decades‚ the worldwide shark population has experienced a drastic decline. This is a result of the over-hunting of sharks for their fins. Shark finning- the practice of catching a shark and removing its fins from the rest of its carcass- has become more common as the shark fin trade continues to grow. Sharks are currently being hunted at a much faster rate than they can reproduce‚ and if the hunting is not stopped‚ it will lead to their extinction. Despite its cultural significance
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Orcinus orca‚ also known as Orcas or Killer whales‚ are the largest dolphins‚ and one of the world’s most powerful and intelligent predators. They are part of the family Delphindae and the order Cetacea. Male orcas grow to an average of 20-26 feet long‚ and weigh from 8‚000-12‚000 pounds. While females can grow to an average of 16-23 feet long‚ and weigh between 3‚00-6‚000 pounds. Presently‚ there are three recognized ecotypes of Orcas; these include the Resident‚ Transient‚ and offshore orcas.
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Great White Sharks are greatly misinterpreted as vicious man-eaters because of the media‚ movies‚ and people ’s imaginations‚ but they are actually large fish who mistake people for seals and other marine life. What is a great white shark? The great white‚ among the least understood of Earth ’s creatures‚ is an apex predator‚ meaning that it is at the top of the food chain with no natural predators. This means great whites have their pick of food when it comes to selecting their prey (Klimley 15)
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Cookie cutter shark ------------------------------------------------- Features: The Cookiecutter Shark combines many specialized features that enable it to carve out a living in the deep-sea. Like many mesopelagic sharks‚ it has an elongated body cavity filled with an enormous liver comprising as much as 35% of its total weight. The Cookiecutter’s liver is perfused with low-density oils which render the shark nearly neutrally buoyant over a wide range of depths and thereby saves energy by
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I had heard of it and I had a general idea what it was about. I then decided that I wanted to take on a more challenging film‚ one that I had never heard of‚ and one that I would really have to study to understand its full meaning. After looking into a few of the listed movies‚ I ended up choosing Whale Rider‚ a drama filmed in New Zealand in 2002. After watching the movie two times‚ I feel that I now understand some of the more drastic cultural and gender based problems that are occurring today
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Methods Study site Shark Bay is an embayment approximately 13‚000 km2 in area and located on the Peron Peninsula on the West Coast of Australia‚ approximately 850 km from Perth. In 1991 Shark Bay was assigned World Heritage status (Smith‚ Lee & Newsome‚ 2006). Relatively few and low impact recreational activities are available to visitors in Shark Bay‚ with only two boats operating wildlife-viewing tours near Monkey Mia (Burgin & Hardiman‚ 2015). Studies estimate that Monkey Mia alone comprises 20–42%
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Saving Tuxedos Killer whales do not belong in captivity because they are intelligent mammals created to live a free life unchallenged in the sea. A killer whales gift in this world is not to entertain crowds from the confines of a pool‚ but rather to help sustain and control the flourishing life across vast oceans‚ and the land. They are found in all the world’s oceans‚ before captivity‚ they were described as “blood-thirsty killing machines” (Kirby‚ 2012‚ p. 3). The killer whale plays a major role
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New Yorkers bite more people than sharks do worldwide? That is just one startling fact about the chance of a shark attack. What we imagine as a vicious creature is actually is actually a very peaceful and curious creature. All of the sharks are mysterious‚ but the Great White is perhaps the most mysterious and the most endangered of them all. Sharks are vicious looking creatures‚ but are actually curious and fragile creatures. There are about 500 species of sharks‚ but very few will attack a human
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Save Our Whales: End Whale Hunting April 7‚ 2011 Save our Whales‚ End Whale Hunting Whales‚ often called “the Ocean’s gentle giant” are one of the biggest species/mammals that spend their entire life in the ocean. The smallest known whale is the “Minke” which‚ by adulthood is only 8.5 feet long; the largest known whale is the “Blue whale”‚ which measures 94.5 feet long. Since the ancient times‚ people have written about encounters with this mammal. Ancient Roman and Greek artists
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Over seventy-three million sharks are killed a year due to shark finning. Shark finning is the process of removing shark fins at sea and discarding the shark’s body into the ocean while they are still alive. Sharks are a vital component of the ecosystem where shark finning threatens the stability of the food chain. Shark finning is diminishing not only the sharks‚ but the quality to sustain life among the bodies of water. Putting sharks to their death is inhumane by severely disrupting or unbalancing
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