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    Sea Cows Extinction

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    reading states that native Siberian people over-hunted sea cows‚ eventually resulting in the extinction of them. The lecturer‚ on the other hand‚ disputes it with the statement that the sea cow was so enormous that few of them provide a village with sufficient meat to live for months‚ and Siberia was not populous. Thus‚ they did not need many cows. Furthermore‚ it is said in the passage that the number of the kelp‚ fundamental food source of cows

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    Sperm Whale

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    Sperm whale can be a good symbol of WWF.Sperm whale is very special‚ because of ambergris. Ambergris is a solid‚ waxy‚ flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color produced in the digestive system of sperm whale. When initially expelled by or removed from the whale‚ The fatty precursor of ambergris is pale white in color (sometimes streaked with black)‚ soft‚ with a strong fecal smell. Ambergris is one of the most popular substances in the world. Nowadays‚ gold just is $30/g

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    Whale Rider

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    Professor David Burrill MSC 20 11 March 2013 Whale Rider The 2002 movie Whale Rider tells a story of a young woman named Paikea growing up in patriarchal society known as the Maori tribe. Pai‚ short for Paikea‚ spends her life trying to get her grandfather to accept her. When she was born‚ her twin brother died at birth‚ leaving the grandfather’s dreams shattered. He needed a male so he can grow up to be chief. The chief will be known as the Whale Rider and he was supposed to bring the village

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    Sacred cow

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    Marvin Harris‚ the founder of materialism‚ was fascinated by religious practices of specific religions like Islam‚ Hinduism and Judaism. He observed how these religions had specific food restrictions which followers could not eat like pork or beef. He also examined the types of sacred figures in these religions like the Ka’aba where people would walk around it and pray‚ as it is known as the house of God in Islam. This led to assumptions from his philosophy that these historical practices and restrictions

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    Cows and their life

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    Schedule for The Metamorphosis* Assignment Due Date Surrealism and Existentialism Word Webs ________ Franz Kafka and The Metamorphosis ________ Reading Guide Chapter 1 ________ Reading Guide Chapter 2 ________ Reading Guide Chapter 3 ________ The Metamorphosis Quiz ________ Kafkanesque Images and Symbolism ________ Character Attribute Chart ________ Post Reading Discussion ________ The Metamorphosis Glossary Vocabulary Test ________

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    Save the Whales

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    Save the Whales Whaling is the hunting of whales‚ primarily for their large quantities of fat and meat. Its earliest forms date back to 3‚000 B.C. (whale facts). Before industrialization and technological advances in fishing technology‚ a whale’s large size made it a risky and deadly target. Today modern commercial whalers have hunted so many whales that they are responsible for the endangerment and near extinction of many whale species. If we don’t put an effort to stop this now we will surely

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    The Evolution of Whales

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    The Evolution of Whales “Their tongues alone can weigh as much as an elephant and their hearts as much as a car.” The animal called whales what are the largest‚ intelligent and aquatic mammals. However‚ whales were not the aquatic animals at the beginning. After thousands of years of evolution‚ since changes in the terrestrial environment and the demand for food‚ the whales become appearance like a graceful arc from the four limbs. We have to imagine that what happened in the past thousand years

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    Blue Whale

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    Common Name- Blue Whale Scientific Name- Balaenoptera musculus Family- Balaenopteridae- derived from the French‚ rorqual meaning whale Related Species- Sei Whale‚ Humback Whale‚ Fin Whale‚ Bryde’s Whale‚ Eden’s Whale‚ Common Minke Whale‚ Antarctic Minke Whale‚ and Omura’s Whale. Family Traits- Members of the Family Balaenopteridae have a narrow elongated flipper‚ feed on crustaceans by gulping water and pushing it out through baleen plates‚ have a dorsal fin and gestation last from 11-12 months

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    Humpback Whales

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    Marine Biology Research Project Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Balaenopteridae Common Name: Humpback whale Genus Species: Megaptera Novaeangliae Common Name: Humpback whale Genus Species: Megaptera Novaeangliae General Description: A. Body Symmetry: Bilateral B. Special Pigments or Coloration: Dark grey with lighter underbelly; flippers and flukes are grey and spotted with white C. Habitat: (Zone) Benthic and coastal (Geographic):

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    whale rider

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    Whale Rider 1) The Maori people have migrated from the island Hawaiki‚ around 800 to 1200 AD. The story was about a family and they were Maoris. A man named Koko is grandfather to a little girl named Paikea. Koko was the leader of the Maori people in the place they lived in and he wanted to find a new leader‚ which had to be a boy if he wanted to follow the tradition. The person who actually head to be the next leader was Koko’s grandson‚ but he didn’t have a grandson‚ and he could not do like

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