Braided Essay: Blood dolphins and Endangered Species As my cruise ship approached the port we were about to dock at‚ I stood near the railing looking down into the beautiful water. Even from fifty feet up‚ I could see straight to the bottom of the crystal clear water. As my family and I headed towards the main door to exit the ship‚ the butterflies in my stomach grew more and more excited. Finally‚ we left the ship and were greeted by a large sign that read‚ “Welcome to the Bahamas!” Our first stop
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exploring both how and why this process has taken place‚ as well as other factors related to this amazing creature. Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. They vary in size from 1.2 meters (Maui ’s dolphin)‚ up to 9.5 meters (the orca or killer whale); part of the largest family in the Cetacean order‚ the Delphinidae ‚ dolphins have evolved relatively recently‚ about ten million years ago‚ during the Miocene. There has been a trend within
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cut up into pieces. This is the fate of hundreds of whales every year. Although many countries such as Japan and Norway continue to hunt whales for their byproducts and scientific research‚ whaling should be outlawed
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Banning whale hunting Whales are the biggest animals that live on this planet‚ in the oceans. Depending on their species they can weigh up to 200 tons‚ the weight of around 12 elephants or 2000 people. It has also been studied that the brains of whales are developed which means they are intelligent creatures. Since centuries whales have been hunted down for their oil and meat. The process of killing whales for their meat and oil is called whaling. In the olden days only the slow moving whales were
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Whaling Should Be Banned * Whales have been hunted by humans for their meet‚ bones and blubber. * Whaling‚ during the 19th century‚ wiped out most of the world’s whale populations. * Whales grow and breed slowly; numbers will take a long time to recover. This means that they will more easily become more extinct. Information * The International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned whaling in 1986. * There are some countries that issue permits to kill whales for research; Japan uses
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is common sense to stop doing something if there is already a problem. You do not want to make it worse. In Japan‚ people catch and kill whale species that are already endangered. While some people believe that this is perfectly ok‚ whaling needs to be stopped because some whales are endangered and whale meat is not even used anymore. My first reason is that whales are endangered.
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whaling started in 1910 the average numbers of whales killed per year were around 12‚000. Then 30 years later the number jumped to 40‚000. This was decimating to the whale populations‚ some near the brink of extinction. Then in 1946 the IWC (International Whaling Commission) was formed. The IWC was created to help the regulation of whaling. They placed moratorium on commercial whaling‚ thus banning its practices. But by the time this happened the whale populations were dwindling and the prey from these
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Stop Whale Hunting Stop Whale Hunting IWC (International Whaling Commission) banned the commercial whaling in 1986. The main reason is with the increase of human and hunting technology‚ the speed of catching these whale exceed the sustainable stock of whales. Although IWC had already come out such a clear policy‚ some pro-whaling countries are still doing the whale hunting----for scientific research. Since 1930‚ with the increase of human demand and technology‚ human beings are putting more
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Should whaling activities be banned completely? Whales are the largest animals on earth. It has existed for over millions of years. They are also the largest mammals on the planet. Although they all look alike‚ there are many species of whales. Each time‚ they will only produce one offspring. According to Whale World‚ female whales only produce a baby whale each year‚ for they need to take care of the baby for the whole year (Whale World‚ n.d). They are gentle animals with graceful movements and
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Recently 333 Minke whales were killed; 103 males and 230 females- most of which pregnant. It was claimed they were killed for scientific purposes (Price). This is a big deal because the Japanese do not see any harm in what they are doing. Japan’s whaling
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