of the whales. Materials: 1. The population dynamics virtual lab activity 2. Populations dynamics lab report species Seal population Whale population Seal carrying capacity Whale carrying capacity Trial 1 25 25 49 52 Trial 2 50 25 75 80 Trial 3 25 125 72 79 Seal birth rate Whale birth rate Seal carrying capacity Whale carrying capacity Trial 1 0.05 0.005 49 52 Trial 2 0.07 0.005 43 55 Whale death rate Whale capture
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In the Heart of the Sea What caused an 85 ton Sperm whale to crash into the side of the Essex‚ causing one of the most disastrous and tragic accidents in maritime history? Was this a calculated attack? Did it see the whaling ship as an unwanted rival in its territory? Did the crew of the Essex have anything to do with the whales’ sporadic behavior? Or was this simply an unexplainable act of nature’s unpredictability? On November 20‚ 1820 the crew of the Essex spotted an unusual sight‚ an extremely
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Whale Rider Essay Notes Whale Rider Essay Notes How is Whale Rider a good example of a mythological story? * Based on a legend- A story from the past‚ believed to explain how the Maori people came to be in New Zealand. It is regarded as historical although not verifiable. It’s a modern interpretation of an ancient Maori myth. * Strong basis in the culture of Maori people- Myths support and strengthen culture and reinforce cultural values. * Voice-over- Paikea explaining the legend
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Analysis of Findings Whale products were a very important resource during the 18th and the 19th centuries because many products had been vastly improved by parts of the whales’ bodies such as its oil. Whale products were used in many common objects in almost everybody’s everyday life during this time. Whaling had an influence on the Industrial Revolution‚ the economy of America and improved the everyday persons’ life. Because of the competitive nature of whaling‚ many whales were pushed almost to
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the whale could face extinction‚ I only found out the other day that there are an estimated 5000 whales killed every year. Firstly once you have killed a whale it takes a longer time to replace it‚ when females have babies every 1 to 3 years and they are pregnant with the baby from 10 months for a smaller whale and for the bigger whales 16 months‚ so if people just keep on taking and taking it is going to take longer for all whale species to repopulate. Secondly the way the whales are
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somewhat different depending on the degree of modification produced by evolution. One use for the vertebrate forelimb is swimming. Whales‚ otters and penguins have forelimbs which are modified to allow them to swim efficiently. The bones in whales are relatively compact and do not move within the flipper. This provides them with a strong paddle’ which allows the whale to control the direction of their swimming. However‚ Otters have more flexible arms which allow for more movement. The metacarpals
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Grind happens is that during the summer‚ the Faroese people surround pilot whales with a semicircle of boats‚ then they drive these whales to shore where the hunters wait to kill them. Sea Shepherd does not believe that this should happen and have gone done to the Faroe Islands to stop it. 2.) The first group that is considered a stakeholder would be the Faroese people who rely on this meat for much of their meals. The whale meat makes up about 30% of all meat produced locally on the island. The
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states killer whales should not be kept in seaworld cages and for the incidents have been reported from sea world caused by killer whales. Tilikum was the main topic in Blackfish because Tilikum caused most of the incidents happened at seaworld for the bad treatment he had received when he was first brought into seaworld in Canada. In my opinion‚ killer whales should not be kept at seaworld in cages because that causes them to be aggressive towards the trainers. I state that killer whales should be
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life that are similar to whales. On the other hand‚ others think that underwater noise has absolutely no affect on marine life. Two affects of underwater noise on species of marine life similar to whales are causing them change feeding and diving patterns as well as causing their communications to be interrupted and making them respond cautiously and affecting their behavior‚ which still substantially affects them. The first effect on species of marine life akin to whales is making them change
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distances‚ and the water does not support visual cues over great distance. This is why whales and dolphins use primarily auditory signals. Auditory signals can travel great distances and travel four and a half times faster in water than in air (Ford‚ 1984). Killer whales or Orca (Orcinus orca) are very social dolphins and live in pods often consisting of family members from between four up to fifty for residential whales while transient pods normally are only between two and five animals (Ford‚ 1989)
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