What are the various ways that marine mammals are being killed and how is this killing affecting us? According to the World Wide Fund (WWF)‚ every year about 308000 whales‚ dolphins and porpoises die because of fishing gear like nets (2003). Other than the deliberate killing annually‚ these numbers of marine mammals die because of becoming entangled in nets and at times‚ drowning because of them. This is called ‘bycatch’; when an animal is accidentally caught as some other animal is trying to be
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Surrounded‚ Arion asked them to let him sing one last song. The sailors allowed this‚ and Arion’s music drew several dolphins to the ship. As he played‚ the dolphins swam alongside the ship and Arion decided to take a leap of faith and he jumped overboard. One of the dolphins carried him all the way back to Greece. In this version of the myth‚ Apollo placed the dolphin next to the constellation Lyra in the sky‚ and Lyra represents Arion’s lyre. Deep sky objects NGC 6934 a relatively large cluster
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division. And with Prescott superb playmaking‚ speculations have emerged that Romo could be traded by the team. However‚ rumors are also spreading that the Cowboys are also searching to enhance their defense and looks to be targeting one of the Miami Dolphin players. According to Sportsrageous‚ the Cowboys seems to be in dire need of an upgrade in their defense and
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Marine-Mammal Shows: Harmful to both Animals and People A famous dolphin trainer gave up his career which could have brought him both wealth and prosperity and became a free-the-dolphins activist instead. His name is Richard O’Barry and he is now struggling to conserve the rights of marine animals‚ especially dolphins. He was motivated by the fact that his precious dolphin (in the movie “Flipper”) that he once trained committed suicide in front of him‚ which shows one of the many problematic aspects
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An example of inductive reasoning would be Erik leaves for school at 7:30 am Erik is always on time. Erik assumes‚ then‚ that he will always be on time. The premise of this example is that Erik likes to be on time. The conclusion is that Erik likes to be on time and can be late no matter what in his mind. It is inductive reasoning because he predicts when he should be there based of one initial time. Another example of inductive reasoning would be that if lee is an excellent swimmer. lee has a swimming
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pain‚ among other things. It’s believed that some animals‚ like dolphins and chimpanzees‚ have the mental capacity of a young child. In fact when young dolphins are separated from their parents‚ pain and anxiety is in the adults is triggered. It is believed that when dolphins get extremely stressed‚ many of them actually stop breathing and basically commit suicide (Tomlinson). Dolphins aren’t the only ones to show emotion‚ as “…there is growing
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Cousteau carried out his first underwater experiments‚ thanks to his friend Philippe Tailliez who in 1936 lent him some Fernez underwater goggles‚ predecessors of modern swimming goggles.[1] Cousteau also belonged to the information service of the French Navy‚ and was sent on missions to Shanghai and Japan (1935–1938) and in the USSR(1939).[citation needed] On 12 July 1937 he married Simone Melchior‚ with whom he had two sons‚ Jean-Michel (born 1938) and Philippe (1940–1979). His
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Killer Whales One may not know that Killer Whales are the largest member of the dolphin family. They are carnivores‚ which have long round black bodies marked with whites patches near the side of the eyes and beneath their stomachs and chest. Killer whales are found in all oceans. Their scientific name is Orcinus Orca – the Roman God of dealth and the underworld‚ who is known as the punisher (Bio1). It’s believed that Orcinus is derived from Orcus which is Latin and Orca meaning
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Agree or disagree‚ environment issues are too complex for individuals to solve. I do not have to understate the importance of being concerned with environment issues. Today words like sustainability and environmental-friendly development are broadcast again and again all world televisions and Internet‚ which aims at raising awareness of every individual to figure out something to protect the environment we live in. It is conspicuous that all these measures did not make big changes as the environment
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about 15-18 breather mich breath is less than 1/2 a second but the whales and dolphins can absorb much more oxygen into their systems then we can by storing it in their muscles. Because they use force to get all the old air out‚ they exhale almost 90% of their old air Female humpbacks seem to start having babies as early as five or six years old Whales like dolphins have the habit of sleeping while swimming slowly next to another animals. In
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