Have you ever seen a Spinner Dolphin? The spinner dolphin is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which it spins along its longitudinal axis as it leaps through the air. Spinner dolphins can dive 900 feet in depth and stay 8 minutes under the water when they are searching for food‚ Squid is a huge part of the diet for the Spinner Dolphins. These dolphins have no problem successfully hunting in the deeper and darker waters
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The book that I chose to present as my book talk was Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell. The genre of this book is fiction. There are many characters discussed in Island of the Blue Dolphins: Karana is the main character. She is a teenage girl whose father is the ruler of the island Chowig is the ruler of the island in the beginning of the story. He has a son and a daughter‚ Karana and Ramo Ramo is Karana’s brother and Chowig’s son. He is a young boy around the age of 10. Captain
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Coastal Dolphin Survey Project of Orange Coast College focus on the population dynamics and behavior of the coastal bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) along Crystal Cove‚ CA and use of Newport Harbor‚ CA. Lindsay S. King (Student Director CDSP) and Dennis L. Kelly‚ Professor & Project Director. Marine Science Department‚ Orange Coast College‚ 2701 Fairview Rd‚ Costa Mesa‚ CA 92628 INTRODUCTION Photo by Dennis Kelly Photo by Sgt. Hollenbeck Photo by Lindsay King Photo by Google
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BASIC FACTS ABOUT DOLPHINS Dolphins are highly intelligent marine mammals and are part of the family of toothed whales that includes orcas and pilot whales. They are found worldwide‚ mostly in shallow seas of the continental shelves‚ and are carnivores‚ mostly eating fish and squid. Dolphin coloration varies‚ but they are generally gray in color with darker backs than the rest of their bodies. © Kristian Sekulic / iStockphoto Diet Dolphins consume a variety of prey including fish‚
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that describes the annual killing of dolphins in a Quasi-National Park at Taiji‚ Wakayama‚ in Japan from an ocean conservationist’s point of view.[2][3] The film highlights the fact that the number of dolphins killed in the Taiji dolphin hunting drive is several times greater than the number of whales killed in the Antarctic‚ and claims that 23‚000 dolphins and porpoises are killed in Japan every year in the country’s whaling industry. The migrating dolphins are herded into a hidden cove where they
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Japan strongly believe that hunting dolphins has been a part of the culture‚ and non-Japanese cannot criticize their practice. Their opinion is that many Westerners eat meat‚ so they are being hypocrits for criticizing Japanese for eating another kind of meat. Do you agree with Japanese‚ or do you disagree? What are your reasons for your opinion? I strongly disagree. * Dolphins have very high mercury levels * Mercury is a known cause of birth effects * In 2010‚ hair samples from 1
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Some of the most memorable and entertaining animal encounters we may experience may also be the most unethical and cruel. In advocating for animal rights‚ the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WSDS) and Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) investigated the humanity behind one of the most popular exotic animal and human interaction availabilities- touch pools. Through the combination of extensive research (which includes undercover first-hand observations and employee testimonies)‚ slight
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Dolphin Captivity Dolphins in tanks or dogs in doghouses‚ is there a difference? Currently in the U.S. alone 62% of the population owns a household pet (AAPA). With household pets such as cats or dogs‚ an intellectual wild animal‚ is taken in and given a home‚ as well as food‚ medical‚ and personal things‚ like love‚ that may otherwise not be obtained in the “wild”. Dolphin captivity is essentially the same thing and is not solely based on using the animals for profit; there is much to learn about
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[pic] Grace Palmer Periods 5and 6 Mrs. Shingleton’s class Bottlenose Dolphin By Grace Palmer Do YOU need information about Bottlenose Dolphins? Well‚ if you do‚ you can find it all here in this article. It is an article specifically about the Bottlenose Dolphin. Appearance! (What they look like) Bottlenose Dolphins are a very beautiful dolphin and according to the underwater animal kingdom scientists‚ one of the most beautiful in the sea. It is still beautiful even though it
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know that when dolphins are underwater they can swim up to 260 miles without coming up to breath. Now that’s fast! Today this paper will have some facts about bottlenose dolphins‚ Leatherback sea turtles and harp seals. This paragraph will inform you about bottlenose dolphins. Did you know that when a baby bottlenose dolphin is born‚ it has to be born tail first or it will drown. Also a bottlenose dolphin can grow up to be 2.8 meters‚ and that’s really long! Bottlenose dolphins only have 2 predators
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