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    Mammal turn into a Whale? by Tamara Schupp San Diego State University 04/03/06 H100/M4 Whale Evolution 2 From Land to Sea: How could a Land Mammal turn into a Whale? The evolution of whales has long been a mystery to researchers. A whale has so many derived characteristics of a land mammal‚ such as a large brain‚ it breathes air‚ gives birth to live young and is warm blooded‚ and yet it still manages to live in the sea. Evolutionists believe that the ancestors of whales were land mammals

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    The whaling ship Peqoud was a great Whaling ship in its day‚ but that all changed when they encountered the great White Whale. The crew of the Peqoud were mostly experienced seamen but that didn’t help there fate. On that stormy day that the Peqoud and its crew met its fate they were on the hunt...for Moby dick. Captan Ahab was in charge of the Peqoud at this time and he was the man who made the decision to hunt Moby dick. Although the Peqoud was a whaling ship they went after Moby dick purely for

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    On Friday‚ The California State Legislature approved a historic bill that banned the breeding of captive killer whales and orca performances in the state‚ the only exception would be for educational purposes and not entertainment‚ display‚ or performance purposes. The bill also prohibits the export or collect captive orcas coming from any place in California to another state or country‚ unless approved by federal law‚ and importing their semen or embryos of any orcas held in captivity for artificial

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    Social Transmission and Culture In 2001‚ Russell and Whitehead published an article claiming that Humpback whales did in fact have a culture. The explanation or definition of culture they used in their study was the following: the for a specie to have culture‚ there must be variation on the behavior of groups within the specie. Behavioral variations could be deduced by observing spatial‚ temporal or social patterns and these variations shouldn’t be able to be explained by individual learning

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    Ahab’s great white whale brings him destruction in the famous “Moby Dick”‚ but actual whales glide graceful and effortless through the ocean almost all of time. After the white whale in “Moby Dick”‚ there is perhaps no whale more well known among enthusiasts and scientists alike than Migaloo the white humpback whale. Migaloo the white humpback whale has been spotted this week off the coast of New Zealand as he makes his annual migration to warmer waters. Migaloo the white humpback whale is the center

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    sketch Don’t Save The Whales‚ which shows members of a rally scapegoating and blaming everything wrong with their community on whales. Displaying how irrational and destructive unfairly placing the blame for problems is‚ the sketch also demonstrates how real problems go unsolved‚ new problems are created‚ and bandwagoning only makes everything worse. When people or communities pin the blame of their problems on others‚ they do not get any better themselves. Like blaming the whales in the sketch‚

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    A Study on the Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Tourism of Donsol‚ Sorsogon circa 1998 - 2010 Marie Anne L. Mijares 2010 – 36545 Professor Joey Ogatis Communications I Research Paper October 7‚ 2010 Outline Thesis Statement: The whale shark tourism industry of Donsol‚ Sorsogon has greatly changed its economic state and its reputation‚ but the whale shark tourism poses also problems on the fishing industries which is Donsol’s main source of livelihood. I. Donsol‚ which is located in Sorsogon province

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    summary: Whale fishing‚ also known as whaling‚ is a traditional fishing activity which existing thousands of years in the world. Fisherman fishing whales‚ sell of whale meat and oil to make money. With the development of modern fishing technology‚ industrial fishing gradually replaces a large number of private fishing activities‚ which made whaling easier and more efficient. Greenpeace International’s data showed “Commercial whaling during the last century decimated most of the world’s whale populations

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    enforced more and those are Most whale species have a very few amount of them left in the wild‚ the way the hunters kill the whales is cruel‚ and it is already illegal but people choose to break the law. The first reason whaling needs to be stopped permanently is that most whales have a very low number of them. Minke whales are the most hunted whale of them all and there species is at a rapid decline the Japanese whaling quota this year was to kill 935 Minke whales. In Japans 2011-2012 whaling campaign

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    Manufacturing A Steps involved to building a Bottle Rocket: Materials Two 2 litter soda bottles. Cardboard pieces pre cut and measured Duct tape Scissors‚ Cutters‚ Cutting Board‚ Glue etc  Foam pieces for fins Vinyl Material according to colors Cotton or any Sponge type material used for the Egg Compartment Construction To build a bottle rocket‚ there are many steps involved. It just cannot be made out of the bloom‚ but has to be thought about‚ researched and designed properly so that the result

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