atrocious practice of cutting off the shark’s fins and tossing the shark‚ still alive‚ back to the water; this practice is illegal but it is practiced anyways and it’s quite serious as some shark are in the edge of extinction. Once the fins have been cut off‚ the shark is thrown back to the water and it slowly dies. The shark may either drown‚ bleed to death or be eaten by other creatures. The shark can’t move or defend itself because it has no fins so it just sinks to the button of the sea; helpless
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Orca Whales: Captive or Free? Sheena Anderson ENC1101-09 Professor Cooper 7 November 2011 Anderson 1 Orca Whales: Captive or Free? For many years‚ people have gone to places like SeaWorld in either Orlando‚ California‚ or Texas to marvel at and to be entertained by the creatures known as Orcinus orca. For those people not familiar with the scientific term‚ they are also called Orca whales. These powerful‚ magnificent‚ intelligent creatures have become the trademarks of the parks where
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a diagram of a whale and details about how the whale has evolved physiologically and has become adapted to fit the environment. Kingdom: Animalia‚ Phylum: Cordata‚ Class: Mammalia‚ Order: Cetacea‚ Sub-order: Odontoceti‚ Family: Delphinidae‚ Genus: Orcinus‚ Species: Orca. Whales occupy all oceans and major seas‚ even some are in larger river systems. They are very large animals. They can grow up to 100 ft. or more in length. They can weigh up to 200 tons or more. Whales live in families
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Shark finning is the inhumane practice‚ carried out by those of the Japanese culture in order to make a delicacy known as shark fin soup. When a shark is being finned the shark is still fully alert and alive as the fishermen cuts off each of the fins. When the fishermen are done cutting off the sharks fin’s they then throw the torso of the shark back into the ocean‚ where the shark will then drown due to not being able to swim. Shark finning is illegal‚ inhumane‚ and must be stopped in order to insure
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“A lot of people think of soul surfers as people who just surf to compete. But I think it’s someone who just loves surfing for what it is‚ never gives up and always sticks with the ocean.” (Turner 1) Bethany Hamilton was a born soul surfer on February 8‚ 1990‚ and born on the island of Lihue‚ Hawaii. Bethany has two older brothers‚ Noah and Timmy Hamilton. Her parents are both surfers‚ which is how they met in Hawaii.(“Bethany Hamilton” Gale Database 1) Ever since Bethany was a little kid she’s
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characther. “Big Miracle” is about three whales trapped in a hole in the ice‚ The reporter accidently found them and the news spread around the world so fast‚ The whales must be recued immediately or the hole could close due the bad weather. Many people involved to recue them‚ even the russian. In the end‚ one of the whales is died because it was sick before it was found‚ and the rest is recued safely. At first this movie is kinda boring‚ a debate to kill the whale or recue it. I loved when the troubles
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Sharkwater‚ directed by Rob Stewart in 2007‚ is a documentary that portrays the highly misapprehension of the Shark specie. Stewart interviews several different individuals ranging from individuals on the street or people associated with companies or campaigns. His intentions for the documentary were good; he sought to inform the audience of Sharks and how harmless and significant they really are. The thesis of Sharkwater is that Sharks are more endangered than dangerous. Throughout the documentary
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Student Name | | Connie Chesser | | | | Date | 9/16/2013 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | FINAL EXAM | FIN 415 Corporate Risk Management | Session 02/22/11 - 03/28/11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Section I | | True or False (5 points) | | Enter T or F in yellow box | .5 points each. | | | Do not use | | | | | | | | | | | | | T | 1 | The art of risk management is to identify risks specific to an organization
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back in time. The Bible contains a story called Jonah and the Whale‚ this story describes a different form of an island; however‚ it is still depicting the meaning of isolation. According to the story it states‚ "Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah‚ and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights" (Holy Bible‚ New International Version 1:17). In other words‚ the island in this case is the belly of the whale because it is isolated from the rest of the world‚ and there
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Evolution of Whales Whales have evolved dramatically to adapt to life in the water as they started out as typical land animals. It has taken 12 million years for the modern whale to become as we know it. They had feet and legs suited for walking on land. They also had long skulls and carnivorous teeth‚ these whales evolved nostrils that were positioned further and further back along the snout. This trend has continued into living whales‚ which have a "blowhole" (nostrils) located on top of the
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