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    Right Whale One of the rarest mammals the Right Whale faces near extinction. At about 50 feet long they roam through Atlantic or Pacific waters. “Right whales live in temperate and cool seas in both hemispheres at the surface of the ocean. Southern right whales live at latitudes between 20°-55° but will occasionally venture down to 63°.” (Col). Or some species of Right Whale such as the Black Right Whale may live in all of the oceans. They travel very often but swim at a very low speed about 3

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    The Blue Whale Balaenoptera Musculus‚ or the blue whale‚ is the largest mammal in the world. This enormous mammal can grow to be 110 feet long and weigh as much as 190 tons. That’s longer than two city buses and the total weight of 30 elephants. This giant is powered by a heart the size of a taxi-cab. The blue whale’s of the Antarctic grow larger than those of the Northern Hemisphere. Also‚ the females tend to be slightly larger than the males of the same age. These mammals are bluish-gray

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    than the “seen” or the actual view of something. For example‚ I might “look” at the tree and view the plant with stem and branches‚ but what I “see” is natural beauty that represents true evolution. In this essay‚ I will discuss the short story “whale

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    A Whale of a Ride! Film Analysis Paper   The film “Whale Rider” took me on a whale of an emotional ride. Though there is a recurrent and overarching feeling of “great-whale-in-the-sea” calm‚ strength and beauty‚ there is a strong undercurrent of emotional turmoil‚ with which each of the main characters struggle. Each experiences an Eriksonian/Psychosocial crisis:          At 12 years old‚ the main character‚ Paikea “Pai‚” has successfully navigated through Erikson’s first four stages

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    Whales are aquatic (lives in the ocean) mammals that require certain adaptations in order to survive. They have a blow whole on top of their heads and a pair of lungs for breathing fresh air. In order to take a fresh breath whales need to emerge out of the water exposing the blow whole on top of their heads completely. As they emerge to the surface‚ they force out the carbon dioxide in a strong exhalation‚ before filling their lungs with fresh water and diving beneath the surface of the water again

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    within Patriarchal society plays a major role in driving the plot of Antigone and Whale Rider. From the opening scene of Whale Rider‚ we see Koro disregard the death of his daughter in law. He does not even embrace his baby granddaughter but only cares to say prayers to his dead grandson who‚ one day may have lead the Maori people. Even more to his dismay‚ his son‚ Porourangi‚ named the baby girl Paikea after the great Whale Rider. Likewise Koro disregarding the baby girl and her dead mother‚ Creon tells

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    For the exclusive use of Y. Chen INS370 JPMorgan & the London Whale Photo: ALAMY 03/2014-6003 This case was written by Andrew Chen‚ INSEAD MBA July 2013‚ under the supervision of Claudia Zeisberger‚ Affiliate Professor of Decision Sciences & Entrepreneurship and Academic Director of the Global Private Equity Initiative (GPEI) at INSEAD. It is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. Funding

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    “Moby Dick or‚ The Whale” by Herman Melville follows the story of Ishmael‚ a sailor who finds himself seeking more in life so he decides to join the crew of a whaling ship that travels many oceans around the 1830’s or 1840’s. Ishmael travels from Manhattan Island to New Bedford. There he stays at the spouter Inn but there is a shortage of beds so he must share with a mysterious tattooed harpooner named Queequeg. It turns out Queequeg isn’t a bad guy‚ so they grow close and soon became great friends

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    that the first creature created by the God was the whales. Whale mythologies are heard all over the world. All the mythologies portray whale as a demonic monster‚ but whales are the most amazing‚ magnificient‚ and intelligent creatures on the earth. They are highly social beings which live in harmony with their family for nearly 150 years. They are still mysterious to human beings. Hunting of whales causes depletion in the community of whales. In English Literature sea creatures are exaggerated

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    Greetings‚ thank you all for being here today. I would like to introduce myself. My name is Faidah Manishimwe‚ but you can call me Faidah. The purpose of my talk today is about Koro (pai’s grandfather‚ the village chief). This oral presentation will discuss the cultural issues which Koro had with his community as he was a chief who faced many issues and I will compare them to my own situation. Issue 1 As Koro was getting older he became worried about his community and the fact it might collapse

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