Plastic stops animals from surviving in various ways. Much of which inevitably finds its way into marine ecosystems as microscopic particles. The water gets dirty and its hard for the animals to breathe. A seaturtle can mistake a plastic bag for a jellyfish and that leads to blockade in the gut and leads to an internal death. The plastic also makes them buoyant‚ and unable to dive for food. Fish in the North Pacific injest 12‚000 to 24‚000 tons of plastic every year. When seabirds injest plastic it
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Epics Over the Years The Odyssey‚ a historical epic‚ was the first written of its kind. Since then‚ many stories’ plots have focused on the characteristics that made it an epic‚ such as Finding Nemo. Although the Odyssey was written many years ago‚ Finding Nemo’s qualities are along the same lines. Both stories contain characters on a journey in search of something of significance. Monsters threaten the quest home‚ helpers assist the heroes on their journeys‚ the heroes are glorified in
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Hongmin Du Mrs. Duckert English II PAP 29 Februarty 2012 Save The Whale: Campaign Speech Hello fellow people‚ I am here today to state the objective‚ which I am running for‚ and my reasons. Many of you for sure are familiar with one of the biggest sea creatures on the planet‚ the whale. I would like to run for the president of the save the whales industry‚ because I have the utmost intelligence over whales and Ill make sure that not a single whale will
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find Marlin’s only son‚ Nemo‚ who was abducted by a scuba diver. Dory’s memory problems lead them into some interesting and sometimes dangerous situations‚ including a group of recovering fish-addicted sharks‚ surfing sea turtles‚ and a maze of jellyfish. While Marlin and Dory swim across the ocean‚ Nemo is put in a fish tank where he and his new friends attempt to escape captivity and return to the ocean. Despite the conflicts that arise from Marlin’s impatience with Dory’s memory problems‚ Dory
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For the short story analysis I chose “In Broad Daylight” by Ha Jin (146). Over all I believe this is a great example of the human condition that when at our best‚ we can be someone completely different from whom we are in the deep dark night. I will start by hitting the basic questions of narration‚ protagonist‚ settings and conflict. From there I hope to delve into the deeper analysis of what I believe is the take away lesson from the story. The narration of this story is done in the first person
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scared he would lose his only kid and he would go to the ends of the ocean for him. He had been scared of all these things in the open water‚ but once he realized he needed his child‚ he did everything to get to him. He would meet sharks‚ jump on jellyfish and even get scooped up by a pelican to find him. He had gathered all his feelings and made courage out of it‚ just for Nemo. That’s an example of courage in a
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(National Geographic) The adult Green sea turtles eat mostly algae and sea grass‚ but the new borns usually eat small "invertebrates like Crabs‚ JellyFish and Sponges." (National Geographic) All of the Green sea turtles shells are heart shaped‚ like the other sea turtles they aren’t able to bring they’re head in their shells. (National Geographic) The Green sea turtles "Genus: Chelonia" and the "Species:
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boundary between two environments which could not physically exist at the same time. Underwater and above water are two very separate modes of being‚ and aquariums suspend this reality by storing parts of the ocean above ground. The bioluminescent jellyfish were wonderful to photograph‚ as they were basically self lit! Obviously‚ flash photography is not allowed in aquariums and it would reflect off the panes of glass anyway‚ so the fact they were bioluminescent led to some absolutely beautiful photos
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Kelly Smith Bio1201 S013 25 February 2014 The Impact of Dinoflagellates The Phylum Dinoflagellata is in the Kingdom Alvoelata. Previously belonging to Kingdom Protista but have since been broken up into different kingdoms ("What Are Dinoflagellates?"). Approximately 4500 species have been described and organized into 550 genera. Almost three quarters of the genera and more than half of the species are fossil. Around 1700 are marine and about 220 are living in freshwater. Their specie growth is
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Plastic Plastics are used on a daily basis throughout the world. The word plastic is a common term that is used for many materials of a synthetic or semi-synthetic nature. The term was derived from the Greek plastikos‚ which means “fit for molding.” Plastics are a wide variety of combinations of properties when viewed as a whole. They are used for shellac‚ cellulose‚ rubber‚ and asphalt. We also synthetically manufacture items such as clothing‚ packaging‚ automobiles‚ electronics‚ aircrafts‚ medical
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