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    A problem that goes highly unnoticed is the horrifying treatment of orcas that are in captivity. Now I personally have an irrational fear of this species‚ but even this topic has pulled my heart strings and has me wanting to make a difference. The first story I heard that referred to orcas being held in captivity‚ was about a young orca named Tilikum. He was ripped from his family when he was only two years old when he was only 13 feet long. After his capture‚ he was kept in a cement holding tank

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    Whale Rider Leadership

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    lot has been written about the strong family message in Whale Rider‚ and there is no mistaking that this story of intergenerational love and conflict is‚ on the surface‚ about the mending of a broken family‚ but there is another aspect that hasn’t been written about—or at least only touched on—and that’s the movie’s theme. It isn’t about family or even the need to honor the hand in glove relationship of tradition and progress. At root‚ Whale Rider is one of the best pictures about leadership that

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    The Loved Little Whale: What Should Have Happened “Life had been transformed by our affection for this little whale‚ [because...] what we shared mattered” -Mike Parfit. Luna the orca has been separated from his pod ever since he was two. Through the years‚ this little orca has learned to cope not by joining another pod or learning to live in solitude‚ but by forming a miraculous bond with the citizens of Nootka Sound‚ British Columbia. As Luna gets older‚ he seems to be getting in more and more

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    Throughout chapter 60‚ Ishmael describes the whale-line and how it’s set up. The rope is connected to the harpoon at one end and dangles free at the other so it can be tied at the boat lines. With how long the rope is‚ it is larger than the actual volume of the whaleboat and the sailors need to be cautious of not trying to be caught on the line. When a whale is caught by the harpoon there is line being flung every which way over the boat. If the sailor actually does get caught then his body could

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    Symbolism In Whale Rider

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    Niki Caro has used symbols in her movie Whale Rider (2002) to explore ideas by using elements to express a certain feeling‚ instead of getting the actor to show the feeling through words. The movie Whale Rider follows a young girl named Paikea living in a small Maori coastal town in New Zealand. It is about the challenges Paikea faces being a girl and how this affects her relationship with her grandfather. This essay discusses three symbols that Niki Caro has used in her film. These includes; Koro’s

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    WHALE DONE- THE POWER OF POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS "The one thing competition can never steal from you is the relationship you have with your people and the relationship they have with your customers" Innovation is the key in business. However any new strategy‚ be it on price or service is immediately known by competitors and replicated. Copying is inevitable. This means that the only real competitive edge is the relationship you have with your employees and your customers. If your employees trust

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    Should Orcas be Kept in Captivity? In my opinion I think orcas should not be kept in captivity because they are dangerous. They will not be kept in their natural habitat. And they get stressed from being enclosed. It is to dangerous for orcas to be kept in captivity. They are to hard to understand nobody knows what can happen. What if they go wild or something. What if they can’t control themselves. I mean they are used to doing every thing on their own. What if they get taught. What can happen

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    The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a cetacean inhabiting the marine arctic and is found throughout the arctic seas as well as smaller seas such as the Beaufort Sea‚ the Chukchi Sea‚ the Bering Sea‚ Cook Inlet‚ and several other seas (Frost and Suydam‚ 2010). This species is migratory and will migrate to shallower coastal waters during the summer‚ but as winter approaches they travel back to the northern icy waters (Goetz et al.‚ 2012). Beluga’s feed on small fish‚ as well as squid‚ octopus

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    too many whale-watching boats by CBC in 2018‚ and in the poem The Famous Tay Whale written in 1883 by McGonagall‚ the human-animal relationship has progressed‚ showing that people understand the importance of protecting the whales. Despite the progression‚ in both articles‚ people still all treated whales as tourist attractions to make money which also shows that people still do not have enough appreciation for these whales. In The Famous Tay Whale‚ the speaker describes the whale as an ugly

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    Beluga Whales There are several types of whales in the ocean. Have you ever heard of a beluga whale? Many people don’t know what beluga whales are and have many different thoughts on them. White beluga whales are mammals‚ their size ranges from 13 to 20 foot long and weight ranges from 1 or 1.5 tons (2000-3000 pounds). Females are smaller than males and only give birth every three years. This paper you are reading will explain echolocation‚ habitat‚ range‚ and diet for beluga whales. First of all

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