The Decline of the Whales Whales are the largest living mammals in the world. “Whale lifespans are about 40-100 years” says John Corbett from the Marine Life Museum. (1) Scientist have concluded that whales are intelligent creatures because they have their own language in which they communicate‚ it is called echolocation. Whales have intricate social behaviours and live in social groups just like humans do. So it is fair to say
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the indirect dumping of coastal runoff and the direct discarding of waste into the ocean by commercial and fishing vessels. In general‚ coastal runoff is primarily generated by the accumulation of litter being swept out to sea through storm sewer systems. Especially after an unusually dry spring‚ litter that has accumulated on streets and in storm sewers will overwhelm water treatment plants when heavy rains arrive‚ allowing floating objects to float right
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Together with many wild animals of the world today‚ the Amur leopard is facing the likelihood of extinction. Their threat is not by means of natural selection or a changing world but by man who has deliberately or unknowingly depleted their habitat and community. Only mans’ intervention and realization of the problem can hope to save these animals (Garman 1996). According to Kutscherenko (1995) the wild population of the Amur leopard has dwindled to an estimated 120 to 140 leopards‚ 30 of which
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This manual will consist of basics‚ marketing‚ and programming for an introduction to Geocaching | Table of Contents Introduction 2 Basics 3 Marketing 5 Program Plan 8 Helpful Resources 11 Terminology 12 References 13 Introduction Geocaching is the treasure hunt for the 21st century. It allows children and adults to live out their fantasies as Indiana Jones using not an ancient map‚ but a GPS. New technology has allowed
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POINTERS ON RAISING RABBITS For Beginners: - Raisers can start with one male and two females - It is best to buy them when they are 2 months old right after they weaned. - Be sure to buy your breeding stock only from reliable sources. - Select your rabbits that are the offspring of prolific does who knew how to suckle or nurse their young. - Pick out aggressive‚ well develop bucks. - Bucks and does selected should be both vigorous‚ healthy and free from defects. - Raisers should provide
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The cattle need to mimic nature by trampling heavily on the grass‚ when the grass is trampled it is covered in dung‚ urine‚ litter and mulch and that soil then holds and absorbs rain to store carbon and break down methane. Plants can then grow without using fire. By making use of Holistic Management and planned grazing this addresses all of natures complexities and our social
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Poison Water The consequence of polluting the earth is constantly ignored by human beings. Pollution is dangerous and harmful to both living things and the environment. Chemical waste‚ fertilizer and numerous additional are one of the most important affect which is leading us to damaging possessions of water pollution‚ Pollution should be condensed in order to make available a cleaner environment and generate healthy living environment and habitat for all life forms on earth. Water pollution
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interact with koalas for extended periods of time and people are only allowed to carry koalas for a few minutes so that they can be photographed with it. A large number of visitors to a beach will also damage the environment as tourists will litter the beach. When litter gets washed into the ocean‚ it may kill the wildlife that depends on the ocean. For example‚ a duck my swallow the plastic rings that hold canned drinks together and dies as a result of that. Newspapers have recently reported that the large
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furniture‚ clothing‚ food scraps‚ yard trimming and other items – ends up in landfills. Garbage (also known as rubbish‚ trash‚ refuse‚ waste‚ junk and litter) is unwanted or useless materials. In biology‚ it is any of the many unwanted substances or toxins that are spelled from living organisms‚ metabolic waste‚ such as urea‚ sweat or feces. Litter is waste which has been disposed in properly. Feces contain large quantities of fresh and soft texturized waste products. Waste is directly linked to human
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Gian Carlo Ebert Mrs. Margarette Knutsen ENC 1101 September 11‚ 2013 STOP SMOKING Thousands of people worldwide indicate that smoking is addictive and harmful to health‚ scientific studies‚ research and other institutional bodies such as the World Health Organization‚ would support this thesis. Tobacco is responsible for nearly 1 in 3 deaths from cancer‚ thousands of people die of lung cancer and about 87% of these lung cancer deaths will be due to smoking. This habit not only increases the
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