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    documentary Blackfish‚ orca whales are portrayed and deeply appreciated as entertainment through SeaWorld’s whale shows. Considering the orca whales at SeaWorld are away from their natural habitat‚ the film takes a look at the reality of orca whales in captivity. The producer‚ Gabriela Cowperthwaite‚ observes not only the whales’ lives‚ but also how SeaWorld handles the whales and their trainers. Upon death incidents involved between SeaWorld trainers and an orca whale named Tilikum‚ through this

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    Whale Rider The “Whale Rider”‚ filmed in New Zealand and directed by Niki Caro‚ is a film based on the novel of the same name‚ by Witi Ihimaera. Many of the extras in the film were actual residents of the town Whangara. The film is about a girl‚ Paikea Apirana‚ played by Keisha Castle-Hughes in her debut role‚ who battles to gain her grandfather’s respect‚ and to become the chief of the tribe. By tradition‚ the leader of the tribe should be the first son‚ however Pai’s twin brother had died at

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    chosen is "How relationships can influence our view on the world" which helps reflect this. This can be found throughout the novels‚ The Fault in our Stars by John Green‚ My Life of Crime by Fleur Beale and Animal Farm by Gorge Orwell‚ and the film The Whale Rider directed by Niki Caro. In the novel The Fault in our Stars‚ the main character‚ Hazel Grace‚ is determined to isolate herself from the rest of the world‚ as she believes that when she dies‚ all she will do is hurt those close to her. This is

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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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    I do not think whales should be in captivity because whales are way too big to be in takes at seaworld the whales can’t even move around in the tank‚ imagine you are living in the entire ocean and then you just get pulled out and get put in a tank where you can’t even move. I think that they just want a bigger crowd because it means they would get more money. Whales should not be in captivity because the tanks are way to small‚ Trainers don’t not feed the whale enough‚ and people don’t have the best

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    across a female white whale and moved in close. "She was asleep‚" he recalls‚ "but after a while she opened her eye and looked me over. You would see her eyeball rolling in her head and then she closed her eye again. Basically‚ the whale was just saying‚ Well‚ if you’ve seen one of us‚ you’ve seen them all." Born in 1935 in New York‚ Payne has been studying whales for 40 years. He has built his career on science and activism‚ but ask him what it’s like to swim with a whale and what you hear in his

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    The Whale Rider Chapter Questions Chapters 1-6  1. Chapter 1 begins in myth‚ and myths explain what was once unexplainable to a people.  What does the myth of the whale rider explain to the Maori people? 2.  Chapter 2 gives us the point of view of the whales.  The bull whale remembers his master‚ the "golden man."  Do you think that the whale is as old as the myth‚ or do you think that the whale draws on the collective memory of his culture?  Or‚ do you have another idea?  Give your

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    planet are still alive and that I actually did see one. I found out that the Blue Whale that I saw when I was kid on the beaches of Vizag was actually one of the biggest animal ever lived. I can’t explain how proud I felt. Body I. Let me tell you some facts about Blue Whales. A. The blue whale is the largest animal that ever lived on Earth. 1. It is also the loudest animal on Earth. B. Blue whales grow to be about 30 meters long. C. They weigh about 180 tons. 1. They

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    Why do whales need blowholes? We see that whales need blowholes yet we are never told why they need them or what they are for. Don’t you ever wonder if the reason they have it is because they need all the water that they have consumed out of their bodies? Or if they need the blowhole to breathe. I hypnotizes that whales have blowholes in their backs to be able to breathe properly‚ and they have to have the blowhole in the back because they are not capable of breathing thru their mouths.

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    my essay about orca whales in captivity‚ specifically in SeaWorld. I made some researches about that and looked at several documentaries about whales in captivity as well in wild life. I found a very interesting article in Los Angeles Times‚ which I want to analyze. The first SeaWorld Park opened in 1964 orca whales were not popular; they were even hated and also hunted. Half a centaury later people came to SeaWorld and learned about these animals and started to like orca whales‚ which led to‚ that

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