was about. I then decided that I wanted to take on a more challenging film‚ one that I had never heard of‚ and one that I would really have to study to understand its full meaning. After looking into a few of the listed movies‚ I ended up choosing Whale Rider‚ a drama filmed in New Zealand in 2002. After watching the movie two times‚ I feel that I now understand some of the more drastic cultural and gender based problems that are occurring today. The film’s plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana
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“Killer” Whales Over thirty years and three deaths have occurred at the marine park SeaWorld‚ Keltie Byrne‚ Dawn Brancheau‚ and Daniel P. Dukes. The media blew up about the aggressive behaviors of the whales; killing innocent trainers. SeaWorld San Antonio alone is responsible for fourteen deaths of Orcas in the past thirty years. Where is the media’s articles for the deaths of Winnie‚ Kahana and Kortar? Three orcas of the fourteen that have died in the care of SeaWorld’s facility. There are two
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Humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) are beautiful and majestic sea creatures. They have been popularized by the mellifluous sounds of their voices‚ and are known as some of the largest mammals on earth. They have very interesting migration patterns that take the whale vast distances. They also possess many puzzling qualities‚ and scientists work to decipher the cause of these behaviors. The average male humpback whale is about 40-48 feet long‚ while the average female is about 45-50 feet long
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This higher brain function can account for attacks such as the one by Kasatka who on two occasions‚ 1999 and 2006‚ attacked veteran trainer Ken Peters during live shows in SeaWorld San Diego (Hardgrove 97). In 1999‚ another whale named Tilikum made headlines when the mutilated body of a twenty-seven year old man was found floating in the water after he’d snuck into the facility and Tilikum attacked him (Hardgrove 98). Tilikum had previously killed a trainer in Sealand of the Pacific in 1991 before
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“Screw the Whales‚ Save the Shrimp” by Joy Williams The essay "Save the Whales‚ Screw the Shrimp" written by Joy Williams is about the problem that we are not taking care of the environment or seeing the truth of it all as well as we should be. Because we are too blind and lazy to solve the problems with everything around us‚ such as the animals and the plants that keep us alive everything is just getting worse. We’ve made it our nature to take things that are available and use them until it’s gone
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the whale could face extinction‚ I only found out the other day that there are an estimated 5000 whales killed every year. Firstly once you have killed a whale it takes a longer time to replace it‚ when females have babies every 1 to 3 years and they are pregnant with the baby from 10 months for a smaller whale and for the bigger whales 16 months‚ so if people just keep on taking and taking it is going to take longer for all whale species to repopulate. Secondly the way the whales are
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Shark Week w/ Andy Samberg Andy Samberg in the midst of a herd of sharks. He gives some observations and facts about their barbaric nature. They’re circling him. He acts frightened. He is screaming. As it turns out‚ you are only hearing the comical voicings of Andy Samberg (on a nearby boat) and the sharks are actually docile to the diver. The entire clip is a commercial for Shark Week on Discovery Channel. The advertisement appears to be an actual show about sharks‚ that has gone horribly wrong
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Parents usually go the extra mile to make sure that their children are always happy.Even when it comes to replacing pets repeatedly.The essay‚ “I’ve got a few pet peeves about sea creatures” by Dave Barry is a high level comedic text that uses hyperbole and sarcasm to expose the truth that parents will go to great lengths to create positive pet experiences for their children. First Dave Barry starts using hyperbole here to explain how hard it is to find a suitable pet.”The aquarium guy would inform
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Tilapia • Introduction • Natural distribution & biology • Where are they in Australia? • How did they get here? • What are their impacts? • What is I&I NSW doing? • How can you help? • References Introduction Tilapia are listed in the top 100 of the world’s worst introduced species. They are listed as noxious in NSW and possession and sale of live tilapia is prohibited with penalties of up to $11‚000. Tilapia is the common name given for fish from the genera Oreochromis‚ Sarotherodon‚ Serranochromis
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Manatees are a highly talked about animal in our society today due to the fact that they love to reside in shallow waters along the coast of Florida‚ thus exposing the top of their bodies to possibly getting hit by boaters. This has sparked a heated debate as to what actions should and shouldn’t be taken to protect the West Indian Manatee. Manatees are unique among marine animals because they reside in both fresh water and salt water. It seems as though they prefer rivers with true grasses‚ or
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