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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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    Whales in Paradise: An Overview Whales in Paradise became the Gold Coast’s first whale watching tour company when it was registered in 2004 and started operations in 2005(Whales in Paradise‚ n.d.). As of now it offers 3 tours daily from Surfers Paradise with the add offers a pick-up service from Brisbane to join the midday cruise(Whales in Paradise‚ n.d.). Each cruise each lasts approximately 3 hours 15 minutes‚ including a free cruise through the Nerang waterways with a commentary on the history

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    Blue Whales: Smarter Than You If you were to step past a worm on the sidewalk would the worm even know what you are or even that you stepped right past it? The idea is to first: prepare your mind to understand what I’m about to share; and second to show that it is very possible for a more intelligent species to be hidden right beneath our noses. If the blue whale has the ability to feel more‚ love more and understand one another better than humans can; one could only wonder what else they can do

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    Saving Tuxedos Killer whales do not belong in captivity because they are intelligent mammals created to live a free life unchallenged in the sea. A killer whales gift in this world is not to entertain crowds from the confines of a pool‚ but rather to help sustain and control the flourishing life across vast oceans‚ and the land. They are found in all the world’s oceans‚ before captivity‚ they were described as “blood-thirsty killing machines” (Kirby‚ 2012‚ p. 3). The killer whale plays a major role

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    The Blue Whale Balaenoptera Musculus‚ or the blue whale‚ is the largest mammal in the world. This enormous mammal can grow to be 110 feet long and weigh as much as 190 tons. That’s longer than two city buses and the total weight of 30 elephants. This giant is powered by a heart the size of a taxi-cab. The blue whale’s of the Antarctic grow larger than those of the Northern Hemisphere. Also‚ the females tend to be slightly larger than the males of the same age. These mammals are bluish-gray

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    Whale Rider By: Witi Ihimaera SUMMARY The Whangara tribe (a Maori tribe in New Zealand) is traditionally led by a male. However‚ this tradition is put under threat when first-born great grandchild‚ Kahu‚ is a girl. Koro Apirana‚ her great grandfather‚ and chief of the tribe is disappointed‚ and rejects the loving attention of Kahu. He wants a male heir to inherit the title of chief‚ the tradition since the first whale rider arrived in New Zealand. The Whangara tribe are proud of their traditions

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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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    Why Whales Need Blowholes

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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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    than the “seen” or the actual view of something. For example‚ I might “look” at the tree and view the plant with stem and branches‚ but what I “see” is natural beauty that represents true evolution. In this essay‚ I will discuss the short story “whale

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    A Whale of a Ride! Film Analysis Paper   The film “Whale Rider” took me on a whale of an emotional ride. Though there is a recurrent and overarching feeling of “great-whale-in-the-sea” calm‚ strength and beauty‚ there is a strong undercurrent of emotional turmoil‚ with which each of the main characters struggle. Each experiences an Eriksonian/Psychosocial crisis:          At 12 years old‚ the main character‚ Paikea “Pai‚” has successfully navigated through Erikson’s first four stages

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