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    reasons and provides details to advocate these reasons. However‚ the professor found this argument by the passage unconvincing and repudiates all three reasons. At first‚ the reading passage posits that ’’quackers’’ sounds’ the main source is orca whales who inhabit that area in the ocean. Conversely‚ the professor claims that this theory may be plausible but it is impossible to be logical. According to the professor‚ orcas usually live near the surface of the ocean and the submarines remain deep

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    Dolphins are cetacean mammals closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from 1.2 m (4 ft) and 40 kg (90 lb) (Maui ’s dolphin)‚ up to 9.5 m (30 ft) and 10 tonnes (9.8 long tons; 11 short tons) (the orca or killer whale). They are found worldwide‚ mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves and are carnivores‚ eating mostly fish and squid. The family Delphinidae‚ the largest in the order Cetacea‚ evolved relatively

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    This essay is about “Food Chain” Food chain From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Food chain (disambiguation). Food chain in a Swedish lake. Osprey feed on northern pike‚ which in turn feed on perch which eat bleak that feed on freshwater shrimp. A food chain is a linear sequence of links in a food web starting from a trophic species that eats no other species in the web and ends at a trophic species that is eaten

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    Dolphins

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    Dolphins are mammals closely related to whales and porpoises. Dolphins have a powerful and streamlined body. They are found in all seas and oceans. Dolphins can be told apart from porpoises by their nose‚ which is beaklike‚ and also their conical teeth. Porpoises have a flatter nose‚ sharper teeth‚ and a more solid body. There are 32 known species of dolphins. The bottle- nosed dolphin is often the species used in aquatic shows. The common dolphin inspired many Mediterranean folk lores. Both

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    Habitat Fur Seal Essay

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    Male pups weight 5.4 kg at birth and then grow to 175-275 kg. Female pups weigh 4.5 kg at birth and grow to 30-50 kg. Population/Lifespan 1 Million but the population is decreasing due to people hunting the seals and their predators such as killer whales and sharks. They live from 12 to 30 years. Range They travel throughout the Pacific rim from Japan to the channel islands of California. Habitat Fur seals live mostly in open water. They only go on land for pupping and breeding. They are only

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    eaten by the Killer Whales. Decompose The Decompose are mostly the Ice‚ snow and Rocks and also Bacteria on the bottom of the ocean floor and that is where the producers brings nutrients from the bottom of the water and these creature thrives for them. Producers are in microsopic in size. Tiny diatoms‚ crustaceans and protozoams live here. The bring nutrients from the bottom of the water for the creature to survie. Primary Consumers are Krills‚ shrimp‚ small fishes and the squid which eats tiny

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    Blue Shark Research Paper

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    because of someone else’s work. A blue shark does not search near the surface of the open ocean‚ rather it uses its ability to dive into the depths of the water in order to hunt. It tries to capture squid and has the ability to go almost 300 meters down into the colder waters. Yet like the sei whale‚ in this instance‚ we see that the shark finds it easier to detect the smell of frightened fish from a previous attack and decided to mooch off another organism’s hunt. On the other end of the spectrum

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    Orca Essay

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    Orcas Detailed Information Killer whales Orcas‚ also known as ‘killer whales’ are toothed whales that belong to the dolphin family. They got their fierce sounding name not because they kill humans‚ but because they will kill other large whales and animals. Killer whales hunt in packs which also gets them the reputation of being ‘the wolves of the sea’. Their packs‚ known as ‘pods’ are made of 5 – 30 whales that are commonly lead by a female orca. Habitat Orcas can be seen in all major oceans around

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    Spinner dolphins can dive 900 feet in depth and stay 8 minutes under the water when they are searching for food‚ Squid is a huge part of the diet for the Spinner Dolphins. These dolphins have no problem successfully hunting in the deeper and darker waters. They can survive from 20 to 20 years in the wild. Natural enemies of spinner dolphins are sharks‚ killer whales and pilot whales. Spinner dolphins are very social animals. They live in groups (called pods) of 100 to 1.000 animals. The average

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    Jaguar Classifications

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    This following report will show you the classifications and information of the Jaguar‚ Tiger Shark‚ Earth Worm‚ Red Wood‚ and Killer Whale.<table border="1"><tr>Category</td><td>Jaguar</td><td>Tiger Shark</td><td>Earth Worm</td><td>Red Wood</td><td>Killer Whale.</td></tr><tr>Kingdom-</td><td>Animalia</td><td>Animalia</td><td>Animalia </td><td>Plantae</td><td>Animalia. </td></tr><tr>Phylum-</td><td>Chordata</td><td>Chordata</td><td>Annelida</td><td>Embryophyta</td><td>Chordata</td></tr><tr>Class-

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