Why do whales beach themselves? By Anda November 8 2009 Environmental Science Instructor: Why do whales beach themselves? The Scientific American article “Why do whales beach themselves?” published on June 1‚ 2009‚ bring the polemic and controversial reasons about the phenomenon observed in the last years when more than Fifty-five false killer whales were stranded on a South African beach over the weekend. The scientists still do not fully understand why mass stranding happen‚ and if
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Have you ever seen a giant bus-sized whale covered in barnacles fly out of the water? Probably not. In the next few paragraphs you will learn about the Humpback Whale‚ everything from what it eats to what its threats are. Description The Humpback Whale is a blue-black whale with a pale or white underside. They are known for singing‚ to communicate and get mates. When they dive‚ they hunch‚ making a hump on their back. That’s how they got their name. They grow up to about 48-62 feet long and weigh
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Whale Rider: Inner Strength and Determination The film Whale Rider opens with a man‚ Porourangi‚ standing next to his wife as she gives birth to twins. Unfortunately‚ the mother and the son do not survive leaving only the girl who is named Paikea. This greatly upsets Koro‚ Porourangi’s father. As the reigning chief of the Maori people‚ he would have taught Porourangi’s first born son in the ways of their ancestors to become the next chief (Wald 2006). After experiencing such a devastating loss
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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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Phenomenon of Killer Whales in Captivity To what extent has placing orcas in captivity influenced their aggressive behavior in comparison to those in the wild? Session: May 2014 Session Number: 0006 Word Count: 3‚749 Subject: Environmental Systems and Societies Since the release of Gabriella Cowperthwaite’s documentary Blackfish‚ there has been much controversy about the issue of placing killer whales in captivity. Through
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Week 8 Group 4 presentation (Wednesday 6th May‚ 12pm) Case: Corelio Printing ● ● ● JENNY – Introduction 1 mins Good afternoon everyone. We would like to begin by introducing ourselves; we are team four and my name is Jenny. Today our presentation will propose an improved costing system for the printing division of Corelio. The outline of our presentation is as follows. Firstly‚ I will describe the problem that Corelio is currently facing with regards to its costing
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This year alone‚ Japan plans to kill 333 Minke Whales for “scientific research” and uses this reason to help deter outsiders from their commercial fishing mentions Melissa Chan in her article called Japan Sets Out to Kill Hundreds of Minke Whales Despite Global Opposition. Due to this recent announcement the global community has been in an uproar and demands an immediate halt to Japans whaling. This has been an on going issue for multiple years and has become such a problem that the International
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Killer whales in captivity should be let back into the wild‚ because the whales have echolocation‚ they are causing harm to the humans taking care of them‚ and they are spacing issues at the capturing centers. These are just some of the important reasons why killer whales in captivity should be released. Presently‚ echolocation is how orca’s find their food‚ and navigate through the ocean. The orca’s make a sound and the sounds are reflected of off different objects in the ocean‚ then the orca will
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The article written by Jaime Bolaños Jiménez and his support scientists called‚ “Distribution‚ feeding habitats and morphology of killer whales Orcinus orca in the Caribbean Sea” is about a study done evaluating 176 records of killer whales from the Caribbean. A majority of previous findings from other reports conclude that killer whales are found in all oceans of the world‚ but for the most part little is known about their geographical range‚ biology‚ abundance‚ and taxonomy‚ which makes the calculation
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