Two days after the celebration of Tupa’s death‚ Maco was found sitting on the beach building sandcastles. All the sudden he heard a splash in the water. He thinks it’s just his mind messing with him. Maco heard another slash and jerks around and see and dorsal fin gliding through the water. Maco think he saw Tupa’s ghost lurking in the waters like a cat ready to strike. Maco thought wrong. He is seeing the son of Tupa---Lupa---. Lupa was a small great white shark with a cut of the bottom of the dorsal
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METHODOLOGY: This work has been divided into two main parts: 1. An in-depth study of sounds used in underwater wildlife documentaries and films‚ looking at the reasons and acceptability of the use of constructed foley sounds. 2. The research and capture of original sound materials belonging to the underwater environment and its inhabitants. • For undertaking this research I searched for books and journals in the library including archival footage‚ films‚ photographs and official publications
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The olympian and war veteran Louie Zamperini was an amazing war hero and olympian(he was in the olympics). In his childhood Louie was a troubled child but he could run. His brother got him to join the track team. Later he got into the olympics and traveled to different countries and eventually he joined the military. In Unbroken‚ by laura hillenbrand‚ the main character Louie zamperini shows immense determination and he also is very rebellious. Louie Zamperini could be very determined when he wanted
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Water is filled with invasive species Water is filled with invasive species that come from all around the world. Invasive species can be anywhere at any time. Invasive species are any type of specie that is found where it is not native to. Invasive species can threaten the new habitats they join. Invasive species can even be from different continents. Once an invasive species settle somewhere it is pretty hard to get rid of them. Invasive species in the great lakes consist of Asian carp‚ Zebra
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Sea Lions Dying at Increasing Rates In five months alone‚ over 3‚000 sea lion pups‚ at a point teetering towards death‚ washed ashore on Southern Californian beaches‚ fifteen times more than in past years‚ due to toxic algal blooms. Merriam Webster calls algal blooms‚ “rapid and excessive growths of a plankton population.” Since 1998‚ scientists have been aware of sea lions and their pups being intoxicated by domoic acids from toxic algal blooms. Agricultural and suburban areas are the main culprits
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When the word dolphin comes to mind what do you think of? Seaworld? Flipper? or what about tuna? What most people don’t think about is Dolphins helping the United States Navy. Since 1950’s dolphins have been trained in captivity to assist the navy with important missions. The Navy also has done research with dolphins to help better understand the way this animal lives in its environment and to see how to protect it. This program is called Navy Marine Mammal Program(NMMP).This program turns heads
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Many people grow up taking trips as a family to the zoo‚ to the circus or to marine parks. Therefore‚ seeing animals being used for human entertainment is part of everyday life. But are the ways animals are treated in zoos‚ circuses and marine parks fair and humane‚ are the animals’ habitats small and dirty? Are animals forced to perform tricks that are harmful to them? Is using animals in entertainment really worth it? I am strongly against the use of animals in entertainment and in this essay I
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Growing up in California‚ SeaWorld visits were a huge part of his childhood. “It’s different for people who have actually seen the orcas‚” Ethier said. “Someone who’s never experienced it for themselves might not support SeaWorld in keeping the whales.” I asked him for his thoughts about the controversy. “I think it’s a good thing to have some orcas in captivity‚” Ethier said. “It’s a good way for them to be studied. I just think that they were very careless with Tilikum. He was exposed to
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Should Orcas Be Held In Captivity? Orcas‚ also known as “killer whales”‚ are the largest specie of dolphin. You can go to just about any marine park‚ such as Sea World‚ and watch these mammals entertain. A lot of people are completely unaware of the suffering and emotional stress that Orcas endure in these parks. Should these mammals be held in captivity just for the public’s entertainment and money? Over time‚ there have been at least 145 orcas captured from the wild
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Introduction Whales are the largest marine mammal in the world‚ living in all of the major oceans from the Arctic and Antarctic oceans to the tropical waters around the world. Human whaling is to hunt and kill whales for the use of their meat‚ oil and blubber. It is estimated that three million whales were killed in the twentieth century alone. According to the survey‚ there are only 10‚000 - 20‚000 whales surviving in the oceans today. Rapidly decreasing number of whales has affected the ocean’s
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