The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a cetacean inhabiting the marine arctic and is found throughout the arctic seas as well as smaller seas such as the Beaufort Sea‚ the Chukchi Sea‚ the Bering Sea‚ Cook Inlet‚ and several other seas (Frost and Suydam‚ 2010). This species is migratory and will migrate to shallower coastal waters during the summer‚ but as winter approaches they travel back to the northern icy waters (Goetz et al.‚ 2012). Beluga’s feed on small fish‚ as well as squid‚ octopus
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Orcinus orca‚ also known as Orcas or Killer whales‚ are the largest dolphins‚ and one of the world’s most powerful and intelligent predators. They are part of the family Delphindae and the order Cetacea. Male orcas grow to an average of 20-26 feet long‚ and weigh from 8‚000-12‚000 pounds. While females can grow to an average of 16-23 feet long‚ and weigh between 3‚00-6‚000 pounds. Presently‚ there are three recognized ecotypes of Orcas; these include the Resident‚ Transient‚ and offshore orcas.
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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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The Natural History of the Great White Shark (GREAT) WHITE SHARK: Kingdom- Animalia‚ Phylum- Vertebrata‚ Class- Chondrichthyes‚ Order – Lamniformes‚ Family – Lamnidae‚ Genus – Carcharodon‚ Species – carcharias [Martins & Knickle 2010] The great white shark‚ Carcharodon carcharias‚ which is also known as the white shark and white pointer‚ has‚ been one of the most feared creatures on earth‚ they are viewed as killing machines that will stop at nothing‚ this stereotype of Carcharodon carcharias
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great white shark‚ Carcharodon carcharias‚ also known as the great white‚ white pointer‚ white shark‚ or white death‚ is a species of large lamniform shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. The great white shark is mainly known for its size‚ with the largest individuals known to have approached or exceeded in length‚ and in weight. This shark reaches its maturity around 15 years of age and can have a life span of over 30 years. The great white shark is arguably
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ADV 850 Fall Semester 2014 Case: Shark Fin Soup Case Student: Jianhong HU (Willing) 1. Describe the company in the case Hong Kong Disneyland‚ a 310-acre amusement park‚ is a joint venture between the Hong Kong government‚ who possesses 57 percent of the project‚ and Disney. The project is an adaptation of the American Disneyland but on a smaller scale. The aim of the project is to provide a family vocation resort to this financial based city. Though the project brings significant economic
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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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Sand Tiger Shark. The Carcharias Taurus has many names because it is known in many parts of the world and they are named differently‚ for example: grey nurse shark‚ ground shark‚ spotted ragged tooth shark‚ slender-tooth shark‚ spotted sand tiger shark and ground shark. Currently the Sand Tiger Shark is vulnerable and is still living in some areas of the world today. The domain of the Sand Tiger Shark is Eukaryote and its phylum is chordate. According to National Geographic Sand Tiger Shark get their
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Shark culling has become the new issue for the Australian media. Over the past three years‚ after seven fatal shark attacks in Western Australia’s waters‚ Premier Colin Barnett‚ declared to kill any shark bigger than three meters spotted in the designated kill zones. This culling has killed many sharks and is going to result to the extinction of these species. Miranda Devine published an opinion piece with the headline “A tasty dish for a very big fish… and it’s all our fault” in The Daily Telegraph
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The Loved Little Whale: What Should Have Happened “Life had been transformed by our affection for this little whale‚ [because...] what we shared mattered” -Mike Parfit. Luna the orca has been separated from his pod ever since he was two. Through the years‚ this little orca has learned to cope not by joining another pod or learning to live in solitude‚ but by forming a miraculous bond with the citizens of Nootka Sound‚ British Columbia. As Luna gets older‚ he seems to be getting in more and more
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