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    Yes I believe that the state of Florida should be ban animals in captivity. Reason why I believe this is how animals in amateur zoos are being treated miserably in the zoo. According to the source #1 "Zoos: Myth and Reality" animals spend mostly of their lives in cages and in amateur zoos people sell the extra animals to other people fore their own needs for money. In some zoo the animals habitat is not even for the animals but for the entertainment of people. In source #3 " Danish zoo kills giraffe"

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    of their lovely appearance and high intelligence‚ many people began to keep them in a zoo or at sea world. This changed dolphins a lot. Although they are the same animals‚ actually‚ there are many differences between dolphins in the wild and in captivity. To distinguish them from appearance is difficult. They look really alike‚ with similar gray back‚ lighter colored belly and smile-like mouth line. In fact‚ they have the same physical characteristics. In addition‚ their instincts will never change

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    Right Whale One of the rarest mammals the Right Whale faces near extinction. At about 50 feet long they roam through Atlantic or Pacific waters. “Right whales live in temperate and cool seas in both hemispheres at the surface of the ocean. Southern right whales live at latitudes between 20°-55° but will occasionally venture down to 63°.” (Col). Or some species of Right Whale such as the Black Right Whale may live in all of the oceans. They travel very often but swim at a very low speed about 3

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    In Mary Rowlandson’s “A Narrative Of The captivity” Mary Rowlandson was a captive to king Phillip’s tribe of native americans‚ along with her children after their village was attacked by the native americans‚ She is separated from her children after being captured with Rowlandson and her youngest child being injured. The two early american values that showed the most in this story were family and religion‚ Rowlandson shows the 2 values throughout her story. “Me have ye bereaved And Jacob their

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    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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    Should tobacco companies be held responsible for smoking-related illnesses and deaths? I. Introduction A. Should tobacco companies be held responsible for smoking related illnesses? In most cases I believe they should be held liable. Most Americans ask this question and want to know about cigarette companies and why they are allowed to keep selling these products that cause health problems. B. Most people that were smokers way back in the days before they actually had to label their

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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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    Kendall Fischlein Com. 225 April 5‚ 2015 Professor Von Burg Hands Held High Rhetorical Analysis The song Hands Held High was written and sung by Mike Shinoda‚ the figurehead of the well renowned band‚ Linkin Park. The song belongs to the album “Minutes to Midnight”‚ which was released in 2007‚ however‚ this particular song had a different theme to their regular music style; for the first time‚ Linkin Park released a politically charged/themed song. Shinoda was angry with President George Bush’s

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    Argumentative Essay on the Pros and Cons of Dolphins Living in Captivity versus the Pros and Cons of Dolphins Living in the Wild. The Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus) are probably the most popular species of dolphins around. Coming under the order of Cetecea and the family of Delphinidae‚ the bottlenose dolphins are closely related to whales and are highly intelligent creatures (source 7). They are widely distributed around the world in the deep tropical and sub-tropical seas as

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