Blacktip reef shark The blacktip reef shark‚ is a shark of tropical and warm seas. One of the most common sharks found in shallow water around coral reefs of Indo-Pacific and Caribbean waters. The water they swim in is usually 70-80 degrees . Blacktip reef sharks do not venture into tropical lakes and rivers far from the ocean. Like its name‚ the tips of the shark’s fins are black‚ with a white underside. Their skin is brownish in color on the top-half of their bodies. It has been recorded
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David von Bodungen Katherine Schweiss BSC 201L 29 March 2017 Information and Facts Regarding the Great Hammerhead Shark Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Chondrichthyes; Order: Carcharhiniformes; Family: Sphyrnidae; Genus: Sphyrna Species: mokarran; Scientific Name: Sphyrna mokarran. The Great Hammerhead was discovered and initially described by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell in the year 1837‚ but the original name that he had given the organism was Zygaena mokarran‚
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8293300 1 Taiji Dolphin Slaughter While Japan claims hunting whales and dolphins is their culture‚ most people will believe what goes on there is very barbaric. What happens in this small town is very inhumane and our whale and dolphin populations are in extreme danger because of this hunt. The town of Taiji is located on the main island of Honsu‚ Japan. Taiji has a small population of only around 3‚200 people. It’s surrounded by beautiful mountains and faces the Pacific Ocean. The in
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Living things Question: Compare and contrast the life of a dolphin in the wild and at Sea World. Dolphins are among the most intelligent animals. They are always friendly and take delight in playing with people. Because 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
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dreams of diving with a whale shark (Rhiniodon Typus)‚ the biggest fish in the sea! Like many divers‚ I traveled the globe for years searching for them but to no avail. I always seemed to hear the same old thing – “you should have been here last week.” In my mind‚ whale sharks were the “unicorns of the sea.” This all changed this past summer with a trip to Isla Mujeres‚ Mexico – a place recognized as having the world’s largest aggregation of whale sharks. Whale Sharks of Isla Mujeres Story & Photos
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Interest groups are often described as chaotic in comparison to political parties. The major difference between both groups is that each interest group advocates for one particular cause while political parties are balancing many issues at the same time. That is the reason why political parties can be described as “coalitions of interest groups” (196). Interest groups alone are actually more focused because each member is automatically for or against a particular cause. If not‚ switching interest
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as sonar and song. Mammals such as the Orca‚ Bottle-Nosed Dolphins as well as many other species of dolphins‚ and different types of Whales are able to use their voices under water to detect and “speak” to other conspecifics. This range can reach distances over miles and miles away‚ and can also be influenced by the distance at which these different species are from
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Sharks have always been an important part of Earth. Many cultures - beyond just the Chinese with their famous shark fin soup - consider them to be powerful symbols‚ deities‚ or sacred animals. They help keep the ecosystem in check. This‚ in turn‚ highly benefits the economy. It’s difficult to imagine a world without sharks - considering that sharks have existed for over 400 million years (What If There Were No Sharks?). This makes them approximately three million eight hundred years older than us
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numbers/who would you contact * Donate to protect sharks “http://www.sharktruth.com/funding “ * Websites * http://www.sharktruth.com * http://www.stopsharkfinning.net/shark-fin-soup.htm * twitter: @stopfinning * facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StopSharkFinning * Who to contact * people in your area who wants to stop restaurants selling shark fin soup What is the long term forecast? Is anything being done? * Shark fin soup is banned in Vancouver thanks to
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During the early part of English colonization of the Americas the main group of people that were sent to the Americas was religious and political outcasts. This included Puritans‚ Quakers many other religions‚ debtors and political dissidents. The Puritans and Quakers came to the Americas in search of political freedom. The Puritans settled in the northeast region of the United States mainly in modern day Massachusetts. During their long nearly 4 month journey across the Atlantic Ocean the boat goers
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