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    Sharks and Australian Fisheries The Fishing industry is the 5th largest food producing industry in Australia. Annually it puts $2.2 billion dollars into our economy each year (afma.gov‚ 2013). Australians consume approximately 16kg of fish and seafood per person per year. This amounts to a lot of fish needed to sustain such a demanding population. Therefore the most important issue for fisheries in Australia is to ensure the ecological sustainability of fish stocks in the long term so that ecosystems

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    Shark Attack

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    Shark Attack (Summarizing and Note-taking) Answer the following questions: 1. Identify at least five organ systems in this region of the arm that the surgeon would have marked for reattachment. Circulatory‚ skeletal‚ lymphatic‚ nervous‚ integumentary‚ and muscular 2. List the names of the specific structures that had to be reattached. Specific Bone: Humerus ; Specific Muscles: Biceps brachii‚ brachialis‚ triceps ; Specific nerves: Median nerve‚ ulnar nerve‚ radial nerve‚ musculocutaneous

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    Japanese Dolphin Intro

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    Killing is bloody- What is the difference of killing Dolphins and why are we so outraged? * We don’t need to kill Japanese Dolphins- why can’t we stop eating Dolphins’ meat? * Dolphins are too intelligent- they can communicate with others by just using sounds and gestures‚ and can be trained like performers. * Japanese Cove Dolphins are seriously endangered‚ and wild. We should let them live freely without being poached and accidentally caught in fish-nets. * Dolphins are really cute

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    Whales and Dolphins

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    Cardio respiratory endurance-ability to sustain moderate intensity‚ whole body activity for extended time periods Exercise-physical activity that is planned‚ structured‚ and repetitive‚ and that results in improvements is fitness Muscular endurance-ability to perform repeated‚ high intensity muscle contraction Muscular strength-maximum force applied with a single muscle contraction Physical activity-any movement that works the larger muscles of the body‚ such as arm‚ leg‚ and back muscles Physical

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    Behind The Dolphin Smile

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    that I read was Behind the Dolphin Smile written by Richard O’Barry and Keith Coulbourn. It has 288 pages‚ and was Published July 7th 2000 by Renaissance Books (first published September 1st 1991). Behind the Dolphin Smile is a book that is based on the true story of a dolphin trainer that was holding the dolphin that played Flapper on TV in his arms as it died of stressed. It was then that he realized that his career training dolphins had been a mistake and that dolphins deserve the same freedom as

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    Indus River Dolphin

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    How To Protect Endangered Species? Indus River Dolphin Common names: Indus river dolphin‚ bhulan‚ blind river dolphin‚ Indus dolphin‚ side swimming dolphin‚ Plataniste de l’Indus (Fr)‚ Delfín del Indo (Sp) Scientific name: Plantanista minor What are Indus river dolphins? The Indus River dolphin (Platanista minor) is one of the world’s rarest mammals and the second most endangered freshwater river dolphin. The species is characterized by a long beak‚ rounded belly‚ stocky body‚ very small dorsal

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    Dolphin Assisted Therapy

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    Dolphin assisted therapy (DAT) is a highly controversial topic in the medical world. Is it medicine or simply recreation? Whatever you might believe‚ you cannot deny the fact that dolphins are loving and nurturing mammals with the ability to show compassion. Along with that ability for compassion‚ some may claim that there is actual science‚ which proves that interactions with dolphins have helped to treat many patients. Most of the patients in dolphin assisted therapy are children with autism‚ Down’s

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    Taiji Dolphin Hunt

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    reality for many helpless dolphins swimming the Taiji waters. Taiji is a small town located in Japan that plays host to the very cruel and inhumane slaughtering of dolphins. Every year from September to April the Taiji Dolphin Drive takes place and brutally strips hundreds of dolphins of their lives while others are captured and exported to aquariums all around the world. In 1987‚ one year after the International whaling commission placed a ban on whaling‚ the number of dolphins slaughtered tripled.

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    Evolution Of Sharks Essay

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    Sharks belong to a group of fish called Chondrichthyes. Meaning they have skeletons made of cartilage instead of bones. These marine animals have inhabited the oceans for almost 440 million years. Hundreds of millions of years before humanity was ever created. While the idea of dinosaurs dominates the idea of a prehistoric world‚ they weren’t alive until about 230 million years ago. This has allowed for these cartilaginous sharks to evolve over time into the creatures that we are accustomed to today

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    [Surname] 2 Name: Tutor: Course: Date:] Island of the Blue Dolphins: Book Review Question 1 Resourcefulness is best defined as the ability to cope with situations that are difficult. Also‚ it is seen when one is able to survive through unusual conditions. Karana shows a lot of resourcefulness in her survival on the island alone. When Karana is left on the island‚ she has to come up with ways to survive‚ mostly after the death of her brother. She has to find a constant supply of food. For this purpose

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