The Whale Rider By Witi Ihimaera Published May 2003 Kahu (Pai) is an eight year old Maori girl with a special gift. She can communicate with whales. She could be the leader her tribe needs‚ but her great-grandfather adheres strictly to Maori tradition which requires a male heir. He barely acknowledges her. The Whale Rider" tells the story of Kahu‚ a young girl in New Zealand struggling to find her place in her family and community. She craves the love of her great-grandfather‚ but he’s entirely
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Intentions of Whale in Killing Are Debated By DAMIEN CAVE MIAMI — Homicide investigators in Orlando said Thursday that the death of a trainer at SeaWorld on Wednesday occurred when the theme park’s largest male Orca whale grabbed the trainer by her hair while she stood in shallow water‚ and dragged her into a deep pool. Within minutes‚ the trainer‚ Dawn Brancheau‚ 40‚ was dead from drowning and what the police described as “multiple traumatic injuries.” There were no signs of foul play
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A Whale of a Problem How could humans feel no remorse killing a whale‚ a beautifully intelligent creature‚ just for their own good‚ unless the whale performed an unforgivable action? Moby Dick was a whale that had a thirst for blood that only humans could supply. The captain of the ship that was searching for Moby Dick‚ Captain Ahab‚ had encountered the whale once before and had his leg eaten by Moby Dick. The ominous nature of the whale and the haunting setting are the traits construe American Gothic
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Henry James’s novella‚ The Turn of the Screw‚ has entranced readers and held them in a finely woven web of ambiguity for over one hundred years. During that time‚ readers‚ scholars‚ and critics have tried to escape its clutches by offering a myriad of interpretations‚ a vast spectrum of critical opinions which make a definitive solution an impossibility. James’s masterful use of uncertainty truly supports‚ if not promotes‚ the ability of readers to discover numerous meanings to the tales mysteries
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in a brine shrimp’s phototaxic and photokinetic responses. It was hypothesised that the brine shrimp would display a heightened positive phototaxic response‚ and that a more pronounced photokinetic response (increased velocity) would be observed when the samples were exposed to green light. Artemia salina (common name: Brine Shrimp)‚ are from the order Anostraca of the class Crustacea. Adult brine shrimp are around 10-30mm in length‚ they “consist of a long cylindrical body divided into a head‚ a
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Brazil points to its shrimp-farming industry as an example of how it can export shrimp in the world market. One decade ago‚ Brazil exported a meager 400 tons of shrimp. Today‚ Brazil exports more than 58‚000 tons of shrimp‚ with approximately one-third of that going to the United States. Brazilian shrimp farmers however‚ potentially face a new challenge in the upcoming years. The Southern Shrimp Alliance- a U.S. organization representing shrimps-producing countries is selling shrimp below “fair market
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Barnacles and Whales Project Ecology - the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. Ecological relationship is the relationship between an organism in its ecosystem. All organisms in an ecosystem are connected in one way or another. Each interaction depends on the one before it. Commensalism - Barnacles and whales Barnacles are arthropods contained in the class Crustacea along with lobster’s crabs and shrimp. They’re believed
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“The allotment of death.” Hawks may be considered noble creatures but Ted Hughes gives a rather different image of them in his poem ‘Hawk Roosting’. He provides the reader with the image of a corrupt and arrogant predator. A very different image to what we are perhaps used to. One cannot deny that the hawk is a bird of prey but Ted’s clever use of personification allows one to look at it from a different perspective: from the hawks own eyes. I will look into how this corrupt figure is conveyed‚ how
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Beluga whales Beluga whales‚ also known as white whales‚ are usually easy to spot for their unique color. Beluga whales are born gray or even brown then fade out to their natural color of white. Beluga whales travel in small groups known as pods. White whales are very social‚ and communicate in different such as‚ whistles‚ clicks‚ and clangs. The white whale can also mimic noises. In the around the late 1920’s to the early 1940’s people started whaling‚ for it became one of their resources
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101 Lab 11/26/12 Killer Whales The killer whales also referred to as the blackfish belongs to the oceanic dolphins family. They are one of the biggest dolphins in the dolphin family. Killer whales can reach up to 9 feet and can weight up to 7‚257 pounds. The Spanish call them the Ballena Asesina because they are so powerful and are known for killing other whales and hunting in groups earning the title Wolves of the Sea. They are seen traveling in pods between 3-25 whales. In each pod they all have
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