Lacsaman‚ Sakhiah T. April 16‚ 2013 ADMB002 Case: Tubbataha Reef 1. I do not agree on the proposal for development. Tubbataha Reef is one of those heavenly places that Philippines should be proud of. The public is now more aware of the reef and its importance to the environment and the economy. After many years of neglect‚ there are now greater and more widespread efforts to save Tubbataha reef. And yet‚ it seems that all these efforts are not well-coordinated. In fact‚ some of
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Black Banded Sea Krait: What We Know So Far Did you know that the venom of a Black Banded Sea Krait is ten times more toxic than that of a rattlesnake? Maybe this is why people are scared of snakes. Though their venom is very toxic‚ humans rarely get bitten. Unfortunately‚ the population is being threatened by habitat destruction. The Black Banded Sea Krait has its own ways of adapting to marine life‚ where it lives‚ and how they produce more of their species. The Black Banded Sea Krait has to
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Fishing Fishing is something that everyone can do! There is so many different variates of fishing. There is freshwater fishing and also saltwater fishing. Fishing is one of those things that is very simple‚ but can also be very difficult depending on what you’re fishing for or what you’re fishing with. Fishing can be done by everyone even though fishing is hard for some people. Fish behavior has been studied by many different people. Many people have come to the conclusion for bass fishing that
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Section 1: Manatees belong to the order Sirenia‚ which also includes the manatee’s relative in the Pacific‚ the dugong‚ (Dugongdugon). Sirenians evolved from four-footed land mammals more than 60 million years ago. The presence of tiny pelvic bones in manatees‚ shaped differently in males and females‚ is evidence of their terrestrial ancestry. The closest modern relatives of the Sirenia are elephants‚ aardvarks‚ and hyraxes‚ small furry mammals that resemble rodents. These animals are large‚ fully
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Attention‚ have you heard that millions of people travel to popular beaches throughout the world‚ but some people don’t realize that the oceans are becoming more damaged? People don’t realize that the ocean is suffering from‚ pollution‚ overfishing‚ plastic‚ garbage‚ etc. Not a lot of people notice this is happening to the oceans. This is why we need to stand up and stop some of these things from damaging the earth’s oceans. The ocean is a place people enjoy traveling to every year‚ but most people
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Airlie Beach Airlie Beach is a small‚ but lively town in the Whitsunday area of Queensland in Australia. It has a relatively small population of less than 10‚000. The town is an access point to the Great Barrier Reef. A boat trip will get you there in 2-3 hours. Airlie Beach has a tropical climate. Summers are humid‚ wet and hot‚ with day time temperatures hardly ever dropping below the 25C mark. Summer nights are warm and balmy. Although winter is cooler and less humid‚ the temperatures stay warm
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The Glaucus Atlanticus I wrote about the Glaucus Atlanticus‚ I will be talking about its adaptations‚ abilities to survive and‚ where it can be located. This animal is really interesting because it can be kept as a pet. It has many other names but one is the blue dragon. Although it is called the blue dragon it is a sea slug. The Glaucus Atlanticus can adapt to a lot of things‚ here are some of them. The Blue Dragon can adapt to any kind of poison there suis in the world. They can also get
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Water is filled with invasive species Water is filled with invasive species that come from all around the world. Invasive species can be anywhere at any time. Invasive species are any type of specie that is found where it is not native to. Invasive species can threaten the new habitats they join. Invasive species can even be from different continents. Once an invasive species settle somewhere it is pretty hard to get rid of them. Invasive species in the great lakes consist of Asian carp‚ Zebra
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Have you ever been to Sea World to see the amazing Shamu shows? What about going to the ocean in hopes to see an enormous sea creature lurking through the water? Do fish astonish you by the way their bodies are created? How do they even live under water? This questions is going through your head and you’re wondering what the answer is. Marine Biologists study things like that along with how fish eat‚ and swim in their habitat. They discover new things in the ocean everyday! But how did they know
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appreciate the novel “Lord of the Flies” (1954) by William Golding (1911-1993) it is necessary to have read Robert Michael Ballantyne’s (1825-1894) “Coral Island” (1858)‚ or at least to understand its theme and treatment. And so‚ since it was Golding’s intention to set himself to write an island story that deliberately challenged Ballantyne’s model in “Coral Island” -by inverting its assumptions and values- we can explore multiple angles from which the two novels can be compared and studied. An item
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