Save the dolphins How many of you have been to a dolphin show at the zoo or aquarium? Have you ever wondered where the dolphins came from? Well‚ many people don’t know most of them come from Japan where every year thousands of dolphins are hunted and killed. The documentary film‚ The Cove‚ shows exactly what happens to the dolphins in Japan. It was my friend‚ Heidi‚ who first told me about this whole story and recommended that I watch this movie. Seeing how emotional and passionate she was about
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Braided Essay: Blood dolphins and Endangered Species As my cruise ship approached the port we were about to dock at‚ I stood near the railing looking down into the beautiful water. Even from fifty feet up‚ I could see straight to the bottom of the crystal clear water. As my family and I headed towards the main door to exit the ship‚ the butterflies in my stomach grew more and more excited. Finally‚ we left the ship and were greeted by a large sign that read‚ “Welcome to the Bahamas!” Our first stop
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Sociology of Animals Term Paper Dolphins as Entertainers When one goes on vacation to a tropical island or visits an aquarium such as Sea world‚ we all wish to see the dolphins splashing and performing tricks for our entertainment. Although they are loveable creatures they are treated unfairly by society. Dolphins are wild sea mammals that are captured from their natural habitat by humans and forced to live in small habitats in marine mammal parks or swim with dolphin attractions where humans pay to
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Atlantic right whale. Fewer than 350 animals. Given such a small gene pool‚ scientists fear for its survival. One possible solution may be to reinvigorate the northern whale’s genes with those of its more successful southern counterpart off South Africa. Recent reports of pregnant North Atlantic right whales killed by ship strikes off the north-eastern seaboard of the US do not augur well for the species. Fewer than 350 animals Western Pacific grey whale. The most endangered of all great whales‚ and a
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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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The monkey and The Dolphin One day long ago‚ some sailors set out to sea in their sailing ship. One of them brought his pet monkey along for the long journey.When they were far out at sea‚ a terrible storm overturned their ship. Everyone fell into the sea‚ and the monkey was sure that he would drown. Suddenly a dolphin appeared and picked him up.They soon reached the island and the monkey came down from the dolphin’s back. The dolphin asked the monkey‚ “Do you know this place?”The monkey replied
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------------------------------------------------- State Results All times eastern (EST) time zone State and Votes | Poll Closing | % Reporting | Obama | Romney | Alabama (9) | 8:00 PM EST | 99% | 38%793‚620 | 61%1‚252‚453 | Alaska (3) | 1:00 AM EST* | 86% | 41%97‚564 | 55%129‚858 | Arizona (11) | 9:00 PM EST | 85% | 44%901‚035 | 54%1‚108‚503 | Arkansas (6) | 8:30 PM EST | 97% | 37%392‚401 | 61%644‚784 | California (55) | 11:00 PM EST | 81% | 59%6‚493‚924 | 38%4‚202‚127 | Colorado
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Bottlenose dolphins are among the most vocal of the nonhuman animals and exhibit remarkable development of the sound production and auditory mechanisms. This can be seen in audition‚ which is shown in the animals highly refined echolocation ability‚ and in tightly organized schools in which they live that are made up by sound communication. In testing the communication skills of dolphins‚ extensive studies have been done on vocal mimicry‚ in which the animal imitates computer-generated sounds in
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Killer Whales One may not know that Killer Whales are the largest member of the dolphin family. They are carnivores‚ which have long round black bodies marked with whites patches near the side of the eyes and beneath their stomachs and chest. Killer whales are found in all oceans. Their scientific name is Orcinus Orca – the Roman God of dealth and the underworld‚ who is known as the punisher (Bio1). It’s believed that Orcinus is derived from Orcus which is Latin and Orca meaning
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Biology assignment #2 Tursiops australis‚ otherwise known as the Burrunan dolphin was recognized in 2011 south-east of Australia by Kate Charlton-Robb and colleagues. The Burrunan dolphin is a type of bottlenose dolphin. There are actually two new distinct species of Tursiops dolphins found in Australia that are under controversy. At one time‚ all Tursiops dolphins were recognized as belonging to T. truncates. However T. australis‚ T. truncates and T. aduncus are all distinctly recognized species
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