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    or put fin to water‚ is the Great White shark. Sci-fi movies and shark attacks have resulted in the Great White sharks’ reputation being tarnished in recent times. Sharks have been roaming the ocean for more than 400 million years‚ even predating the Jurassic period. A testament to the perfect adaptation techniques of sharks‚ they have survived many mass extinctions‚ including the extinction that whipped out the dinosaurs. This great adaptation of the sharks has resulted in them becoming an apex predator

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    is easy to see.Like how if the ship had better ventilation‚ it wouldn’t have sunk so fast. It would have given them a little more time to see what they needed to do to get help. When the ship went under they were in shark infested water and some men died from getting eaten by the sharks. Most of the men got thirsty after the first few hours so they decided to drink the salty water which made them dehydrated and made them throw up and some men died from dehydration. Then some men died because they decided

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    Sea turtles are sometimes called marine turtle.There are 7 different species of sea turtles like green sea turtles‚the leatherback sea turtle‚the loggerhead turtle‚the hawksbill turtle‚ kemp’s Ridley turtle‚the olive Ridley turtle. The name of my animal is a sea turtle and its scientific name is Chelonioidea and it’s length of life is 60-80 years the geographical location is 2600 km or 1600 mi and it’s natural habitat is the ocean. The sea turtle weight 700 pounds and their height is 5ft and their

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    For example‚ a marine scientists on a expedition discovers a new marine organism and is able to capture the organism. In doing so the marine scientists notices that the marine organism looks similar to a shark and posses identical characteristics that relate to a shark as well such as fins‚ gills‚ and bones. Additionally‚ the marine scientist proceeds to dissect the marine organism and notices that the organism has a backbone‚ which leads the marine scientist to put the organism under

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    See if you can swallow this: Should sharks be protected from people or people protected from sharks? Sharks are more deadly than people? I don’t think so. See if you can swallow this‚ sharks do not have try to eat humans we are not in their diet. The article Do sharks eat people quotes “Only about a dozen of the more than 300 species of sharks have been involved in attacks on humans. Sharks evolved millions of years before humans existed and therefore humans are not part of their normal diets

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    The Blue Whale Balaenoptera Musculus‚ or the blue whale‚ is the largest mammal in the world. This enormous mammal can grow to be 110 feet long and weigh as much as 190 tons. That’s longer than two city buses and the total weight of 30 elephants. This giant is powered by a heart the size of a taxi-cab. The blue whale’s of the Antarctic grow larger than those of the Northern Hemisphere. Also‚ the females tend to be slightly larger than the males of the same age. These mammals are bluish-gray

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    Whales in Paradise: An Overview Whales in Paradise became the Gold Coast’s first whale watching tour company when it was registered in 2004 and started operations in 2005(Whales in Paradise‚ n.d.). As of now it offers 3 tours daily from Surfers Paradise with the add offers a pick-up service from Brisbane to join the midday cruise(Whales in Paradise‚ n.d.). Each cruise each lasts approximately 3 hours 15 minutes‚ including a free cruise through the Nerang waterways with a commentary on the history

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    Shark finning has always been a problem. In the year of 2000‚ President Bill Clinton passed the Shark Finning Prohibition Act. The proposal prohibit any person under U.S. jurisdiction from engaging in the finning of sharks‚ possessing shark fins aboard a fishing vessel without the corresponding carcass‚ and landing shark fins without the corresponding carcass (National Marine Fisheries Service). Despite the law being enacted since 2000‚ it hasn’t produce much positive effects. Up until today‚ United

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    marine‚ SHARKS‚ not for food but for the threat they pose to us. We all know that we do not farm sharks for any means than why cull them and completely abolish the very few numbers left of them? The Western Australian government‚ run by the premier Colin Barnett‚ has commenced the shark cull policy due to the occurrence of recent shark attacks on people. 72 drum lines or baited hooks have been placed one kilometre from the coastline of Western Australia’s eight most popular beaches. Any sharks or

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    Whales are aquatic (lives in the ocean) mammals that require certain adaptations in order to survive. They have a blow whole on top of their heads and a pair of lungs for breathing fresh air. In order to take a fresh breath whales need to emerge out of the water exposing the blow whole on top of their heads completely. As they emerge to the surface‚ they force out the carbon dioxide in a strong exhalation‚ before filling their lungs with fresh water and diving beneath the surface of the water again

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