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The text and the lecture are about reasons that caused sea otters declination. The text provide two reasons ro suppot the pollution theory of otters declining. However, the lecturer refutes this theoty and states that three reason is predator, ocra. First, the text says thata lot of sourses of chemical pollution are allonf the Alaskan coast. Thus the chemical pollution could cause immune system of sea otters and as a result to decline populatiion. However, the lecture says thatit it have not…

The Freshwater otter is found in many places and is considered part of the weasel family. This animal is found in Africa, Asia, America and Europe. The otter lives mostly on the water but occasionally will live on land. The otter is known to be found in the Yellow Stone National park along with many other birds, mammals and small animals. Most of the travel done by these animals are in the water. These animals are considered one of the most playful animals. The Freshwater Otter comes in many…

This organism can be found along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and throughout lakes, streams, and almost anywhere. The organism is most commonly known as the common otter, North American river otter or scientifically known as Lontra Canadensis. The Northern river otter has a dark brown fur wither lighter brown along the face and belly. They have thick fur to help them keep warm while swimming in cold waters to catch fish. Their webbed feet allows them to swim faster in the water and they also…

raft of playful sea otters pop up from behind cresting waves, their hind feet pointing toward the sky.” (Elissa Leibowitz Poma)You may not know it, but behind all the cute fur, sea otters are an important predator in our ecosystem. They live along the coast of the Northern Pacific Ocean including California, Alaska, Washington, Japan, Russia, and Canada but most live in Alaskan waters. Sea otters are an important, interesting, yet endangered species that we must protect. Sea otters are…

Watatsumi-no-Mikoto, god of the sea. […] the inhabitants should be devout worshippers of this god. They are forever praying for calm seas…" (4, par. 2, chp.1) The islanders are so gracious for the ocean, that they made a shrine of a sea god to represent the seas that surround the island. The islanders have been devoted to their faith in order to receive a sense of reassurance. They pray in hopes to please the sea god that they worship in order to gain pleasant seas to sail on. The action of…

Dangers of Plastic Can Rings Over 100,000 marine creatures die per year due to improper disposal of plastic six-pack rings. (Plastic Statistics 2012) Great numbers of these plastic rings are littered each day, serving as a dangerous threat to the Earth. They are provoking pollution, as well as killing off dozens of species. Actions need to be taken to prevent this. 800 billion pounds of trash fill the oceans. (Harrison 2015)A large contributor to this amount of this garbage is soda can rings.…

Adrift in a Moral Sea Life often throws people some difficult challenges where there ends up being more than one right course of action. Everyone has their own different morals that they have acquired through out their life and this helps them decide which ethical perspective that they believe in. One instance, of where you can look at multiple ethical perspectives to solve a problem comes from the essay “Lifeboat Ethics” by Garrett Harden, which is about being shipwrecked in the middle of the…

The concept of freedom and imprisonment may sound like complete opposites, however they are connected. In these two novels, Lord of the Flies, and Tempest the authors unconsciously relate the themes. Both stories take place on an exotic island and the characters are isolated. One story tells a fiction of a group of kids in their natural state with no norms to restrict them. The other is a drama that narrates a man’s excess amount of power. Both reveal that freedom and imprisonment is determined…

Ocean pollution, also known as marine pollution, is the spreading of harmful substances such as oil, plastic, industrial and agricultural waste and chemical particles into the ocean. Most of the sources of the marine pollution are land base activities. Marine pollution has numerous effects on marine animals, plants and human. Therefore, it is important to understand the cause and effect of the ocean pollution, and what people can do to solve this problem. The source of marine pollution is…

As time’s clock runs its course, we often find ourselves nostalgic of times that could have been or were. Staring out across an ocean, laughing around a table filled with close friends, or taking a long walk at night humans seek reflection and question if we have proven ourselves worthy. Similar to Walcott in his poem, people begin to reflect when faced with reminders of their past. The magnitude of the narrator’s experience is clearly portrayed in his nostalgic tone and repetition of…