Animals In The Water Chapter Summary

This next chapter really focuses on biodiversity and how having a diverse world is extremely important. Earle states that “if the gene pool is small, the greater vulnerability of life to diseases, storms, and changes in climates”. This is not just true for humans, but for animals as well. The more people fish and the more marine life that goes extinct the smaller the species get which could lead to a lot of diseases which could kill a ton of animals and soon there would not be a mass amount left. That is why Earle makes it very important that the reader knows that by every marine animal that goes extinct it doesn’t just hurt life in the water but eventually it will start to hurt life out of the water. Animals in the water already have to compete …show more content…
As a reader, it was very enjoyable to a reader about the detailed experiences she had in the water because it brought some light into a dark situation. After talking about everything that is going wrong in the ocean and what monsters humans are, she ended her story with some fascinating times when she was in a submarine and just got to experience the animals and life around her. It made the book interesting and brought a light on how amazing technology is now a day where a human is able to go underwater for a long period of time without having to get wet, but having the ability to see animals that someone would not see 100 feet in the water. The most interesting story Earle told was when she talked about how it was pitch black and the only way she could the animals was being some glowed or had some source of light on their body which gave them the ability to see in the darkness. As a reader, this really caught my attention because it makes anyone wonder how some animals have the ability to produce light for themselves without having to use electricity. Overall without this last part in the book, it would not leave the reader with the ability to wander or leave the reader still asking …show more content…
The interesting parts of the book I enjoyed the most was when Earle added in quotes or facts because to me words just mean something so much more than words to me. When you can see that facts line up with what someone is talking about it just makes what the author is saying so much more reliable and makes the reader feel like they can really trust what the author is saying because they were able to support