Endangered Animals Essay

Blackfish The documentary “Blackfish” is mainly about an orca named Tilikum and his life as a performing whale at seaworld. Tilikum was separated from his family when he was at the age of two. While capturing him, the other orcas kept on making sounds to communicate with Tilikum. Shortly he was placed into Sealand, a much more smaller version of seaworld. Tilikum would perform most often, and train the other times. When training he would get raked, when a whale scratches another whale with…

Frogs and Koalas both are being hurt by humans. Sometimes in a lot of different ways, but we still need to help them. Whether it’s changing the way we treat them or give them more places to live are some of the ways that we can help them. Some things we do risk their life or give them a boost for survival. The troubles that the Frogs are having are different than the Koalas. For instance the growing population of humans, humans need houses, houses need construction, which lets a lot of…

Hypothesis: The hypothesis being tested was that changes in anti-predatory behavior in captivity could explain the higher invasiveness of wild-caught exotic birds compared to captive-bred exotic birds. Summary: Invasive species are costly to ecosystems and biodiversity, as well as costly economically to remove or control. Identifying exotic species that have a high potential to become invasive is a preventative measure to control such events. One such identifying tool is anti-predatory…

so the balance of Marine ecosystems will be broken. For instance, poisonous "red tides" in the sea may affects whales’ health. Red tide is a kind of toxic algae that can kill many small fish and salmons in a few minutes. The death of these marine animals may influence the structure of ecosystems in the ocean. If toxin accumulates in the food web, whales will get sick. In other words, human behavior is the main cause of whales…

You’re hunting in the open savanna you haven't seen anything all day, and in the distance you see a big lion lying down. The lions lately have been killing more than antelope than usual, and decreasing the population. You have pull out your rifle and get ready to take down this beast. You set up your rifle in your blind. You look into your scope, put your finger on the trigger, and bang! Is Big game trophy hunting bad? No I do not believe that Big Game trophy hunting is bad. The first reason…

beaches of the Eastern Pacific. Human activities have tipped the scales in opposition to the survival of these ancient mariners, which are advantageous indicators of ecosystem health and wellness. Nearly all species of sea turtle are identified as endangered. Mutilated for their eggs, meat, skin and shells, sea turtles suffer from poaching and over-exploitation. Additionally, they…

The Eclectus Parrot is native to northeastern Australia, Sumba, New Guinea, and the Solomon islands . The Eclectus roratus is only living species in the Eclectus genus. There has been fossils discovered on the islands of Tonga and Vanuatu of a similar species. The Oceanic Eclectus Parrot had smaller wings and was known as Eclectus infectus, which is now extinct. “The Eclectus parrot has evolved into at least 10 subspecies, four of which are available in the pet market. Currently six subspecies…

In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior (Chow Yun-Fat) gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover (Michelle Yeoh) to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level. As for what “crouching tiger, hidden dragon” means, a message board posting reveals the answer: “The phrase 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' (Wuo hu zhan long) is a chinese idiom in which the words 'Tiger' and…

"landscape of fear." A landscape of fear is a map of the effects the predators have on their prey. The effects of long-term fear among the prey population just because of the presence of the prey is graphed into a map of sorts. Some people don't believe animals can experience long term fear, but a researcher named John Laundre is changing this notion. We know they experience short-term fear during a chase or when a predator is about to pounce on them. We also know fear can cause a population to…

Elizabeth Kolbert’s book, The Sixth Extinction, covers the argument that we are currently in another mass extinction because the Earth is following similar trends as it did in the past five mass extinctions. The first chapter of The Sixth Extinction starts out by discussing frogs. Frogs are the one of the oldest species on Earth; however, the extinction rates of frogs is higher than it’s ever been, and it’s only increasing. Kolbert then focused specifically on Panamanian golden frogs. Not too…