Basking shark

and allegedly creates havoc on the ecosystem. Another description that the author uses to the support his idea of urgency is that fact that where he expected to see fish the most he ended up being surprised by the missing fish stating here “I saw no sharks, no whales, no dolphins. I saw no fish longer than 11inches. The larger ones had all been fished out” (Pugh 1). Another wild life observation that the author witnessed…

Shark Teeth “Liv, stop following me!” Pat shouts. “ I can go wherever I want to!” I clamor back. Grains of sand cave in and as I run to catch up with my older brother. Squinting my eyes at him while sneering, soon I was skipping forward. Letting out a sigh behind me, Pat decides to follow me on my tour down the beach. After a few minutes, I hear, “Liv! Get over here.” Rushing over to him, in no time at all, I’m looking over his shoulder. A small, black shark tooth is being turned in…

A keystone species play a far more important role than it’s relative abundance suggests. These species are the center pieces of their given communities and without them their ecosystem and habitat will fall apart. Keystones species are generally found in low numbers are often apex predators that control distribution and population, but are not limited to food sources, mutualistic species, and different providers. Some of these species are even ecosystem engineers that create or maintain habitats…

The Greenland Shark, also known as the grey shark, is the largest species of shark that lies in the North Atlantic Ocean near Canada, Greenland, Norway and Iceland (Wikipedia Contributors). The grey shark lives further north than any other shark; on rare occasions these sharks have been found as far south as the Gulf of Mexico (Wikipedia Contributors). Greenland sharks are the only species that consistently live in these arctic and sub-arctic temperature waters (Rogers). Other than being one of…

Distribution: The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) is found from northern Florida to southern Georgia and through the Gulf states into Texas (Nichols, M. 2007). It can also be found in more northern areas such as Kansas, Illinois, and Indiana; there have also been sighting as far west as California and Arizona. The alligator snapping turtle is confined to river systems in the United States that drain into the Gulf of Mexico (Clarke 1981). The most common sightings include the…

animal exhibit. To many people's surprise, there are many different animals that can be found in a desert, and you can see all of them here in this room. -The also have a large sea life exhibit that includes living marine animals including small sharks and rays. Downstairs, they have an ancient man exhibit, where…

Shark bay research A bit about shark bay: Shark bay lies on the extreme western coast of Australia between 24 and 27 degrees south of the equator. Shark Bay comprises two large, shallow embayment, numerous islands and a coastline, which is 1500km long. Part 1: Ecosystem description a) Shark bay is a heavily marine based environment that covers 2.2 million hectares and has a coastline of more than 1,500 km long. Shark bay has a very diverse ecosystem but is mostly steered by aquatic abiotic…

that it was a shark and that it was pulling me down. I couldn’t see what was happening under the water. But I could tell that my left ankle was caught hard by something shockingly heavy and that my right leg was free. I began using my right foot to kick at the creature…

Great white sharks known as the Carcharodon carcharias, is one of the most known species of shark. Great white sharks are ferocious predators of shark that have been roaming the ocean for about 400 million years. They have earned the nickname of kings of the ocean.The Great White has adapted through changes in its’ structure, organ systems, environment, and the animals it eats; no wonder why Great White Sharks outlasted the dinosaurs and still are around today. The Great White Shark is a…

Arthropods are made up mostly of crustacean about 50,000 known and divided into groups; Branchiopods, Maxillopods, Malacostraca and Ostracods. The Malacostraca is divided into five different groups, decapods, stomatopods, euphausiids, amphipod and isopods. Decapods include crabs, lobster and shrimp it’s the largest species. Decapod means ten to five pairs of legs most first pair are modified as large claws, called chelipeds. Most decapods hatch as a zoea but on some occasion shrimp can hatch a…