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    protozoans and eggs. Predators: The main predator of a Moon Jellyfish is other types of jellyfish, usually of a different species. But moon jellyfish also have a number of other natural predators that like to eat them. These predators include tunas, sharks, swordfish, sea turtles and some species of salmon. Appearance: Moon jellyfish can glow-in-the-dark and can be blue, purple or a bright pink. They have 4 to 5 spots on their head that are called gonads that are underneath their stomach but…

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    Manta Rays live in the ocean. Mainly in tropical, subtropical, and temperate waters worldwide. They prefer waters near the equator because they are warmer. They live around coral reefs, but also go out to the open sea. Mantas have adapted to life in the water. Their flat shaped body is great for life in motion. It also makes it hard for predators to latch on to them. Their large pectoral fins are very strong, and one flip of them will accelerate them away from danger. The creature’s rough skin…

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    Need a Bigger Boat: Police Chief Martin Brody of Jaws A place of tourism and fun is ruined by a giant, man-eating shark, and only one man steps up to hunt it down: Police Chief Martin Brody of Jaws. Brody, along with a few others, sets out to slay the monster Great White that’s been terrorizing the crowded beaches of Amity Island. On his quest, Chief Brody not only hunts the shark but also learns the value of selflessness, confidence, and facing your fears in order to protect those you love.…

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    The Slaughter of Dolphins People think that dolphins are the friendliest creatures in the ocean and no one would hurt them or even kill them. Well they are actually being killed right now. The dolphin are being slaughter in a place called Taiji, Japan. Taiji is a small town with a big secret. If you didn’t look closely, you would think they love dolphins and whales (“The Cove”). The capture of dolphins and of the killing of dolphins all started when the show called “Flipper” came out in 1964.…

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    Dolphins Vs Humans Essay

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    Most likely when we think about the differences between dolphins and humans is legs and tail fins, of course the color too. Well, duh! Who doesn’t already know about the differences? Despite how different us humans are from dolphins, we have an incredible amount of similarities. We may have some obvious differences, but we have more things in common than we realize. Yes, dolphins and humans clearly have a few major differences. The tail fin, dorsal fin, pectoral flippers, color, and the…

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    Suspense In The Movie Jaws

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    definitely about to happen to Brody, and no one wants that to happen. Brody is first seen running around the cabin in the boat and then Bruce, breaks through the window to Brody. He then, with some struggle, shoves an air tank into Bruce’s mouth and the shark slinks out of the boat back into the water. This is where the music finally starts to build up the suspenseful part of this scene. It starts fast and gets very heroic in a way. The shot pans over to Brody climbing the mast of the boat…

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    The californian red-sided garter snake is a extraordinary snake that people don’t know about. The snake is found on the west coast of North America. The red-sided garter snake is, “ dark green or black colored. Three, well-defined yellow stripes stretch along the backs and lateral sides of the body. Space between the stripes is filled with red or orange vertical bars” (soft schools- interesting red-sided garter snake facts”. The snake is not found much because natural disaster kill them easily.…

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    Common bottlenose dolphins produce a wide variety of underwater sounds (Lammers & Oswald, 2015) allowing the detection and discrimination of the position of a sound in three-dimensional space (Mooney et al., 2008). These animals are also known for their vocal learning capabilities, with high ability to imitate other animal’s whistles, including man-made whistles or artificial sounds (Lilly, 1965; Janik & Slater, 1997; Tyack, 1997; Janik, 2000; Miksis et al., 2002). This ability comes from the…

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    Amity Movie Vs Book

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    is a small town of about a thousand year-round residents, with the population increasing to around ten thousand during the summer. The year-round residents depend on the summer crowds to sustain them through the rest of the year, so when the pesky shark starts dining on tourists and Sheriff Brody is forced to close the beaches, it could spell doom for the town. The book does a good job setting this up, but adds two hugely unnecessary subplots, one simply boring and the other horrendously…

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    A Dolphin Research Paper

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    Dolphins are mammals not a fish. They are mammals because they breathe air directly to their lungs. They have hair at some point during their life cycle. They are warm blooded and give birth to live young. And they also nurse their young. Dolphins put a lot of their energy into raising their youngs. The ocean is a hard place to live for a mammals but a dolphin are adapted for the marine environment. Inside their pectoral fins they have a skeletal structure similar to the human's arm and feet.…

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