Blubber

The catch to overfishing is that it is not only detrimental to our marine ecosystem, but also harmful to the very fishing industries that cause this myriad of issues. The problem is that this issue began with the overfishing of whales for blubber in the early 1800s, before the repercussions of such activity was readily foreseeable. The issue eventually escalated in a spiral of overfishing of multiple other species with the introduction and improvement of fishing methods in various forms; most…

Diving Mammals There are many different types of aquatic mammals such as pinnipeds ,whales, dolphins, seals, otters, beaver, muskrat, hippopotamus and walrus. These diving mammals don't breathe underwater as fish do, so their respiratory systems had to protect the body from the surrounding water; valvular nostrils and an intranarial larynx exclude water while breathing and swallowing. To navigate and detect prey in murky and turbid waters, aquatic mammals have developed a variety of sensory…

crew stabilizes the boat and as the whale swims towards them for a final charge, they plunge a spear directly into the whale’s heart, ending the wild fiasco. After the whaling boats had returned to the Princess the crew began to harvest the whale’s blubber and search for amber gris in the stomach and intestinal tract, on of the whales is sliced open and the crew is shocked to find, young Caleb Nye inside its stomach. He is pulled from the carcass and cleaned, his hair and skin bleached from the…

Key to Survive To be able to survive in these extreme environments both characters must be mentally and physically strong. In both stories of, ”The story of Keesh” and “The life of Pi” both character’s use intelligence and bravery to survive in these hard environments. The story of Keesh is based on a 13 year-old boy who hunts for food not only for him and his mother but also for the whole village. Keesh stands up for his mother and himself during a council meeting, and when he does…

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…

such a creature wouldn’t need an excessive amount of food to keep itself healthy. According to Oystein, a polar bear weighing around 200 kg, which is the size of an average bear, needs to consume around 2 kg of blubber each day just to keep itself nourished and able to survive.(Wiig) Blubber is a huge part of a polar bear's diet, with seals being their number one prey. But with global warming taking effect, it’s not just the fact that the sea ice depletion isn’t allowing them to hunt, the fact…

Sacajawea really wanted to go to see the ocean and asked to join Clark’s small group in January 1806. But when they got to the Pacific Ocean, they found the whale was stripped of meat and blubber by the Tillamook people. The skeleton was as big as twenty men. They traded with the nearby Tillamook people to bring blubber back for their…

Keesh and Pi both faced many hardships trying to survive in an extreme environment. However, they used many qualities to help them survive such as intelligence and bravery to help them survive this harsh environment. This is shown how Keesh would use his intelligence to help him in their survival situation by using items that his tribe would have never thought of before to help kill the dangerous animals easier. Pi uses his bravery to help him survive without fearing of the outcome of the…

The one thing that people in the world cannot stop is time. Time causes change and change brings the old fashioned phrase “out with the old, in with the new” and puts it into practice. Society and norms change all of the time whether it may be a fad that the younger generation is going through or a long term discriminatory behavior from an older generation. Within the images given, the messages that are being delivered are subtle and discrete but they’re there nonetheless. Because of how things…

snap and then his dog, Leoncico comes out from the bushes. So he brought his dogs to Central America. In Of Plymouth Plantation, William Bradford described that they found a dead grumpus (dolphin) from a storm. They ate the grumpus and harvest the blubber for lanterns. The natives, they found had a small groups scattered across the land they notice they had dogs. The Pilgrims ate venison, fish, quail, corn, and grumpus. In the “Of Plymouth Plantation” they use weapons to defend themselves or…