Cetacea

I will be talking about dolphins inside the Chesapeake Bay estuary.The largest dolphins reach a length of about 13 feet , but most species are 7 to 10 feet long. Dolphins have smooth, rubbery skin and they normally have some mixture of black, white, and gray. They have two flippers,on their sides, as well as a triangular fin on the back. Dolphin calves are born in the water after a period of one year for about 18 months. They remain with the mother for about four years. They are a long-lived…

Blue whales, “the largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth, are currently classified as endangered on the World Conservation Union Red List.” (National Geographic) Blue whales are magnificent creatures who live in harmony with humans; however, the rise of population and needs have drastically crippled the whale population. Whales will soon be added on to the list of species the human race have brutally wiped out, unless we as humans take action to conserve this noble species. Blue…

The Whaling Issue 1) Do you agree with the Norwegian and Japanese position on permitting the hunting of non-endangered species of whales as a cultural exemption? I do not agree with their position on permitting the hunting of whales as a cultural exemption. I understand that each culture has its own unique activities, some that stem from its time of origin. Additionally, one would consider the legal hunting of game and ask,” Why is that accepted, but the Norwegians and Japanese aren’t allowed…

Over 2000 whales are slaughtered each year for meat, oil, blubber and scientific research, it needs to stop! Dating back to 3000 BC, whaling has always been a large predicament in society. Whales play a very important role in the health of our environment and our understanding of marine mammals as well as playing an important role in helping growing economies that rely on whale watching and other spectator activities bring in capital through tourism. This presentation will address the question,…

Our world is powered by petroleum and its by-products during refining. We enter wars, betray allies, and punish innocent lives all for the opportunity to rejoice in the lucrative industry of petroleum. It is like a sweet stash of candy for the sweet tooth. It doesn’t last forever or replenish once in a while and whoever has control over its extraction is the most formidable of the land. Long before the use of the golden oil humans were able to drive off the frigid winds of long winters with the…

1. I do agree with the Norwegian and Japanese position on permitting the hunting of non-endangered species of whales as a cultural exemption. These two countries claimed that whaling made up an important part of their cultural legacy and I feel that these countries have the right to preserve this cultural legacy as long as certain conditions are met. The conditions that I believe should be met are conditions such as the whales that are being hunted must be a non-endangered species of whale and…

Narwhals are part of the phylum Chordate and class Mammalia. They belong to the order Artiodactyla or even-toed ungulates which means they bare their weight on the third and fourth toe and the infraorder Cetacean which includes whales. Their family, Monodontidae, only includes Narwhals and Beluga whales. They are part of a one species genus called Monodon and their scientific name in Monodon Monoceros. Narwhals inhabit the cold deep waters of the Arctic Circle, mostly found in North Eastern…

1. Do you agree with the Norwegian and Japanese position on permitting the hunting of non-endangered species of whales as a cultural exemption? No. I do not believe that any country in the world should be able to hunt whales, especially if a large majority of the world disagrees with the practice. In the 1960 's the International Whaling Committee (IWC) tried to manage the commercial hunting of whales but realized that they needed a complete ban to prevent extinction. Whales are very slow to…

The story begins with an accentuation on the out of date days, when nature and all untamed life were avidly sitting tight for the occurrence to man. By then man arrived from the east, and the relationship amidst nature and man throve.This whale rider gives sticks a part as sustaining things to the islands, yet one spear he tosses 1000 years into what's to come. The middle developments to a horde of whales. The whale mothers look over their young while the single pioneer whale—the bull…

Written Assignment An Exemption for Whaling 1. I do not agree with the Norwegian and Japanese position on permitting the hunting of non-endangered species of whales as a cultural exemption. This is due to the fact that although these species of whale are not endangered the demand for their meat is very low at 1% of its peak in the 1960s in Japan (Ramage et al., 2015). Furthermore, this practise of whaling is mainly funded by the taxpayers’ money and is ultimately working at a loss. Subsidies…