Common Bottlenose Dolphin

Should Orcas be kept captive at SeaWorld? SeaWorld first began its journey in 1964 in becoming a marine zoological park in San Diego. In 1997 they captured their first orcas and as of 2017 SeaWorld holds 22 orcas. We all enjoy a good time with our family and one of the popular places to go is SeaWorld, to see the marine life and the performances that SeaWorld is so famous for. Their show biz is what got their high title, and this caused people to flock from all over. With cute acts that the…

Recently many dolphin deaths which have occurred in captivity have been recorded. Articles have been written of dolphin mistreatment at aquariums. “Mental, emotional, and physical stress weaken an immune system which make them prone to disease”- US Whales and Dolphins. Dolphins should not be in captivity because it decreases life span, ability to swim freely and natural behaviors. Many aquariums like to put dolphins in captivity just to get money from people who just want enjoy a dolphin…

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to explore and delve deep into the ocean. I dreamt of breathing underwater and discovering a vastly unknown world that surrounds all of us. This lead to my interest in Marine Biology and how it has pushed my character past any interfering influence. There were so many media outlets that helped drive my passion for the water. The best way I can imagine to spend my time is to relax on a couch watching some of the best ocean films in history. There are great ones…

aquatic creatures (sharks, dolphins etc.), invertebrates (centipedes, spiders and millipedes),…

using Minoan art. The Palace of Knossos was home to King Minos of the Minoans. In this palace we can see restored frescos by Sir Arthur Evans of Dolphins and fish swimming in the ocean (5.2). In this fresco, we can see that the artwork of the actual dolphins and fish are very stylized. The dolphins all have the same design, indicating that they are dolphins…

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…

Works Cited 1) Humphries, T. Bridges. Effectiveness of Dolphin-Assisted Therapy as a Behavioral Intervention for Young Children with Disabilities. Bridges. 1: 1-10. Humphries discusses throughout this journal what dolphin assisted therapy (DAT) is and some of the results from previously done experiments. It contained lots of information about the background information of DAT, what it does, the methods, and results of the experiments themselves. Humphries, Mohamad Shaifudin Bin MdYusof and Noel…

Most famous for its lure, the anglerfish, also known as the goosefish or monkfish, is an angry looking fish with rough skin that can camouflage to look like a rock. Large heads, huge crescent shaped mouths, and tiny terrible translucent teeth are just three of the anglerfish’s characteristics. They grow anywhere from less than 30 cm to about 182 cm long. The female anglerfish are much larger than the males. The females are also the only ones whose dorsal fin grows into a fishing rod-like lure…

Whales are very interesting creatures, and there is quite a bit that a person can learn about them. Most people do not know much about whales such as what characteristics they possess, what habitat they live in, what their special adaptations include, and especially that they are dying off at very rapid rates which needs to be prevented. Knowing these facts about whales can help their populations increase. Whales have very unique characteristics which give them a look that’s all their own. A…

their operation to expose the truth about the Taiji, Japan’ dolphin slaughter. This is a yearly event that takes place at the beginning of September and takes course over a course of months, where fisherman from the area corral dolphins into a small enclosed area. When this happens the fisherman allow parks, like Sea World, to choose out desired dolphins, usually bottlenose, to take for shows and entertainment. For the remaining dolphins, the ones not considered desirable, they are killed for…