could kill this top of the line predator. Megalodon is a shark that weighs over 20 tons and is up to 60 feet long fully grown. The fact that it could still be alive is both amazing and scary. Lots of people say that the megalodon is just some overgrown fish or a giant killer orca. The sightings, photos, and 3 videos are almost proof Megalodon is still in the…
The Maritigrella crozierae, or the Tiger Flatworm, is a free-living flatworm that is a part of the Platyhelminthes Phylum. Its full taxonomic classification from kingdom to species is, in order: Animallia, Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Polychladida, Eurylephidae, Maritigrella, and Crozieri. Tiger Flatworms live in Saltwater. The areas they typically inhabit are the islands around the Caribbean and the Bermuda. These flatworms feed on orange tunicates, a sessile marine invertebrate that has a…
making it harder for aquatic life to survive. This means, colder waters can hold more dissolved oxygen than warmer waters. But fish thrive in different temperatures. While some start to reproduce in the colder waters other start to in warmer waters. Warmer waters make the fish body “soft”, making them more susceptible to injuries and leads to more bacteria growth. Many bait fish can only thrive and live in much cooler temperatures,…
reach a maximum length of 7 ½ ft and can way over 300 pounds. The females usually weigh 20 pounds less than the males. Their body is designed for fast swimming and acrobatic performances. The Atlantic spotted dolphins diet consists of small fish, squid and octopus. When hunting for food, these dolphins make dives of 30 ft or less, however they can be seen reaching up to 200 ft or more. The Atlantic spotted dolphin can be found living in tropical climates all year round and prefer living…
tribe used the Pacific Ocean for food more often than the plateau tribe did, for food the plateau tribe went to a location near the north west coast provided the colville with a rich and varied menu, their staple food was salmon and they ate the entire fish including the head. They often retrieved the salmon that died after spawning and ate those to. For food the coastal tribe, The centerpiece of makah diet was see mammals, especially whales, both men and women participated in the…
There are very few national debates within the country of Canada that are as prominent as the arguments surrounding the Atlantic seal hunt. The seal hunt is a traditional event that happens annually in the Atlantic provinces of Canada which takes place in the early spring of the year. This annual hunt provides a significant source of income to many of the residents in the Atlantic provinces (Sanger, 1998). The large debate surrounding the topic of the seal hunt is due to the fact that many…
Shark attacks are nothing new, but lately the cases of them have been increasing. However, it is not the shark’s fault for the rising number of attacks, it’s ours. According to USA Today, in 2001 there were 79 shark attacks noted around the world. Florida took first with 34 of the 51 attacks in the United States. Next was North Carolina with five, California at three, and Texas, Alabama, and Hawaii with two each. The additional 16 came from Australia, the Bahamas, and South Africa. Of all these…
running I sometimes hear fish splashing. So sometimes, when I run I take my friend that lives downstairs, like I live up in a house and he lives down. It is a duplex. So sometimes, we eat sandwiches, and peanut butter and jelly and sandwich I could smell the sandwiches from far away, sooo tasty I taste the peanut butter and jelly sandwich it’s so delicious. After we ate, we grabbed our fishing poles and went down to the creek, and fished for a while. Splash! Went the fish so I grabbed my pole…
Cartilaginous fishes provide a notable example of successful evolutionary perseverance with a fossil record extending to at least the Lower Devonian over 400 million years ago (8). Carcharodon carcharias, also known as White Pointer, White Death, or more commonly, White Shark, is one of the greatest predators in the world among marine life. They are usually found in tropical areas but research has been conducted on these sharks from the Northwest Atlantic to Southern Africa to North East near…
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, chairman and adjudicator. The topic for our debate tonight is that we should adopt a productive shark culling policy and we, as the affirmative team believe that we benefit from such a policy. We define this topic as the Australian government should adopt a productive and beneficial shark culling program, which is the capture, monitor and occasionally the killing of sharks within vicinity of the beaches that place humans in risk and as the affirmative team we…