Marine mammal

Captivity Should Be Banned Imagine, a baby primate that comes out of hibernation for food with his mother, he goes out to get bananas to eat with his mother. It's the first time he went outside and bonded with her. Then he heard this blast of sound which reaches 140 decibels. Gunshots, his mother suddenly goes down and he, the primate who was only in this world, hoping for achievements and life, however it's immediately crushed. He had a burst of tears from all of the pressure that emits…

animals that live in the ocean such as orcas, beluga whales, dolphins, turtles, fish, sharks, and otters. Although, in the eyes of many, SeaWorld is corrupt when it comes down to whales killing their trainers, orcas having a short life expectancy, and marine life being held captive. Killer whales have been the topic of discussion when it comes to whether or not they are violent. There have been some headlines about trainers getting killed by killer whales at SeaWorld. So far there are trainers…

At the main Seaworld branches in Florida and California, scientists and park owners are arguing in favor of captivity, saying that they could go extinct in the wild, and keeping them in captivity enables people to selectively breed whales that would otherwise not have found mates. Things such as pollution (biotic and abiotic) can make them ill or kill them, but the water in their tanks is always being filtered and kept fresh, free from pollutants. Dangerous encounters with fishermen who only…

I chose this topic for my poster as not only is it a current social injustice problem, but also a serious one. I feel the need to stand up for the animals of SeaWorld, as they have no voice of their own. All animals that can not live without humanity should be able to live as normal as possible. For example, the animals at SeaWorld could live at open-sea sanctuaries, if they can not be returned to the wild. SeaWorld is an example of propaganda, as SeaWorld will tell lies just to interest…

The Observational Octopus We’ve all heard some variation of a story in which an octopus has escaped its enclosure, gone about its business, and returned to its tank, all without leaving any evidence for the staff or guards. These types of tells are what piqued my interest in cephalopod intelligence and led me to a study conducted by James B. Wood and Roland C. Anderson where the goal was to identify the differences in escape behavior between various types of octopuses. When searching for an…

The Florida Manatee, aka Sea Cow, or West Indian Manatee, is found in 7 to 10 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean during spring, summer, and fall (National Geographic, 2016). Later, in the winter you can find them near power plants, and in natural spring water that sustains temperatures above 68 degrees Fahrenheit because manatees cannot live in water below this temperature. This fascinating herbivore can live in salt water and fresh water. The endangered Florida…

quartered and they begin to demonstrate behaviors that are unprecedented in the wild, another approach must be found to study them. If only sick animals were rehabilitated and immediately released back into the wild, the animals would benefit and marine biologists could still gain valuable data on these mysterious…

Have you ever wondered what happens to animals in zoos, aquariums, and circuses after closing hour? People spend hundreds of dollars coming to these facilities with their families as a “fun” trip. People of the world are contributing to these animals facilities without even knowing what really happens to these animals behind closed doors. Animals are just being treated as props and not as living animals, and it is about time people realize this and make a change. I believe all zoos, aquariums,…

prohibits possession, purchasing, selling, or transporting endangered or threatened animals. The ESA also protects an endangered species’ natural habitat from being touched by humans (Hodges 1). In 2012, a man was charged with trading endangered marine mammal parts. He was caught trading sperm whale teeth, which earned him an estimated amount of $70,000. This man, Richard Ertel, was only sentenced to one month in prison, house arrest for a month and a half, supervision for two years, and a fine…

Although the name Chordata is attributed to William Bateson (1885), it was already prevalent around 1880. Phylum Chordata, though not the largest, is the most diverse phylum in the animal kingdom. Chordates are cosmopolitan and are well represented in marine, freshwater as well as terrestrial habitats from the equator to the high northern and southern latitudes. The oldest fossil chordates are of Cambrian age. All chordates are deuterosomes, and their organs are suspended in the mesentery tissue…