Oceanic dolphin

(Smithsonian Natural Museum of Hihttp://ocean.si.edu/gulf-oil-spill) In 2010 the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig, which was owned by the British Petroleum Co., blew up and spilled more than 200 million gallons of crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The leakage from the rig lasted about 87 days, which made it the biggest oil spill in American history. The Gulf coastlines the American states of Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and a bit of Alabama. The oil spill affected many things, it took the lives of many…

instance, in a study done by the NOAA in 2011, seventeen percent of the dolphins studied where not expected to live. (2) This study was done in Barataria…

Each year, more people die from bee stings, snakebites, falling off ladders, or drowning in a bathtub than from a shark attack. Yet, people still think sharks are frightening and vicious killers. Sharks main prey are not humans, they usually eat smaller sea creatures. It is more likely for a swimmer to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark. Many shark attacks that occur on a human are accidental. Sharks are not vicious killers as portrayed in the movies like Jaws. Most people are…

Introduction There are over several hundred species of sharks that range in size from less than 10 inches to over 20-30 feet long. The largest fish and shark in the world is the whale shark, which is believed to be a length of 30 feet long. Sharks are often stereotyped as dangerous and violent, and while in some cases this is true, but in today’s world they are captured and killed annually for a demand in their fins which leads to overfishing and illegal fishing, depleting shark populations…

currently keep around 28 killer whales, 44 dolphins, 4 pilot whales, and many other varieties of marine mammals in captivity(CETA, "Captive Dolphins (Living)…”; WDC, "The Fate of Captive Orcas.") They keep these massive creatures in concrete tanks that to these mammals are about the size of a bathtub. In the past 10 years 62 dolphins have died within SeaWorld, and around 44 orcas have died at SeaWorld, not including countless still-births (PETA, "How Many Dolphins…”; WDC, "Orcas Held at US…

an important part of the American diet, from the day that the United States was founded to today. In 2009, Americans consumed a total of 2.8 billion pounds of seafood, or approximately 15.8 pounds of fish and shellfish per person a year (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). The United States today, with a population of 318.9 million and only increasing, the demand for seafood has never been greater (United States Census Bureau). Subsequently, fishermen are catching more and more…

alpacas, goats, sheep, deer, donkeys, horses, sheep, goats, pigs, dogs, cats, rats, and even dolphins and whales (which are much less common). Humans are also susceptible to the disease from a variety of different hosts. However, the most common lungworm cases in humans appear to only be common in areas of the world such as Asia, the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean and Africa. Though cases have occurred in oceanic areas of the United States like Hawaii, very few cases have made their way into the…

New Zealand Killer Whales and Penguins What exactly are cetaceans? The Cetaceans family includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Even though the cetacean family depends on water or more specifically the ocean for survival, they are mammals just like we are. Warm blooded, give birth, nurse their young, and breathe air through their lungs doesn 't that seem familiar? Yes they have the same characteristics as us which makes us both mammals. Scientist believed that about millions of years…

species and numbers of organisms than any other zone.” Many other animals, including fishes and sea turtles, live in this zone. This also is the zone that contains coral reefs, which are one the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. The third zone is the oceanic zone. This zone does not contain as many species as the neritic zone because the nutrient levels cannot support the same amount of life as the levels are much lower (Postlethwait and Hopson…

Oil spill is consider a form of pollution. When a oil spill happens, the crude oil does not dissolve in water and this causes harm to marine wildlife like fish, dolphins, sea otters, and sea birds. The main that oil causes to bird is oil getting stuck in their feathers preventing them from flying leading them helpless and also the main problem to aquatic plants is light not being able to get to the plants due to…