Shark

on the people that live through it. It can spark a person to make a decision such as becoming a Navy SEAL. The title comes with rigorous training such as San Clemente. “‘ San Clemente is home to one of the largest breeding grounds for great white sharks in the world.’ We looked at one another and then at the water. I tried not to imagine the ocean frothing with blood. ‘ Now get in the water and swim.’said one of the instructors.” This is just one of the crazy exercises that soldiers go through…

The Blessing Of The Grouper: A Predator Fish Farming Business I want to share a little knowledge about a predator fish called the tiger grouper (*also known as epinephelus fuscoguttatus*). Interesting Facts About The Tiger Grouper: * The tiger grouper is a fish that lives in the ocean in groups of it’s own kind. * The grouper is a predatory fish that preys on various types of small fish, animal plankton, squid, and other small animals. * *Cekidot* is the tiger grouper’s Indonesian name. In…

With the introduction of the Carcinus maenas, the L. littorea with the thickest shell is strongly selective as an anti-predation technique against C. maenas (Hughes et al, 1979). The shell is the thinnest has lower survival against C. maenas predation, whereas, the thicker L. littorea shell is the bigger their survival rate is. L. littorea collection was performed at Fitzgerald J V Marine Reserve, Half Moon Bay California. About 120 snails were collected from the rocky intertidal zone, 60 from…

Inexplicitly, the narrator states how nature can be both beautiful and deadly through her experience with the alligator. The alligator’s actions are described with vicious comparisons, for example flailing it’s tail like a “bundle of swords” and “crushing everything in its path.” These are some great utilization of similes so the reader can picture the ferociousness of the alligator. The narrator is puzzled because she is only quenching her thirst at a river and suddenly this animal threatens…

December 2015 Shark attacks and Global Warming “Shark attacks occupy people’s minds like no other animal related phenomenon” (site). Recently, shark attacks on humans have seemingly exploded onto the scene, with headline after headline capturing the world’s attention with the unsettling news. The recent increase in shark attacks has quickly become a worldwide topic of concern, with scientists consistently asking the looming question of: why has there been such a sharp increase in shark attacks…

anthropogenic process threatening shark populations on a global and local scale. According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) landings in the last six decades have nearly tripled, resulting in a worldwide decline of shark populations. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) carried out extensive assessments worldwide on the conservation status of shark species, and recently considerable effort has been placed on local assessments of shark…

It was a cold winters day, snow billowing down from above the clouded grey sky. Anya walked down the cemented side-walk, her feet trudging through deep snow. Her paled face was down, as if she thought the snow below was more interesting than what was in front of her. As she continued down the long side-walk, her foot bumped into something. She paused. Anya looked down, and what lay in front of her was a lump. She blinked, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion. What was this? It was just a…

The invasive snakehead fish is killing and out competing our native fish species, taking their food and eating some of the smaller fish species. This paper is going to discuss the environmental effects of the invasive snakeheads.This paper will also talk about their background and possible solutions to keep them from destroying our environment. If you ever see a snakehead or catch one, here are a couple ways to identify the snakehead. They have a long cylindrical body with a large mouth and…

Standing up for what you believe in takes perseverance and courage as demonstrated in the short story “The Truth About Sharks” by Joan Bauer. This theme was not shown till later on in the text but the little bit it was shown played a huge role in the text. It was a nice day out, Beth was not a morning person and she was dragging along trying to wake herself up. That day she had her uncle's birthday party that she did not want to go to due to his sexiest jokes, and poor table ettiquit. For the…

The 11 armed sea star lives in South Australia , new Zealand and in the cape peninsula .it’s the largest seastar in southern australia they are found under rocks,algae in pools and in low water levels. It eats oysters,mussels,snails,shrimp and other starfish. It’s scientific name is the Coscinasterias calamaria . it could be brown, blue , green , grey, mauve,white,cream or orange. It you cut off one of its arms it will grow into a new starfish. It’s arms could grow to be up to 30 cm. 11 armed…