Sperm whale

Have you ever wondered about the fascinating animals lurking beneath the mysterious ocean waves?You might find the narwhal,”the unicorn of the sea”,a bit interesting.Or the walrus,”the tooth -walking marine mammal”,might grab your attention.Both of these extraordinary animals are both different,but you might find some shocking similarities. These two marine mammals both have traits that help their life-style.One trait that these two share are short flippers and tails.These…

From the last seven years, there has been cases on seals dying all over the world, and scientists from Scotland are up to finding out what causes these deaths. Most of the of the seals that the scientists of Scotland have examined have a spiral-like or corkscrew type of injury on their body-mostly the females. This prevents the population of the seals to elaborate, which can cause the seals to go in grave danger of extinction. A colony of harbor seals that live by the in the inlet of Edinburgh…

Re "Hooked on a Myth," Oct.20,2015: Victoria Braithwaite claims that fish feel pain. I absolutely agree with Braithwaite. Some people might think of fish as dumb animals,because they don't show much emotion when a hook is in their mouth or a spear is thru their heads. But this doesn't mean that fish cannot feel pain. I have gone fishing very many times and know the empty looking face that most fish make after you reel them in, and the flapping gasping for water look while lying on the deck.…

the graphs in Figures 3 and 4, it is obvious that killer whales are the cause behind the deaths of a large amount of sea otters. Despite the data for Figure 3 showing all sea otter the researchers encountered, while the data for Figure 4 showing sea otters with radio tags, both figures still show a drastic decrease in sea otter population with the only main difference between Kulak Bay and Clam Lagoon being the ease of access that killer whales have to the areas. The researchers looked at 2…

The North American River Otter (Lutra canadensis) is an animal that is often seen in zoo captivity. Previous research demonstrates that otters are solitary with age, form kinship like relationships, often undergo positive reinforcement and active training techniques, and become lethargic after feeding. This study sought to demonstrate the effects of number of people and time since feeding on river otter backflip activity. By observing two river otters every minute post feeding for backflips and…

The Plight of Captive Killer Whales Between 1966 and 1970, more than 200 orcas were captured from Puget Sound, Washington to fill marine parks like SeaWorld (“Historical”). Ted Griffin and Don Goldsberry invented a technique to catch them. Boats herded the animals into a bay where the men deployed a net to catch them (Blackfish; “Historical”). As the men were closing the nets, they used explosives to herd escaping killer whales back into the nets (Kirby 153). Ralph Munro, an assistant to Dan…

or industry of hunting and killing whales for their oil, meat, or whalebone.” Whaling has been around for centuries, some evidence even showing whaling being practiced as far back as 6,000 B.C. So in other words, whaling has been around for thousands of years. In the 17th century whaling had truly been materialized into an industry. For the next two centuries, the whaling industry had skyrocketed, making it a highly competitive business and slowly making the whales a dying species. In the…

Whales, a wonderful and magnificent innovation of mother nature. Not only they are beautifying the environment, but also they help to stabilize the ecosystem by maintaining the over flow of the food chain in the sea. Furthermore they are carrying a big value towards the specific country’s tourism industry. From whale watching and whale swimming the certain country can attracts many foreign tourists towards their country. But these creatures are endangered. Whaling is the main threat to their…

final point in this fight against those that wish to do whales harm. The process of whaling has been around since about 800 A.D. whales were hunted for their meat, oils and bones. They were also turned into shoe polishes, margarines, dog foods, and tennis racket strings. Coastal species in Europe, and then in North America declined to an extremely low level. Species such as the humpback, fin, right, blue, sei, bowhead, and the sperm whales were hunted…

One horrible cold and grueling night in a boggy swamp I saw something that I would never forget. This was something that was so unexpected and it would keep me up and alert for many nights. My dad and I were your normal gator hunting. we were out doing our usual line run like we do every day it was pretty much the same as every day catch a few nice size gators, then it went to some smaller gators then it went to nothing. Then we rebaited some lines and moved some and baited them.…