Tiger shark

I chose the topic of being stranded somewhere. In “The Life of Pi” Pi get set into the sea with a tiger from a zoo. Being stranded alone is stressful enough, but being stranded with a tiger and not knowing what may happen can stress someone out to the max. Pi is a middle aged man who was a vegetarian that needed to learn to eat meat and survive. The tiger helped him learn how to kill and eat the meat from anything including humans. Pi went through so much stress that he broke and couldn’t…

Chile is the longest country in the world and it’s the country that i’m going to be researching today. Chile is located in South America, stretching along the west side of the Content. The history of Chile goes back to the 18th of september when Pedro de Valdivia founded the country.The shield is known as “Coat of arms” it has a condor and a huemul wearing crowns. They stand between a crest with three feathers on top and red and blue stripes in the middle with a star right in between. I felt…

great suspicion, avoided, or driven away.” (92) In this sense, feral cats easily relate to tigers since they each take care to avoid encounters with humans, yet will strike if necessary. Reconnecting to the genomes of felines, Tina Saey explicates in her article “Tiger,…

A wildlife conservationist once said, “Extinction is forever, endangered means we still have time.” Most poachers are after elephants’ precious ivory tusks, which are used to make statues, jewelry, and other prized objects. Conservationists are using these two devices to turn back to drone technology as well as global positioning systems (GPS) & ink injections to fight back against poachers. Poaching is a growing global concern that will continue to destroy wildlife if we do not do something…

Proliferation of Poaching Lions have been disappearing, populations have been going down, and not many people are doing anything about it. They are one of the most magnificent animals known to man, and they have fallen to an unspeakable crime that has almost wiped out an entire species of animals. Lions are the second biggest cat in the world. Their scientific name is Pathera Leo. The average lion can weigh up to 265 to 420 pounds and can be as long as 6 1/2 feet long. An easy way to identify…

100 years ago the number of orangutans were estimated to be around the 230,000, but now that number has dropped drastically. There are only thought to be 54,000 Bornean orangutans left, and 6,600 Sumatran orangutans remaining. Which makes a total of 60,600 orangutans left in existence. With the population suffering from a 75% drop in just 100 years, the rate of decline is unsustainable and the orangutans are in grave danger of ceasing to exist. This is all due to illegal poaching, trading, and…

How successful are the Rockfish Conservation Areas? To being with by looking at how well the RCA’s fulfilled the objectives that DFO set out when they were set up. Their primary objective to prevent the decline of the rockfish, has clearly been successful. Looking at the data they have been collecting shows a clear arrest to the decline of the rockfish populations. Their second objective to enhance the production of larvae, is much more ambiguous to measure the success of, in part due to a lack…

There are many animals that are territorial and they have certain advantages for doing so. In the article Group territoriality and the benefits of sociality in the African lion, Panthera leo by Anna Mosser the reason lions live in prides of various sizes and have territories of varying sizes were researched. The authors wanted to know what factors lead the African lions to living in prides and what benefits there are. Yet about one third of the females will disperse to start new prides. Also…

You might believe that Soul Surfer and Rise Above have completely different themes based on how the stories are written and told. But the truth of the matter is Soul Surfer and Rise Above both offer different interpretations of overcoming challenges. Bethany Hamilton in Soul Surfer suggests that in order to overcome challenges you must work hard and never give up. On the other hand, Bethany Hamilton in Rise Above leaves readers with the idea of overcoming challenges comes from faith. This is…

demonstrated through facing his fears, psychological survival, and constructed reality. At the beginning of the novel, Pi’s father instills a lesson is to be learned around big animals such as Bengal tigers. Pi’s father makes Pi and his older brother watch as a goat is thrown into the cage of the tiger as a meal. Growing up at the Pondicherry zoo, Piscine had a love for animals and found them so extraordinary. However as Pi watches this sacrifice, his father reminds him that some animals are…