Whale Rider

Depict a boat hovering over the calm water when suddenly destroys the boat and crashes on an inhabited island with wild beasts. In the book swiss family Robinson the Robinson family must learn to survive and adapt in the dangerous island. While on the island they discover many magnificent creatures the Robinsons carefully tamed them. If they had not the mysterious creatures might have devoured the Robinsons. They tamed the fast and intelligent ostrich also the not so fast but ferocious turtle.…

In her essay, “Chasing Loons,” Jessica Walden informs us that she did her research on the loons in Oneida County, Wisconsin, in the town of Rhinelander. She states that in Oneida County, there are 1,129 lakes (par. 2). She indicates that she spent three months researching loons, which have five different varieties of. Ms. Walden also indicates that each lake or territory can support only one pair of loons (par. 4). In paragraph 5, Ms. Walden starts to describe the birds. Some of her descriptions…

a notorious and infamous killer whale named Tilikum. Blackfish shows the problems of keeping a killer whale in captivity throughout its whole life compared to allowing the whales to live in their natural habitat. Throughout the movie Tilikum attacks three different people, and the SeaWorld owners choose to do nothing about it because Tilikum’s sperm is worth a lot of money. Blackfish goes into detail about the ethical and emotional concerns of keeping a large whale in captivity for extended…

False Killer Whales versus Killer Whales Both Killer whales (Orcinus orca) and False killer whales (Pseudorca Crassidens) belong to the Delphinidae family. False killer whales resemble orcas because of the shape of their skulls, but the two species are actually not closely related (Baird, 2012). False killer whales are found in all tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate seas (MarineBio, 2013), usually in relatively deep offshore waters (Taylor, et al., 2008). In contrast, killer whales are…

with the power to stop this. Whales will generally reside in all of the oceans throughout the world, but during the winter seasons they will go north and breed. After they have their calves, the people who capture the calves for show attractions will go up North looking for the best calves to sell to aquariums such as SeaWorld. Then separating the calves from their mothers and fathers causing much distress.…

The Racer is a very fast snake. It can move at almost 13km/hr. In some places Racers will hibernate in groups of as large as 100, but in others they will hibernate in groups of 10-15. They hibernate below the frost line in rock formations during the Winter. Typically a grassland species, the Blue Racer inhabits fields and open dry land. They prefer to live in areas with little human habitation. The Racer eats insects, frogs, other smaller snakes, small rodents, and birds. The predators of the…

very popular maritime resource-gathering for many people. Whales provided much-needed resources that were somewhat difficult to come by in other locations, and most of a whale’s products were extremely valuable and worth a lot of money. The actual labor that involved hunting whales often paid more and provided more opportunities than some people could find onshore. The object on the left, is a lantern in which the fats and oils that whales produced would often be used to fuel these lamps. Fuel…

Competition 1. Below are two types of organisms that compete. Explain what each is fighting for and the strategies employed to dominate. a. Corals- Compete for Sunlight i. Staghorn coral – grow fast and rise above the competition ii. Adjoining corals – certian corals are able to kill certian corals, so must be carful about ones neighbors. iii. Explain the concept of "demilitarized zone" or "no man’s land" - zones where competing corals have met, done battle, and…

The titular whale Moby-Dick represents nature and serves to prove that man can never overcome the power of earth. Melville portrays Moby-Dick as an indestructible whale with incredible strength and invincible might. Ahab has previously attempted to kill the powerful beast, but “Though groves of spears should be planted in his flanks, he would still swim away unharmed” (324). Through his introduction of Moby Dick as the immortal embodiment of a primal force, Melville imbues the whale with an…

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…