...method could have helped the problem. * Address any alternative solutions beyond the scientific method. * Format your analysis consistent with APA guidelines. * * * There are two forms of animals that are important in the environment of the Antarctic: microscopic photosynthetic algae (also referred as Marine algae) and herbivores, tiny shrimp-like krill. According to Raven, P, Berg, L., & Hassenzahi, D. (2010), there are some environmental problems associated to the case in point, “How Humans have affected the Antarctic Food Web”. Some of these environmental problems are with the thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica, the hunting of whales, global climate change, and human harvest of krill. (p. 59). This paper is prepared to help to identify where humankind’s activities have been careless with the environment where they are unintended consequences. Also, explained is how scientific or technological activities are exacerbating or improving the existing situation, discussions on how a proper application of the scientific method could help the problem, and point out any alternative solution...
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...Working as a whale trainer at SeaWorld has become a dream job for almost any child who has witnessed the wonder of Shamu. The History of career field People have been training animals for thousands of years. Historically, falconers have trained hawks. Dogs have been trained for hunting, for herding livestock, and for pulling sleds. Elephants have been trained to pull or carry logs. Horses and camels have been trained for riding and hauling. Compared to other types of animal training, marine mammal training is a relatively new field. People have been training killer whales for only about the past 35 years. SeaWorld animal trainers began working with bottlenose dolphins in 1963 before the first park opened. Requirements Each year, hundreds of men and women apply for positions in SeaWorld's and Busch Gardens' Animal Training departments. The number of openings is generally limited to fewer than 10 hires per park each year. For SeaWorld, a college degree is not required to be eligible for an animal training position, but it is preferred. Applicants are expected to complete some college coursework in biology, marine biology, zoology, and animal behavior or psychology. Colorado Mountain College, Quinnipiac College, and University of Florida are among many listed and recommended by SeaWorld that offer Zoo research and management programs. Prior experience with large animals is preferred. Experience working with horses or birds, working on a farm, or volunteering at an...
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...Looking at Cetacean social behaviors and there interaction with one another, more specifically bottlenose dolphins, Atlantic spotted dolphins and sperm whales. While examining these species of dolphins and whales, similarities and differences have been observed as well as interactions between the species. A lot is still unknown about the social interactions these animals may have with one another and what adaptive capabilities they also will try to reconstruct when facing different social systems after critical disturbances in the area. Some observed behavior that was studied include, non-vocal behavior, foraging behavior, sexual behavior, social structure and associating between communities when sharing the same area of habitat. There are observations of these animals mixing...
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...Can endangered species of the world rely on the international law for their safety? Discuss This essay will attempt to discuss how the international law protects endangered species of the world. Using academic commentary and legislation it will also review the ethical, philosophical, economical and moral aspects of this area of law. The essay will also draw attention to the current issue, which has been a controversy in the preservation of endangered species of the world, but will particularly pay more attention to the protection of whales. Ever since the days of illustrious philosophers such Plato, Aristotle, Descartes to the modern scientists there has been a lengthy wait in fighting for laws and acts to protect animals in keeping them in good health and their populations high in numbers. Long ago, most animals became extinct because of natural events, like earthquakes or volcano eruptions. Climatic changes were also a threat i.e. like the ‘beginning of the Ice Age which also led to the disappearance of certain species’ . Today, animals are in danger mostly because of human beings. In the 17th century Descartes and Plato both portraying animals as mere objects, held that ‘animals have no conscience and humans should have no moral obligation’ towards them. However, through the advancement of technology and science Charles Darwin came up with his theory of evolution, bringing new developments and protection to endangered species, with his effort in his work there...
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...EthisCarly Peters Ethics, Night Class Mr. Hobbs May 6, 2013 An Ethical View into Animal Rights In May of 2007, two humpback whales, a mother and her calf, found themselves stranded in a fresh water river off the coast of California. They were in the process of migrating from Alaska to Mexico, when they made a wrong turn under the Golden Gate Bridge, and into the San Francisco Bay. They landed over 90 miles away from the Pacific Ocean that they needed to return to for survival. Their skin began showing signs of distress and injury, and the public decided it was time to get involved. They began sending in all their ideas on how the whales could be coaxed back through the river, into the bay, and off to the ocean. They sent e-mails, made phone calls and visits to government agencies, and came up with countless original ideas that they wanted to share with officials. The longer time went on, the more worried people were becoming about these whales. Fortunately, the Coast Guard was eventually successful in coaxing the whales back through the channel and out to the Pacific after many failed attempts. Why do people care so much about other living creatures? Another question I must bring up is should we be spending so much time and effort on them when there are many other human needs of people that need to be met around the world? I will be connecting many ethical philosophies to this idea of Animal Rights throughout this discussion, and hopefully you will be able...
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...Haylee Bowers Research Paper 11/20/13 In today’s society, cruelty towards animals is growing rapidly because people don’t understand the value of an animal’s life. People all around the world use and abuse animals as if it was some kind of national sport, and everybody is competing for the first place gold medal. Ever year millions of animals are being beaten and starved because of heartless people. Animal cruelty is a social issue that many people don’t understand. All the people who abuse animals don’t understand when they are harming an innocent animal are going to continue to do it until they are shown what they are doing wrong. Each type of abuse has certain patterns that scientists can study and find out why people commit the crimes they do. Animal cruelty is broken down into two categories, which are active and passive. Active cruelty is also known as NAI (non-accidental injury). NAI is when a person has malicious intent so fierce that they deliberately and intentionally cause harm to an animal. On the other hand with passive cruelty a person doesn’t intentionally cause harm to the animal, they simple neglect it by giving it no attention. While I was doing the research for this essay, I thought non-stop about how a human being could break a dogs leg, back, or even neck and feel no sympathy for the dog? Are some people in this world that heartless that they have no feelings for other living things? I wonder if you asked a person that has abused an animal if they...
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...The “Sulfur Bottom”, or the Blue whale are baleen whales and they can be found worldwide .At the top of the food chain, whales play a vital role in the overall health of the environment.(A-Z Animals) But sadly, the Blue whale is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Blue whales that are in the Northern Hemisphere are generally smaller than those that are found in the southern Hemisphere. (Choi)In the Northern Atlantic and Pacific, they can grow up to 90 feet, but in the Antarctic, they can reach up to 110 feet, and weigh up to 330,000 pounds. Like other types of baleen whales, the females are usually somewhat larger than the males. (A-Z Animals) The Blue Whale, (Balaenoptera musculus), is the largest animal on our planet. It weighs as much as 33 elephants, is the length of three school buses, has a heart the size of a volkswagen Beetle, and eats around 4 tons of krill a day. They have been spotted in every ocean. They are the loudest animals, as their calls are louder than a jet engine, they can reach 188 decibels,...
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...I do not agree with the Norwegian and Japanese position about permiting the hunting for fun. Actually, I don’t agree with cultures that allow the hunting of species, endangered ones or not. Hunting, in my opinion, is not a nice thing, since it can disturb the hole environment and, hypothetically, could even give an end to some species. But maybe this opinion I have is cultural, too. In my country it’s forbidden to hunt. This way, I grew up learning that this is a not real good thing, and my mind kept this information for all my life until now. So, in the same way, I understand people that agree with that, and may think it’s a normal thing, since they could be born in a country that this is the culture, and this way always found it a normal thing. I think the whaling ban does not constitute a violation of the nation’s sovereignty, because I think it’s just like the human rights, but with animals. The human rights, it doesn’t matter the culture, the country and the region, are there to protect everybody from cultural abuses. It warrantees the minimum rights a person must have, the ones you can’t deny. And, this same way, the world’s activism may protect the environment with the minimum to preserve species and wild life. In my opinion, an international committee should...
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...Dolphins Research Paper Dolphins can use many ways to communicate but they favor at least two. When they are not with their group they are being adventurous. Dolphins love to explore and find new things such as movements and sounds. Their movements depend on the dolphin’s length and weight. The emotions and communication of dolphins are very uncommon in so many animals that people want to find out how smart and intelligent they really are. Dolphins are part of the family of toothed whales that includes orcas and ect. There are so many of these species there is no specific number of the population. Dolphins have a diet that includes squid, fish, etc. The bottlenose dolphins can live up to 40 years while orcas can live up to 70-80 years;...
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...human scientific research. Other views discussed are David's personal David talks about an experience he had growing up as a young boy hunting game in the wild with his BB gun and eventually, as a teenager moving up to a 22-caliber rifle. He saw an advertisement for a slingshot and decided to order it. After weeks of practice he felt ready to hunt live game with his new weapon and skills. He came across a squirrel, which as he puts it, "was doing whatever squirrels do” and began to pursue his prey. After cornering his hunt in a tree the squirrel began crying and sobbing. The sound of the squirrel being scared to death had such a strong effect on young David that he Fishing was the only form of animal catching David continued to perform. David had never fished for "sport”, nor did he believe in it. For David fishing for consumption was the only form of fishing he involved himself in, with the exception of one occasion, while taping a television report on "the science of fly fishing”. During the taping he was required to catch the fish and release them all back into the water. The sight of the markings on the mouths of the fish was so disturbing to him that he never considered the While spending a weekend on the Queen Charlotte Islands, David had the opportunity to watch grey whales from up close. Observing the whales in the wild was nothing like he'd seen in the Vancouver Public Aquarium. No matter how large the aquarium, it could never compare to...
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...stereotyping native Indians denies the first vast culture differences between tribes. I will bring to your attention the language. The Navajo people of the southwest and the Cherokees of the Southeast have totally unrelated languages. There were over 200 North American tribes speaking over 200 different languages. The Navajo language is an advantage in world war 11. The tribes spoke a wide variety of different languages. This would create numerous troublesome language barriers, because most of the tribes would feud. Some Native American tribes had large scaling farms, whereas other tribes did not. One main thing that the Native Americans had in common was that they were hunters and farmers. In this situation some lived by hunting animals and by bringing together plant resources in the wild. Tribes in different regions shared most of the same food resource. People who lived in regional areas ate more fish, while those who lived on the outside their diets were land animals, such as, deer moose and bison. The major similarity between all these tribes is...
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...Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents… 1-2 Introduction… 3-4 Part I: Evolutionary History… 5 * Pakicetus… 5-7 * Ambulocetuss… 7-8 * Rodhocetus… 8-9 * Basilosaurus and Dorundontidae… 9-10 * Kentriodontidae… 10-11 Part II: Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Behavior… 11 * What is a Dolphin?... 11 * General Anatomy… 11-12 * Integumentary, Sensory and Urinary systems… 12-18 * Musculoskeletal system and Locomotion…...
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...Galapagos Sea Lion The Galapagos sea lion is found on islands in the Galapagos Archipelago and off the coast of Ecuador where a population has been introduced, they have also been found in Costa Rica. The Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki is the scientific name, is fundamentally a coastal animal and is rarely found more than 16 kilometers out in sea. And these sea lions are now on the endangered species list (proquest.com). I think people should be held accountable for hunting and killing an endangered species and we should use any resource possible to save the Galapagos sea lion. The population fluctuates between 20,000 and 40,000 animals. A census in 1978 submitted a population size of about 40,000, but a recent survey in 2001 found a 50% decline from this earlier estimate (Alava and Salazar 2006). The running differences might exist between counts over this period, but this decline suggested is cause for serious concern (proquest.com). The Galapagos sea lion are active during the day and hunt in mostly shallow water, where they feed on fish, octopus, and crustaceans. Sea lions are also capable of making extremely deep dives of up to 200 meters and for 20 minutes or longer, then rapidly surfacing with no ill health effects. When the animals are on shore, the Galapagos sea lions rest on the sands of the beaches and rocky areas in colonies of usually groups of thirty or more (life-sea.blogspot.com). They are extremely social animals and pack together on the shore...
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...hunt zebras, tigers, elephants and rhinos. Also the killing of whales and sharks is also a part of illegal poaching. This illegal hunting has led to the decreasing population of many species. Many nations have banned poaching, but enforcement is difficult....
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...whaling. Subsistence hunting has provided food and clothing for many years for the people of the north slope. Traditionally the hunters were able to freely hunt and provide for themselves and their families. Living in our modern society, the tradition of whaling is currently governed by the AEWC (Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission). The life of subsistence living has been and continues to be majorly impacted. Traditional tools were used for a variety of different ways for whaling. The tool that was used to pull the whale to shore...
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