The keystone species, the Grey Nurse Shark inhabits tropical and subtropical inshore waters often found on rocky and coral reefs. Although it is a top predator it’s docile and calming nature makes it appear otherwise. The Grey Nurse shark’s population on Australia’s East Coast is fading fast. It has been estimated there are only around 500 remaining mostly due to shark culling and tagging. These predator’s diets range from smaller fish to rays, crustacean and other types of sharks, therefore making
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Embarking upon this extensive journey, my fellow pilgrims and I felt nervous, because we did not know what we would find there. While I felt anxious upon leaving, I could tell the mariners felt excited and confident which caused me to feel better. Our leader was also hopeful about the trip because we had God on our side. At first, the journey was pleasant with calm seas and we, the pilgrims, were thinking, "It's a pleasant journey.", but then a horrendous storm came, which caused all of us, pilgrims
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While John Aldridge is stuck in the Atlantic Ocean all alone, he has to rely on his fishing communities and positivity to survive while he faces unmanageable situations. He was out on his boat, the Anna Mary, in the middle of the night trying to prepare for the lobster they would catch the next morning. His partner, Anthony Sosinski was sound asleep on the lower deck waiting for the morning to come. When all of a sudden, John Aldridge was trying to pull off four hundred pounds of coolers to open
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freshwater. “They added 750 2,000-pound sacks of Instant Ocean® sea salt, for a total of 1.5 million pounds.” (Wilson). Within the first year of the aquarium opening, more than 3.6 million people visited it. “1 million visitors in the first 100 days, 3 million people by August 2006, 5 million by May 2007, and 10 million by June 2009”(Georgiaaquarium.org). The Georgia Aquarium is well known around the world, and
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Previous studies on rock lobster species throughout the world have shown differences in the dietary behaviour across depth categories and size classes. However as females in the sampled lobsters only constituted 5.1% of the population, the dietary behaviour was only taken into consideration for the male lobsters across depth and size. Early studies at J.tristani at Tristan da Cunha islands on the biology of the species found inter-island differences in growth rates and dietary behaviour (Roscoe 1979
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had to interest in having contact with the family of dolphins. The morning came and bessy was immediately greeted at the door with a gourmet breakfast. Nelly had an entire day planned for them. Once they finished breakfast, the two headed out to the ocean. She was very accepting, and they spent the day swimming, had a picnic, and made many memories. Unfortunately the week had to come to an end. A week full of friendship, fun, and conflict. In the beginning Nelly and her friends wanted nothing to do
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There I was, face to face with a half-ton monster, or so I thought. The huge manatee in front of me was scary, but not going to hurt me. It was Thursday afternoon in Miami, Florida. We where on vacation for a week in these mangroves, in which we got to kayak down and swim. It was very cool. I was lucky enough to get to see huge stingray and manatee up close! Not many of then are around here, so this was fairly rare of a sight. Florida was a great vacation choice, and very beautiful! The weather
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Creed McTaggart is a 19 year old fresh faced kid from West Australia who is known best for his unique modern style of surfing. He is a laid-back bloke who listens to grungy music, has long hair and has for the last six months been continuously been nominated for the hippest dude in the surf. He’s been postured as a cultural magnate, photographed just as much out of the surf than in it. He’s been moulded into the most unique character within the surfing industry. He is extremely well educated in music
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form ledges and caves where marine life likes to dwell and hide. Cliffs shelter the bay and its calm waters entice schools of tropical fish. The beach of Sharks Cove is rocky. Sharks Cove Snorkeling Conditions The bay is not always calm. Waves in the ocean may cause rather strong currents inside the cove, so pay attention to weather conditions when you go snorkeling. Sharks cove snorkeling is not recommended to little kids because of not very convenient rocky water entrance and possibility of currents
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It was the year 2003 at a place called Dan Oden Swim complex at James Logan high school in Union City where a three year old was ready to take on his very first 13 years ago as a young 4 year old boy ready to go to preschool, was ready to put his trunks on and jump in the water. Already potty trained and speaking like no other, I was ready to take on the chlorine water myself. Being excited as I was to jump in the pool, I dove into the three foot shallow end and bobbed my head up and down in such
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