Both the humpback whales and the blue whales are extremely vocal mammals, their beautiful and mysterious songs travel great distances across the ocean; the blue whale, both the Humpback and Blue whales are apart of the class of baleen whale; while, the humpback whale population isn’t having trouble maintaining its numbers, the blue whales, whom, had previously been plagued by poachers, causing them long-term damage to their population.
Both the Humpback Whales and the Blue Whales produce truly unique songs and vocalizations, that create sound waves for miles around. There are theories that the vocalizations are a form of inter-species communication between the intelligent mammals. Only male Humpback Whales sing, and the song is usually heard during the winter mating season, bringing scientists to the assumption that it might be used as a mating call to attract females. Humpback whales may sing for over 24 hours, nonstop. Blue Whale songs usually last for only around two minutes, and have been described as being similar to those of the Humpback Whale.
Humpback and Blue Whales are designated into a class of marine mammals known as baleen whales, they are also known as whalebone whales. They have some key characteristics that distinguish them from the toothed whales. Baleen whales are born with baleen plates instead of teeth. These
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Hunting in the 1900s by people hungry for whale oil drove the species toward extinction. More than 360,000 whale were killed during this period. In 1966 Blue Whales became protected with the International Whaling Commission, still their recovery has been minor. Nevertheless, Humpback Whales have not been effected to this extent. The Humpback Whale population has recovered since its stint on the endangered species list in the 1970s. Today, our whale’s are effected by changes in the environment, including habitat destruction and
“If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected.” The Hawaiian monk seal is the nation’s most endangered seal, and one of the world’s most endangered marine mammal. With enough resources scientists can make progress toward achieving and to help maintain a healthy population of these endangered monk seals, but it will not be easy. Preventing interactions between people and seals is a responsibility is something these organizations are going to have to manage.
Since these marine mammal trainers are expected to train the killer whales in the water it can be very dangerous. From the film, “We don’t speak whale. We don’t speak tiger. We don’t speak monkey.” This informs the audience that wild animals such as these whales are unpredictable.
I think that underwater noise does not affect whales. The U.S. Navy has used sonar for about 50 years. Since they started, the Navy has not seen any difference in the way whales live. In the article "What Underwater Noise?" the author states "but they did not change their overall behavior. "
The separation of non-endangered species will not deter whalers from hunting any whale in sight. These activities are widely documented and filmed for the world to see. Further, “people hunted whales for their oil to fuel lamps and candles, to lubricate machinery and to make margarine, lipsticks and other products.
This graph shows a more stable recording in the movement of this type of orca; the furthest that the whale in graph B dives is about 75 meters. Resident killer whales are also known to only prefer fish, opposed to the transient killer whale, which targets marine mammals. The graph also supports the fact that resident killer whales are exactly what their name says, they are familiar with the territory they inhabit, which allows them to frequent and move about more, where as with the transient orca, they could only go so far because they navigate and dive according to where their food is. Both graphs are very distinct in terms of figuring out which type of killer whale it depicts; the resident killer whale has a very consistent dive and depth pattern, and is very easy to detect because of the obvious background of its kind—what it preys on as well as where it usually migrates to, where as the transient killer whale has a more spaced out graph, due to the fact that unlike the resident killer whale, it stays more to the coastal areas and would only dive deep to seek out other marine mammals to prey
It is a common misconception of natural instinct and imaginative onlookers; these whales are not people they are wild marine life. It is no secret that killer whales have a bad reputation, however what earned the reputation was sheer unintentional killings. Orinus Orcas are wild marine life that should not be prosecuted like human beings, and the name “Killer Whales” is the result of false
Whale sharks like to hang out together and eat together. Now you know about whale sharks.
Director, writer, and producer, Gabriella Cowperthwaite, in her documentary, Blackfish, describes the shameless hunting and treatment of killer whales. Cowperthwaite’s purpose is to persuade us into opening our eyes to the reality of what we are doing to killer whales by confining them in captivity. She invents an emotionally wrenching tone in order to transmit to the adult viewers that living in captivity may not be acceptable life for the whales. The film effectively showed that the whales should not be kept in captivity by giving the audience examples of their signs of aggression and displays of emotion. Cowperthwaite begins her documentary by showing how killer whales can become barbaric when held captive.
Orcas are incredibly smart, so the mother orcas would swim away from where the herding was happening. As a result to this, SeaWorld began releasing planes that would fly over the sea and find the mothers, because the orcas had to come up for air eventually. They would throw bombs into the water, so the orcas would be forced to go into nets. One of the whales, named Tilikum, who recently died in January of 2017, was kidnapped from the ocean at the young age of two. A man named Ted Griffin, who helped capture the whales, killed a mother whale in front of her daughter, to later be named Shamu; the first performing whale at SeaWorld.
In 2013, a documentary called Blackfish was released to the public. This film was produced, written, and directed by a lady named Gabriela Cowperthwaite, as a way to show the world how poorly whales are treated and why they do not belong in captivity. Blackfish also shows how little people really know about the beautiful and highly intelligent orca whale itself. Her film was seen by many, and touched the hearts of a lot people, taking the debate of the topic to a higher level. The movie hits on a lot of main issues about captivity, told by reliable people, along with proven statistics to go along with them.
(Blackfish). Killer whales in the wild are aggressive towards each other just as they are to humans, in 1989 an accident involving two whales: Kandu and Corky resulted in Kandu bleeding to death. (Kirby 2) this would have never happened if the whales had the enough space they needed to separate from each other. Contrastingly, killer whales in the wild are more peaceful toward each other and humans. There is only one accident of an orca biting someone in the wild.
After enjoying a nice squid meal, Sapphire heads to her seaweed bed to take some final research notes before sleeping. She writes down her observations of the sperm whale's habitat, “Fin told me that sperm whales can be found all throughout the earth’s major oceans. From warm tropical climates in and around the equator, to the northern and southern polar hemispheres. I noticed that the females and their calves tend to prefer staying in warm climates in and around the equator throughout the year. Fin’s mother told me that the adult males travel to the colder climates during off-season and return back to the warmer climates during mating season.
Humpbacks are baleen whales that use bristles to filter their food out of mouth fuels of seawater. Their diet consists mainly of plankton and krill, as well as small schooling fish. Whales, include the largest animals in all of life on Earth, and are a curtail part of the ecosystem today. They have high metabolic demands and when they were in larger populations, before industrial whaling, whales would have had a strong influence on marine ecosystems, even greater than today. They play several environmental roles including, consumers of several species, prey to large bodied predators, reservoirs of nutrients, and detrital sources of energy and habitat in the deep sea.
There are many whales in the sea, but this particular whale called Moby Dick is the desirable catch for the whalers and captain due to its legendary proportions. In the novel, Moby Dick, it offers an allegorical story of humanity’s dangerous search for meaning. The monstrous, white whale represents that “meaning” humans have been hunting for their entire lives, but at the end one will discover that one can do so much but still end up not finding their answer. The entire plot to Moby Dick is directed towards the final confrontation between Ahab, his crewman and the White whale. At the end, the whale wins the fight and the rest of the crew on ship all die, demonstrating the fact that the whale cannot be defeated, hence signaling how the laws
All types of whales including, Humpbacks and Orcas are shown in the film. As the people are kayaking the animals are swimming around them hunting for fish. The scene is breathtaking because the people are so close to these harmless, majestic animals. My favorite marine animal is an Orca whale, I've loved them since I watched Free Willy as a child. There is something very calming about watching animals in their natural habitat live their lives as others gaze at them.