ENTRY NUMBER: E3 Conserving Our Nature - Sea Turtle A Global Perspective Summary Turtles in Malaysia are increasingly threatened and endangered drasticly . In Malaysia, not only as a turtle reptile normal life, but the turtle is a tourist attraction in the country. For example, many tourists come to the states known attractions turtle populations such as Kelantan, Terengganu, Johor and Penang. Who would have thought, just because of the type of animal species, countries of Malaysia may be known and can improve the economy through tourism. But unfortunately, endangered turtle populations due to the threat of predators and human activity. However, the threat of predators did not affect the full extinction of the turtles, but rather human activities that often threaten the lives of turtles. Among them are unplanned developments such as hotels and buildings as well as fishing by fishermen using nets. Besides, there are also people who catch turtles with eggs for sale on the black market. This all happened because people are easily tempted by lust and greed. By the Malaysian government has introduced several measures to protect the animal. All these initiatives also involved the community, specific organizations, undergraduates, the school and other countries internationally. Therefore, all the …show more content…
In that case, the turtles are being taken under the protection of the Fisheries Department. Even though the duty was given by the government to the Fishier Department, it is our responsibility to keep the turtles safe. Their numbers are dwindling because they face many dangers, the biggest which is humans. Populations of sea turtles worldwide have dropped by 80% to 90% since 60s. Leatherback and Hawksbill species is listed as one of the 10 most endangered animals in the world. On the other hand, the green turtle hatchlings. Even the scientists have estimate that only one of each thousand hatchings will survive till
Eventually the turtle is able to right itself and continue on its path. This detailed account of the turtle 's journey could be an elaborate metaphor.
In the book, Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green the main character, Aza, an anxious teenager and her best friend, Daisy go on some sort of adventure to find a missing rich kid, Davis pickett. At first Aza wasn’t going to go looking for him although she had known him personally before. After Daisy encouraged her with the reward Aza decided to go through with the plan. Aza was in need of money for her upcoming departure to college. The main theme of this story is that you can’t choose how to live your own life.
Hawaiian and Mediterranean monk seals are endangered and are at a population of about 500. Hawaiian monk seals face many survival challenges such as the lack of food sources for baby seals, getting caught up in
In “The Turtle from The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck represents the central theme by patience and acceptance. The turtle is an allegory of experience. The turtle moves along the same road like everyone else struggling for survival. The turtle is battling the drought, making him look rough and ragged out. Despite his appearance, he maintains his innocence and faith.
Long ago, people wondered about how we, as people, came to the Earth. Story-tellers would go around the villages and tell amazing stories about how the Earth, humans, and life were created. Many myths came from these oral stories. Three of these myths that were created are called The Earth on Turtle's Back from the Onondaga tribe, When Grizzlies Walked Upright from the Modoc tribe, and the Navajo Origin Legend from the Navajo tribe. All three of the myths play an important role on if there is a higher power, how we view the world was created, and beliefs on how other creatures and forces helped create what we believe in.
between populations with variability of less than a percent between populations (Mrosovsky et al. 2002). Five years of temperature change could already begin to show some impact on sex ratios of loggerhead sea turtles. The viability of loggerhead sea turtle populations relies on suitable incubation temperatures that produce an adequate proportion of males and females (Ucar et al. 2012). Many species that have temperature-dependent sex determination, already often produce highly skewed offspring sex ratios and loggerhead sea turtles in particular already tend to produce sex ratios skewed toward females. The Earth’s average global surface temperature is currently warming at a rate of more than 0.1 degrees Celsius per decade (Lynch 2011).
“A moving and unforgettable story.” This is the review from ALA Booklist about The Island of Blue Dolphins. In 1835 an Indian girl named Karana was left on the Island of Blue Dolphins alone after her tribe was rescued by white men and taken off the island. The Indian girl was left to survive on her own until she was rescued 18 years later. The Island of Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell is a historical fictional story about that indian girl and her survival, her loss, and her unusual friendship with the island’s animals.
Despite the relative ease of a modern American’s life when compared literally any other point in history, there is a striking increase in anxiety over the past decade. In 1986, 14% of college freshmen reported anxious symptoms, but this past year it jumped to 41% (Denizet-Lewis). John Green, the author of Turtles All the Way Down, shares in this struggle and personally relates to the many young adults who suffer from this condition. This novel, despite many differences, holds a near autobiographical nature of its author as he inscribes his symptoms and difficulties into the main character, Aza Holmes. Green’s rich depiction of the main protagonist and her internal conflict combines with a modern narrative structure to convey a universal theme that speak to today’s generation.
Mexico is home to more surviving sea turtles than any country in the world, so its citizens and businesses bear an especially powerful incentive to safeguard the reptiles because they 're good for the planet, good for Mexico and good
How the World Uniquely Begins Native American myths and the Christian Bible both offer stories about how the world began.. In “The Earth on Turtle’s Back” and Genesis 1, both tales have similar values and ideas. These two stories compare in that both tell the importance of water, the fact that Earth came out of the water, and the existence of supreme beings; in contrast, each story has a unique idea of how the world came into being. “The Earth on Turtle’s Back,” a story from the Onondaga tribe, an original Native American group, is a myth which relates a story about the beginning of the world. Water is below the Skyland and it becomes an issue when the Great Tree is uprooted.
Mythical Origins The Iroquois people are one of the earliest cultures in American history, Their culture remains filled with an abundance of myths and legends that explain the nature of life itself. Their creation story, The World On Turtle 's Back, outlines not only the creation of Earth, but also the complex nature of people. The legend states that the Earth resided on the back of a great sea turtle, constituted first by a pregnant woman. The daughter of whom would birth the twins who would become the duality of deceit and order in every living being. This legend has been passed down through the generations, first through oral tradition and later translated to writing.
The Sky Gods vs the Iroquois The stories “The World on the Turtles Back” by the Iroquois, and The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday discuss two different creation myths. “The World on The Turtles Back” is an Iroquois legend that has been passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth, making it an oral tradition. A creation myth is a traditional story that involves supernatural beings or events that explain how the some aspect of human nature or the natural world came to be. These myths have comparable aspects that are specifically the roles of men, women, animals, and nature.