Coral bleaching is not just a national problem that Australia faces alone. In the last year (2015), 12 percent of the world’s coral reefs have bleached (Howard). Since the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest reef, covering 133,000 square miles, and stretching 1,200 miles along the coast of Australia, it poses an incredible threat to Australia’s economy and environment (Howard). Coral bleaching is not an issue that is often plastered all over the news or brought to people’s attention often. Coral Reefs, especially the Great Barrier Reef are seen as the perfect tourist destination because reefs are known for their wide variety of marine life and beautiful bright corals one would see on brochures. However, when a coral is bleached, it loses
marine animal I’m researching is The Great White Shark. They are also known as, White Death and White Pointer. Great White Sharks are located off the coast of California, Australia, South Africa and the northern United States. Other continents and countries call them Tommy Sharks, Blue Pointer, Uptail, Maneater, etc.
During the observation scientists observe sharks and records their motions and thinking. Scientists use acoustic monitors to track their every movement such as their depth in the ocean, living temperature space, and location. They Identified Hammer sharks using two types of pop up satellite archival tags. Scientist wanted to know where they live, feed, and go. Scientists were able to follow a Hammerhead shark, and saw all of these things that they were curious about. These tags were monitoring the temperature of water and light level. Although these scientists were not going to be monitoring for that long, they still were able to get enough information about hammer
Sharks are extraordinary creatures they are also the fiercest predators of the sea, but they weren’t always that way. Sharks have evolved in many ways to become the animal that is know today.Sharks have grown jaws and teeth like scales. Sharks used to be very small and not intimidating at all.
One day, after the earth was fully created, an evil king named Lord Shark-Bear-Agator took over the earth and became greedy. He ruled all of the American continents with an iron fist and enslaved most of the humans to work for him. One day, a girl named Christina wanted to free her family from the corrupted king. She set out a trap that would involve the Shark-Bear-Agator walking onto a pile of leaves in the forest and falling into the Earth, but first she needed a wizard to cast a spell a curse on the hole making it to where he would never be able to use magic and get out. The girl then went off to find a wizard. As she thought to herself “Where on earth am I going to find a
The next time you go to the beach, don’t go too far into the ocean. If you see a curved fin, you’ll know that it’s a shark. But not all sharks are scary and dangerous. In fact, only 4 types of sharks are known to attack humans. But, they all have something in common, in that they are all very interesting.
When the great white shark is a little pup its usually only 5 feet long, when it gets to be and adult it can reach up to 20 feet long. Even an extremely good swimmer can 't out swim the great white shark. The great white shark can smell a tiny drop of blood in 1 billions drops of water. When the great white shark is born it must get away from its mom and dad because if not, the mom and dad might think their pup is something for them to eat. The great white shark is in the waters in, Africa, Australia, China, Japan, and New Zealand. The great white is also not a mammal it’s a
Swim in the rivers, lakes, streams and every other freshwater habitat of the world to discover nature’s buffet: food chains!
My specie is the Great White or scientifically known as Carcharodon Carcharias. I chose this specie to create awareness for the fisherman that are hunting sharks. The natural habitat of the great white shark is the ocean usually where the water is 24 and 12 degrees (Northeastern of United states, California, northeastern of United states, Coast of Australia, Brazil, Azores, Madagascar, The Caribbean, Eastern África, Northwestern África, the Seychelles, Mauritius, Northern Australia, Sri Lanka, Hawaii, New Caledonia and Philippines).
Have you ever seen a lightning fast mouth eat a fish. Well that is the goblin shark, a unique fish, tertiary consumer, and a predator of the deep. The goblin shark is all of those and more.
There are many animals in the world that are endangered. One of them is the Great hammerhead shark . These sharks have flat, T-shaped heads that make them stand out from other sharks.They are long and flat in order to aid in the catching of prey. The eyes of these sharks are wide-set. We need to protect the great hammerhead shark because it is being poached and there are only 9 Species of hammerhead shark .
Whale is the common name for a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic marine mammals. They are an informal grouping within the infraorder Cetacea, excluding dolphins and porpoises, so to zoologists the grouping is paraphyletic. The whales comprise the extant families Cetotheriidae (whose only living member is the pygmy right whale), Balaenopteridae (the rorquals), Balaenidae (right whales), Eschrichtiidae (the gray whale), Monodontidae (belugas and narwhals), Physeteridae (the sperm whale), Kogiidae (the dwarf and pygmy sperm whale), and Ziphiidae (the beaked whales). There are 40 extant species of whales. The two parvorders of whales, Mysticeti and Odontoceti, are thought to have split apart around 34 million years ago. Whales,
Maya Angelou once stated, “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style” (Angelou). Being passionate and thriving in a career is essential for me to stay motivated and to be able to enjoy my time at work. Throughout my life I have always really liked science and math, and I enjoy the ocean. I have also been very passionate about animals and I would love to help them and protect their habitats. Becoming a veterinarian or marine biologist would allow me to be satisfied going to work each day because they both incorporate my interests. Although veterinarians and marine biologists are similar in job qualities, they differ in salaries, work environment and
According to world wildlife organisation, overfishing occurs when more fish are caught than the population can replace through natural reproduction. Gathering as many fish as possible may seem like a profitable practice, but overfishing has serious consequences. The results may not only affect the balance of life in the oceans, but also the social and economic well-being of the coastal communities who depend on fish for their way of life.
How differrent about two kind of large tropical shark,the whale shark and the tiger shark? First of all, the whale shark is light blue and has dots on its body whereas the tiger shark is dark blue and has a stripe pattern on its body. The whale shark has legth 10 metres and weight 9 tonnes whereas the tiger shark has length 4 metres and weight 500 kilograms. So,the whale shark is bigger and heavier than the tiger shark.