In the materialistic world today, whaling seems to become a norm to the society as it happens around us in the world everyday. In Japan, it was defined as “Japanese Whaling” and it begun in the 12th century. Whaling is an activity that people hunt whales from the sky blue ocean to make profits from it, use them for research purposes and extract the nutrient from their body for human consumption that is essential for human’s health. In fact, it is just an activity that kills whale for human’s own good. There are people believed that whaling has been done for years. Some ethnic group believes that it is a cultural right to hunt whales. In Prehistoric cultures were hunting whales at least 3000 years ago (2008), whale hunting were commenced by the primordial ethnic at least three thousand years ago. It is clear that whale hunting is not just done by generation nowadays but has already been done by people in the past. As a whole, whale hunting has become more and more conventional. It seems like nothing is wrong for hunting whales from the ocean. If this activity continues to be uncontrolled, whales will extinct in one day. Although whale hunting is known to be profitable to the hunters, whaling is still unacceptable because they are the beautiful creation of mother nature that we have to protect, it is considered as animal cruelty or abusion and it will cause pollution to the sea, thus becoming danger to human beings.
Brian Doyle is the author of the book The Wet Engine which contains the short story “Joyas Voladoras”. Which is a passage that uses metaphors and imagery to capture the significance of a vulnerable heart. This is a special symbol to Doyle because his son was born with three chambers in his heart. In “Joyas Voladoras,” Brian Doyle suggests that people’s vulnerability can have an impact on the quality of their life.
Imagine, a 22.5 feet long killer whale that weighs 12,000 pounds, slammed and dragged a person in the water who only weighed 125 pounds. The image is gruesome but that’s what happened to SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau. A respected 40 year old who fought hard to stay alive against the largest orca in captivity. Accordingly to witnesses Tili (short for Tilikium), the Orca went wild during the Dine with Shamu Show, then attacked and killed Dawn. The event shocked everyone because Orcas are usually very friendly but Dawn Brancheau was the third victim of Tilikium. There has been no record of people getting harmed by Orcas in the wild and that raised many question about Tili’s sudden outburst. Researches have shown that whales in captivity have
Captivity: the condition of being imprisoned or confined. Orca whales in captivity make up 70% of Sea Worlds revenue. While children and families across the country pay to see Shamu, they are actually funding one of the cruelest money corrupt corporations in the world. Between the mistreatment of the whales themselves, and the multiple injuries and deaths of the trainers; keeping Orca Whales in captivity are not worth the risk. The positive aspects of capturing and mistreating whales do not outweigh the dangers. Keeping orca whales in captivity demonstrates animal cruelty and it not only puts the whales at risk but also the people who train them.
In the wild killer whales are very social animals and rely on the social bonds they create with their families or pods, in captivity these bonds are often broken. In the documentary “Blackfish” they reveal an unbreakable mother and daughter bond between Kasatka and Takara. Kasatka was a loving killer whale who was never vocal and never displayed violent behaviors, when her daughter Takara was taken from her, her trainers explained that for days Kasatka screeched, crying out for her daughter (Cowperthwaite). Killer whales usually stay with their young for life, when Takara was taken from Kasatka it broke the mother and daughter bond. In the same manner, killer whales also rely on these bond to communicate with each other. Hence if they can’t
Do you know why scientists study animal eating behaviors? In this essay you will learn why and how Scientist study the eating behaviors of hummingbirds and sleeper sharks and what they learned.
According to “How did whales become do large? Scientists dive into marine mystery” by Nicola Davis, the blue whale has a body the length of a jetliner, a heart the size of a car and a tongue the weight of an elephant. Researchers now say that they might have found the solution to the mystery behind why baleen whales-a group that includes the blue whales, became the largest animals on the planet. Scientists say that the massive growth which was driven by changes in the distribution of oceanic food and happened just 2 to 3 million years ago. Graham Slater, an evolutionary biologist and co-author of the research from the University of Chicago says that baleen whales have only been giants for one-tenth of their 36-million-year evolutionary history.
In Nathaniel Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea the crew of the Essex is set adrift in the Pacific forcing them to break the boundaries set by society and do whatever it takes to survive. As the whaleship Essex made its whaling trip through the Pacific, a vicious attack by a whale, poor decisions, depleted rations, and extreme starvation lead to cannibalism.
Analysts from the Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute (BDRI), situated in Sardinia (Italy) have now demonstrated shrieks and burst beat sounds are imperative to the creatures' social life and mirror their practices. The tonal shriek sounds (the most resonant ones) permit dolphins to remain in contact with each other (most importantly, moms and posterity), and to organize chasing procedures. The burst-beat sounds (which are more mind boggling and shifted than the shrieks) are utilized "to maintain a strategic distance from physical hostility in circumstances of high fervor, for example, when they are vieing for a similar bit of sustenance, for instance. The dolphins transmit these strident sounds when within the sight of different people moving towards a similar prey. The "slightest overwhelming" one soon moves away to maintain a strategic distance from
Whaling is a business that many people believe belongs in the past. Although it is going on in more countries inside and outside the international whaling commission (IWC) than is generally recognised. Public debates have given the impression that we only find this activity in Japan, Iceland and Norway. Whaling is a senseless act that needs to be stopped.
Imagine you are swimming in the ocean minding your own business. Then, suddenly, something sharp hits you. It enters your body and explodes. The pain is killing, but it does not kill you, not yet. Again a sharp object hits you and explodes. Again and again you are hit. Your enormous body, however, does not give up that easily. It will take more than a half an hour to get unconscious. Maybe, if you are lucky, you will drown. Perhaps you will be dragged on a ship. Even though you are still conscious and in great agony, you will be cut up into pieces. This is the fate of hundreds of whales every year. Although many countries such as Japan and Norway continue to hunt whales for their byproducts and scientific research, whaling should be outlawed
What is a predator? What is an apex predator? A predator is “An animal that naturally preys on others” (Oxford University Press). An apex predator is “A predator at the top of the food chain that is not preyed upon by any other animal” (Merriam-Webster). There are many predators as well as the prey in the world. For example, the lion is the predatory king of the jungle. The eagle is the predatory king of the sky. Especially in the ocean, the killer whale or orca is the predatory king. These are 3 reasons why the killer whale is the ocean’s top predator.
Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling refers to the whale hunting carried on by aboriginal communities in less developed parts of the world, this hunting is solely done with the objective of self-consumption and unlike commercial whaling it kills a very limited number of whales. The main objectives of Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling are:
Day 5-6: We can see how they are large enough to start feeding. Their food supply is newly hatched brine shrimp.
The story starts with an emphasis on the antiquated days, when nature and all untamed life were enthusiastically sitting tight for the happening to man. At that point man landed from the east, and the relationship in the middle of nature and man throve.This whale rider gives skewers a role as nurturing items to the islands, yet one lance he throws 1000 years into what's to come.