The reading passage argues that the sea cow extinct in 1768 and provides three possible theories for their extinction. However, the professor explains that true cause of extinction is still unknown and there are problems with the argument by the passage and he repudiates each of the author 's reasons. At first, the reading passage posits that over-hunting of native people for food in that period is the primary reason for the extinction of sea cow. In contrast, the lecturer refutes this ratiocination by imparting that sea cow was an enormous animal with 9-meter length and about 10 tons weight. A small sea cow would be sufficient for the survival of the natives for months and they did not need to hunt a lot of these animals for food. Hence,
Is this conservation? According to the video, nowadays Texas has a higher exotic wildlife than any other place on Earth. Charly Seale is the executive director of the Exotic Wildlife Association in Texas. He is known for having more than 120 different species from Asia, Africa, and Europe in his ranch.
Likewise, compared to those diets enjoyed by groups in northern California and the Pacific Northwest as far back as 4000 B.C., which were rich with nutritious stock like fish and shellfish, the game-hunting in the east was less reliable. While at first the big animals of the continent were bountiful to the newfound populations they had not yet learned to fear, their numbers quickly dwindled during the “Pleistocene overkill” (Page, 36). One area whose populations did not suffer from the absence of these large mammals was the Pacific coast, an observation that is notable despite the real absence of what were likely some of the most informational sites that archaeologists could have hoped to
This also shows how hunting doesn’t just cause extinction, but also makes an area less protective. The protaganists made sure that people such as Drake McBride and Jimmy Lee Bayless should always be avoided in the wilderness. Even though some of the animals are dangerous, they taught us that anyone should have some type of shelter no matter what the cause
Everyday all around the world whales are being kept in captivity against their will. Sure, attraction parks such as Sea World are an amazing experience for everyone. Every child wishes to experience large mammals up close doing acrobatics, splashing, and interacting with the trainers. However, whales are not choosing to participate. They are being forced, and rewarded with food, love and attention.
The successful return of sea otters on North America’s west coast Though the Gold Rush of 1849 is considered one of California’s significant historical events, the Californian Fur Rush is much overlooked in Pacific America’s history. Dating as far back as 1741, the Californian and Alaskan coasts were targeted by American, English, Spanish, French and Russian fur traders harvesting the warm pelts of the sea otter, fur seal, beaver, river otter, marten, fisher, mink, fox, weasel, and harbor seal. Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) were particularly overhunted and their populations suffered serious fragmentation up the west coast, coming dangerously close to eradication in this area (Estes, 1990). This essay will discuss the history of their decline
The reading states that the pollution hypothesis seemed the more likely to cause the decline in the sea otter populations and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor states that the predation hypothesis is the most likely the cause of the sea otter decline in populations and refutes each of the others reasons. First, the reading states that the oil ridgs and other sources of industrial chemical pollution caused the death to the sea otters. The professor opposes this point by saying that the pollution theroy is weakened because people did not find dead sea otter on the beaches of the sea, and that supports the predation theory because if the sea otters were killed because of the pollution, they should wash up to the shores, and that did not happen.
Furthermore, the article mentioned the successful introduction of extinct species from one ecosystem to another like is the case of the American Grey Wolves that went extinct at the beginning of the century and reintroduce using Gray wolves from Canada ("Pleistocene rewilding: An," 2006). This experiment was considered a success, because it brought balance to and unbalance ecosystem from the lack of a top predator. However, when considered that this animal was extinct from the ecosystem for less than a century and considering that the prey was not able to completely adapt to the lack of predators ("Pleistocene rewilding: An," 2006) . In the contrary humans were able to adapt very rapidly to such change in the last century to the point in which the Gray wolves are considered a treat in many areas. They is not doubt the anthropogenic causes are responsible for the vast majority of the extinction of organism in the last 10,000 years (Rubenstein, Rubenstein, Sherman & Gavin, 2006).
This week we discussed ‘“The Tempest” in the Wilderness: A Tale of Two Frontiers’ by Ronald Takaki. In this article, the author discusses the differences between savagery and civilization. The main argument in this argument is shown in the form of examples of how the Indians and Irish were simply harmless at first when discovering the New World, but quickly made into monsters by the English men. I’m sure we’ve all learned in history of John Smith’s description of how the Powhatans cared for the sick and dying English men.
Ava’s Elephant Family Escapades Across The Ocean Book #2 The seas were calm and blue as Grammy and the four royal elephants sailed to America from Africa. Goldie, Jade, Cherry and Pumpkin saw amazing sights while crossing the vast ocean. One day, Cherry was gazing at the rolling sea when she was startled by the appearance of a strange creature staring back at her from beneath the clear water of the ocean. The creature looked like a beautiful young human being who had a fish tail!
The death of the indigenous people is partaken as a bird watching activity. It is presumed by the settler population that the only classifying component of the different tribes and clans of the Native culture are feathers. Once again, Thomas King pokes at
Unit 6 Written Assignment Japan and Norway: A cultural case for an exemption from the international ban on whaling. Introduction and the Japanese and Norwegian position Japan Japan is certainly one of the two countries, and the only country, in Asia to make the claim that Whaling should be permitted for certain Whale stocks. The practice of hunting Whales can be traced back to over 1,000 years. And, in turn there are records that show Jimmu, the first Emperor, who rein circa 660BC himself ate Whale meat.
The Red Sea Sharks is, I suppose, a fine adventure tale, even if it’s not an entry in Hergé’s canon that I’m particularly fond of. The nineteenth installment in the series, the author uses the opportunity to tie a whole slew of open story threads together and anchor the long-term continuity of the series, but he also decides to deal with the issue of modern slavery – a controversial and topical issue, to be sure. However, while I have no doubt the author’s intentions were true, the story reads more than a little awkwardly in dealing with the topic. The story finds room from all sorts, including a short cameo from Doctor J. W. Müller himself and reappearance of Haddock’s treacherous first mate Allan, tempting the good captain with the demon drink.
This paper presents the conflict of ‘Wild life’ versus ‘Human life and destruction of ecosystem’ versus ‘Human survival’. How human share complex ecosystem with animals? With reference to “The Hungry Tide”. Ghosh’s concern nature and the animals (dolphin, Prawn and other sea animals) are made prominent in this novel. Amitav