Blue Whale Summary

The origin of modern day whales, a mystery that has puzzled paleontologists for years, may have just been solved with the discovery of an ankle bone. This discovery might sound simple and unimportant, but the bones of these ancient animals hold many unanswered questions and provide solid proof of origin and behavior. The relationship between whales and other animals has proven to be difficult because whales are warm-blooded, like humans, yet they live in the sea. The fact that they are warm-blooded suggests that they are related to some type of land animal. However, the questions of exactly which animal, and how whales evolved from land to water, have remained unanswered until now.

Niki Caro’s film, Whale Rider, beautifully captures the small village of Whangara, which is located in the northeast of New Zealand’s North Island. The film portrays a Maori tribe that tells the story of a long-held tradition. This film is rich in symbolism, which is easy for any viewer to understand. Whale Rider does a wonderful job of capturing the attention of the audience because of the intense and close relationships between the characters, the way Caro conveys the movie’s message, and the features the movie offers.

David Kirby’s book describes the complex issues of whales in captivity. The death of a SeaWorld trainer brought up many objective reasons of the training practices of this business were not effective at keeping trainers safe in the water. Currently this debate is still being tested in a court of law. OSHA claims that even with the precautions that SeaWorld tries to use, it still cannot guarantee the safety of trainers in the water. This cultural topic has been gaining ground, and recently prompted a movie based off this book titled, Blackfish. The audience of this book includes animal activists, followers of David Kirby, and people that are interested in the topic of killer whales in captivity. Rob Grom was contracted to create a book

For several years, Americans have been visiting amusement parks, like SeaWorld and Six Flags, to observe large animals like orcas, also known as killer whales. These whales are quite difficult to view in the wild, but can now be seen for a simple fee. Orcas are known to be one of the smartest mammals. They are friendly, and this has caused people to take advantage of them. For the past sixty years, people have brought these massive creatures into their aquariums to make a profit from their exhibitions. Often, without considering the orcas' quality of life. While kept in captivity, killer whales are forced to do many tricks they normally wouldn’t do in the wild. Over the years, there have been numerous controversies regarding killer whales

John Longridge agrees to take care of his friend’s three pets, Luath, a young Labrador, Bodger, an old Bull Terrier, and Tao, a Siamese cat while the family is out of the country. Everything is fine until Longridge lives on a trip and the pets decide to find their way home on their own through the outback of the Canadian wilderness. Each of the pets faces an almost life ending peril during the trip. Bodger is attacked by a baby bear, Tao almost drowns in a river, and Luath suffers from severe infection from porcupine quills. Along the way the three friends encounter many different people, some are helpful and others are downright mean to them. But at the end of the story, they are reunited safe and sound with their family. The themes of

Killer whales are one of the most fascinating displays of ocean life. The killer whale has characteristics that are important to its survival in the ocean. It is interesting to know that killer whales have a plentiful diet. It is astounding to see how killer whales behave in the ocean. I plan to tell you about the killer whale, its characteristics, its diet, and its behavior in the ocean as well as the predation of the orca.

For years the killer whale, also known as Orcinus orca, has been drawing the attention of the public through the entertainment industry. These marine mammals have been bringing in billions of dollars to amusement parks such as Sea World, but at what cost? An idea that these killer whales can live happily and content while in captivity may be going through the minds of the public, but this cannot be further away from the truth. To have such complex creatures in captivity is not morally correct and there are many points against it, such as their level of emotional competence, violence between the killer whales, violence of killer of whales towards trainers, shorter lifespans, physical harm, and their level of intelligence. After taking a look at how these creatures function and the conditions they are put in while in captivity, there is no question about whether or not these mammals should be kept in captivity; an experience such as this affects these marine mammals just about the same as it would affect a human because of their high highly developed emotions and complexity. Since these industries do not have a natural authority over these creatures no matter the cause, the best thing they could do for these killer whales is to stop capturing them and return those who are capable back to the wild.

With success come some of the greatest stories of how people got to that spot. If you do try for something almost never will you be rewarded for that particular thing. This plays a role in both of the following books. In Whale Talk TJ must give this team and swimming his all to get what he wants in getting his team a varsity letter. When new requirements set back the team from getting their varsity letter TJ take it upon himself to lead and set an example for the rest of his team. Notably, in the book Summer Ball after Danny finds out about what people actually think about him. He takes accepts it and goes harder in camp. He takes nothing for granted anymore.

Megan Bergman’s story “Yesterdays Whales” discusses a woman’s choice to have an abortion, which is a highly debated topic in today’s society. In 2015, 50% of the people in the US were said to be pro-life and 44% of people said to be pro-choice. Becoming pro-life means that you would believe a pregnant women must have the baby and that it would be wrong to abort it. Deciding to be pro-choice is not viewing someone negatively if they want to abort it. There are so many different opinions on the matter, which have changed throughout the years. Of course everyone has different opinions about it but whatever their decision is, they should be confident about it. People really should make decisions for themselves rather than letting others choose their fate. Just one decision could change your whole life in just one second. Although there is good and bad in choosing pro-life there can also be both in choosing pro-choice. Although there is controversy, Bergman does an excellent job portraying throughout her story that women should have a choice for their own bodies.

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After I read the article “Whale Done,” I found a few practical concepts that can help me develop skills as a “multiplier” leader. The article explains concepts about improving performance of employees by introducing Wes Kingsley, who goes to the SeaWorld, learns how to train employees with skills that are used to train whales. The first and most important step to train employees is to gain trust from them, and in order to build trust, leaders need to accentuate the positive by giving them more attention when employees correctly complete the task. On the other hand, when people do something that causes a negative result, the leader should ignore the it, and redirect them to obtain the desired result. Also, as employees realize more expectations

In a book called Island of the Blue Dolphin a girl named Karana lived on a island and had families and friends.When she was older she found this boat full of aluts they tricked thiem and killed Karana’s father and soon someone left to a different island and was safe and soon everyone left to a bout but Karanas brother did not came to the bout and karana jumped into the water and went to the headland and was with her brother. She started to make a fire and live in the straw houses she did not know that there was wolfs around the island and killed her brother was so sad that she did not eat in 3 days and buried him under the water and burned the houses that her villagers made because she did not want to have a memories of her family.Karana wanted to hunt to kill those wolf but her dad said that if any one that is a girl hunts will have a curse.Finally she made a bow and killed 3 wolfs, but there was a wolf that she killed but not fulled killed and was really nice and helped the wolf and fed it ,took care andnamed it Rontu because it means fox eye.they became being friends and was not alone ever since.

Bluefish the book is serious is because Travis has a secret and is a dark secret he has. And he is hiding it away from people he know and family members too. That is a serious thing because that is affecting his relationship with Velveeta. Velveeta is a girl that is friends with Travis. Also, Travis has feelings for Velveeta. Then, Velveeta knew that Travis is hiding a secret from her. So, now she tries to solve the secret what Travis is hiding from her. But, then she gives up and asked him what was his secret.But, Travis was shocked and said to her “I can’t tell you Velveeta”. After, Travis told Velveeta he can’t tell her, then she got upset. Now, Travis had no friends.

The story of Whale Rider takes place in a Maori village in New Zealand. The main character is a 12 year old girl name Paikea “Pai” Apirana and her ambition to become the next Chief of her village. Along with following on Pai’s story, the movie showed a great number of local Maori religion and culture. Some of the things I will explore is the Maori religion, gender roles, and a personal reflection on what was learned through the movie.

The recent surge in popularity of social media comes with a price: fake news. Fake news is defined as news or media that has been altered or modified. Journalists have begun to analyze why that fake news exists and why it continues exist. Two authors, Eoin O’Carroll and Kevin D. Williamson, both have written articles about fake news. Eoin O’Carroll’s article “How Information Overload Helps Spread Fake News,” discusses how the media has bombarded us with news stories, blurring the distinct lines between real and fake news. Kevin D. Williamson, a journalist for the National Review, writes in his article “‘Fake News, Media and Voters: Shared Reality Must Be Acknowledged” that the news is not fake; it just does not align with one’s personal beliefs. Both authors successfully appeal to their audiences’ emotions and feelings, but O’Carroll is more likely to succeed than Williamson in persuading his audience to try and combat fake news because the writer presents himself as someone the intended readers will more readily identify with and offers evidence that his readers will find more compelling.