Whale Shark Research Paper

Do you know what the biggest animal ever to live on Earth is? You would be wrong if you speculated a dinosaur, elephant, or giraffe. You may be surprised to find out that the biggest animal ever to live on Earth is the Blue Whale and it is still alive today. The Blue Whale weighs as much as 33 elephants and consumes about 4 tons of food a day. I bet if you knew of an animal that was as long as 3 school buses you would want to keep this animal in the world forever. Although, the Blue Whale may not stay for long, many things affect the blue whale’s inhabitance, mainly the acts of humans have caused the Blue Whale’s to become endangered. Though, if you know the information about them you can help.

For this discussion, I chose to examine the reproductive nature of mountain lions and hammer head sharks. Mountain lions are solitary cats that live in various mountainous regions of north and south America, but a male and female come together socially in order to mate during the 3-10 day estrus period. Due to their solitary nature, mountain lions rely on scent marking in different territory as well as a mating call of the female in order to initiate the potential for sex. Typically, when a male and female find each other; they spend several days together during the mating period and he may hunt for her and run mating circles around her. Mountain lions are polygynous and both the males and females will mate with multiple individuals throughout

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Pacific sleeper sharks, which are also known scavengers, can glide through the water with little body movement and little hydrodynamic noise making them successful predators. They feed by suction and cutting of their prey. They have large mouths that can inhale prey and their teeth cut up any pieces that are too large to swallow. They show a characteristic rolling motion of the head when feeding. Only in Alaska has the shark's diet been studied - most sharks' stomachs contain remains of giant Pacific octopus. They are also known to feed on bottom-dwelling teleost fishes as well as soles, flounders, Alaska pollock, rockfishes, shrimps, hermit crabs, and even marine snails. Larger Pacific sleeper sharks are also found to feed on fast swimming

Who wouldn’t want a Hammerhead Shark as a pet? Even though I think sharks are awesome, and other people agree there’s a few little things you might want to consider before you think you could have one as your man’s best friend. The rest of this paper is about the reasons why you shouldn’t have a Hammerhead Shark as your new BFWF. (Best Friend With Fins.)

Sharp teeth, an ominous fin and the sound of Jaws ring in your ears. For some, this sounds like a nightmare. For the adventuresome spirit, an up close interaction with a shark is a dream come true. With North Shore Shark Adventures, you can live out your dream of swimming with the sharks without any danger. Shark cages and snorkels are used so that you can get as close to the shark as possible in complete safety.

On ABC’s Good Morning America’s Weekend Adventure special, viewers were taking to new depths of excitement and adventure as tourists went face to face with the beautiful Caribbean Reef Shark off the coast of the Bahamas. The video clip we saw showed tourists from around the world getting up close and personal with these huge, majestic fish. Participates were ecstatic after there trip down under with the fish. One tourist says, “No other dive compares to it”. How have these people been attracted to these adventure dives, and what makes these so appealing? Those are the questions I will explain in the next paragraph.

Peter Benchley the author of Jaws said, “Without sharks , you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain”. My paper’s main idea is how Great White Sharks survive in the ocean. Like how they hunt and how their features help it hunt,hide,and survive.

A “Rogue Shark” is a shark that has ‘chosen to attack people, possibly because they have a sensitivity for human complexion’ (Anon., 2011). Their enormous figures, 85% strength mass and unbelievable weight make them brilliant predators, Through the years of 1916-1933 Australian specialist, Victor M. Cooperson acknowledged the concept of the Rogue Shark which nations when a shark has established a taste for human flesh they will stay in an area or perambulation certain coastlines for human kill. so should Rogue Sharks be killed or conserved if they are driven to attack by the taste of human complexion?

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The earliest whales were land animals with long skulls and carnivorous teeth. Analysis of whale skulls showed major morphological changes, including changes to the skull size, shape, teeth, and nostrils. Fossil evidence shows that the trait of interest, the nostrils, can be found on fossils of the earliest whales, dating back to about 50 million years ago. Evolution occurred multiple times since then, each time resulting in the nostrils migrating further back on the skull. Eventually, the pair of nostrils positioned itself right on top of the head. These nostrils are the blowholes we see positioned on top of modern whales today. In addition, another momentous change in the nostrils occur when order Cetacea splits into Mysticetes and Odontocetes. Suborder Mysticetes

The Northern Right Whale has been an endangered species since the late 1800s, with little signs of ever recovering. The whale is also known as Eubalaena Glacialis “True Whale”; it weighs 200 tons and is 42-62 feet long. It lives in the coastal water of Sweden, Greenland, Canada and the east coast of the United States. Organizations like World Wildlife Fund or WWF have made efforts to stop whaling and try to help the species recover. But with only 300-400 left in the population the Northern Right Whale is going to need a miracle.

For Reproducing, the style that the killer whale does it, is quite interesting. For starters the killer whales are completely different than any other whale aside from the fact that they are in the dolphin family they don’t fit the norm of what is to be considered on how a whale should behave. Where as most whales of other breeds have a strict pattern and ways of how its governed in nature in their pods. Where as the killer whale, they follow their rules and no one else’s. For example, where most whales would travel 16,000 miles to mate and feed, the Killer whale are known to only follow the migration patterns that coexist with their food and are far less concern with where they would like to mate. As to how many off springs are made the

I picked the killer Whale, also known as Orcas for this assignment. Orcas are cultural creatures. Scientist have observed three main groups of Orcas evenly distributed throughout the ocean. The three groups have vastly different diets, languages, hunting techniques and manners of behaving around other marine life. The groups do not seem to interact much with one another. Orcas pass down specific behavior thought to each other from generation to generation. Orcas often hunt in groups and orchestrate their strategies perfectly with each group member having specific tasks.

10 SHARKS YOU WON'T BELIEVE ACTUALLY EXIST Sharks are definitely a versatile group of sea predators with over 440 different species roaming the seas. Today, we present to you 10 odd shark species as a definite proof that sharks really do come in all shapes and sizes. #10 BASKING SHARK