Fin whale

Killer Whales, otherwise known as Orcas, are not designed to be held in captivity. Over the past few years, we have seen an increase in Orca captivity, which also allows us to see a decrease in the quality of life in these animals. Within captivity, Orcas will experience a decline in mental health, limitations to it’s natural instincts as a wild animal, and in extreme cases, their behaviour will lead them to inflict harm or even kill their human companions. Orca’s that are confined to tanks will

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markings. The sides and back are light grey, with white “flames” reaching up along the sides of its body. The underside is whitish, while the face, flippers, dorsal fin and tail are all black. There is a crescent-shaped black mark between its blowhole and eyes. It has a short snout and is easily recognized by the round shape of the dorsal fin. Females grow to 1.7 metres long and weigh up to 50 kg. Males are slightly smaller and lighter. They are known to live up to twenty years. The calves live on their

half visible, have four fins in view, with their dorsal fins displaying a separation above their gills. Altogether, there are three separate types of fish, with two of them both displaying brown stripes, and all three of them are grey in color. The main thing that distinguishes the different types of fish are their body structures. The fish along the bottom of the ocean are smaller and oval in shape while the ones above the primary turtle are larger in size with tail fins that are arrow

Alligators are in the same family as other large reptiles like Crocodiles but are native to only two countries, which are the southern USA and China (where the Alligator is now nearly extinct). Alligators tend to be smaller than their Crocodile cousins but have been known to move at speeds of up to 15mph on land making them one of the fastest large reptiles in the world. Despite their size, there are a number of distinct differences between Alligators and Crocodiles as an Alligator's snout is shorter

expansion of whaling involves the morality and ethical aspects of killing whales. Currently, explosive harpoons tipped with a 30-g penthrite grenade are used by Norwegian and Icelandic whaling fleets as the primary mechanism of causing lethal trauma (Knudsen and Oen 2003). If there is any question whether the harpoon delivered a lethal blow, rifles chambered in .375 or .458 are fired at the cranium. Average time to death in minke whales in the North Atlantic was calculated at 141 seconds with a maximum

To Hold a Killer Whale in Captivity is to Abuse that Animal Introduction: I. Attention Getter According to National Geographic, in the wild, Killer Whales are accustomed to traveling distances of up to 100 miles per day. However, the largest Killer Whale facility for Orcas in captivity in the world - located at Marineland in Antibes, France as stated by the Marineland website, only measures 210 feet long, 100 feet wide and 40 feet deep. II. Credibility Statement After watching the documentary

In the mouth of a Baleen whale, hard plates of keratin grow down from the gums of the upper jaw. Keratin is the same protein our fingernails are made of. These plates are called baleen. They grow in rows on each side of the whale’s mouth. Whilst Toothed whales feed on larger marine life like squid and seals, Baleen whales feed on krill, microscopic crustaceans, schools of small fish and plankton. Baleen whales engage in filter feeding, making it very easy to eat many small pieces of food at once

For many years, we’ve been going to such places like, SeaWorld, and Six Flags, to see vast animals, like Orcas, also known as the killer whale, which we wouldn’t normally see out in the wild. Orcas have been around for millions of years; it’s known to be one of the smartest mammals, closest to humans. Since of their friendliness, people have taken advantage of them. For the past sixty years people have brought these massive creatures into their aquariums to make profit out of it, but never thought

Scientific Analysis of Killer Whales Scientific Classification: Order & Genus. The scientific order of all types of whales is Cetacea. This large order is broken down into three further groups as well: the toothed whales or Odontoceti, which includes killer whales, dolphins, porpoises, beluga whales, and sperm whales, the baleen whales or Mysticeti, which include blue whales, humpback whales, gray whales, and right whales, and the Archaeoceti order, which are all now extinct. The genus of these