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Since the dawn of civilization, humans ruled earth, taking what they pleased without worrying about the consequences. Modern society has evolved to understand the fundamental flaw in consuming the world’s resources with abandon. As with the hunting of many other species, whaling was an unregulated activity. However, in 1986, the world community shifted its stance on whaling and passed international legislation banning commercial whaling. Dangerously close to being snuffed out, the whales have begun

to mating season to attract females and also fend off any males that may be in the area (Whitehead and Rendell, 2014). These songs are also not exclusive to humpback whales, they are also seen in many species such as blue whales, humpback whales and fin whales (Whitehead and Rendell, 2014). The song of the bowhead whale is actually very similar to humpback whales. They both have similar cycles, a wide range of frequency as well as the loudest of songs ever recorded. However one main difference between

Strategic Initiative Learning Team B: University of Phoenix FIN/370 Stephen Beadnell August 26, 2013 PepsiCo has implemented a very sound strategic initiative plan, by doing so PepsiCo has been able to develop and expand its company even further and will continue to do through the following methods. To ensure a sound strategic plan PepsiCo has implemented a strategic initiative plan will include thorough planning based of factors such as the PepsiCo’s annual report. The initiative will carefully

The Crown of Thorns Starfish robot (COTSbot) developed by the Queensland University of Technology will kill the crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) – which is responsible for destroying about 50% of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Discovery News reports. COTSbot, which operates autonomously, recently performed well on trial test and its creators plan to deploy it in December. Until then, the robot needs to be tested on the reef. HOW IT DETECTS THE PREY In an interview with the BBC, COTSbot researcher

Could you live in a bathtub for 40 years? Marine parks such as SeaWorld hold many sea animals prisoner to confined concrete tanks with little emotional and physical interaction. Blackfish, a documentary that sheds light on the dark side of SeaWorld and it's abuse on Tilikum (a killer whale). Similarly, Lolita, an orca whale at Miami Seaquarium has been living in captivity for forty-seven years in poor conditions. Peta brings attention to this matter by making a "Free Lolita" poster with the celebrity

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

Did you even know whales ever lived on land? The whales are the biggest animals. They are larger than the largest dinosaurs. They live in the ocean like other sea creatures, but they almost look like the land-living animals more than the fishes. Furthermore, some scientists believed that around fifty millions of years ago, the whales probably lived upon the land. There are two significant exhibits from the two different periods why the scientists astonish about whale's living is familiar to land-living

Since the 1986 Whaling moratorium, scientific whaling is the only whaling that the IWC (International Whaling Commission) using the 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) which allows a country’s government to issue permits to use lethal methods as long as the whaling is for science. Iceland and Norway were originally signatories of this ruling and stopped commercial whaling for a short period and only had scientific whaling however they have since broken apart from the

Save Our Whales: End Whale Hunting April 7, 2011 Save our Whales, End Whale Hunting Whales, often called “the Ocean’s gentle giant” are one of the biggest species/mammals that spend their entire life in the ocean. The smallest known whale is the “Minke” which, by adulthood is only 8.5 feet long; the largest known whale is the “Blue whale”, which measures 94.5 feet long. Since the ancient times, people have written about encounters with this mammal. Ancient Roman and Greek artists

Commercial whaling is a serious world issue that has always been difficult for those who are in support and those who are against it. Each group defends their side with convincing arguments. Morally, whaling is wrong, but do the reasons for whaling outweigh the reasons to cease the primitive hunts? By studying the effects of whaling,realizing how culture has changed over time, and taking note of the money that would be saved, it can clearly be seen that there is no longer a current need for whaling