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    In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick, the crew on the Essex was pushed past their limits. The crew’s racism, prejudices, and tolerances effected the journey on the Essex. The crew on the Essex grew together, but sadly throughout the journey many did not make it and the others were forced to do unspeakable things just to try and survive the journey. From the beginning of the journey the Essex crew was grouped off. The crew was grouped off by social standing: Nantucketers, Non-Nantuketers

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    interacting with orcas. The killer whale, Tilikum, attacked her. Opening in 1964, theme park and entertainment company Seaworld has three locations: Orlando, Florida; San Diego, California; San Antonio, Texas. SeaWorld’s most popular attractions include their orca shows, including “One Ocean” and “Blue Horizons.” Once an orca belongs to SeaWorld, it stays there for the rest of its life. SeaWorld should be shut down for its mistreatment of orcas. Killer whales, who swim up to 100 miles a day in

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    Anyone who has been to SeaWorld has seen trained whales, dolphins, and seals. SeaWorld guests are entertained by the sea mammals in the tanks, jumping in the air on command by whistle. These tricks draw guests into the park. What may seem to be fun for the viewer, is torture for the mammals. There is a deadly truth behind all sea mammals in captivity: they don’t survive well there. Though sea mammals provide entertainment, they do not belong in captivity. Imagine being at home and then somebody broke

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    You can come across animals like Grizzly Bears, Black bears, Seals, Humpback Whales and much more when taking such charters. Some of the well-known charters offer top quality water sport adventures on abundantly fish-teemed waters, and you can be sure of a great catch no matter what type of fish species you are looking for, which could be something awesome like a giant white sturgeon, or a salmon, or a halibut and so on. Top fishing charters carry with them high quality tools

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    Of course, no whale is more important than the other. However, the Humpback Whale is the most marvelous creature of all of them. A typical Humpback Whale is 40 tons, and grows up to 40 to 60 feet long. It is known as the fifth largest whale in the world. Humpbacks are known as omnivores. This means that they eat fish and plants in the ocean. The worldwide population of a Humpback is at least 80,000 whales in all. They are known to be migrants just like other baleen whales. Unfortunately, these innocent

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    Moby Dick Analysis Everyone has their white whale. It could be something mundane like a math test or a performance in class. Or it could be something that you can’t control the outcome of, no matter how hard you try. The fact of the matter is, a ‘white whale’ is a goal that is extremely difficult to achieve or a roadblock along the way. Ahab, captain of the whaling ship The Pequod, faces white whales throughout Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick. His quest, as perceived by the reader, seems to be

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    A) The organism I chose was the blue whale. The blue whale (scientific name: Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest marine animal with the weight of about 180 metric tons (180,000 kg). They weigh around 150-170 metric tons (150,000 kg) together with a length of about 27m (89 feet). The largest blue whale ever measured was 190 metric tons (190,000 kg), and the longest whale recorded was 33.6 m (110 feet). It is the biggest animal ever discovered (so far). The head only cover 1/4th (25%) of their entire

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    Killer whale is known as the Orca or their scientific name, Orcunus Orca. Killer whale is the largest of the dolphin family and also the strongest and powerful predators. The Orca has the name killer whale because they can take down any large creature such as seals, sea lion or even white shark. The killer whale’s current population range is about 50,000 and they are the most distributed marine mammals. Their territory extends from the Artic to the Antarctic but they mostly can be found in the cold-water

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    picking up roots. Karana noticed something in the Ocean she knew that it was a ship but did not mention it to her brother because she knew that he would lose focus and run off. But once Ramo did notice it he asked Karana if she had ever seen a red whale before she told him yes hoping he would ignore it.When Ramo finally realised that it was a ship he ran to the village tell everyone. Then when the Aleuts arrived they asked if they could hunt seals Chief Chowig told them that he would expect to

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    The movie Blackfish is a documentary of the story of Tilikum, a captive killer whale that has taken several lives, exploits the issues amongst the sea-park industry, and illustrates how little is known about these intelligent mammals. The experiences and treatment of the Orcas in Blackfish share commonalities with that of Blacks in America. The film touches on commonalities that can be generalized in comparison with slavery: family, captivity, sound and language, natural and captured behavior, separation

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