Essays on Dolphins

Today, almost all organizations are emphasizing on social responsibility and this has become among the major factors in securing a competitive edge. Companies strive at achieving a balance between the economy and the ecosystem in order to kill the perception that firms are only after maximizing profits and Whole food industry is no different. Social responsibility is good for the business of this American supermarket chain and this paper endears to discuss this statement in fine details.

Alignment with its Vision and Mission

Whole Food business has developed a vision on sustainability which stresses in creating a future that underscores the value of creativity, individual ...

Introduction

An ecosystem is defined as the interaction of the organism and other nonliving factors in a certain community. The living components of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, and other organisms, can be classified as the biotic component of the ecosystem, whereas the environmental conditions such as water amount, humidity, soil nourishment, temperature, and the like are termed as the abiotic factors. In an ecosystem, both the existing biotic and abiotic factors determine what kind of species live there. For example, turtles, which require a large amount of water to live in cannot possibly hope to survive in arid ...

Despite all other tourist destination in North America, Cancun in Mexico is easily recognizable and popular for a reason. The Mexican destination is a unique place to visit during a vacations, it’s a remarkable place where it extends beyond beach fun. I guess for every individual visiting Mexico, Cancun would not miss on the list. It has unique experiences, jungle tour, swimming with dolphins, bird’s eyes and turtle farm, among other things. This essay paper is about the experience of the trip to Cancun, Mexico. The essay focuses on the two contradictory assumptions, where they originate, where ...

At first glance, the bridge that connects Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau is revolutionary as to convenience of commuters going to the mainland. In the presentation, the travel time will be reduced to 60% to 80%. For the Hong Kong workers traveling to mainland, from more than seven hours of travel, they will only spend roughly 2 hours and presto, they are in the mainland. Economically, the accomplishment of the project will bring in more money Hong Kong because of tourism, job opportunities which will decrease unemployment rate. Who would not like this project? Most people who do not ...

Pet therapy refers to guided dealings between a trained animal and an individual in which the animal trainer is also involved. Animals are used in treatment in hospitals, elder living amenities and educational settings. Pet therapy offers individuals an opportunity to improve their life through human-animal relations. This ideology developed from the conviction in the supernatural spirits and influences of animals. It first appeared in the assemblages of hunters and gatherers people and the initial report of pet therapy took off in the late 18th century at the York Retreat in Britain headed by William Tuke. It is a developing field ...

Luke Rendell and Hall Whitehead are the authors of this article. Rendell is a Ph.D. student at the Dalhouise Univesity. His focus is in cetacean behavior and acoustic communications. Whitehead is a professor of biology at the same university and has written several papers mostly on the behavior, ecology and conservation of whales. He is also the coordinator of field studies of dolphins and whales. I, therefore, offer a summary of the article, give my opinion and connect the article to the question “is culture unique to humans?’

Article Summary

Rendell and Whitehead describe recent research findings on the evidence of cultural transmission ...

Finding One’s Own Identity

Introduction The topic of this paper is how a person finds his or her story in the midst of a whole new world. As free human beings, we often find ourselves in places which surprise, shock, amuse and enlighten us with their unfamiliarity. It is not very comfortable for every one of us to accept the fact that what we perceive is seldom real, or something that we can relate to when we experience it firsthand. The sources that have been used for the construction of this paper include various articles, essays and books which pertain to the topic. My ...

Oceans and seas seem to be safe from over-exploitation of man. However, research proves that the above statement is not true. I want to argue that the marine ecosystem is not safe from man’s abuse of its resources which leads to the decline of marine mammals such as whales, and dolphins. Whaling is a highly controversial issue amongst the animal rights movements. Because of the decline in the number of marine mammals, whaling is a barbaric deed that must not be tolerated. Marine mammals such as whales are certainly in the brink of extinction (Climate Institute.org, 2014). Commercial whalers and ...

Many of us grew up watching dolphin and shark shows and have good memories of watching these shows. However, there is the realization today that placing these gentle animals in captivity does not help their cause, and is perhaps also dangerous for humans as well. The main thesis of this short paper, therefore is that the captivity of cetaceans such as dolphins and killer whales is unethical because this does more harm than good on both the animals and on humans. Inhumane Treatment of Animals Results in Dangerous Behavior The animals are treated inhumanely, especially before a show. According ...

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Dr. J. Lucas

Navy Sonar Testing Vs. Marine Life

Sonar is an artificial form of echolocation, which involves the use of sound navigation and ranging techniques for the propagation of sound underwater. This technology is used for navigating, communicating or detecting objects that are under or above the water surface. Specialized sea creatures such as whales and dolphins have the ability to use sound reflected from waves for sensing and locating distant objects or prey, this is called echolocation. Bats also use the same technique to navigate in the dark. Humans also use echolocation through sonar technology in ships and submarines to avoid icebergs, locate ...

Introduction

Simply put, sonar is the use of an echo. This involves the use of sound navigation and ranging techniques for the propagation of sound underwater, with the overall intention of navigating, communicating or detecting objects that are in or on water surface. Specialized machines and sea creatures such as whales have the ability to use reflect waves for sensing shape and movement of objects and for locating these distant objects. Because there are different ranges of frequencies for sonar, there are low-frequency, mid-frequency and high-frequency sonar. Like any other use of technology or technological enhancement, sonar testing has its ...

Captive Breeding of Marine Mammals: Challenges and Mitigating Measures

Introduction The growing demand to sustain the current lifestyle of the human population puts an added strain to the natural resources of the world. The increase in the exploitation of tropical forests and marine communities leads to a series of habitat destruction thereby leaving thousands of species of both terrestrial and marine animal homeless (Soule et al., 1986). Since 1986, there are already about nineteen percent and nine percent of the world’s mammals and birds respectively that are bread by zoos as per the International Zoo Yearbook Census. Based on the International Species Inventory System, there are about ...

God has created all creatures. It is amazing to discover that each creature is unique in its own sense and does not resemble the other creature completely. The various creatures on earth, including plants and animals differ greatly from each other on the basis of their outer morphology and inner anatomy. Humans are considered the most intelligent creatures on earth and they utilize animals extensively for research and development of inventions that may benefit the mankind in the future. It is estimated that nearly 26 million animals are used everyday for scientific and commercial testing in the USA . ...

INTRODUCTION

Sports have become very competitive in today’s world. Over the weekends, most of the world comes to a standstill as fans throng stadiums, popular joints and others on their home couches to catch a glimpse of their favorite teams. American football is a very popular sport in the United States. The national football league was ranked as the most popular league in the united states, this was the 30th time in a row the league has got this special recognition (Rose, 2014). Playing at home has always been believed to give the host team against their visiting teams. Home teams even though ...

The Valdez Oil Spill and the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill

Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker ship that measured 987 feet, this tanker had an oil spill on 24th of March 1989 in Prince William Sound of Alaska. This oil spill, at that time was deemed “the most devastating human caused accident, which shook every pillar of the environmental ecosystem.” (Raunekk and Swagatam, 2010). Another oil spill occurred in recent future events that cause devastating damage to the environment, on the 20th of April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig had an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil spills according to Sevhoo (2013), are caused, at least ...

This paper argues about the shutdown of SeaWorld; SeaWorld is a mammal theme park, located in the United States. Sea World is a theme park dedicated to the underwater world. Unlike other parks, Sea World is not divided into zones. Here each attraction has its own name and theme. SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment maintains one of the largest collections of marine animals in the United States. It provides care to as many as 67,000 animals including marine and terrestrial. In the wild, marine animals live in large social groups and swim up to 100 miles a day. However, at SeaWorld, Orcas ...

Abstract

Gulf Mexico oil spill also known as the Deep-water Horizon oil spill, BP Oil Disaster or the Macondo Blowout is considered to be the largest oil spill in the history of mankind. Such oil spills cause a lot of environmental as well as economic damages. Laws are in place to urge oil drilling companies to keep provisionary measures on the face of such disasters. But many situations went wrong causing a massive oil spill, a part of which still floats around in the seas. The following article is a discussion of the Gulf Mexico BP Oil Spill incident and what could have been ...

Humans and animals have a particular partnership that goes back a long way. These days’ animals have provided certain response to help humans in terms trained services and assistance to people with disabilities. They help people in accomplishing their tasks in ways that were regarded difficult in the past. People have changed the tendency where they consider animals as pets but as animals doing a job. Working animals are those animals that are domesticated and kept by humans (Devantier, 41). They are usually trained to carry out various tasks that range from carrying goods from one place to another, assisting blind people ...

Human beings, many philosophers such as Kant and Locke have argued, have certain unalienable rights and freedoms. It must be noted in any study of the philosophy of human rights that there have existed cultures where some or many human beings were not granted those rights. Obvious examples is the slavery the permeated Western civilizations concurrently with the drafting of documents like the US Constitution. From this, we can arrive at the viewpoint that just because a being deserves protection under a well-developed morality, does not mean that these persons are being protected. Indeed, history is filled with instances when people ...

People have a unique quality of destroying everything that is precious to them. The most precious things that they have are nature and inimitable species that inhabit it. Unlike animals people are used to killing not only for purposes of nourishment, but also for the sake of entertainment. If not killed, animals get caught only for them to be placed in cramped cages well beyond their natural habitat. Thousands of species end up being exterminated for jewelry, souvenirs or being kept in captivity for life in places, such as amusement and theme parks, private and public zoos. Human authoritarian regime ...

Question 1: Echinoderms

Phylum Echinodemata gets the name from the Greek which means spiny skin. Therefore, members of this phylum have spiny skin although others do not have the spiny skin. Echinoderms have radial symmetry meaning they have appendages mostly occurring in a group of five with few in exception. One rare characteristic that occurs in the echinoderms is the water vascular system. This refers to a hydraulic system, usually with sea urchins and the sea stars and used for locomotion, waste transportation, food and respiration. This system comprises of canals that connect tube feet. The movement can be caused by the contraction of ...

Introduction

Unlike what is suggested by its name, the long-finned pilot whale, known by the scientific name: Globicephala melas, is not really a whale but belongs to the family of dolphins. It is classified under the order Cetacea (cetaceans, whales), the suborder Odontoceti (suborder of toothed whales) and the family Delphinidea (dolphins). This species is classified under “Data Deficient (DD)” and on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list (Dolphin Fund, 2011). This species is mostly threatened by the activities of man but other threats such as diseases and ingestion of heavy metals exist. Usually, the long-finned ...

As of this moment, animals’ being kept in captivity is a habitual practice for most world countries. The state of affairs in wild nature is such that humanity has already come as near as could be to almost completely exterminating separate species, with natural habitats being either fragmented or destroyed in the aftermath of human encroachment. In order for rare wild animals that are on the point of becoming extinct to be saved they are placed in sanctuaries, zoos, and theme parks where they are put on display. Theme parks are thematic entertainment places like Safari Park in San Diego, ...

Dolphins are marine mammals that have a very close relationship to their counterparts who are the whales and the porpoises. Scientific research has proven that there are approximately forty species of dolphins in only seventeen genera.hey are one of the largest mammals weighing approximately ten tones and their height raging up to 4 feet long .Dolphins mostly inhabit the shallower seas of the continental shelves majorly inhabiting salt waters however, some inhabit fresh waters like the Amazon dolphins. Generally, dolphins feed on fish and squids. Amazingly, according to (Eric 2013), dolphins are still undergoing evolution. Cetacean order of the mammalian ...

Introduction

Do non-human animals have minds? This paper explores the possibility of the validity of the philosophical viewpoint that suggests that humans are not the only animals on our planet that have minds; that other animals are capable of conscious thought. It attempts to determine the consensus of informed opinion on the subject, in order to arrive at what might be considered to be the majority and hopefully correct answer.

The Research

Mountain (April 2013) published a feature entitled “Scientists Declare: Nonhuman Animals Are Conscious” which clearly came down on the side of deciding that those creatures do have minds. In his opening ...

The hotel and tourism industry has been on the rise in the modern century. Across the globe the hotel industry has increased by 70 percent as compared to the previous century (Yee, 34). It is this statistic that has made it possible for many investors to opt to invest in this venture. Many investors are advised to invest in projects with long term advantages rather than focusing on short term profits. In an argument by Lewis the hotel and tourism industry provides the best long term investment option as the number of tourists across the globe has increased significantly ( ...

The respiratory system of dolphins and lions

Dolphin inhale air through blowhole; dolphin do not use nostril like other mammals. Dolphin controls the opening and closing of blowhole through muscle contraction and relaxation. Blowhole which is an external opening takes air to the lungs. The blowhole is located at the tip of dolphin’s head which requires small area of water to be break to take the air. The air is then sent to lung for exchange. Unlike human lungs, dolphin lungs consists double levels of capillaries. Capillaries double layer increases the area of lungs which is resulted in increase in gas exchange rate and efficiency. ...

For most of human history the standard attitude towards animals was that they were there to be used as humans saw fit and could even be exterminated or hunted to extinction. In modern times, of course, this has increasingly come to be seen as a highly conservative position, even by those who do not share the animal liberationist position at the opposite extreme—that all sentient beings have equal rights. Human law and custom do grant some rights and protections to animals, such as avoiding needless or gratuitous cruelty, even if they do not extend all of the same rights ...

SeaWorld Adventure Parks (SeaWorld) is a chain of oceanariums, marine mammal parks and animal theme parks in the United States. The first SeaWorld Park was opened in San Diego in 1964 and since then, more than 100 million people have visited the famous parks (Malloy). SeaWorld currently operates parks in California, Orlando, San Antonio, Texas and Florida in United States with the three main parks located in San Diego, Orlando and San Antonio.

The experience of being at SeaWorld is breathtaking. Gigantic water-filled tanks, the numerous monstrous sea mammals, spectacular underground exhibitions and the constant water splashing conjure feelings of ...

Introduction

It has been realized that dolphin has the ability to heal quickly soon after a shark bite. The dolphins are also able to resist infections, be protected from excessive blood and loss and restore their normal body contours after the bite. A close study has established that this can provide insights for care of human injuries resulting from different forms of accidents. The response of dolphins has provided encouraging results to scientists who are looking for the remedies and treatments of human injuries. The shark bites usually causes very big contours on the dolphins’ bodies that could be fatal to a ...

Executive summary

Unicord Public Limited Company PLC, was initiated in 1978 and its headquarters at Thailand. The organization was set up with the objective of processing seafood and its’ first attempt was to process tuna, a worldwide commodity that is consumed by many people. It specialized in manufacturing a wide variety of canned tuna and frozen seafood products and its’ factory was located in Samutsakhon. Unicord PLC was the main manufacturer, producer, and exporter of canned seafood in Thailand before it was taken over by Sea value Co. Ltd on 15 September 2005, at that time the production capacity of the company was ...