SeaWorld is a family oriented, recreational theme park where individuals can pay around 80 dollars for one day admission to experience live orca shows, ride roller coasters, and visit animals in the aquarium exhibits. SeaWorld is an entertaining vacation option; especially for families. Although, many people who have visited SeaWorld do not know the behind the scenes care of the orcas in captivity. SeaWorld mistreats orcas, which in turn creates stress, and a shorter, unhealthy, and unhappy life…
The Megafauna at Lake Mungo When archaeologists were studying Lake Mungo they discovered bones that came from megafauna ‘Big Animals’, which were giant animals that used to live in Australia, these animals no longer exist on Earth. These animals included the Giant Emu, Giant Wombat, Giant Lion, Tasmanian Tiger, Giant Lizard and Giant Kangaroo. The megafauna became extinct when people came to live in Australia, so did they die off naturally or did humans kill them? THEORY 1 Climate…
The Burmese Python is impacting the Everglades by slowly killing off the other animals and increasing their own population. An invasive species is a group of animals that are new to an ecosystem and take over a specific area. A population is a particular group, or type of people or animals in a specific area or country. Hurricane Andrew causing a reptile -breeding facility to be demolished, along with humans setting free pet snakes have made Burmese Pythons to be invasive to the Everglades,…
Violations of hunting laws and regulations concerning wildlife management, local or international wildlife conservation schemes constitute wildlife crimes that are typically punishable. In rural areas of the United States, the key motives for poaching are poverty. Wildlife biologists and conservationists consider poaching to have a detrimental effect on biodiversity both within and outside protected areas as wildlife populations decline, species are depleted locally, and the functionality of…
In Florida panthers are endangered. There is about 100 wild Florida panthers. These panthers are not being killed due to natural causes, it’s due to humans destroying their habitats and our killing. If these panthers go extinct, it will have an irreversible effect on the entire panther species. The fact that Florida Panthers have been extinct since 1973 is stunning. Panthers help us in many ways! Panthers regulate our food chain. If they didn’t regulate our food chain, it would unbalance the…
Bonobo Habitat Threatened by Human Activity and Forest Loss - As human populations grow and spread, clearing patches of forest along the way, the habitat of one of mankind's closest living relatives is shrinking - avoids areas of high human activity and forest fragmentation and that as little as 28 percent of the bonobo's range remains suitable for living. - human activities reduce the amount of effective bonobo habitat and will help us identify where to propose future protected areas for this…
family. If you have money, great. If you don’t, that’s okay. The moral is that we are all human beings. Objects like money shouldn’t determine if we have a good future or a bad one. ‘The Hunger Games’ is an excellent read. Collins used very intricate language that helped me form clear images. For the most part, I enjoyed the book. It has taught me a lot about sacrifice and family, ideas of future entertainment and about…
The Burmese Pythons in The Everglades Have you heard about Burmese pythons? These snakes may be pretty cool to you at first. Once they get too big you might not know what to do with them. In addition, more and more people have decided to release these snakes in the wild, which has become a problem. In the Florida Everglades this is an issue due to tens of thousands of snakes that are trying to survive. However, this is negatively affecting the ecosystem. Burmese pythons have altered the…
Snow Leopards A race , graceful , and hungry beast is one way to describe a snow leopard , this breed of wild cats live mostly in the mountain ranges in Asia. In this paragraph I will be writing about the Snow Leopard and its diet , habitat , and features. It will include a topic sentence and supporting details. All five paragraphs will in include major details on the paragraph’s topic of choice. This is what I’ll be including in this essay about Snow Leopards. Snow…
revenue local people can gain from lion hunting. However, an objective look at the matter is still been needed. The number of lions is decreasing incredibility during past several years. Human beings started to realize that lions should be listed as endangered animals and not to hunted because of economic gains and controlled hunting.…