Steller’s Sea Cow Have you ever met a prodigious manatee or dugong? Georg Wilhelm Steller has, this marine mammal was called Steller’s sea cow. This prehistoric animal was discovered in 1741 and disappeared from the face of the earth in 1768. Steller’s sea cow is an important animal to learn about because of the way they looked, the time period they lived in, and the surprising facts about them. One way to understand Steller’s sea cow is to know what they looked like and why. First of all, this
an alligator. However, there is another animal, a gentle giant and an enduring ambassador to Florida waters. It is a sea cow or the manatee. In this paper I will impart the bare facts about manatee such as: habitat, eating habits, size and mating. I will discuss their declining numbers with ways all of us who enjoy these waters can make a difference and talk about one special cow, named “Snooty”. The manatee, they belong to the Sirenian species. Do you see the word siren there? Many believe the
others would say that these animals are beautiful and resemble portly mermaids, but no matter what anybody says about the manatees, they are unique creatures (Ray and Ciampi 315). They are mammals that are completely harmless, they feed mostly on sea grass and sometimes small underwater creatures like shrimp (Berrill 212). It is a shame for these creatures to be on the endangered species list. Looking at the physical aspect, these animals are incredibly uncommon, and like no other creature on earth
De-extinction is a process that has been experimented with for many years, but has never been completely successful. The ethics and consequences of this idea have been questioned but, de-extinction has the potential to be truly helpful to humans and the environment, and many of the scenarios that people think could happen, are actually impossible. To actually revive a species, there are certain conditions that must be met, and the terrible situations that people think could happen, are unable to
Can We Fix it? Yes We Can! “Earth is losing mammal species 20 to 100 times the rate of the past. Extinctions are happening so fast, they could rival the event that killed the dinosaurs in as little as 250 years,” says sarah Kaplan of the Washington Post. Scientists are in agreement, we are teetering on the sixth mass extinction and humans are the cause of this round. Due to the destruction of forests, pollution of the ocean and freshwater sources alike, over hunting, over fishing, and mass amounts
years, there has always been the fight that was constantly uprising around the world’s fishing borders between environmentalists and successful fish farmers. The one question that is constantly pondered upon is the golden question that defines what our seas could be and would be: Should overfishing be a right thing? What is overfishing? Overfishing is when fisheries continue to quickly capture fish with fifty meter nets quicker than the fish that they catch can reproduce, decreasing the ocean’s biodiversity
Our modern industrial society provides us with great physical and psychological comfort. We live not with a fear for our lives, we are politically stable and dominant; even the terrorist attacks against us cannot strip us of our safety bubble. We live with the luxury of convenience provided by our technologies, such as household appliances, personal computers, indoor heating and plumbing, personal automobiles with “endless fuel” the list is infinite. We live in a disposable society, where it is