There are approximately 35 known species of seahorses that mainly live in tropical and temperate coastal waters, especially around coral reefs and sea grass beds. They have a horse-like head, monkey-like tail, camouflage skin color that can change, and independently moving head. Seahorses feed constantly on plankton due to their lack of a stomach and protect themselves from predators through camouflage. Males can give birth to several hundred young.
There are over 47 species of seahorses found around the world, mainly in shallow tropical and temperate waters. Seahorses change color when socializing or in new environments and prefer sheltered areas like sea grass beds, coral reefs, and mangroves. Seahorses belong to the genus Hippocampus and family Syngnathidae along with pipefish.
Seahorses are small fish that inhabit shallow coastal waters around the world. There are approximately 47 recognized seahorse species. Seahorses have a unique anatomy where the male becomes pregnant and gives birth to live young. They face threats from habitat loss as well as being captured for the aquarium trade and use in Chinese medicine. Many seahorse species are listed as vulnerable or data deficient by the IUCN Red List and international trade is monitored under CITES to help protect populations.
The Green Sea Turtle is an endangered species that faces threats from being killed for its meat and eggs as well as destruction of nesting grounds. It is a long-living reptile that inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters. While measures have been taken to protect the turtles and their habitats, their numbers continue to decline due to human activities.
Seahorses are small fish that live in coastal waters around the world. They have a horse-like head and curled tail, and males carry fertilized eggs in a brood pouch before giving birth. Seahorses come in various colors and can change their color to camouflage with their habitat. They eat small shrimp, fish, and plankton. Male seahorses are responsible for pregnancy and giving birth to live young after a 2-4 week gestation period. Seahorses face threats from predators like sharks and fisheries, and some species are endangered.
The Pacific seahorse is about 15 centimeters long with a curled tail used to hook onto objects. Males carry and protect the eggs. Their habitats of coral reefs, sea grass, and mangroves are being rapidly damaged, forcing them to adapt. Seahorses now receive protection from organizations working to safeguard the animals and their habitats from threats like pollution, habitat loss, introduced species, and human activities such as trawling and cyanide fishing.
This document provides information about the green sea turtle, including its classification, habitat, diet, distribution range, reproduction, threats, and conservation status. Some key points:
- Green sea turtles inhabit coastal waters and migrate between nesting beaches, shallow bays with seagrass beds, and other coastal habitats.
- They face major threats like entanglement in fishing gear, poaching, coastal development, and pollution.
- In Pakistan, major nesting sites for green sea turtles include Hawke's Bay and Sandspit beaches. Conservation efforts aim to protect eggs and hatchlings.
Green sea turtles are large sea turtles found in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world. They have a dorsoventrally flattened body and paddle-like flippers adapted for swimming. Adults typically inhabit shallow lagoons and feed on sea grasses. Throughout their life, green sea turtles inhabit different habitats - they lay eggs on beaches, spend their early years in open ocean waters, and mature in coastal areas with sea grass beds. Major threats include hunting, accidental capture in fishing gear, pollution, habitat destruction, and infectious diseases. Conservation efforts include protecting nesting beaches and reducing accidental turtle captures.
There are approximately 35 known species of seahorses that mainly live in tropical and temperate coastal waters, especially around coral reefs and sea grass beds. They have a horse-like head, monkey-like tail, camouflage skin color that can change, and independently moving head. Seahorses feed constantly on plankton due to their lack of a stomach and protect themselves from predators through camouflage. Males can give birth to several hundred young.
There are over 47 species of seahorses found around the world, mainly in shallow tropical and temperate waters. Seahorses change color when socializing or in new environments and prefer sheltered areas like sea grass beds, coral reefs, and mangroves. Seahorses belong to the genus Hippocampus and family Syngnathidae along with pipefish.
Seahorses are small fish that inhabit shallow coastal waters around the world. There are approximately 47 recognized seahorse species. Seahorses have a unique anatomy where the male becomes pregnant and gives birth to live young. They face threats from habitat loss as well as being captured for the aquarium trade and use in Chinese medicine. Many seahorse species are listed as vulnerable or data deficient by the IUCN Red List and international trade is monitored under CITES to help protect populations.
The Green Sea Turtle is an endangered species that faces threats from being killed for its meat and eggs as well as destruction of nesting grounds. It is a long-living reptile that inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters. While measures have been taken to protect the turtles and their habitats, their numbers continue to decline due to human activities.
Seahorses are small fish that live in coastal waters around the world. They have a horse-like head and curled tail, and males carry fertilized eggs in a brood pouch before giving birth. Seahorses come in various colors and can change their color to camouflage with their habitat. They eat small shrimp, fish, and plankton. Male seahorses are responsible for pregnancy and giving birth to live young after a 2-4 week gestation period. Seahorses face threats from predators like sharks and fisheries, and some species are endangered.
The Pacific seahorse is about 15 centimeters long with a curled tail used to hook onto objects. Males carry and protect the eggs. Their habitats of coral reefs, sea grass, and mangroves are being rapidly damaged, forcing them to adapt. Seahorses now receive protection from organizations working to safeguard the animals and their habitats from threats like pollution, habitat loss, introduced species, and human activities such as trawling and cyanide fishing.
This document provides information about the green sea turtle, including its classification, habitat, diet, distribution range, reproduction, threats, and conservation status. Some key points:
- Green sea turtles inhabit coastal waters and migrate between nesting beaches, shallow bays with seagrass beds, and other coastal habitats.
- They face major threats like entanglement in fishing gear, poaching, coastal development, and pollution.
- In Pakistan, major nesting sites for green sea turtles include Hawke's Bay and Sandspit beaches. Conservation efforts aim to protect eggs and hatchlings.
Green sea turtles are large sea turtles found in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world. They have a dorsoventrally flattened body and paddle-like flippers adapted for swimming. Adults typically inhabit shallow lagoons and feed on sea grasses. Throughout their life, green sea turtles inhabit different habitats - they lay eggs on beaches, spend their early years in open ocean waters, and mature in coastal areas with sea grass beds. Major threats include hunting, accidental capture in fishing gear, pollution, habitat destruction, and infectious diseases. Conservation efforts include protecting nesting beaches and reducing accidental turtle captures.
Captivity causes harm to dolphins based on several factors: dolphins in the wild can swim 40 miles per day but are confined in captivity; over 50% of captive dolphins will die within 7 years which is much shorter than their lifespan in the wild; and the process of capturing dolphins from the wild is a brutal massacre that disrupts their natural habitat and behaviors. The document calls on people to avoid dolphin attractions and speak out against the captivity of dolphins.
Dugongs are medium-sized marine mammals that live in warm, shallow coastal waters where they feed exclusively on seagrass. They prefer areas protected from large waves and storms where their seagrass food source is plentiful. Dugongs can be found in the waters near India, Australia and some other parts of the western Pacific Ocean. They are adapted to their environment through behaviors like avoiding conflict and communicating over long distances vocally. Dugongs give birth to single calves after over a year of gestation and help their young surface to breathe after birth.
Captivity causes harm to dolphins based on several factors: dolphins in the wild can swim 40 miles per day but captive dolphins only spend 20% of their time underwater; over 50% of captive dolphins will die within 7 years which is much shorter than their lifespan in the wild; and the process of capturing dolphins from the wild is a brutal massacre that disrupts their natural habitat and behaviors like hunting for live fish. The document calls on people to avoid dolphin attractions, voice their opinions against captivity, and learn how to help stop this cruelty to dolphins.
Green sea turtles have a hard shell with four flippers and a tail. They can grow up to 5 feet long and weigh 700 pounds, living up to 80 years. They are herbivores that eat sea plants as adults and shrimp as juveniles. Green sea turtles are found in shallow coastal waters and migrate between feeding and nesting sites on sandy beaches every 2-4 years, where females lay their eggs. They are an endangered species.
The document discusses the issues with keeping marine animals in captivity. It notes that animals in captivity suffer from stress due to being confined in small tanks, unnatural social groupings, loud noises from crowds, and artificial lighting. This leads to health problems, early death, and failing immune systems compared to the over 9 years they would live in the wild. The document also explains how habitat loss from human activity is a major threat to marine animals in their natural ocean environment.
Whales are large, intelligent aquatic mammals that breathe air through blowholes. They evolved from land mammals and are the only mammals that live exclusively in water. There are two main types of whales - baleen whales which filter feed using baleen plates, and toothed whales which hunt for fish and squid using echolocation. Whales migrate long distances between feeding and breeding grounds, sing complex songs, and care for their young for over a year. While whaling was once a large industry, many whale populations were decimated and conservation efforts are now focused on protecting whales from threats like pollution, habitat loss, and human impacts.
Dolphins living in captivity have significantly shorter lifespans, restricted movement, and poorer health than those in the wild. They often develop problems like blindness, intestinal disease, and ulcers due to stress, poor water quality, and lack of space. Captive dolphins also face limited reproduction due to these stresses. The capture process that removes dolphins from the wild can be traumatic and cause injury, with many dolphins dying during or immediately after capture. Performing for audiences adds further stress.
The leatherback sea turtle is the largest sea turtle and can grow up to 7 feet and weigh over 2,000 pounds. It is uniquely adapted to an open ocean lifestyle with a rubbery shell and ability to dive deeper than any other sea turtle. Leatherbacks prefer soft bodied jellyfish and use backward pointing spines in their throat to retain food. While Atlantic leatherback populations may be stable or increasing, Pacific populations are declining due to threats from human activity such as fishing nets, boat strikes, and plastic ingestion. Leatherbacks are currently listed as critically endangered.
This document discusses the husbandry and care of seahorses, specifically dwarf seahorses. It provides information on seahorse anatomy, species, tank setup, feeding, breeding, and conservation. Dwarf seahorses, like Hippocampus zosterae, require a small tank of 5 gallons or less stocked with live baby brine shrimp and rotifers as their primary food source. Proper husbandry is needed to avoid threats like stinging hydroids and ensure the survival of these interesting small seahorses.
- The document discusses the impact of captivity on the life expectancy of dolphins and whales compared to their life expectancy in the wild. While dolphins can live up to 50 years and orca whales up to 80 years in the wild, their life expectancy is much lower in captivity at only 2-8 years.
- Thousands of dolphins and small whales are captured in shallow lagoons for captivity each year, and many die during the capture process or in their first few years in captivity. Over the past 30 years, half of captive marine mammals died before age 7 and 83% died before age 20.
- The document recommends actions the public can take to help dolphins and whales, such
This document provides information about three types of whales: blue whales, killer whales, and sperm whales. It describes the physical characteristics and behaviors of each whale. Blue whales can reach over 100 feet long and weigh as much as 35 elephants. Killer whales are black and white, have 40-52 teeth, and hunt in family groups. Sperm whales have large heads and feed on squid and fish. The document also briefly discusses historical whaling and the hunting of whales.
The green sea turtle has a brownish yellowish green shell that can grow up to 5.5 feet long and weigh 450 pounds. They live in tropical oceans around the world and migrate between feeding grounds and beaches where females lay eggs. The green sea turtle is endangered due to loss of habitat, diseases, and entanglement in fishing gear. Conservation efforts focus on rescuing turtles, studying diseases, and protecting nesting beaches.
Whales are large mammals that live in the ocean. They breathe air through blowholes on their heads and nurse their young with milk. Whales use their streamlined bodies and powerful tail fins called flukes to swim fast through the water. The blue whale is the largest animal in the world, even bigger than any dinosaur. There are different types of whales like the killer whale, humpback whale, beluga whale, and finback whale.
This document provides information about gray whales and their feeding behaviors and ecology. It discusses how gray whales feed on mysid shrimp and other small prey items in the summer months in Oregon waters. It describes the different feeding behaviors observed and techniques for studying the mysid shrimp populations that are an important food source. It also provides details about identifying individual gray whales that frequent the area each summer through markings on their dorsal humps and flukes.
Dolphins are mammals that live in the sea, though they have fish-like bodies. They are excellent swimmers and mothers feed their young milk initially before they eat fish and other sea creatures as adults. Whales mature between 7-10 years, females reproduce between 5-7 years and have multiple mates during migrations. They eat a variety of foods. Penguins are flightless birds that live in Antarctica and feed on squids, fish and other marine life, laying 2-3 eggs that males keep warm while females are away.
Sea turtles are reptiles that inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans around the world. They are well-adapted for marine life but females return to beaches to lay eggs. There are 7 main species of sea turtles that differ in size, diet, and habitat preferences. Sea turtles face many threats including light pollution, plastic pollution, fishing, climate change, and disease. Conservation efforts are needed to protect vulnerable sea turtle populations.
This document discusses the issue of importing bottlenose dolphins from the wild into captivity at the Marine Life Park in Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore. It outlines arguments from both the pro-public display lobby and anti-captivity lobby on the topics of education, research, and animal welfare related to keeping dolphins in captivity. There is no consensus on whether the import of 18 bottlenose dolphins from the Solomon Islands is acceptable.
Whales are divided into two groups based on how they catch food: toothed whales must chase and catch individual pieces of food using teeth suited to their needs, while baleen whales strain plankton and krill from water using baleen plates made of keratin like fingernails. Key differences between the groups include toothed whales having a single blowhole and baleen whales having a double blowhole, and examples of whales in each group are given such as killer whales for toothed whales and humpback whales for baleen whales.
This is a presentation about Sea Turtles. It describes each type of turtle and explains why they are an endangered species. It also includes recent pictures taken of a Sea Turtle release at Vanderbilt Beach in Naples, Florida. The health of thousands of turtles was compromised by the record cold gulf temperatures in Florida in January 2010, causing the Sea Turtles to stop moving and swimming. The Florida State Wildlife Conservation Commission and other many other groups of professionals and volunteers teamed together to warm the turtles, return them to health, then release them back into the wild. This presentation describes ways to help Sea Turtles increase their numbers and provides resources for further study.
Manta rays are large, flat fish that can grow up to 7 meters long. They come in various colors like black, white, grey, and purple. Manta rays live in temperate oceans around the world and feed on fish and small animals. They use their gills to breathe and have large eyes and a long, thin tail. Manta rays are capable swimmers that can travel fast or slow and sometimes play socially with other mantas.
it is a presentation which talks about 6 marine animals and 4 aquatic plants which are found to live in the Atlantic ocean.
it is a colorful presentation with lots of images to substantiate the information given aside.
Hawaiian Monk Seal researched by Nicholas Tuppsimonshore
The Hawaiian monk seal is an endangered species found only in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. They have grey or black fur and prefer warm, sandy beaches for breeding. Their diet consists of fish, lobsters, octopuses and eels. Only one pup is born at a time each year and is nursed for about six weeks. Major threats include habitat loss from human activity and entanglement in fishing gear. Conservation efforts aim to protect breeding areas, supplement underweight pups' diets, and reduce disturbances to help increase the population, which now stands at around 1,300-1,400 individuals.
Captivity causes harm to dolphins based on several factors: dolphins in the wild can swim 40 miles per day but are confined in captivity; over 50% of captive dolphins will die within 7 years which is much shorter than their lifespan in the wild; and the process of capturing dolphins from the wild is a brutal massacre that disrupts their natural habitat and behaviors. The document calls on people to avoid dolphin attractions and speak out against the captivity of dolphins.
Dugongs are medium-sized marine mammals that live in warm, shallow coastal waters where they feed exclusively on seagrass. They prefer areas protected from large waves and storms where their seagrass food source is plentiful. Dugongs can be found in the waters near India, Australia and some other parts of the western Pacific Ocean. They are adapted to their environment through behaviors like avoiding conflict and communicating over long distances vocally. Dugongs give birth to single calves after over a year of gestation and help their young surface to breathe after birth.
Captivity causes harm to dolphins based on several factors: dolphins in the wild can swim 40 miles per day but captive dolphins only spend 20% of their time underwater; over 50% of captive dolphins will die within 7 years which is much shorter than their lifespan in the wild; and the process of capturing dolphins from the wild is a brutal massacre that disrupts their natural habitat and behaviors like hunting for live fish. The document calls on people to avoid dolphin attractions, voice their opinions against captivity, and learn how to help stop this cruelty to dolphins.
Green sea turtles have a hard shell with four flippers and a tail. They can grow up to 5 feet long and weigh 700 pounds, living up to 80 years. They are herbivores that eat sea plants as adults and shrimp as juveniles. Green sea turtles are found in shallow coastal waters and migrate between feeding and nesting sites on sandy beaches every 2-4 years, where females lay their eggs. They are an endangered species.
The document discusses the issues with keeping marine animals in captivity. It notes that animals in captivity suffer from stress due to being confined in small tanks, unnatural social groupings, loud noises from crowds, and artificial lighting. This leads to health problems, early death, and failing immune systems compared to the over 9 years they would live in the wild. The document also explains how habitat loss from human activity is a major threat to marine animals in their natural ocean environment.
Whales are large, intelligent aquatic mammals that breathe air through blowholes. They evolved from land mammals and are the only mammals that live exclusively in water. There are two main types of whales - baleen whales which filter feed using baleen plates, and toothed whales which hunt for fish and squid using echolocation. Whales migrate long distances between feeding and breeding grounds, sing complex songs, and care for their young for over a year. While whaling was once a large industry, many whale populations were decimated and conservation efforts are now focused on protecting whales from threats like pollution, habitat loss, and human impacts.
Dolphins living in captivity have significantly shorter lifespans, restricted movement, and poorer health than those in the wild. They often develop problems like blindness, intestinal disease, and ulcers due to stress, poor water quality, and lack of space. Captive dolphins also face limited reproduction due to these stresses. The capture process that removes dolphins from the wild can be traumatic and cause injury, with many dolphins dying during or immediately after capture. Performing for audiences adds further stress.
The leatherback sea turtle is the largest sea turtle and can grow up to 7 feet and weigh over 2,000 pounds. It is uniquely adapted to an open ocean lifestyle with a rubbery shell and ability to dive deeper than any other sea turtle. Leatherbacks prefer soft bodied jellyfish and use backward pointing spines in their throat to retain food. While Atlantic leatherback populations may be stable or increasing, Pacific populations are declining due to threats from human activity such as fishing nets, boat strikes, and plastic ingestion. Leatherbacks are currently listed as critically endangered.
This document discusses the husbandry and care of seahorses, specifically dwarf seahorses. It provides information on seahorse anatomy, species, tank setup, feeding, breeding, and conservation. Dwarf seahorses, like Hippocampus zosterae, require a small tank of 5 gallons or less stocked with live baby brine shrimp and rotifers as their primary food source. Proper husbandry is needed to avoid threats like stinging hydroids and ensure the survival of these interesting small seahorses.
- The document discusses the impact of captivity on the life expectancy of dolphins and whales compared to their life expectancy in the wild. While dolphins can live up to 50 years and orca whales up to 80 years in the wild, their life expectancy is much lower in captivity at only 2-8 years.
- Thousands of dolphins and small whales are captured in shallow lagoons for captivity each year, and many die during the capture process or in their first few years in captivity. Over the past 30 years, half of captive marine mammals died before age 7 and 83% died before age 20.
- The document recommends actions the public can take to help dolphins and whales, such
This document provides information about three types of whales: blue whales, killer whales, and sperm whales. It describes the physical characteristics and behaviors of each whale. Blue whales can reach over 100 feet long and weigh as much as 35 elephants. Killer whales are black and white, have 40-52 teeth, and hunt in family groups. Sperm whales have large heads and feed on squid and fish. The document also briefly discusses historical whaling and the hunting of whales.
The green sea turtle has a brownish yellowish green shell that can grow up to 5.5 feet long and weigh 450 pounds. They live in tropical oceans around the world and migrate between feeding grounds and beaches where females lay eggs. The green sea turtle is endangered due to loss of habitat, diseases, and entanglement in fishing gear. Conservation efforts focus on rescuing turtles, studying diseases, and protecting nesting beaches.
Whales are large mammals that live in the ocean. They breathe air through blowholes on their heads and nurse their young with milk. Whales use their streamlined bodies and powerful tail fins called flukes to swim fast through the water. The blue whale is the largest animal in the world, even bigger than any dinosaur. There are different types of whales like the killer whale, humpback whale, beluga whale, and finback whale.
This document provides information about gray whales and their feeding behaviors and ecology. It discusses how gray whales feed on mysid shrimp and other small prey items in the summer months in Oregon waters. It describes the different feeding behaviors observed and techniques for studying the mysid shrimp populations that are an important food source. It also provides details about identifying individual gray whales that frequent the area each summer through markings on their dorsal humps and flukes.
Dolphins are mammals that live in the sea, though they have fish-like bodies. They are excellent swimmers and mothers feed their young milk initially before they eat fish and other sea creatures as adults. Whales mature between 7-10 years, females reproduce between 5-7 years and have multiple mates during migrations. They eat a variety of foods. Penguins are flightless birds that live in Antarctica and feed on squids, fish and other marine life, laying 2-3 eggs that males keep warm while females are away.
Sea turtles are reptiles that inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans around the world. They are well-adapted for marine life but females return to beaches to lay eggs. There are 7 main species of sea turtles that differ in size, diet, and habitat preferences. Sea turtles face many threats including light pollution, plastic pollution, fishing, climate change, and disease. Conservation efforts are needed to protect vulnerable sea turtle populations.
This document discusses the issue of importing bottlenose dolphins from the wild into captivity at the Marine Life Park in Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore. It outlines arguments from both the pro-public display lobby and anti-captivity lobby on the topics of education, research, and animal welfare related to keeping dolphins in captivity. There is no consensus on whether the import of 18 bottlenose dolphins from the Solomon Islands is acceptable.
Whales are divided into two groups based on how they catch food: toothed whales must chase and catch individual pieces of food using teeth suited to their needs, while baleen whales strain plankton and krill from water using baleen plates made of keratin like fingernails. Key differences between the groups include toothed whales having a single blowhole and baleen whales having a double blowhole, and examples of whales in each group are given such as killer whales for toothed whales and humpback whales for baleen whales.
This is a presentation about Sea Turtles. It describes each type of turtle and explains why they are an endangered species. It also includes recent pictures taken of a Sea Turtle release at Vanderbilt Beach in Naples, Florida. The health of thousands of turtles was compromised by the record cold gulf temperatures in Florida in January 2010, causing the Sea Turtles to stop moving and swimming. The Florida State Wildlife Conservation Commission and other many other groups of professionals and volunteers teamed together to warm the turtles, return them to health, then release them back into the wild. This presentation describes ways to help Sea Turtles increase their numbers and provides resources for further study.
Manta rays are large, flat fish that can grow up to 7 meters long. They come in various colors like black, white, grey, and purple. Manta rays live in temperate oceans around the world and feed on fish and small animals. They use their gills to breathe and have large eyes and a long, thin tail. Manta rays are capable swimmers that can travel fast or slow and sometimes play socially with other mantas.
it is a presentation which talks about 6 marine animals and 4 aquatic plants which are found to live in the Atlantic ocean.
it is a colorful presentation with lots of images to substantiate the information given aside.
Hawaiian Monk Seal researched by Nicholas Tuppsimonshore
The Hawaiian monk seal is an endangered species found only in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. They have grey or black fur and prefer warm, sandy beaches for breeding. Their diet consists of fish, lobsters, octopuses and eels. Only one pup is born at a time each year and is nursed for about six weeks. Major threats include habitat loss from human activity and entanglement in fishing gear. Conservation efforts aim to protect breeding areas, supplement underweight pups' diets, and reduce disturbances to help increase the population, which now stands at around 1,300-1,400 individuals.
Dolphins are appealing intelligent sea creatures well known for their love of play and friendliness to humans
Despite their appearance , dolphins are not fish but mammals ; air breathing, warm blooded animals whose young feed on their mother’s milk
Cetaceans include whales, dolphins, and porpoises. There are two main types - toothed whales called Odontoceti that use their teeth to eat fish and squid, and baleen whales called Mysticeti that filter feed with baleen. Cetaceans vary widely in size from the largest, the blue whale, at 94 feet long, to the dwarf sperm whale at 8.5 feet. They exhibit complex social behaviors in pods, care for their young for over a year, and participate in activities like breaching and lobtailing. Many larger whale species are at risk of extinction due to past commercial whaling.
Cetaceans include whales, dolphins, and porpoises. There are two main types - toothed whales called Odontoceti that use their teeth to eat fish and squid, and baleen whales called Mysticeti that filter feed with baleen. Cetaceans vary widely in size from the largest, the blue whale, at 94 feet long, to the dwarf sperm whale at 8.5 feet. They exhibit complex social behaviors in pods, care for their young for over a year, and participate in activities like breaching and lobtailing. Many larger whale species are at risk of extinction due to past commercial whaling.
Sea horses are small fish that live in shallow ocean waters like coral reefs and sea grass beds. They have unique physical traits such as the ability to change color, independently moving eyes, and a prehensile tail. Male sea horses carry fertilized eggs for up to 45 days. Sea horses eat small crustaceans multiple times per day but less than 1% of young survive to adulthood. There are over 40 known species of sea horses around the world, varying in size and appearance.
Introduction The whale shark ,Rhincodon typus are large slow moving filter – feeders that are the largest known living fish in the ocean .
The whale shark has a very widespread distribution and occurs throughout the worlds tropical and warm temperate seas.
The largest confirmed Individual had a length of 18.8 m.
This document provides information about whales. It states that whales are mammals that live in all oceans around the world. They are distinguished from other animals by having lungs, keeping a constant body temperature, having hair on their bodies, and feeding their young breast milk. The document notes there are over 80 whale species that all live exclusively in water, with a few river dolphin exceptions. It provides a classification of whales in the kingdoms of Animalia and Chordata. The largest whale, the blue whale, is compared in size to the killer whale, which preys on fish and other marine animals. Additional facts are given about whale sleeping habits, lifespan determination from teeth, and the sounds made by blue whales.
This presentation provides an overview of dolphins in 3 paragraphs or less. Dolphins are gray mammals that live in warm salty waters around the world. They are social animals that hunt fish in pods and communicate through sound. Dolphins breathe air, give live birth, and nurse their young. They have smooth skin, blubber for insulation, and senses like vision, hearing, and touch that help them survive as top predators in the ocean.
Little Blue Penguins are the smallest penguins alive, growing to only 43cm tall with a natural lifespan of 7 years. They nest on land but hunt for food like squid, small fish, and crustaceans in the shallow waters near shore. Little Blue Penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere near Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania, swimming in warm waters and nesting in burrows or rock crevices.
Brackish water is a mixture of fresh and salty water which usually occurs in estuaries, and has a salinity usually of between 15 and 30 per thousand, depending on rainfall and freshwater run-off. Some fish species like mullets are able to survive in this environment.
Dolphins are social marine mammals found worldwide in shallow seas that eat fish and squid. Sea turtles spend most time underwater breathing air and can lay 50-200 eggs when coming onto beaches to nest. Killer whales live in family groups and are found from the Arctic to tropics, preying on animals from fish to sea lions. Beluga whales are all-white Arctic and sub-Arctic residents that live in social groups and have gray calves that depend on mothers for two years.
The lionfish is an invasive species native to the Indo-Pacific that was unintentionally introduced to the Caribbean Sea in the 1980s. It reproduces rapidly, matures quickly, and lacks natural predators in the Caribbean, allowing it to overpopulate reefs and consume many small reef fish. Lionfish have few natural controls and can reduce populations of native species by up to 95%, posing a major threat to Caribbean ecosystems. Management strategies aim to develop fisheries to control lionfish numbers and limit their negative ecological impacts through targeted removals.
This document provides information on several freshwater fish species. It includes details on the koi carp (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus), describing its habitat in Japan and domestication in East Asia. It also provides features of koi fish such as size, color variations, diet and temperature preferences. Information is also given on the bala shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus) including its distribution in Southeast Asia, habitat in rivers and lakes, water quality parameters and features. Descriptions of the red tailed shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor), parrot fish (Scarus frenatus), crystal red shrimp (Caridina cantonensis), lionfish (Pterois volit
Leeches are segmented worms that live in a variety of habitats around the world. They range in size from 1 cm to over 25 cm long. Some leeches feed exclusively on blood, using anesthetics and anticoagulants in their saliva to feed on prey like fish, turtles, birds, and mammals, sometimes consuming more than their own body weight in a single meal. Other leeches prey on invertebrates. Leeches reproduce by depositing eggs in a cocoon and die after reproducing once or twice. While some species are predated on by fish and birds, leeches are not considered endangered.
Scuba Diving in Playa Del Carmen is an amazing experience for divers of all skill levels. Whether it is diving for beginners or advanced dives, Diversity Diving has something for everyone. The Lionfish invasion has a significant impact on the reef systems throughout the Caribbean. Do your part to help save our reefs.
This document provides an overview of frogs, including their classification in the kingdom Animalia and phylum Chordata. It describes frogs' characteristic smooth skin and webbed feet adapted for swimming. Frogs live near freshwater globally and have a four stage life cycle of egg, tadpole, metamorphosis, and adult. They eat insects and small animals and have behaviors like camouflage, poison, and calling to attract mates or warn of danger. The document outlines different frog types and their benefits to humans as insect controllers.
Biology of selected endangered species of fishesRajeshJayswal
The document summarizes information on 6 endangered species of fish:
1. Whale shark - largest fish, filter feeds, threatened by fishing for its meat, oil and fins.
2. Ganges shark - found in Indian rivers, threatened by overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution.
3. Bigeye tuna - circumglobal distribution, threatened by overfishing managed by regional commissions.
4. Giant grouper - largest reef fish, threatened by fishing and trade despite laws in some areas.
5. European eel - critically endangered, numbers have declined 90% due to overfishing, barriers, and parasites.
6. Atlantic halibut - largest flatfish, lives in
It is an presentation on snake farming .Every points have been included that important to know about snake farming. here, you can get the basic knowledge about various snakes habits, destitution and it's care and management .
The document provides information on the biology and conservation status of the dugong (Dugong dugon). It discusses the dugong's taxonomy, distribution, physical features, habitat, reproduction, feeding behavior, threats, and conservation efforts. Key points include:
- Dugongs are large marine mammals that feed exclusively on seagrass in coastal waters from East Africa to Vanuatu.
- They have low reproductive rates, with females giving birth to one calf every 2.5-7 years after a 13-14 month gestation period.
- Their populations are declining due to threats like incidental capture in fishing gear, boat strikes, habitat loss, and climate change effects.
- Dugongs are listed
ESR spectroscopy in liquid food and beverages.pptxPRIYANKA PATEL
With increasing population, people need to rely on packaged food stuffs. Packaging of food materials requires the preservation of food. There are various methods for the treatment of food to preserve them and irradiation treatment of food is one of them. It is the most common and the most harmless method for the food preservation as it does not alter the necessary micronutrients of food materials. Although irradiated food doesn’t cause any harm to the human health but still the quality assessment of food is required to provide consumers with necessary information about the food. ESR spectroscopy is the most sophisticated way to investigate the quality of the food and the free radicals induced during the processing of the food. ESR spin trapping technique is useful for the detection of highly unstable radicals in the food. The antioxidant capability of liquid food and beverages in mainly performed by spin trapping technique.
hematic appreciation test is a psychological assessment tool used to measure an individual's appreciation and understanding of specific themes or topics. This test helps to evaluate an individual's ability to connect different ideas and concepts within a given theme, as well as their overall comprehension and interpretation skills. The results of the test can provide valuable insights into an individual's cognitive abilities, creativity, and critical thinking skills
Or: Beyond linear.
Abstract: Equivariant neural networks are neural networks that incorporate symmetries. The nonlinear activation functions in these networks result in interesting nonlinear equivariant maps between simple representations, and motivate the key player of this talk: piecewise linear representation theory.
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Describing and Interpreting an Immersive Learning Case with the Immersion Cub...Leonel Morgado
Current descriptions of immersive learning cases are often difficult or impossible to compare. This is due to a myriad of different options on what details to include, which aspects are relevant, and on the descriptive approaches employed. Also, these aspects often combine very specific details with more general guidelines or indicate intents and rationales without clarifying their implementation. In this paper we provide a method to describe immersive learning cases that is structured to enable comparisons, yet flexible enough to allow researchers and practitioners to decide which aspects to include. This method leverages a taxonomy that classifies educational aspects at three levels (uses, practices, and strategies) and then utilizes two frameworks, the Immersive Learning Brain and the Immersion Cube, to enable a structured description and interpretation of immersive learning cases. The method is then demonstrated on a published immersive learning case on training for wind turbine maintenance using virtual reality. Applying the method results in a structured artifact, the Immersive Learning Case Sheet, that tags the case with its proximal uses, practices, and strategies, and refines the free text case description to ensure that matching details are included. This contribution is thus a case description method in support of future comparative research of immersive learning cases. We then discuss how the resulting description and interpretation can be leveraged to change immersion learning cases, by enriching them (considering low-effort changes or additions) or innovating (exploring more challenging avenues of transformation). The method holds significant promise to support better-grounded research in immersive learning.
(June 12, 2024) Webinar: Development of PET theranostics targeting the molecu...Scintica Instrumentation
Targeting Hsp90 and its pathogen Orthologs with Tethered Inhibitors as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategy for cancer and infectious diseases with Dr. Timothy Haystead.
Authoring a personal GPT for your research and practice: How we created the Q...Leonel Morgado
Thematic analysis in qualitative research is a time-consuming and systematic task, typically done using teams. Team members must ground their activities on common understandings of the major concepts underlying the thematic analysis, and define criteria for its development. However, conceptual misunderstandings, equivocations, and lack of adherence to criteria are challenges to the quality and speed of this process. Given the distributed and uncertain nature of this process, we wondered if the tasks in thematic analysis could be supported by readily available artificial intelligence chatbots. Our early efforts point to potential benefits: not just saving time in the coding process but better adherence to criteria and grounding, by increasing triangulation between humans and artificial intelligence. This tutorial will provide a description and demonstration of the process we followed, as two academic researchers, to develop a custom ChatGPT to assist with qualitative coding in the thematic data analysis process of immersive learning accounts in a survey of the academic literature: QUAL-E Immersive Learning Thematic Analysis Helper. In the hands-on time, participants will try out QUAL-E and develop their ideas for their own qualitative coding ChatGPT. Participants that have the paid ChatGPT Plus subscription can create a draft of their assistants. The organizers will provide course materials and slide deck that participants will be able to utilize to continue development of their custom GPT. The paid subscription to ChatGPT Plus is not required to participate in this workshop, just for trying out personal GPTs during it.
The cost of acquiring information by natural selectionCarl Bergstrom
This is a short talk that I gave at the Banff International Research Station workshop on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology. The idea is to try to understand how the burden of natural selection relates to the amount of information that selection puts into the genome.
It's based on the first part of this research paper:
The cost of information acquisition by natural selection
Ryan Seamus McGee, Olivia Kosterlitz, Artem Kaznatcheev, Benjamin Kerr, Carl T. Bergstrom
bioRxiv 2022.07.02.498577; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.02.498577
4. • Seals are mammals.
• Seals are the acrobats of the sea, but they are very clumsy
on land.
• Including head and flippers, they may reach an adult length
of 1.85m and a weight of 130kg.
• Females seals are generally smaller than the males.
• The body and flippers are short, with a proportionately
large, rounded head.
• The nostrils appear distinctively V-shaped.
• There is no ear flap, or pinna.
• A relatively large ear canal may be visible behind the eye.
• Seals are vary in colour from brownish black to grey with
undepaints that are generally higher.
Seal
5.
6.
7. Habit:
• Seals may spend several days at sea in search of
feeding ground and also in freshwater in large river.
• Resting sites may be mud flats, rugged, rocky coasts or
sand beaches.
• Seals may also inhabit in Freshwater.
8. Diet:
• Seals are Carnivores, eating mainly fish, though son also
consume Squid, other Mollusks and Crustaceans.
• Unlike other seals; the Leopard seal (Hydrurar leptonuyn)
feeds largely on penguins, Seabirds, and other seals, in
addition to fish and krill.
9. Reproduction:
Seal reproduction is done by two processes.
1. Mating:
Females get mature for mate
after 5-6 to years.Male fight for
matting.
2. The Newborn Pup:
• Pup is usually born from late
February to April.
• The mother feeds only that
pup, she will feed the pup for
12 days, then the pup will feed
by itself.
• The pup unable to find food or swim until they are 7-8 weeks old.
10.
11. Life Span of Seal:
• Males seals have a shorter life than females, Living up
to 20-25 years.
• Female seal life span time is about 30-35 years.
12. Threats:
There are various type of threats.such as:
1. Human threat
2. Marine Pollution
3. Disturbing the Pease
4. Catch by Fishermen
Seal Conservation:
• Seals are not endangered species, although their
habit of staying in the same area for majority of the
year has meant some local populations have
disappeared.
• Make people conscious about Seal habit.