The Giant Panda: An endangered species
31/05/2010 12:08
There are 7 main populated areas of the Beluga whale. 2 out of the 7 are considered endangered. We used a graph of one of the more well known populations, the Cook Inlet showing the population in that area since 1994 to 2008. Each year the graph shows a median of the total population in the Cook...
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31/05/2010 12:02
The consequences of the Beluga whale’s extinction is the predators of this whale won’t have anything to eat, thus them dying as well as starting a chain reaction among the species leaving us with less species. People have hunted belugas for hundreds of years, but belugas are now only hunted by a...
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07/05/2010 13:53
"Whale biologists have not determined why the population has not rebounded since a federal plan curtailed the beluga hunt by Alaskan native tribes in 1999," said Barbara Mahoney, a fisheries service biologist in Anchorage. "Subsistence hunters have only taken five Cook Inlet whales since 1999 and...
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07/05/2010 13:50
North of us, there are small villages where Eskimos live. The Eskimos hunt Beluga Whales for food and other needs. Lipstick is made out of whale's blubber and shark liver.
The Cook Inlet has killed more than 50% of the Beluga whale population. Unfortunately the population still hasn’t...
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06/05/2010 21:02
This marine mammal is commonly referred to simply as the beluga or sea canary due to its high-pitched twitter. A beluga can weigh up to 1,500 kg, and up to 40 per cent of its body weight is blubber! It is up to 5 meters (16 ft) in length and an unmistakable all-white color with a...
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