Scalloped hammerhead Essays

The Sperm Whale looks like a plain whale and it is just like any other whale with some difference. The name of the Sperm Whale is the weirdest thing about it, I think. To discover this you will need to read a bit. The Sperm Whale or Physeter Catodon is like the legend of Moby-Dick! He's the greatest living creature with teethes on this world. The Sperm Whale, here we are again, why is it called the sperm whale? It has a white-milky substance (Spermaceti) in his head and people first thought that

Evolution of Hammerhead Sharks Hammerhead sharks are an interesting species of shark. They carry an odd appearance with their “hammer” shaped heads, which is much different than all other species of shark. Most scientists suggest that the earliest ancestor of hammerhead sharks appeared about twenty-million years ago in the Miocene Era. There were two other lineages of sharks that actually broke off from the hammerhead, the winghead shark and the bonnethead shark. Hammerheads are a smaller type of

Which one do you fear: Octopuses or Squids? The seven oceans contain thousands of organisms, which create an aquatic ecosystem. Some of these organisms are peaceful friends, but some are ruthless killers. Throughout the history of marine species, octopuses and squids have been described as monstrous creatures, which appear as homogeneous species, but they contrast with each other. Sharing various comparable traits and physical features, made it confusing for humans to organize them in the classification

Sensory Imagery in A Gun for Sale If one thinks about the difference between music and books, they will come to a realization that they are infact very similar. A song just like a novel has a start, an ending and most importantly a climax. In between the climax comes the rising tension to reach the climax and falling action which brings us to the end of a song or a story. In Graham Greene’s novel, A Gun for Sale, we experience the buildup of tension. The author creates this by using cinematic aspects

“Do not judge my story by the chapter that you walked in on.” Nobody knows who wrote this quote however it is very good nonetheless. This quote shows that one should not judge another without first learning about their past and holds great significance in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird. More specifically this pertains to Boo Radley. Over the course of To Kill a Mocking Brid Boo is seen as a maniac but as the story progresses the readers view of him changes from a crazed psychopath to simply a misunderstood

Humanity’s Delusion Edgar Allan Poe effectively utilizes different elements in the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” to convey his message. Poe believes that literary pieces should be short enough to finish in one sitting yet still be able to tell just as much to give more impact to the readers (Cummings, 2010). As does his other writings, “The Tell-Tale Heart” portrays several characteristics people have, revealing much about certain extremities in human nature and society in general. In the

Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819 into a wealthy family. In 1832 the death of his father led his family into poverty which caused Melville to leave school. After leaving school Melville began working immediately to support his family. Then at the age of 22 Melville set sail aboard a whaling vessel, and after his time as a whaler he enlisted in the navy. Melville’s time aboard many ships influenced his writing tremendously. His friendship with Nathaniel Hawthorne also influenced him

The Principal Photography for Jaws began on May 2nd, 1974 and was released on June 20th, 1975. Universal Pictures distributed Jaws, making $470 million on a $3.5 million-dollar budget. This film is still the seventh highest grossing film of all-time. Jaws was directed by Steven Spielberg and edited by Verna Fields, winning 3 Academy Awards they were for editing, best original dramatic score, and another for best sound. Jaws had many production issues when it came to the building of the mechanical

The determination to live comes from human nature. But the urge of giving up when we come across a difficult problem is also a part of human nature. There a few people in this world that have the characteristics of resilience. As author Kendra Cherry describes them, "People that are able to keep their cool have what psychologists call resilience, or an ability to cope with problems and setbacks" (Source A; Cherry, 1). An example of someone who has the characteristics of resilience is a bombardier

The hammerhead sharks are excellent predators that belong to the order Carcharhiniformes and family Sphyrnidae. Members of this family of sharks have unique head structures that extends to form a hammer-shaped (T-Shaped) cephalofoil that have different functions including sensing, water maneuvering, and manipulating prey. This family has two genera; Eusphyra and Sphyrna. Hammerheads are distant relatives of the mid-Tertiary period carcharhinid sharks. Today, species of the hammerhead include Eusphyra

supply of fins need to make the Chinese delicacy shark fin soup. According to Charles Peterson, a marine sciences biology and ecology professor at the University of North Carolina, between 1970 to 2005; there was a 97 percent decrease in the scalloped hammerhead and tiger sharks along the east coast. During that time, 14 different prey species’ populations increased. Moreover, overfishing is a contribution in the declining numbers of sharks. People are more open to trying different foods

How does a shark hunt? A shark genuinely has multiple things that help them hunt. In this paper I will talk about how they sense, stalk, catch prey, who they hunt with, and how they camouflage. Two main sharks that we will be talking about is The Hammerhead and The Great White shark. I have always wanted to learn about the shark and why they are such a fierce animal. For a shark to hunt, it needs to find its prey. Sharks have strong sense that allow them to find the smallest movement which makes

Research Question: What is the relationship between shark feeding behavior and shark humans attacks, and what are the effect of overexploitation in shark populations? Hypotheses: If sharks have low visibility, they can confound for a fish a man’s foot or calf. If fishing behavior increase, it will be a decline in shark population. There is a significant difference between cruising swimming and filter feeding speeds of basking sharks. Experimental design: • Cruising swimming speeds and filter-feeding