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Morning Reflection: Faduma
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Hand in Study Guide Part 1 (to Ch. 14)
Work on Flash Fiction for Bloodsucking Fiends
Contests: Hollins poetry (women), Bennington, Scholastic
Friday, BOA 6-9
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Why are we taking sharks away from their natural habitat and forcing them to live in a tank? How would you feel if humans were taken from their homeland and forced into captivity? Oh wait, slavery and the holocaust and I'm pretty sure no one liked that.
ReplyDeleteSharks are cool! I love sharks and learning about them/watching them, so it sucks that larger ones can't really be kept in captivity. I'd like marine biologists and other specialists to try to find a way to make that work since I think that educating the public hands-on is important, especially in areas like California or Florida, where sharks frequent. It's important to know their feeding and behavior habits, since Jaws pretty much ruined society's perception of sharks even to this day.
ReplyDeleteI'm not like, mad at the people who run the aquarium for having had continued to capture sharks. What, did you expect them to stop after two or three tries? No, of course not, that's stupid. It's all about trial and error, even if the end result of the error does suck. Like I said, one day I hope that holding Great Whites in captivity will be possible, and maybe even common.
"Like I said, one day I hope that holding Great Whites in captivity will be possible, and maybe even common."
DeleteWoo-hoo, taking animals away from their homes!
Shamu died for your sins.
Look, it's for the sake of science, alright? Would you rather people go swimming in the shallows and screw up and end up hurting the shark for their lack of knowledge? Would you rather have people die from bear attacks because they don't know how to fend them off? Would you rather have people stand behind horses and end up dying from a kick to the face because they don't know any better? Dude, domestication isn't some horrible thing IF they can make it work. If they can't, then oh well, don't do it. Like I SAID, it sucks that they died, but IF it CAN work, why not? You have monkeys and lion and tigers and elephants in zoos that live long and happy lives. You sound like a vegan right now.
DeleteThis video was very interesting. I learned about something that I probably wouldn't learn about in school which is a great thing. Morning reflections that teach us something to new to learn is great to look forward to. In the video, I don't understand how aquariums can keep on trying to have White sharks in their walls. They know that it will not survive long enough but yet they still try. It's killing them off, they should just let them be free in the ocean where they will live.
ReplyDeleteI never knew sharks would kill other sharks. They're almost like humans in that regard. If the creators of Syfy's "Sharknado" series would pay attention to this, those could've been better movies.
ReplyDeleteGood vid 10/10
I thought that it was really interesting to learn a little more about sharks. I've seen these type of sharks in many movies, and knew that they could harm the human life. One of the movies that I've seen this type of shark, was in Finding Nemo. Sharks are dangerous to humans, but it doesn't mean that we should harm them in order to get some study them and know their ways of life. This reminded me of the other animals from the zoo and how they are taken form their natural habitat. Sharks and other types of fish are pretty cool. They all are different and have diverse features. Meanwhile, it was interesting learning that as they swim, the water that passes through their gills allows them to breath and be strong. If they are captured, it makes them weak.
ReplyDeleteI was conflicted watching the video. I realized that scientists are curious about shark behavior and want to learn more about them. However, it seemed soewhat cruel to focus on how they could successfully exhibit sharks in captivity for the public to watch when inevitably those sharks would die or develop injuries during their brief life span in the specially-designed "tanks."
ReplyDeleteIt just makes me wonder about our relationship with other species on the planet and our "stewardship" of nature. What is well-meaning scientific curiosity and what is simply abuse?
As a person who keeps fish or at least used to keep lots and lots a fish, it's no surprise that different fish need a different environment, whether that be from the warmth of the water to the food source every species is different. For them to put a great white in an aquarium of that size is like me dunking a moderately sized coy in my tank, of course it looks beautiful but at the expense of the fish being jarred and unable to rome like it used to along with less cooperation with other fish especially when eating. Though I think that the great white is a spectacle it also deserves to live like it does in the wild.
ReplyDeleteBut also it would be amazing to keep them in captivity without the downside of death and frustration. Its great to be able to show off never before seen animals to the public.
DeleteThis video opens your eyes about what is really going on with sea life and other animals in a zoo or places like sea world. It reminds me of a goldfish like how they cant grow any bigger cause of the tank they're in and if you put them in something bigger like a pond they can grow to be pretty big.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be really interesting if an aquarium did manage to keep a white shark but I didn't know that they were difficult to keep in captivity. Maybe if they can find out what's causing the shark to die because its being held captive, they'll be able to keep one for studying. But i also have mixed feelings because the sharks obviously dont want to be kept and it wouldnt be fair to them.
ReplyDeleteI have already seen this video a few times before but I really enjoy this video and find it fascinating so I don't mind seeing it again. The oceans are a whole other world right on our planet and the creatures in it never cease to amaze me. The sheer size of some of the animals are unfathomable. But it can defiantly be an argument of ethics when it comes to keeping animals captive. When is it for science and education and when is it just for money?
ReplyDeleteSharks shouldn't be caught just to be put in aquariums. They don't get used to being in a tank. They are dangerous and should be left alone. The people should not keep them from their habitats.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad to see that sharks are dying right after they are put on display. Just because of our benefit, just because we want to look at them. They already live in the ocean and to take them out must be a great shock, therefore they aren't able to adapt to it. Placing them in a tank for people to look at is obviously not the way to go since they are obviously dying. I get that studying them is "necessary" but one after the other is dying.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it was okay to do this. I knew they didn't have bad intentions, like they didn't do this JUST to hurt them. It's still messed up. They knew they were dying in these tanks and they still continued to hold them captive. Sure, I understand they do these kinds of things for studies but it isn't cool.
ReplyDeleteOverall, at first I wasn't very interested in this video. While I continued to watch, it then gained my interest. Sharks are one of the many animals held in captivity. Just because other animals can survive in captivity better this doesn't justify it. It's still a cruel system used in zoo's and aquariums just for the viewing pleasure of others.
ReplyDeleteThat video was very interesting, but I felt very bad for the sharks that died. It isn't right to rid an animal from it's natural environment. Sharks should live within their natural habitat. I found it quite peculiar how short the life span of the sharks was when they were in captivity and how many other negative effects were bestowed on the sharks when they were in tanks.
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