http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42956475Two researchers one named Raj Aich and Soosie Lucas are currently studying how cage diving impacts human interaction with great white sharks. Over the past year they have interviewed more than 150 cage divers within twenty different countries. Those who participated in this experiment later reported that they had more of a positive attitude towards the sharks after the cage dive. The fear of great white sharks sparked forty years ago when the blockbuster movie Jaws came out terriyzing many about sharks. Now as the generation that grew up with the blockbuster movie has gone down many new generations still fear sharks. Due to movies, shows and photos they see with sharks. Many of these sharks are being targeted as human consumption, hunting, and fishing games nowadays. They maybe capable of explosive violence , but they are not aggresive like many forms of media portray them. Lastly, many shark attacks have gone down drastically since the past year. Also, those who have participated in the experiment found the sharks to be peaceful and calm. In which made them realize that the sharks aren't as bad as we think they are. This is important because we can't let media determine how an animal really is until we face to face interaction with that particular animal.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43004367A ten year old Sehuencas water frog named Romeo is currently looking for a mate since the past nine years. A website has donated and helped with the search to help Romeo find a mate.Searching through streams and rivers scientist are trying to start a breeding program that they can start immediately. Many of the scientists do not want to lose hope,but they feel that this is their last chance to possibly save this spices, but this particular type of frog doesn't live past the age of fifteen. Romeo who lives at the Cochabamba Natural History Museum only has five years left in order to find another mate to save his species.The campaign from Match is trying to help raise $15,000 before Valentine's Day. Match created a profile for Romeo complete with a picture and essential information. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42877067In France a killer whale has learned a handful of words and learned how to talk due to a marine trainer from a France park. The whale tends to say the words "Amy, one,two, and three" almost in every way when speaking. Dolphins and whales are among the few animals that are able to be able to produce a novel sound just by hearing it. Marine mammals are one of the other animals besides humans that are good and manipulating words and sounds according to Dr. Joseph from University of Saint Andrews. Researchers are currently trying to figure out how whales are able to intimate voices and sounds through various ways. So, they set out to France at Marineland Aquarium where thy studied a female whale named Wikie, They taught her to communicate by talking through her blowhole in which she uses squawks, and shrill whistles. Wikie is able today Amy, hello, bye bye, and count up to three. Killer whales are known to live in groups and are able to intimate one another's unique sounds. Wikie who was kept in captivity was bale to learn other whale vocalizations and human vocalizations as well. According to researchers they need to be careful in not imposing human concepts on thee animals because they are still animals that communicate in their own ways in the environment.
High tech collars were placed on nine female polar bears for eight to twelve days. The trackers served as recording video, with a metabolic tracer that tracked the bears energy use. The trackers revealed that most animals were unable to catch prey in order to meet their energy needs. Climate change seems to be having a huge effect on the Arctic Sea Ice. That is forcing the polar bears to move greater distances to hunt for their prey. An author from Journal Science states that it is now necessary for a polar bear or any animal in general to travel far distance to catch their prey and it should not be like that. Also, it does explain the factors in their body conditions and survival. Anthony Pagano a researcher from Santa Cruz and his colleagues set out to track the polar bears in the spring of 2014,2015,and 2016.As they worked on the tracking process they measured metabolic rates of each bear by using urine and blood samples. The Arctic Ice is currently decreasing at a 14% per decade and it is reducing the polar bears access to seals. In which the polar bears might be preying on juvenile seals,but with the new technology they have they are able to determine their activity patterns and energy use.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/01/20/graphic-images-show-dolphin-that-choked-on-octopus-in-australia.htmlhere to edit.In Australia a dolphin washed up on shore apparently choked by death from trying to eat an octopus.In a published article on Marine Mammal Science Gilligan the name of the Indo-Pacific dolphin is one of the very first cetacean who has been know to die from asphyxiation octopus.Greedy is what some scientist are calling the dolphin who had tried to swallow a whole octopus. As Nahiid Stephens the pathologist was working on the autopsy of the dolphin and had discovered that one of the tentacles was about 4.2 feet long. Stephens did a post mortem on the dolphin and realized that octopus was clever enough to latch onto the dolphin's larynx in which stopped him from breathing correctly. The dolphin may have been found dead, but the octopus's sucker was still functioning. It has been seen that a dolphin is able to eat an octopus,but they are able to eat them by breaking up their mollusks as they toss them in the air and tear them into tiny pieces. Many scientists find it very cocky for dolphins to believe that they can eat octopus with no problem. http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/01/19/disabled-hedgehog-receives-hydrotherapy-treatment.html A hedgehog who was founded last year who has been suffering with hind legs has been currently undergoing hydrotherapy from animal Welfare experts. They have named the hedgehog Phelps just like the U.S Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. Phelps has been at the center since November and at first they didn't realize that Phelps had a problem with his hind legs until he uncrawled them. The vet recommended physiotherapy due to the fact that hedgehogs crul up when scared so they ended up putting him in a bath of shallow water. By doing this Phelp was able t build up strength in his legs without having to bear the weight. Luckily, Phelps was able to regain the strength in his legs and will be released one the weather gets warmer.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/12/15/what-created-these-bizarre-cubes-in-antarcticas-ice.htmlAntarctica isn't just a land of ice, but sometimes it appears like a land of giant ice cubes. A photo that was taken and is known as "Icy Sugar Cubes," was taken in Antarctica in 1995, over the English Coast on the southern Antarctic Peninsula.In an article The Royal Society explained in the photo, "as an ice sheet stretched in two directions over an underlying rise".However, the photo represents an area of "fast-flowing and floating ice," according to Scambosa scientist. Despite the fact that the ice might look like solid.In reality the ice is constantly moving and bumping towards other pieces of ice in which the motion causes a pattern to occur. According to Scambos the ice spreads and thins, it cracks. First, the cracks appear parallel to the ice's forward motion. By creating a series of horizontal crevasses. Which ten becomes another series of cracks appears perpendicular to the direction of the ice flow, completing the weirdly regular grid. The Artitic ice will remain a mystery in why it does that, but it's all due to mysterious forces.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/12/21/scientists-discover-over-100-new-species-including-crocodile-lizard-snail-eating-turtle.htmlIn recent discoveries scientist have recently discovered a total of 115 new species that are located in Southeast Asia. The new species are know to be a strange group of species according to many reports. The discoveries were made in 2016, but they include two fish, three mammals, 11 amphibians,11 reptiles,and 88 plant species.In the area around the Mekong River in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.One of the new species is the Vietnamese crocodile lizard. Which is a medium-sized lizard that lives in the evergreen and freshwater forest habitats of South China and Northern Vietnam.The WWF has given warnings stating that lizards are heavily threatened by habitat destruction,coal mining, and collection of pet trade and only 200 remain in Vietnam. Sail eating was discovered at local market in Northeast Thailand. Dr. Montri Sumontha noticed the turtles and realized how different they were and when he asked the owners of them about them they said they caught them by a near by canal. Dr. Montri Sumontha warns that the turtle is threatened by local infrastructure such as dikes and dams, and has called for protection under Thai law.mountain horseshoe bat, which was found in the evergreen forests of mountainous Laos and Thailand and took 10 years to confirm as a new species http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/12/20/sea-turtle-found-entangled-in-cocaine-bales-worth-53m-coast-guard-says.htmlA sea turtle was recently rescued after being found caught entangled in bales of cocaine that is worth $53 million according to the coast guard. They found the turtle when they were in a 68 day mission in Eastern Pacific. Mark Kerbs the Pursuit Mission Commander arrived on the scene and noticed the turtle right away. When they saw the turtle they saw chaffing around his neck and flippers from the lines. The boat crew worked for long hours in order to help the sea turtle be free once again. At the same time they were able to seize about 1,800 pounds of cocaine The cutter crew was part of Operation Martillo that targeted criminal organizations involving 18 countries.
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