tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60015835417484816052024-03-04T21:28:45.513-08:00Creature Feature by Dr Gerald GoedenGerry Goeden is a Malaysian based marine ecologist. He works with reef fish, artificial reefs, shark conservation, and dolphins in the Andaman Sea. Visit his underwater world through interesting stories about the marine life he encounters.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18332302916009892058noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001583541748481605.post-22635950491580304662014-10-04T17:55:00.000-07:002014-10-04T19:24:55.217-07:00WHAT DO TIGER SHARKS EAT?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Tiger Sharks have a bad reputation and are second only to the
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Tiger sharks teeth are serrated with powerful jaws making
them an ideal killing machine. They are able to bite through the shells of sea
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Tiger Sharks will eat almost anything but dolphins are a
favorite food. Studies have shown that 70% of wild dolphins have scars from
shark bites (mostly as calves).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In Sand Tiger Sharks, the biggest, strongest pups eat their brothers and
sisters while still inside their mother’s body. This seems terrible but
guarantees the birth of the most aggressive young.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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grow in their flesh. In order to keep the biting equipment in order, teeth are
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that the shark had not attacked anyone but had eaten the arm after a murder
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scary arthropod (the world’s biggest) has a leg span of almost 4 metres and can
weigh over 20 kg. Lucky for us it eats dead fish and smaller crabs 300-800
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longer and have evolved into enormous claws (chelipeds) with a 3 m reach. The
rounded shell that forms its body may be 30 cm in width and up to
40 cm long. The compound eyes are made up of clusters of hundreds of
simple eyes. The eyes are protected by two strong thorns that stick out between
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-size: large;">They are only found on the Pacific side of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region>
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today, a sailor’s best friend is a marine mammal. I know; this is a very controversial subject but let's just look at some facts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sea lions and dolphins served in the
military during the first Iraqi war. The animals were used to detect mine
fields that were placed to blow up American ships. Contrary to some reports,
the marine mammals are treated very well. They are given the best food and
their trainers are with them night and day. They are too expensive and too important to be treated badly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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water without the supervision of the trainer the marine mammal will only return
to the ship if it wants to. Training is based on a bond of trust between the marine mammal and the trainer. The work has to be fun and mentally
stimulating as well or the marine mammals lose interest. remember, they are intelligent animals and get bored with routine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been working with sea lions for search and rescue in open water. Some research
facilities now take their dolphins into the ocean for exercise. They return to
their pens when they have had enough and want to spend time with their
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explained, “This kind of work with marine mammals requires a lot of careful
interaction with the animals. They have to trust us as much or more than they
trust a member of their own species. Working as partners with marine mammals is
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cube shaped bodies and are considered to be more complex than other jellyfish.
Because they have such powerful stings box jellyfish are called sea wasps. The
best-known species of box jellyfish is <i>Chironex fleckeri</i>. It is part of
a dangerous group of about 19 different species.</span><br />
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the </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" w:st="on">Philippines</st1:country-region><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">, </span><st1:state style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:state><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">, </span><st1:place style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Vietnam</st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">,
and many other tropical seas. Box jellyfish are extremely venomous and have
killed many people. The </span><i style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Chironex fleckeri</i><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"> and the </span><i style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Carukia barnesi</i><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">
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A severe sting can kill in as little as 3-4 minutes. Sometimes a person who
gets stung will have a heart attack or drown before they can return to the
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to kill 60 adult humans. Most of the box jellyfish sting comes from tiny cells
on its trailing tentacles. There are about 500,000 stinging cells (called
nematocysts) on each tentacle. Each stinging cell is equipped with a
microscopic harpoon that shoots out and injects a tiny amount of venom. The
venom has several effects attacking the victim’s nervous system, heart, and
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are approximate 25 species of Dolphins
and each species has its own distinct personality and behaviors. Some of the
species are easily kept in huge aquaria and it is there that we can learn much
about these amazing animals. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
Bottle Nose Dolphin is the most studied of all Dolphin species. We have about 6 species here in the Andaman Sea that show up regularly.</span></span><br />
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traveling in the open ocean, Dolphins can cruise at 30 kilometres per hour.
Scientists thought there must be something special about their skin. Now we
know that Dolphin swimming muscles are very powerful and the high speed comes
from lots of hard work. Dolphins also leap out of the water when swimming fast;
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large; position: relative; top: 1pt;">Dolphins use a range of
clicks, whistles, and squeaks to communicate with each other and to locate both
prey and predator. Sending out sounds and waiting for their return creates a
picture in the Dolphin’s mind similar to our sight. The process is called
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-text-raise: -1.0pt; position: relative; top: 1.0pt;"><o:p>This Dolphin is using echolocation to find fish buried in the sand.</o:p></span></div>
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meal may be produced at 1,000 every second. When the prey is close some
Dolphins use a very loud ‘pop’ to stun it and make the catching easier. With
all that swimming a Dolphin eats about 10-15 kg of food each day. </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large; position: relative; top: 1pt;">Dolphins travel in groups
called pods. Males spend a lot of time fighting with each other to determine
who will be boss and get the best females for mates.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large; position: relative; top: 1pt;">All of the males keep watch
over the females so they can’t swim away to another pod. If they try to escape,
they are bitten or hit by the males’ <o:p></o:p>bodies. Of the 25 species,
the Bottle Nose Dolphin is the most aggressive and will fight every day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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understand. These Dolphins have learned to slide up onto the bank to eat the
mud. Are they searching for minerals in their diet or does it just taste good? Because they learn by copying, they all use their right side and they have
all worn down their right teeth. This has gone on for generations.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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dangerous! Killer Whales and Tiger Sharks both prey on Dolphins.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Seventy percent of wild Bottle Nose Dolphins
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the other hand, Dolphins are thinking, self aware, social animals that normally travel great distances every day. Is it fair to keep them in an artificial environment?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Megalodon is a Greek name given to a now extinct giant shark that roamed
the world’s oceans between about 2 and 25 million years ago. Megalodon
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what we now know was a ‘super predator’; the king of the oceans.</span></span><br />
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that match those of Megalodon. Additionally, some geological excavations have
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determine the bite force of Megalodon. He found that very large specimens were
capable of exerting a bite force of up to 275 Mpa (40,000 pounds per square
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range of species and even scavenge for food. Some large sharks (including the
great white shark which is a distant relative of Megalodon) attack their prey
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today’s big sharks. Fossil evidence shows that Megalodon attacked the larger
whale’s flippers (with their large blood vessels) and the rib cage. In both
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<span lang="EN-MY" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My interest in sharks was
like everyone’s – morbid. A shark attack with photos was front page news and
each sparked debate in the dive clubs over the best way to avoid becoming the
next victim. I sometimes carried a ‘bang stick’ so I could fight these villains
if it came to the worst.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-MY" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When I started work on the
Great Barrier Reef , I got a surprise. The sharks seemed bigger, more numerous,
and very brave compared to their Caribbean brothers. Australian shark attacks
were front page stories and dominated the news for days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-MY" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And yet there I was working
for hours every day, year after year within metres of these predators and all I
had to do to avoid trouble with the tropical species was respect their
territories and not swim around with speared fish on my belt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-MY">So how real is the case against sharks?</span></b><b><span lang="EN-MY" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-MY" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Every year about 100
shark attacks are reported worldwide. In 2011,
just 17 fatalities were recorded as having being caused by sharks, out
of 118 attacks. <span class="apple-converted-space"> Although shark attacks
are infrequent, there is a heightened awareness due to occasional serial
attacks; “it’s out there and it’s after me”. Horror fiction like <i>Jaws</i> appears on TV just often enough to
keep this fear alive and even “nature” shows only show sharks in frenzied
feeding</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-MY">Shark attack experts are adamant that the danger has been greatly
exaggerated.</span><span lang="EN-MY">
According to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-MY">International Shark Attack File<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(ISAF), between the years 1580 and 2011 there were 2,463
confirmed unprovoked shark attacks around the world, of which 471 were fatal. Surprisingly,
that’s only 1.09 fatalities per year for the last 431 years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Australia<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is ranked
second in terms of global shark attacks with 877 attacks since colonial
settlement in the 18<sup>th</sup> century; it’s ranked the highest in terms of
shark fatalities, with only 217 during this long period.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-MY" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The results of
Gore’s Michigan State University study reviewing worldwide media coverage of
sharks found that more than 52 percent of global coverage focused on attacks on
people and sharks were portrayed as aggressive and dangerous in nearly 60
percent of the reports. Positive PR was tougher to find with only 10 percent of
stories dealing with shark conservation and just 7 percent looking at biology
and ecology. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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: Zoologists today estimate elephants around the world kill 500 people a year
while the great white sharks (<i>Jaws) </i>kill only 4 people.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-MY" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Incredibly,
there are about 24,000 lightning deaths (one every 20 minutes) and 240,000
injuries worldwide annually<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> (Royal
Aeronautical Society, 2003)</span>. When was the last time we read stories of
the lurking danger above or watched a movie where people were struck down like
dominoes by searing thunder bolts?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-MY" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The first part of this question is
easy. Sharks are in big trouble. "Overfishing of sharks is now recognized
as a major global conservation concern, with increasing numbers of shark
species added to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's list
of threatened species," say Mizue Hisano, Professor Sean Connolly and Dr
William Robbins from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and
James Cook University.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-MY"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">Why we are
neglecting shark conservation is harder to answer. First, there have been
powerful economic reasons to turn a blind eye to shark fishing and shark finning.
These may not have been good reasons but greed is a characteristic of human
behaviour and we make lots of poor decisions because of it.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-MY" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A second
explanation comes from deep in the primitive part of our brains. Our
prehistoric ancestors had the very same fears that we do according to <i>Psychology Today. </i>We were ‘designed’ to
be afraid; fear was our operating manual for things we didn’t understand or
that could do us harm. Fears protected our ancestors.
“Our distant ancestors who were afraid of heights didn’t fall off cliffs, those
that feared wild animals didn’t get eaten, those that ran the fastest left the
rest behind---and they survived.” </span></div>
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not on our list of feared animals and we donate millions of dollars each year
to protect them even though they kill thirty times more people than sharks. Why
can’t we see that the health of our ocean hangs in the balance and that we are
making decisions with our ancestor’s fears and not with our future in mind?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The largest living fish species is the whale shark, <i>Rhincodon typus</i>.
Whale sharks grow up to 12.2 m and can weigh up to 13.6 tonnes. The species is
believed to have first appeared about 60 million years ago and is now the last
surviving species of this group of giant sharks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The shark is found in tropical and subtropical
temperatures mostly in the open sea. It will enter lagoons and coral atolls,
bays, and rarely estuaries if the water is rich with plankton (microscopic
marine plants and animals). It is migratory and probably returns to the same
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Little is known about this ocean giant. Scientists
believe that they live for about 70-100+ years. The whale shark is generally solitary.
They reach sexual maturity at around 30 years, when the female can become
pregnant with up to 300 pups. These are born alive after the eggs hatch inside
her (they are ovoviviparous<span lang="EN">)</span>. The pups are about 40-60 centimetres long at birth.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">The whale shark is no threat to the diver</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Although whale sharks have very large mouths, they feed
solely on plankton and other small animals by filter feeding. To catch their
meal they pass water through their five pairs of gills which are covered in
fine, bristle-like structures that strain and hold the food (anything above 2
to 3 mm in diameter is trapped). Studies show that their diet consists of plankton
and larger algae, zooplankton, krill and slow swimming animals like small squid
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">About 60 million years ago whale shark evolution solved
the problem of finding enough dolphins and small whales to eat. They switched
their diet to the tons of plankton that could not escape their huge mouths (which
can be up to 1.5 metres wide). Evidence of their once predatory nature is
still provided by 300 -350 rows of tiny teeth. These teeth are no longer used
in feeding and have become very small in size.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When feeding in low concentrations of plankton, the whale
shark simply cruises along at an average speed of about 5 km per hour with its
mouth open. When it encounters schools of krill or small fish it slows and
begins gulping and filtering water at hundreds of liters per minute.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Many thanks to my friend Ellen for this great whale shark feeding photo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Two small eyes are located towards the front of their
head and their vision is probably poor. A whale shark’s 10 centimeter thick skin
protects them from the bite of smaller sharks. It is believed that adults have
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The largest specimen recorded was caught near Karachi, Pakistan.
It was 12.65 metres long, weighed more than 21.5 tonnes, and had a
girth of 7 metres. There are stories of much larger specimens (quoted
lengths of 18 metres) in the popular shark literature but no scientific
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These gentle giants are not a danger to humans. They are
actually quite gentle and will play with divers. Divers and snorkelers can swim
with whale sharks without risk other than being struck by the shark's large tail
as it swims past.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sadly, these wonderful animals, the largest fish in the sea, are killed just for their fins. The fins are used to make soup for fancy dinners. </span></span></span></div>
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weight of 275 kg. When you add the eight shorter arms used for holding and the
two long tentacles used for grabbing prey, giant squid can be up to 13 metres
long. The giant squid is the second largest mollusc loosing first place to the
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The weird Frogfish
is a member of the family of fish known as the 'anglers'. They take their name
from the ‘fishing equipment’ they carry on their head. The Frogfish uses a fleshy growth from its head (the esca
(bait) and illicium (pole)) as
a lure; the action of the growth attracts prey and is like angling.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Try to spot the blue eye, the orange mouth, and the white worm-like lure.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are about 45 species of these strange, shallow water fish. They are
mostly 10-20 cm long and are all benthic (bottom-dwelling) with foot-like
pectoral fins. The Frogfish uses these ‘feet’ to walk across the ocean bottom
instead of swimming. If they are in a hurry they use jet propulsion by
squirting water out of their small gill openings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Frogfish are ambush predators; they rest motionless in the coral or on the
bottom using their built-in camouflage. They are able to adjust their color to
blend in with their surroundings. Others have outgrowths of skin that look like
sponge or seaweed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">When prey are near, they ‘wiggle’ the worm-like growth on their head
attracting their next meal. They have huge heads and mouths and can swallow fish
half their size. The snapping action of their jaws is triggered automatically
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is the siphon or outlet water-tube of a giant clam that
is part of the feeding and respiration system. Seawater flows in one siphon,
through the gills and a trap for catching plankton, and then out the other
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN">The giant clam is a mollusc and the
largest living bivalve. Giant clams can weigh more than 200 kilograms and measure
as much as 1.2 metres from one end to the other. If they are not taken by
fishermen or killed by predators, they can live for about 100 years or more. In
nature, very young giant clams are eaten by loggerhead turtles whose beaks are
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN"> </span>Hippopus the horse foot clam.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Although giant
clams filter plankton from the water for food, tropical seas do not provide
enough nutrient for these big animals. To help with the food supply giant clams
keep symbiotic algae in their tissue that convert sunlight to sugars; the algae
get a safe home in exchange for the extra food they produce.</span></div>
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The giant clam Tridacna squamosa is incredibly colored.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN">In the early days
of diving, giant clams were thought to be dangerous, trapping men under the
sea. Although they are big, they are not dangerous. The larger clams are
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the giant clams as vulnerable. The numbers of wild clams have been greatly
reduced by over-fishing for food and the aquarium trade. Many giant clams are
now grown on farms through a practice known as aquaculture. Giant clams are
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The horseshoe crab can grow up to 60 centimetres in length (including
tail); the female is usually about 25% larger than the male. They can start to
reproduce when they are about 10-11 years old. They probably live to a maximum
of 30 years.</span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Horseshoe crabs have interesting bodies. In some ways they are <b>like a
spider wearing an armored bulldozer </b>that can push through sand and keep
predators away. </span><br />
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claws for grasping food. The second pair are called walking legs but have claws
too. In males they are hooked for holding onto the female. The last four sets
of legs, each with claws, are designed for the heavy work and push the animal
ahead through the sand. The mouth is located where all the legs are attached to
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like flat pieces of heavy paper that open and close as the horseshoe crab
breathes. The oxygen is carried by blood that is blue (copper) and not red
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">While the Whale Shark is the largest living fish, the
Basking Shark, <i>Cetorhinus maximus, </i>takes a close second place. Basking Sharks
often grow to 6 metres and sometimes to over 8 metres. Before heavy
commercial fishing, some Basking Sharks reached 9-10 metres. The largest Basking
Shark ever measured was caught off the coast of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> in 1851. Its total length
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problem staying ‘afloat’. Most solve this problem by constantly swimming and
having large, light livers inside them. The Basking Shark's liver, makes up
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waters of the world. It is a coastal surface dwelling shark common to the
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Basking Shark is a passive filter feeder, relying only on the water
that is pushed through its gills by swimming. It filters out zooplankton and
small fish from up to 2,000 tonnes of water per hour. Unlike the Whale Shark,
the Basking Shark does not actively search for its food. Ichthyologists (people
who study fish) have found that they may have an acute sense of smell that can
detect plankton up-current of them. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6001583541748481605" name="Behavior"></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">After its size, the next thing you notice when swimming with a Basking Shark
is its huge mouth. Preferred feeding seems to be at the surface where the
slow-moving sharks (about 4 km/h) open their mouths and spread out the gill
rakers that filter the food from the water. Even though they look like weak
swimmers there are reports of bursts of speed and leaps completely out of the
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The sight of an approaching Basking Shark with its mouth open is awesome
but they are harmless to humans. Unfortunately, humans are not harmless to
Basking Sharks. It is fished mainly for its
fins (for shark fin soup). The skeleton is sometimes used in traditional
Chinese medicine and as an aphrodisiac in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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disappearing fast. Only a few countries (<st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Malta</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Zealand</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and
US Gulf and Atlantic waters) have protected the species and stopped trade in
its products. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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was pretty lucky that I wasn’t hurt, but it seemed like the Tiger was just
trying to figure out what I was.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><b>The Tiger
Shark, which generally hunts at night, has a reputation for eating anything and
everything and for an aggressive nature. Most of the time, Tiger Sharks eat
fish, squid, seabirds, sea mammals, other sharks, and turtles.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Out
of more than 360 shark species, only four have been involved in a significant
number of fatal attacks on humans over the last 60-70 years: the great white,
tiger, oceanic white tip, and the bull shark. Culling Tiger Sharks a few days
after an attack probably has little value since most are nomadic and the
offending animal may well move on. Some governments ‘protect’ swimming beaches
with shark nets that catch any sharks swimming along </span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">the
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><b>Even
small Tiger Sharks require a lot of watching and big ones can weigh up to 1000
kg and reach 6-7.5 metres. They get the name Tiger from the vertical stripes
and not from their diet. Based on diet, they are more like ‘trash-can sharks’
since stomachs have been found to contain buckets, rolls of wire, gas cans,
paint brushes, and baseballs. One even contained old tires.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">First,
the shark was confused by the metal on Jeff’s back. Tiger sharks have small
pits (ampullae of lorenzini) on their snout and along their upper bodies which
can sense weak electrical fields. Normally these sensors detect fish when the
water is too murky for their usually sharp eyes to see. But different kinds of
metals generate weak electric currents in seawater and alert the shark that
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><b>Secondly,
the Tiger Shark’s keen sense of smell would not be sure if the smell of human
meant the next meal or danger. You don’t grow up to be a big shark without a
little caution!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><b>Finally,
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><b>“Diving
with Tiger Sharks is awesome and something I will never forget. The footage
will be great for documentary work and we always learn something about these
incredible animals. We have to work fast as Tiger Sharks are disappearing
because of the shark fin trade and sport fishing.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><b>Nature
has equipped these sharks with all the gear to be great hunters: they can sense
movement in the dark, feel water pressure waves from injured animals, smell
traces of blood in the water, and have excellent vision. They are fearless and
haven’t learned to stay away from boats and fishing gear.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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strategy is to stay close to the bottom and keep our movements slow and steady.
We have to be careful not to brush against them because their skin is like
sharp sand-paper and could leave you bleeding. I will also say that paying
attention to what’s coming up behind you has to go to the top of my list.”<o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18332302916009892058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001583541748481605.post-84362566042086528732013-06-20T03:08:00.000-07:002014-05-10T00:08:55.030-07:00 DOLPHIN INTELLIGENCE by Dr Gerald Goeden<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dolphins are found throughout most of the world oceans. Here in the Andaman Sea we are lucky enough to have 9 cetaceans:</span><br />
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<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">Indo-Pacific finless porpoise <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Neophocaena phocaenoides)</i></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Sousa chinensis). Also known as the Pink Dolphin or White Dolphin.</i></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">Irrawaddy dolphin <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Orcaella brevirostris)</i></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Tursiops aduncus)</i></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">Long-beaked common dolphin <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Delphinus capensis c.f. tropicalis)</i></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">Gray’s spinner dolphin <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Stenella longirostris)</i></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">Pantropical spotted dolphin <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Stenella attenuata)</i></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">Bryde’s whale <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Balaenoptera edeni)</i></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">Dugong <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Dugong dugon)</i></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are many times that dolphins have rescued
swimmers or fought off attacking sharks at real risk to themselves. Because of
these actions, humans tend to feel there is a special bond between dolphins and
themselves and that this bond is based on mutual intelligence or a wished for
understanding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From as early as the 17<sup>th</sup> century
scientists have been impressed by the size of dolphin brains and rated them
near the top of the ‘non-human’ intelligence list. Many cetaceans (whales) do
have large brains and, relative to body size, toothed whales have larger brains
than baleen whales. In fact, the relative brain size of bottle nose dolphins is
nearly the same as that of humans. Dolphin brains range from about 0.25% to
1.5% of their body weight and human brains are about 1.9% of our body weight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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number of folds in the grey matter (cerebral cortex). This is the part of the
brain that gives us conscious control of our bodies and thoughts. Toothed whale
brains have more folding than baleen whales but much of this is taken up for
sound production and processing. Toothed whale brains, like the dolphin’s, have
folding that resembles that of hoofed animals like horses and deer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the world and their ability to remember it was better when based on their
sonar and not so good when based on sight. Their memory was best when they
could use sonar and sight together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dolphins have also been taught ‘words’(using hand
signals) that can be put together in two-word sentences like “get ball”.
Scientists found that they understood these sentences about 80% of the time.
Able to grasp the basics of human language, it may be possible to communicate
in two and three word format with dolphins in the future. If we do decide to
talk with dolphins it will be best to choose our subjects wisely since research
shows a large variation in ‘intelligence’ among species.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We think of intelligence as the ability to
understand our surroundings and process information so that we can react in the
most favorable way. In this way intelligence is not the same as instinct where
reactions are ‘pre-programmed’ in the brain. In the animal kingdom, species
with higher intelligence tend to be social animals that live in groups. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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related to the need to understand group dynamics and the individual’s place
within them. The ‘smarter’ dolphins operate in social structures similar to
dogs and primates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are always quick to make lists showing the relative intelligence of other
animals with us at the top. To be fair, we must always ask the question: “How
intelligent would we be in the dolphin’s world of sound and social behavior; in
a world without landmarks and signs; and without shelter and an organized food
supply?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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