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This led to the extinction of the Steller's Sea Cow and the Caribbean monk seal. [3] Today, populations of species that were historically hunted, such as blue whales Balaenoptera musculus and B. m. brevicauda), and the North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica), are much lower compared to their pre-exploited levels. [4]
Surface-living animals (such as sea otters) need the opposite, and free-swimming animals living in open waters (such as dolphins) need to be neutrally buoyant in order to be able to swim up and down the water column. Typically, thick and dense bone is found in bottom feeders and low bone density is associated with mammals living in deep water.
The marine life found in the Canary Islands is interesting, being a combination of North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and endemic species. In recent years, the increasing popularity of both scuba diving and underwater photography have provided biologists with much new information on the marine life of the islands.
Countries at a meeting on the global wildlife trade agreed on Sunday to strengthen protections for 18 threatened species of sharks and rays, including those whose fins are prized for making ...
Fishermen capture live sharks, fin them, and dump the finless animal back into the water. Shark finning involves removing the fin with a hot metal blade. [129] The resulting immobile shark soon dies from suffocation or predators. [135] Shark fin has become a major trade within black markets all over the world. Fins sell for about $300/lb in ...
Indonesia's booming illegal animal trade is being brought down one step at a time by police. On Wednesday, a group of illegal traffickers were arrested and the animals rescued were brought to safety.
Get excited for the 35th official Shark Week, from July 23 to July 29, with these shark facts.
Pacific sleeper shark carcasses. The Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, measuring up to 4.4 m (14 ft) in length, although it could possibly reach lengths in excess of 7 m (23 ft). [2]