Under_the_Sea.pptVIP

Welcome to this presentation Some slides are automated, while others give time for you to view at your own pace. In this case proceed with mouse clicks. By Ngaire Somerville Every year at April a Japanese fleet of ships come into ports with hundreds of whale carcasses ready to go to the supermarkets for human consumption. This Has happened every year for the last 15 years. These whales are protected species. The population of these whales has gone down considerably. They do this whaling only for money. They don’t care about the scientific research. Each year they make US$10 million. The International Whaling Commission have tried and tried to get Japan to stop whaling but it hasn’t work and Japan’s whaling has increased since. There are many things that people can take from whales to sell and make money out of, such as whale meat, whale oil, whalebone, and ambergris (grey waxlike substance found in tropical seas and intestines of sperm whale. It’s used for perfumery). Being able to use and sell so much of the whale is what made the whaling industry grow. Japan can get away with whaling because they say they are doing scientific research. They say that whales may be declining in numbers because of the change of climate and pollution. From there research Japan has found out that the minke schools have the highest number ever and that they could hunt four times more whales. The IWC have also found out that the once estimate of 760,000 minke whales is no longer so and the current population could be less than half. Cetaceans are the mammals that live their whole life in the sea. They are the only mammal that lives their entire lives in the sea. Whales, dolphins and porpoises are all cetaceans. There are 75 different species of cetaceans. Cetaceans are not fish. They do not have gills. They breathe air through blow holes which are on top of their head. The air goes into their lungs just like humans and other mammals. There are three different kinds of wha