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The Cove Project

The Cove Project. By: Mr. Martell’s E nvironmental Science C lass. Intro. The Cove is a movie about d olphins in Taiji , Japan Taiji is located on the south east coast of Japan Dolphins are captured and sold to aquariums/parks

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The Cove Project

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  1. The Cove Project By: Mr. Martell’s Environmental Science Class

  2. Intro • The Cove is a movie about dolphins in Taiji, Japan • Taiji is located on the south east coast of Japan • Dolphins are captured and sold to aquariums/parks • The remaining 20,000 dolphins are taken from the wild each year

  3. Dolphin Facts • Individual whistles • Half of their brain • Excellent eyesight and hearing • Communication

  4. Dolphin Behavior • Travel alone or in groups • “Baby Position” • Stay with mothers FEEDING • Herd fish into a group and attack from the bottom • Fish tossing • Diving and chasing after fish “Baby position”

  5. Dolphin behavior Cont. SOCIALIZING • Many different social interactions

  6. What is disturbance? Causes: - easily disturbed by people, watercraft - when approached too quickly, closely, noisily Signs: - abrupt changes in speedor direction - rapid swimming at surface - female shielding calf - repeated tail slapping, breaching, exhaling loudly

  7. What really happens in taiji • Dolphin hunting occurs September – May • Sold to marine parks • 20,000 • Risk of mercury poisoning • Citizens are unaware

  8. What mercury does • • Poison • Damaging • • Symptoms • • Sources • • Government knows • • Consumers have no idea

  9. Pros and cons • Cons: • Endangers dolphins • Not humane • Mercury • Illegal • Dolphins are aware • Unknown how extensively their species have been depleted • Ecosystem balance is thrown off Pros: • Provides jobs • Pumps money into the economy • Pests • Specimens for aquariums

  10. Conservation efforts • EDUCATION

  11. What could you do to help? • Write letters! • Marine parks • Aquariums

  12. SOURces • Website name: Dolphin Smart Page Name: Wild Dolphin Behaviors URL: http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/dolphinsmart/pdfs/behavior_factsheet.pdf • Website name: OPS (oceanic preservation society) Page Name: Dolphin Slaughter in TaijiURL: http://www.opsociety.org • Website name: MedicineNetPage Name: Mercury Poisoning URL: http://www.medicinenet.com/mercury_poisoning/article.htm • Website name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Page Name:Mercury URL: http://www.epa.gov/hg/effects.htm

  13. Sources Cont. • Website name: The Cove Movie Page name: Blog URL: http://www.thecovemovie.com/_blog/Blog • Website name: Save the Dolphins Page name: Starting a Cove Club at Your School URL: http://www.savejapandolphins.org/cove_club \ • Website name: BlueVoicePage name: Dolphins URL: http://www.bluevoice.org/dolphins.php • Website name: Luna Whaling Page name: Whaling – Con & Pro URL: http://luna.pos.to/whale/gen_con_pro_whaling.html • Website name: OPS (oceanic preservation society) Page name: What you can do after seeing The Cove URL:http://opsociety.org/what-you-can-do/after-seeing-the-cove

  14. Sources cont. • Website name: International Whaling Page name: Pros and Cons of Whaling URL:http://pub.mtholyoke.edu/journal/whaling/entry/pros_and_cons_of_whaling • Website name: Encyclopedia Britannica ADVOCACY for ANIMALS Page name: Dolphin Slaughter in Japan URL:http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2009/04/dolphin-slaughter-in-japan/ • Website name: Scientific American Page name: What is Mercury Poisoning? URL:http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeremy-piven-mercury-poisoning/

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