This week we talked about sustainable fishing and the affect that fishing has on our environment. We also discussed what biodiversity means for the plants and animals around us and the different ways we quantify the ecosystem around us. We all do this in a number of ways namely Use Values like: Direct, Indirect and Option or Non-Use Values like: Existence, Altruistic and Bequest. Below are reflection prompts provided from my teacher. 1-3) Describe 3 animals from the aquarium that are threatened because a. we eat them Giant Barb- over fishing is their biggest threat, 200 tonnes of giant barbs were caught in 1964, in 1980 that number went down to 50 and in early 2000 only 10 could be caught due to population decline. b. we eat their food, leaving only a little for them Gentoo Penguins- they rely on krill, squid, flatfish, Southern blue whiting and black southern cod. c. we destroy their habitat Both the Giant Barb and the Gentoo Penguins fit into this category along with thousand of other animals. For the Giant Barb they suffer from habitat pollution and breeding routes lost because of dams obstructing the rivers once used for their migration. Gentoo suffer from the effects of climate change and all of their food is losing their habitats due to rising water temperatures making it hard for reproduction . 4) Describe your photo and why you chose to take and post that particular photo. In my post on Instagram the reason I decided to show the clouded leopard instead of the Giant Barb or the Penguins is because most people wouldn't stop to look at pictures of fish and everyone has seen pictures of penguins as they try to promote things like environmental change. With the clouded leopard they aren't an animal you typically see and the leaves provided more contrast making for a more interesting and eye catching photo. It also provided the opportunity to talk about the effect palm oil has on our environment and will hopefully bring awareness to the problem with understandably sourced palm oil. 5) What was another exhibit in the aquarium that you found interesting? I've been to the aquarium so often that it's interesting to me to see what's new, in the South America exhibit they have new sloths that live with their toucans and that was cool to see them because the zoo doesn't have sloths anymore. I also always like looking at the jellyfish because they're so weird. One really cool animal now that I think of it were these things called flash light fish that lived in the dark ocean area with the octopus and they were cool because they have bioluminescent bacteria under these flaps on their face so when they lift them they flash each other to communicate or for mating. Also one of the reason I've been at the aquarium so frequently is because my friends and I like to make silly iMovie trailers, so we spent three hours there making this video below. Enjoy!
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