Compare and Contrast the Life of Dolphins in Wild and Seaworld

GAC002 Assessment Event# 4: Academic Essay

Compare the wild and SeaWorld dolphins’ leaves

Student Name: Mary

Student ID: QING28744

Teacher: Mr. Menthy

Due Date: 2014/5/23

Word Count: 507

Topic: Compare and contrast: Living things

            Compare and contrast the life of dolphins in wild and SeaWorld.

With the development of the technology, more and more dolphins had been hunted to send to SeaWorld. After compare the wild and SeaWorld dolphin, the life of dolphin has many differences and similarities in physical habit, life condition and human’s effect. SeaWorld dolphins’ life is more easily to those wild dolphins while wild dolphins have more freedoms than SeaWorld dolphins.

To understand the dolphins’ life, the physical characters are the first topic we have to mention. Dolphins are mammals that do not sleep, because of their two brains, which alternate work whole day. SeaWorld dolphins and wild dolphins both start mating at about 8 years old. After 11 months pregnancy, they will able to give birth. (SeaWorld dolphins online 2014) And the mom dolphins will nurse the baby for 3 years until they are able to get the skill of hunting.

Compare with the wild dolphins, the SeaWorld dolphins’ lifespan is shorter, which only have half times longer than wild dolphins.  In addition, dolphins are definitely the social animals; they prefer stay together rather than individually. (Bottlenose dolphins 2013)But limited by the SeaWorld, the captive dolphins have to stay away from the community and live along.

In order to ensure dolphins can better adapt to SeaWorld life. SeaWorld try to build similar life condition with wild dolphins. Both wild dolphins and SeaWorld dolphins eat fishes, squids, and crustaceans. (SeaWorld dolphins online 2014)And SeaWorld dolphins live in the environment, which have similar temperature, pressure with wild dolphins’ environment.

The dolphins, in SeaWorld, life are easier than wild dolphins. In Sea World, dolphins are usually got good nursing. They won’t worry about the source of food, the security of their lives. Unlike SeaWorld dolphins the wild dolphins’ leaves are really difficult. They have to hunt itself and face the predator, like sharks, could come any time.

Nowadays more and more dolphins’ life have been directly or indirectly affected by humans. Not only show on destroying of environment, hunting of dolphins, but also increasingly dolphins are getting medical aid from humans. SeaWorld dolphins get good daily care from breeder and wild dolphins usually get treatment if they be discovered by environmentalist. (Dolphin saved after human medical procedure 2014) Also with the increase aware of ecologic environment, more creatures have been protected by humans.