On February the 7 our school got to see and learn about some sea animals with the Aqua van. We got to see some sea animals such as starfishes,spider crab, sea anemone,we also saw a artic foxes fur.
It was real fun we also got to touch and also feel lots off things.They also thought us about lots of sea animals that where gross and kinda scary.
My class and I had the honor of getting to see (and touch) a bunch of ocean animals with the Aquavan. It was pretty cool.
I’m honestly horrified of the ocean. We don’t know even half of what’s going on down there. But getting to see the creatures gave me small, itty, bitty, tiny, microscopic change of heart.
They were still mysterious, disgusting, and weird but it made me think. What do animals think of us? Are they actually as scared of us as we are of them? If we stopped polluting the ocean, would it help us find more species of things? I thought of these questions for a while but could never find an answer that made sense in words. All I know is that we need to go with the idea I bring up really often. We all need to cooperate. Everyone says they’re gonna help the ocean and such. But how? Talking to your friends about it? Last time I checked you have to do things if you want them to happen.
Here’s an example.
Do you want to help people without enough food?
Then try and start a food bank and donate it to the hundreds of charity that exist.
If you want to help save animals I’ll put in links to a few charities. WWF, Sea Turtles, Save the seals
Should You Eat Seal?
Eating seals is horrible and I entirely disagree with it. It is fine if the Inuit eat them because it is part of their culture and they use every single part of it. But I have seen pictures on the internet of people killing the seals, taking the meat or just the fur and leaving the rest of the seal to rot.
If we continue to kill and eat seals it will affect their population. I know some people disagree that that can happen but there is a chance it might. We are allowed to kill 400,000 seals a year. I know so far we have killed 35,000, but that still is a lot if you think about it. Killing seals will lead to endangerment and then extinction.
I learned that when the seals are killed they are not dead right away. That is horrible! I also learned that even the babies are killed only when they are three weeks old for their fur. That affects the population even more.
The world already kills enough animals and we can survive fine without eating seals. Cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, rabbits, sharks, fish and many more animals get killed to be eaten. If we keep killing animals and eating them there will be no more and will affect the whole food chain.
Some people think that seals should not be eaten because they are cute. Cows and pigs are cute but they should supposedly get killed. Their look is not important. They have feelings too.
So in conclusion, seals should not get killed. I hope these reasons have convinced you enough so that you have a different perspective on this problem and you will not choose eat seals.