A huge marine mammal known as Steller’s sea cow once lived in the waters around Bering Island off the coast of Siberia. It was described in 1741 by Georg W. Steller, a naturalist who was among the first Europeans to see one. In 1768 the animal became ex v.1
A huge marine mammal known as Steller’s sea cow once lived in the waters around Bering Island off the coast of Siberia. It was described in 1741 by Georg W. Steller, a naturalist who was among the first Europeans to see one. In 1768 the animal became ex v. 1
In this set of material, the reading provides some evidences that suppose some hypothesizes about extinction of Stellar' s sea cow, but the lecturer refuse them by giving explanation.
First, the reading claim that native Siberian people may use sea cows as main resources of food and they overhunted them because they were a good and reliable source of food. So, due to overhunting, population of Stellar' s sea cow decreased over the time. In contrast, the lecturer rejects this idea by describing size and weight of sea cow; 90 meter long and 900 kilogram! He claimed that native people didn' t need to hunt this creatures in a large scale because they could alive by just haunting couple of them for long period of time. So, some other reasons except ot this idea can be the main reason of extinction.
Second, as reading says, population of kelp, which was the main food source of sea cows, were decreased enormously because of ecological fluctuations. But, the lecturer gave explanations against to the claim. He believes that if kelps' population was affected by ecological changes, why these changes didn' t impacted other creatures like whales too? As he told, reports from fish hunting ships didn' t mentioned any shortages in quantity of fishes. So, this hypothesis could not be true.
Third, reading believes that the main reason for sea cow' disappearance could be European fur trades who hunted sea cows to obtain their fur and sell them in market. They usually used weapons and guns that able them to hunt many Stellar' s sea cow in a short period of time. On the contrary, the lecturer rejected this viewpoint too. Based on his speeches, population of Stellar' s sea cow were reduced before European fur trades arrive to Bering island. So, European fur trades were not able to access and hunt many sea cows because their population was already diminished.
In conclusion, maybe there is some other reasons exist that can explain Stellar' s sea cows extinction.
In this set of material, the
reading
provides
some
evidences that suppose
some
hypothesizes about extinction of
Stellar&
#039; s
sea
cow
,
but
the
lecturer
refuse them by giving explanation.
First
, the
reading
claim that native Siberian
people
may
use
sea
cows
as
main
resources of
food and
they
overhunted
them
because
they were a
good
and reliable source of food.
So
, due to overhunting,
population
of
Stellar&
#039; s
sea
cow
decreased over the time.
In contrast
, the
lecturer
rejects this
idea
by describing size and weight of
sea
cow
; 90 meter long and 900
kilogram
! He claimed that native
people
didn&
#039; t need to hunt
this
creatures in a large scale
because
they
could alive
by
just
haunting couple of them for long period of time.
So
,
some
other
reasons
except
ot
this
idea
can be the
main
reason
of extinction.
Second, as
reading
says,
population
of kelp, which was the
main
food source of
sea
cows
,
were decreased
enormously
because
of ecological fluctuations.
But
, the
lecturer
gave explanations against to the claim. He believes that if
kelps&
#039;
population
was
affected
by ecological
changes
, why these
changes
didn&
#039; t impacted other creatures like whales too? As he
told
, reports from fish hunting ships
didn&
#039; t mentioned any shortages in quantity of fishes.
So
, this hypothesis could not be true.
Third,
reading
believes that the
main
reason
for
sea
cow&
#039; disappearance could be European
fur
trades who hunted
sea
cows
to obtain their
fur
and sell them in market. They
usually
used
weapons and guns that able them to hunt
many
Stellar&
#039; s
sea
cow
in a short period of time.
On the contrary
, the
lecturer
rejected this viewpoint too. Based on his speeches,
population
of
Stellar&
#039; s
sea
cow
were
reduced
before
European
fur
trades arrive to Bering island.
So
, European
fur
trades were not able to access and hunt
many
sea
cows
because
their
population
was already diminished.
In conclusion
, maybe there is
some
other
reasons
exist that can
explain
Stellar&
#039; s
sea
cows
extinction.
5Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
52Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
16Mistakes