THE WHALE DILEMMA

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Today nearly 80% of the total cargo transfer activity is done by maritime transfer. And this transference is proving to be disastrous for the WHALES.

Yes you all read it right. THE WHALES. Whales are one of the majestic fauna on Earth and they are really big. One of the biggest mammal Whale is negatively bouyant which means their density is more than that of water. Yet they are able to swim. Also to prey on there food they have to go deep down the ocean. And they dive to the depth of 500m sometimes. Then for their breathing activity they have to come up at the sea level. 

The whales sometimes when they come up, they collide with the ships. Now giving you all a rough idea of how big a ship is- nearly 700ft long and can weigh about 25000 tons . Such a heavy floating object with a good speed is just a nightmare for the whales. The collisions sometimes wound them and most of the times they get killed and since they are negatively bouyant they just get swallowed up in sea. 

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This topic started when the whales started appearing on the sea shores and beaches dead. Whale researchers today believe the accidents are a lot in numbers and are growing rapidly. These are not in concern that much just because we don't see any floating whales on the sea level. 

After being hit they either go deep inside the ocean or only some reach the shore with the waves. Some researchers assumed the number of Total encounter of whale by ship to be 1200 in 5 years. But the whale enthusiasts seem to give different information. They think that the actual number must be 20 to 30 times more than this number. 

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ?

Actually there hasn’t been long studies over this topics but in this particular blog we will try some of the potential solutions for the issue. These are:-

1. As the whale are not able to see the approaching ships most of the time, it's our duty to save whales from collision with us. Probable solution can be diverting the routes of ship to remain away from the whale areas. This also reduced the collisions when practically applied in Panama region.  But this was only 90% decrease which is not enough as whales are one of the most slow reproducing animals. In thus rate they will be extinct.
2. Second way is alerting them beforehand a Ship approaches the region. This can be done by introducing a device on ship that can pre locate the whales and if possible get away and if get approached by whale, emit sound wave to alert them. But this is not implemented yet.

This shows the whole situation. A head always has a tails in other side. Same thing happens with the shipping industry. 

Let's hope for a better future as always we do. And let's make Earth more livable and lovable.

"An unexamined life is not worth living"

                                                                      --   Socrates 

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