Friday, December 21, 2012
Restriction Lifted, Sea Otters Can Roam Freely
I read
the article “Restriction
Lifted, Sea Otters Can Roam Freely”, which is very interesting. The “formal end of the otter-free zone
off the coast of California, announced this week, is a victory for
environmental groups”. The endangered species of the sea otter has been
endangered but things have changed. After restrictions were placed on where the
otters can go in order for them to not go extinct their population has
increased. Now their population has reached a high enough number for them to be
allowed to roam freely again. Endangering incidents such as oil spills or
sharks attacks are risky to their extinction. Many things were done do preserve
their lives. For example, “Fish and Wildlife Service moved 140 otters to San
Nicolas Island off Southern California from the central California coast.” They
saved them from the polluted waters.
This new step for the otters has a huge impact on
the world. There are many things for humans to still figure out in the world,
and to have on type of animal disappear is not a step forward. The loss of an
animal is very sad so to be aware of this and reproduce them. The loss of
animals leads to more questions and more theories instead of facts. Scientists
have had to figure out the different species of animals through excavating
bones and putting the pieces together. Now that the otter species is saved we
don’t have to worry about this problem.
I thought that this article was really interesting.
I thought that there were some parts that were not that well explained. They
would name a certain organization and tell us little about who they are and
their purpose. However I think that this article was very important and
informative for the people and I am sure many are relieved for the Sea otters.
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My classmate Yianni reviewed the article “Restriction Lifted, Sea Otters Can Roam Freely” which was a factual article about engendered otters. The review stated many of the facts from the article that are needed to further the readers understanding of the topic. For example, environmentalist had put restrictions on places where the otters could swim and roam in order to keep the population from growing any smaller. Now, the restrictions have been lifted because of the stable otter population. A second thing that was well presented was his own interest and knowledge on the topic. He had stated that the article didn’t explain details very well, so, by Yianni giving brief and important information, he still made it easy for the reader to understand. Lastly, though this topic might not be of interest to most people, he made it seem more interesting than the actual article. A suggestion I have for Yianni is to look up any information that isn’t given in the article, for example organization names and their purposes. By doing this, it would help his understanding of the topic more. Secondly, I do not think that this problem has that much of an effect of humans today, besides environmentalist who would find this interesting. I do not think that if the otters were to go extinct it would be a huge problem. To convince me that it would be an issue, examples should have been given. Through this article I learned that otters were endangered, which is something I didn’t know previously. Overall, I think Yianni did a good job with the article he chose, even though the article choice could have been better.
ReplyDeleteMy classmet yianni reviewed the artcile, “restriction lifted, sea otters can roam freely.” There were many great things going for this aritlce, and it was well presented in this review. Yianni did a great job in turning an low information article into a good source for the readers. He also did a good job of giving his opninions and giving some voice to the article. This article was very helpful and interesting and I think yianni presented it well. There were a few problems though, first off the review had many grammatical mistakes, a re-reading of the review would clear up some of the errors. Also the review wasn’t as clear and didn’t make as much sense as it should have. But despite this it was a very good article and Yianni did a good job. I also found it very interesting that the otters are no longer in danger.
ReplyDeleteMy classmate, Yianni Louka, reviewed the article “Restriction Lifted, Sea Otters Can Roam Freely.” This article tells of the endangered sea otters of the world. In this review Yianni obviously knew what he was talking about very well and presented the information from the article in a very factual, understandable manner. He also presented explained the article’s vague ways by saying that the article didn’t explain details. Yianni also added his own opinion and added his own view, which helped the reader find theirs. If Yianni were to review this article again then he definitely could have added a few things, such as he could have added a few statistics, even if they were not in the original article, it could have explained how close these creatures are to endangerment. Yianni also could have related it to something we have learned; this would have given us a link that would make it easier to relate to the severity of the endangered species. The thing that I found most interesting was how much damage this one endangered species could cause if it died off. Without sea otters there would be an excess amount of the species that their diet is consumed of and their would be less food for the species that preys on the otters and I think Yianni could have definitely stressed this very important point much more than he did in this review.
ReplyDeleteI read Yianni’s article review “Restriction Lifted, Sea Otters Can Roam Freely”. Yianni did a fantastic job giving strong examples from the article. For instance, the fact that the sea otter population has reached a high enough number, allowing them to be allowed to roam freely again. Also, I liked how Yianni included words from the article, and his choice of words and description made her article very easy to understand.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Yianni’s review could have been improved, if he incorporated a little more summary about how long it was that this restriction was placed on the sea otters. I also really enjoyed how he incorporated his opinions into the review because I was able to relate them to my own.
One aspect that impressed me in this article was how the scientists were able to put a restriction on the sea otters allowing them to repopulate successfully. This article was very interesting to me because I find it amazing how a population can be remade over such a short period of time, and how humans can control it. Overall, I think Yianni did a fantastic job on this review and it really opened my eyes to see how we can help save many endangered species enabling us to learn more about life.