The documentary film Blackfish (2013; www.blackfishmovie.com) follows Tilikum, a captive SeaWorld prisoner-orca responsible for the death of trainer Dawn Brancheau and two others. The film has had a profound effect on public perceptions of orca captivity creating the “Blackfish Effect.” Our critical analysis of the film engages Plec’s (2013) internatural communication categories of complicity, ...

Changes in body shape, fluctuating asymmetry (FA) and crypsis were compared among Atlantic salmon Salmo salar fry kept as controls in captivity and those released and subsequently recaptured in the wild according to a before-after-control-impact (BACI) design. Hatchery fish that survived in the wild became more cryptic and displayed a much lower incidence of fin erosion and of asymmetric indivi...

The objective of this work was to investigate the effect of feeding conditions on methylation status of FATP1 gene, which is an important candidate gene of Intramuscular fat and important indicator of chicken meat quality. We selected Daninghe (DNH) and Qingjiaoma (QJM) chickens under scatter-feeding and captivity-feeding conditions as experimental animals, and detected the methylation status o...

BACKGROUND This article examines the long-term impact of wartime captivity. METHOD One hundred sixty-four prisoners of war (POWs) and 189 matched combatants of the 1973 Yom Kippur War filled out a series of questionnaires that assessed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), general psychiatric symptomatology, and social functioning according to DSM-III-R criteria. RESULTS Almost 2 decades af...

The aim of this work was to study the testicular morphometry of captivity-bred adult bullfrogs. Fifteen young adult male were studied, in the rainy season and a lengthy photoperiod. The GSI was established at 0.15%. The nuclear diameter of germinative and Leydig cells, the nucleolus diameter of Sertoli cells and the area of cysts and tubules were determined and the mean number of ISPC, IISPC an...

The purpose of this study was to identify intestinal worm infections in reticulated pythons (Phyton reticulatus) captivity. This used faecal samples 2 at the Taru Jurug Animal Park, Solo. Anamnesis two found presence adult nematode worms their feces. Examination and faeces carried out macroscopically microscopically. Microscopic examination feces using native methods. results showed that were A...

Abstract The paper focuses on two problems with Alexander Wendt's unification of physical and social ontology the basis quantum theory. Firstly, by endowing phenomena an ontological foundation in reality defined terms Wendt risks reducing a plurality worlds as ‘fields sense’, ordered their immanent rules, to world laws Secondly, defining his science excluding from consideration all that which v...

Abstract The yellow clam is a sand-burrowing bivalve that inhabits the dissipative beaches from southern Brazil to north coast of Argentina. In last decades, populations this species have been impacted by mass mortality events, overfishing and other anthropogenic activities. production juveniles in captivity would allow feasibility studies be carried out restore natural stock as well aquacultur...