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=The Reason of why Animals of the Oceans are Extinct=

There are many creatures of the ocean that are getting extinct every second such as dolphins, turtles, penguins, etc. These animals are getting damaged for almost everything we humans do. Basically, we damage the waters of the Earth without knowing that it happened. The thing that damages the water most is pollution. There are four types of pollution. These types of pollution are air pollution, land pollution, water pollution, and noise pollution. The type of pollution we are going to talk about is water pollution. Water pollution includes oil spilling and acid rain. Pollution is when junk is not recycled and thrown anywhere we want and its also the bad gases we let out to the atmosphere. Oil spilling is also one type of pollution too. Oil spilling is caused when ships crash and spill oil everywhere. Oil spills can cause waterbirds to get stuck or die. Acid rain is also one type of water pollution that could damage underwater creatures. Acid rain could come in different forms such as hail, sleet, snow, and fog. This acid rain damages the ocean, lakes,and other living objects. This can really be in effective on the surface because the forms of rain could wash down dirty gas. Fish nets is a big problem to marine animals, because when they're lost at sea they're said to be called "ghost nets." They end up in sea, because ships either lose them or storms wash them away. These 'ghost nets' are on the move, they've been capturing animals and drowning them, causing them to die a painful death. Although people are trying to prevent this, there is no way to keep 'ghost nets' away from animals  permanently, but a team of scientists are tracking their movements, and they'll be trying to take out as many as they can to keep the ocean safe for these beautiful marine animals.

Pollution
People have been neglecting the habitat, and ocean animals are dying every minute. Every year over 14 billion pounds of garbage are getting dumped into the oceans each year! 90% of the pollution comes from merchant ships, military ships, and cruisers, and even sewage systems cause pollution. When marine animals try to eat the garbage that people have been throwing at sea, it is more than a 50% chance that animal will die. Marine animals may be able to escape ghost nets, but if toxic chemicals are poured into the ocean they can't escape that, and if they do they're very likely to die in a few hours if inhaled. When this happens there is nothing that can be done to save the helpless animals.

Endangered Ocean Animals
Many animals die each day, because of natural causes, but the main reason why they're dying is because of pollution. Some animals have became endangered because of this such as sea-lions, seals, whales, otters, dolphins, manatees, fish, and many other type of marine animals. These lovely sea creatures used to swim the seas with grace, long before us, but now they get caught in fishing nets. People also hunt them down and they die because of our own selfish reasons. Humans cause 75% of the deaths to these beautiful marine sea animals. Many are also getting hit by boats, and although many people are trying to prevent all this, the death rates are still high for these animals, and sooner or later they'll become extinct.

How Preventing Death To Marine Animals Can Be Prevented
There are many ways to prevent death tolls from rising each year, and a few ways are recycling. Helping animals that have been washed ashore and sending them back to the sea when they're ready is one great way to prevent the death tolls from rising, instead of them dying from children or hunters, or dying from starvation, because humans are too lazy to do anything for them, such as putting them back where they belong. Instead coast guards witness children or adults throwing small rocks (or anything they can find) and throwing it at the poor creatures for their own amusement.

**Bibliography**
"Pollution" The Earth and Earth Sciences Volume 1 2004 ed.
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Pictures Kathy Nakamura Kristine A. Storm Nadia C. Venegas

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