Mesmerizing Sea Life

Two sisters, Lisa and Kate went on a holiday to Mexico. Where they are invited to a cage dive by 2 members. The underwater experience turns into a disaster as the cable slips off and they get trapped in the shark cage. Reaching the bottom which is 47 meters from the surface. With only an hour of oxygen left with deadly sharks circling them, they need to fight to survive.  Well, apart from all movies this one has two endings. One is a fake-out, where Lisa hallucinates that she and her sister have been rescued. But, the actual ending is that Lisa survives, while her sister couldn't reach out of the water alive.  47 Meters Down is a horror thriller movie directed by Johannes Roberts where Lisa's character has been played by Mandy Moore and Kate by Claire Holt. This movie is a feast for shark fans. 

Underwater is an American movie directed by William Eubank starring Kristen Stewart as Norah Price and Vincent Cassel as the captain. I can say that this is the most horror movie I have experienced recently. In each scene, you will have a thrilling experience about what's going to happen next. Starting from scene 1, disaster occurs six miles below the ocean surface at the Kelper drilling station. Where the crew of oceanic researchers has to walk down on the ocean floor to reach the safest point, led by the captain. But they soon find out that they are not alone. A mysterious and deadly creature comes into the picture which no one has ever seen. One by one, each one gets caught to the creature leaving only 3 members alive including Norah, Emily, and James. But what becomes more interesting is that "Will they reach the ocean surface or not?". I can say that this is my favorite film of Kristen Stewart after Twilight. I couldn't even take my eyes ...

A study that was first to report toxins in blubber tissues of stranded cetaceans of atrazine, DEP, NPE, and triclosan. It also is the first to report concentrations of toxicants in a white-beaked dolphin and in Gervais' beaked whales. The experiment was held by researchers at Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. Where researchers examined toxins in tissue concentrations and pathology data from 83 stranded dolphins and whales along the southeastern coast of the United States from 2012 to 2018. Researchers examined 11 different animal species to test for 17 different substances in animals found on the shores in North Carolina and Florida. The report was to document the concentrations in blubber tissues of stranded cetaceans of atrazine, an herbicide, DEP, (a phthalate ester found in plastics), NPE or nonylphenol ethoxylate commonly used in food packing, and triclosan, an antibacterial and antifungal agent present in some consumer prod...

Bull Sharks, an apex predator that lives in the coastal seas and rivers. Considered as the most dangerous species than other sharks. As they swim in the warm shallow waters where people tend to swim.  With a life span of 16 years, they can reach limits of up to 11.5 feet and can weigh between 200 to 500 pounds. Their prey includes several species of fishes, mammals, turtles, and even small sharks. Humans are not part of bull's prey, as they come in close contact with the people. They take one exploratory bite and quickly realizes that the person is not its desired prey.  Sharks need salt in their bodies to survive, so they tend to live in the salt waters. But, bull sharks developed adaptions and can also live in the freshwater with ease. They have special glands in their kidneys which makes them store the salt in their bodies.  Bull sharks are not mature until they are 15 or 20 years. They give birth to a well-developed young shark through internal fertili...

A 44-year old study shows that the amount of living coral has not changed in Eastern Tropical Pacific.  We all know the rise in temperatures has devasted many forms both on land and sea. But a recent study in Global Change Biology has discovered that the reefs in the Eastern Tropical Pacific are an exception. The research senior author says that "Live coral cover has gone up and down in response to El Niño-induced bleaching, but unlike reefs elsewhere in the Caribbean and Indo Pacific, reefs in the ETP almost always bounce back,". The study was conducted by an international team of researchers led by Dr. Mauricio Romero-Torres of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management or UNGRD) in Bogotá, Colombia.  The researchers have examined the coral area which stretches from Baja California to the Galapagos Islands, from 1970-2014. During this time, ETP ha...