Intro - Samantha Edel

        We're just a conceited naked ape, but in our minds we're some divine legend and we see ourselves as some sort of god, seeing we can decide what will live and what will die, what will be saved and what will be destroyed, but honestly we're just a bunch of primates out of control.”
- Captain Paul Watson

             Florida has always been my dream.  There was not a year my family missed the beautiful sunshine state or the magical world of Disney or what was always my favorite, SeaWorld.  Ever since I can remember I was fascinated by the marine life I saw right before my eyes jumping through rings and splashing around with that grin on their face.  Lights flashing and trainers whistling, it seemed like the most amazing job in the world. 

                 However, what I failed to realize until my later years was that a dolphins’ smile is nature’s greatest deception.   No aquarium no tank, however spacious it may be can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. With this knowledge I soon began to do more research and more until finally, I became outraged.  Four years later and with a lot more knowledge I continue to study ways that we as humans effect the Earth, continental and oceanic as well as the organisms surrounding.  I would like to attain a degree in Marine Science and Geology to therefore continue research and educate others on the extreme harm humans contribute to their only form of life as we know.