"The Cove" Worksheet Answers

1. The main defender of dolphins was Ric O'Barry.
3. He was so involved with saving dophines because he was a dolphin trainer and witnessed the suicide of a dolphin.
5. Dolphins are cetacean mammals.
7. Islands in the Caribbean support whaling because allegedly, Japan is supporting them financially.
9. Once the dolphins are trapped, they are pierced with spears by fishermen, and bleed to death.
11. The purpose of this documentary is to inform audiences about the gruesome japanese fishing practices, and the dangers of eating dolphin meat.
13. Biomagnification happens when the concentration of toxic substance increases higher up the food chain.
15. The fisherman refuse to stop hunting dolphins because they say it's in their tradtion, and the government told them that the dolphins are eating all the fish.
17. The crew disguised the cameras as rocks.
19. When the deputy claimed that the dolphins were killed instantaneously, a crew member showed him the secretly obtained footage of the cruel slaughter of dolphins on a phone.
21. When they first saw the cove, the two divers witnessed a struggling bleeding dolphin taking its last breathes.
23. If I go to Marineland, I would be contributing to dolphin slaughter, because I would be giving the message to whoever is in charge of buying dolphins, that I want to see dolphin entertainment.