MOVING NORTH AS THE OCEAN WARMS
       Larger marine predators have been spotted migrating into north pacific waters. North Pacific waters are usually to cold for these predators; but due to the change in climate increasing water temperatures areas like Canada's Vancouver Island and North Carolina estuary are becoming suitable habitats for these predators. Bottle nose dolphins and false killer whales have been spotted migrating toward the western part of Vancouver Island, the waters in that area hit 16.5 degrees Celsius which perfect temperatures for these animals. A similar migration has taken place in Atlantic waters with bull sharks who have started appearing near North Carolina. Since sharks give birth to their young they need ideal waters to deliver in, different water level changes such as temperature have made the North Carolina estuary a great nursery for baby sharks. The biggest concern with these predators migrating to new place is the disruption that their disappearance from one area and high numbers in new areas could cause on the food web within different parts of the ocean. Such dramatic changes in the food chain could have vast effects on the ecosystem.

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