"When Andre was found stranded on a sandbar on June 15, 2010, he had gaping holes in his shell, the result of two apparent boat strikes. More than three pounds of sand were inside him, along with at least a couple of crabs, a raging infection and a collapsed lung. His spinal cord was exposed, pneumonia was plaguing him and death seemed certain. Any one of those injuries could have killed him, but his flippers were working and his neurological function appeared normal. So after beachgoers pulled him ashore on a boogie board, veterinarians began what became a yearlong effort to save him."
MATT SEDENSKY - Associated Press
8/20/11
BEACHES CLOSED DUE TO SHARKS : YAHOO TRAVEL LISTS
John Giuffo makes the list:
Surf Beach, north of Santa Barbara, California
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Topsail Island, North Carolina
Fripp Island, South Carolina
Lyman Beach, Kona, Hawaii
Linking to the article from Yahoo Travel!
Surf Beach, north of Santa Barbara, California
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Topsail Island, North Carolina
Fripp Island, South Carolina
Lyman Beach, Kona, Hawaii
Linking to the article from Yahoo Travel!
8/17/11
MOM WHALE LOST IN THE KLAMATH RIVER FINALLY DIES
Linking now to this article about the Pacific Blue whale who swam up a river with her calf and eventually died on a sand bar. Scientists say she had plenty of fat so something else was going on...
" The mother whale entered the river on June 23 with her calf, during the species' migration from Baja California nursing grounds to Arctic home waters. They immediately became a tourist attraction. After the calf swam back into the ocean on July 23, facing an uncertain future, marine mammal experts and members of the Yorok Tribe, whose reservation lines the banks of the river, tried many tactics in an attempt to persuade the 40-ton female whale to leave.
" The mother whale entered the river on June 23 with her calf, during the species' migration from Baja California nursing grounds to Arctic home waters. They immediately became a tourist attraction. After the calf swam back into the ocean on July 23, facing an uncertain future, marine mammal experts and members of the Yorok Tribe, whose reservation lines the banks of the river, tried many tactics in an attempt to persuade the 40-ton female whale to leave.
8/11/11
AQUATICS INTERNATIONAL LOOKS AT DROWNING!
This article brings up some frightening statistics. "In Asia, as many as 350,000 children drown every year, 1,000 every day, according to research conducted by The Alliance for Safe Children and UNICEF. Drowning is now known to be the leading cause of death for children between 1 and 4 years of age in many Asian countries."
8/1/11
MERMAID PAPER DOLL
I want to share this paper doll with you.
You can print it out!
It comes from Dover Publishing, and it's used here for non commercial use only.
THANK YOU DOVER!
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