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10/28/15

SEA MONSTER OFF COAST OF GREECE? CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS?

FOX NEWS - SEA MONSTER OFF GRECIAN COASTLINE  go to this link to see the picture!

Some say it could be a Cuvier’s beaked whale, which have been known to frequent the Mediterranean, others have speculated that it could be the “love child of a hippo and crocodile”—but so far, even scientists are baffled.

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Siren here!  It's possible that this is a carcass - dead not alive - that's bobbing around.  I thought of a horse, a hippo...

10/22/15

YOU EAT FISH? ARE YOU CONTRIBUTING TO THE EXTINCTION OF SPECIES?

According to SEAFOOD FOR THE FUTURE ORG, which is part of the nonprofit, AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC  http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/seafoodfuture  THE WORLD HUMAN POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 9.5 BILLION by 2050.  Seafood is among the healthiest sources of protein on the planet.  Wild capture seafood harvests have LEVELED OFF and CANNOT MEAN THE DEMAND.... More than # BILLION people on the planet DEPEND ON SEAFOOD as their primary source of protein...

and WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY and SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE to PRODUCE
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE FARMED FISH.

It's called AQUACULTURE!

Go to this link and read about eating jelly fish, and the smallest porpoise on earth that is about to go extinct...the VAQUITA.

Fishing practices DO effect all ocean life.  

10/6/15

SEVERAL PUZZLES ON THE SHARK THEME COMING UP

Dover Publishing is the source of many of the sea-life and oceanic images that you see here on SIRENS LINK TO SEA BlogSpot.  These images are free to use provided that your use is NOT FOR PROFIT.  Coming up are several puzzles surrounding SHARKS.

We recently went to the AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC in Long Beach California, which is a non profit, and a place that has large and impressive tanks.  Let's just say that if you are not one to travel and go snorkeling or scuba diving, an aquarium like this is your only opportunity to see what it's like to be under the ocean with the coral, starfish, octopus, lobsters, and so very many fish - including SHARKS look like, and there are also places where you can safely TOUCH the animals.