THE ATLANTICS : REEF BREAK

video replaced April 2021

WHALE- DOLPHIN HYBRID EXTREMELY UNUSUAL

YAHOO NEWS - DOLPHIN WHALE HYBRID

EXCERPT: The hybrid was especially rare because of its melon-headed genes: The toothed-whales are rarely seen in these Hawaiian waters, the researchers wrote. Both species belong to the Delphinidae (oceanic dolphin) family, but the report notes that cross-species unions between them are unusual: It's only the third recorded example in the Delphinidae family, and the first between these two species.

The hybrid, however strange, certainly wasn't treated as an outcast. The marine scientists tagged the hybrid with satellite tracking GPS, along with a companion, to see where they might go. And it appears they stayed together, travelling some 475 miles over eight days, and diving thousands of feet beneath the surface.

SHELLS and CORAL

LISTEN TO THE BOWHEAD WHALE MAKE JAZZ MUSIC UNDER THE SEA!

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC : BOWHEAD WHALE JAZZ MUSICIAN OF SEA  by Carrie Arnold

EXCERPT:  New recordings of the little - studied bowhead whale show that the mammals sing intricate and variable songs - more like jazz musicians than Beethoven or Bach.

Other whale songs are predictable and simple ditties repeated over and over throughout seasons or years, says study leader Kate Stafford, a marine biologist at the University of Washington.

"With bowheads, there are lots of different songs.  Every year, it's just completely different."

SEA FOOD WATCH - MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM

SEAFOOD WATCH ORG

"This month we bring you new recommendations for pollock and sardinella and updated recommendations for cod, octopus, and pompano." 

This site included restaurants that serve "sustainable" seafood.  This is controversial because I met a professional fisherman who warned me against eating farmed salmon. He said, "You don't want to know what they do to it."   - Siren

CHANNING CARLISLE's MERMAID MAKEUP GOES VIRAL

DAILY MAIL - MERMAID MAKEUP GOES VIRAL

Take a look and decide for yourself.  Is this beautiful or gross?

SHELLS and SEA HORSES

THE ELIMINATORS SURF BAND : DAWN PATROL

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON PUTS GREEN ALGAE HAIRED TURTLE on ENDANGERED LIST

NEW YORK TIMES GREEN HAIRED TURTLE BREATHS THROUGH GENITALS

EXCERPT The one with the green “mohawk” hair (actually algae), formally known as the Mary River turtle, is an Australian species that split from other living species about 40 million years ago. It has special organs in its cloaca that allow it to draw oxygen from the water. It can stay underwater for up to three days.

No. 1 on the list is the Madagascar big-headed turtle, according to the Edge site, “sits alone at the end of a branch of the tree of life which stretches back more than 80 million years to the age of the dinosaurs.”

SHELLS AND FISH