COLORING SEA LIFE BY NUMBERS

Of course, you can decide to color these any way you want.  These come from Dover Publishing as samples.

BAHAMAS - MUCH DESTROYED but MUCH IS NOT : HURRICANE DORIAN

OFFICIAL SITE OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS

Did you know that the Bahama Islands - 700 of them - are in the ATLANTIC OCEAN and are NOT in the Caribbean ?

I must have read a hundred articles and watched as many videos, searching for NEW information, about the oil spill and the destruction that Hurricane Dorian caused, since the Bahamas claims to have the clearest water on the planet and it's clear that it will take millions - maybe billions of dollars to rebuild Abaco Island and some other parts of the Bahamas.  It's so frightening, the changes in weather, the increased frequency and intensity of storms. People are experiencing intense suffering and loss.

But once you realize how spread out these islands are, you realize that you really can still enjoy much of the Bahamas.  And so - weather permitting - I agree that vacationing in the Bahama Islands and stimulating their economy is something you can do to help the people of that nation of islands.

MERMAID SO GENTLY

SEA OTTERS IN NATURE - CLEAN - INSULATED - FLOATING

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SEA OTTER INFORMATION

Twenty two years old is an average lifespan in the wild for SEA OTTERS, an aquatic member of the weasal family who was once hunted to near extinction for their fur.

SEA OTTERS : CHARLIE THE OLDEST LIVED TO 22 IN CAPTIVITY

LA TIMES : CHARLIE, OLDEST SEA OTTER IN CAPTIVITY DIES AT 22   By Jaclyn Cosgrove

Charlie was rescued during an El Nino year as a pup and lived out his life at the Aquarium of the Pacific, where he participated in science experiments.

SUMMER ENDS - SCHOOL BEGINS - REMEMBER TO REUSE and RECYCLE

Those of you who live by a beach probably know that you should not only take home with you anything you brought in, because even beach garbage cans with open lids can become scattered contents, but also take any other refuse you find, in particular glass, metal, and PLASTIC.  Plastic can break down in the waves and against the rocks but into MICRO-PARTICLES that are digested when sea life eats and breathes.

MICROPARTICLES of plastic also make it into the FOOD CHAIN, and HUMANS have been tested and found to have plastic within their bodies.

This is especially serious when found in women's breasts.

It's possible that microparticles and other chemicals (after all plastic is a chemical) are causing CANCER in humans.

If possible, take water to the beach or out with you in containers that are not made of PLASTIC.  Glass does break and the lids can be a problem, but clean water in clean glass containers is preferable to plastic or metal.

Some of my friends have bought reusuable aluminum water bottles.

I know aluminum is also controversial but I believe PLASTIC is the greater problem.

Siren