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8/22/20

MAMA HUMPBACK FENDS OF KILLER WHALES TRYING TO EAT HER CALF

DAILY MAIL - HUMPBACK WHALE MOTHER ENDS OFF A POD OF KILLER WHALES TRYING TO ATTACK HER CALF

Whales have whale enemies.  In this article by Charlotte Kapp for Daily Mail Australia, you'll see drone video of the way the Killer Whales, also called Orcas,  attempt to distract the Mama Humpback.  Unfortunately the baby whale was then killed by hunters....

Will you feel angry that men have killed it?

8/15/20

LEARN ABOUT GULLS FROM SAVE COASTAL WILDLIFE ORG


SAVE COASTAL WILD LIFE ORG : HAVE WE MISSED THE POINT ABOUT SEAGULLS? by Joseph Reynolds

EXCERPT: Gulls are extraordinary birds.  They are able to fly long distances and glide over the open ocean for hours in search of food.  Gulls can fly as fast as 28 MPH. They can even drink salty ocean water when thirsty  The birds have evolved to have a special pair of glands right above their eyes to flush the salt form their body through openings in their bill.  This enables a gull to spend several days forging for food atop salty ocean waters without needing to return to land just to get a drink of freshwater...

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Check out this interesting article!  Too often we forget that the birds we see around sea cliffs and beaches are part of the ocean ecology.