9/28/19
COLORING SEA LIFE BY NUMBERS
9/16/19
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.
9/14/19
9/13/19
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.
9/12/19
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.
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.
9/6/19
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
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
8/31/19
8/22/19
BEACH CLEAN UP!
If you live near a shore, chances are there is some volunteer group that you can get together with to clean up the beach. Plastics are especially important to retrieve from the beaches, but all fast food containers, cold drink cans and bottles, everything you bring in, should be picked up and taken to a recycling place or put into home bins for pick up.
Group efforts give you a chance to meet other people who are ecology and animal welfare advocates. But if EVERYONE was mindful about taking all their trash home with them in the first place the beaches would have less refuse on them to clean up between group efforts.
Remember that it takes forever for plastics to degrade and even small worn pieces can be swallowed and kill fish and other sea creatures and birds.
8/14/19
8/9/19
TWELVE FOOT LONG GIANT SQUID CAPTURED ON FILM in GULF OF MEXICO
NEWSWEEK - RARE VIDEO OF 12 FOOT LONG GIANT SQUID by Aristos Georgiou
EXCERPT: "You feel very alive, " Nathan Robinson, one of the scientists aboard the expedition said in a statement, describing the moment that he saw the footage. "There's something instinctual about these animals that captures the imagination of everyone - the wonder that there are these huge animals out there on our planet that we know so little about, and that we've only caught on camera a couple of times."
The Medusa Camera System which uses red light in dark waters that won't scare the creatures was used.
EXCERPT: "You feel very alive, " Nathan Robinson, one of the scientists aboard the expedition said in a statement, describing the moment that he saw the footage. "There's something instinctual about these animals that captures the imagination of everyone - the wonder that there are these huge animals out there on our planet that we know so little about, and that we've only caught on camera a couple of times."
8/8/19
WATCH A RARE VIDEO of a RARE TRANSPARENT PIGLET SQUID!
MOTHER NATURE NETWORK : TRANSPARENT PIGLET SQUID by Ben Bolton
EXCERPT: The piglet squid is able to regulate boyancey with an ammonia-filled internal chamber, and it often floats with its tentacles above its head as you can see in the video (at the website above.) The video was recorded at about 4,544 feet below the ocean near Palmyra Atoll...
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