tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63192293086285377562024-03-19T14:39:20.072-07:00NEPTUNE 911 For KidsA Fun Place For Young Children To Learn More About Our Seas, Our Trash, and Us.Charmaine Coimbrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610509591884176678noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319229308628537756.post-11140851284728164702018-03-09T22:08:00.000-08:002018-03-09T22:08:05.520-08:00The Coolest Whale Video Ever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">From birth, Connor loved the water. It soothed him, drew him in and was always his happy place ... During a trip to visit family in Hawaii, Connor saw a wild monk seal on an early morning walk down the beach (and) he had to learn all there was to learn about the endangered monk seal. Learning how these curious creatures are often entangled in discarded fishing nets and leftover beach trash set the five-year-old on a mission to clean up as many beaches as he could...What started as one little boy's mission to save endangered monk seals has grown into a movement of kids determined to change the fate of the oceans!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Aquarium of the Pacific has awarded Connor with the 2017 Youth Hero of the Year Award for his ongoing efforts on ocean conservation. And he earned the </span><span style="font-size: large;">2017 Earth Warrior Hero Award.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's a garden of pickles growing in the Pacific Ocean!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">OK, that's not exactly true, but there aren "Millions of tubular sea creatures called pyrosomes (that) have taken over the Pacific Ocean in an unprecedented bloom," reports an <a href="http://www.opb.org/news/article/massive-bloom-of-pickle-shaped-sea-creatures-fills-the-pacific/#.WUkj86suyJY.twitter">Oregon newspaper.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Scientists are baffled and in a pickle trying to explain these pickle-looking sea creatures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"These bumpy, translucent organisms look like sea cucumbers that range in size from six inches to more than two feet long...</span><br />
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<br />Charmaine Coimbrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610509591884176678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319229308628537756.post-19511394332907132672017-03-29T09:48:00.004-07:002017-03-29T09:48:56.690-07:00Marine Debris Art Contest Winner<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Congratulations to our <a href="https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/2018-marine-debris-calendar-art-contest-winners">Annual NOAA Marine Debris Program Art </a>Contest winners, whom will be featured in the 2018 Marine Debris Calendar! This year, we received more than 500 entries from kindergarten to 8th-grade students with incredible visual messages on what we need to do to be the solution to ocean pollution. Thank you to all the students who participated in this year's contest!</span><br />
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<br />Charmaine Coimbrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610509591884176678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319229308628537756.post-67798050801164578032017-03-06T08:45:00.002-08:002017-03-06T08:45:32.812-08:00"Dr. Whizzepuff Explains Climate Change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.heirstoouroceans.com/about/">HEIRS TO OUR OCEANS</a>. That’s who we are, along with your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and newly-spawned zygotes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Heirs to our oceans are the next generation and the future generations who will inherit this planet and all that comes with it…. after your generation is done with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We live just near the Pacific Ocean. We have learned about and seen the atrocities to our ocean. We have studied what is happening to know why action is needed to end the human impact on our planet’s oceans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>We are sad. We are mad. We are motivated. We are inspired. We are hopeful. We are tenacious. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And together we are taking action.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are committing this next year, summer 2016 through summer 2017, to diving further into learning about the issues we and our oceans face. We will take you along in our voyage so that you too might learn and be inspired to join us in our efforts to ensure that the oceans and the magnificent and necessary life within them are on this planet, alive and well, for our generation and our children’s. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, we are making a movie. No not a dull drab documentary. A movie. One that will move you, make you laugh, make you cry, make you excited, make you concerned, make you want to change, make you want to encourage others to change, make you want to join us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are the Heirs To Our Oceans, and we have a job to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hop in and ride this wild wave with us. </span><br />
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Charmaine Coimbrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610509591884176678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319229308628537756.post-84242263189974524592016-06-06T09:49:00.002-07:002016-06-06T09:49:59.600-07:00Watch Dory. Don't Buy Her. She's Fragile in the Wild<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did you know that the real Dory is a Pacific blue tang, and is now being illegally collected and kept as pets? Well, it is a beautiful fish, and the character is charming in the <i>Finding Nemo</i> films, BUT</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"They graze algae on coral reefs, which is a very important job because it prevents the corals from being overgrown," <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/biologists-are-urging-finding-dory-fans-not-to-buy-blue-tang-fish-2016-6">said behavioral ecologist, Culum Brown.</a></span></div>
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<br />Charmaine Coimbrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610509591884176678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319229308628537756.post-88547264535997850772016-04-18T09:31:00.003-07:002016-04-18T09:32:56.360-07:00Giant Leatherback Turtle Surprises Whale Watchers<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">...On the Whale Watching vessel </span><i><span style="font-size: large;">San Mateo</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"> out of Dana Wharf in California, the whale watching crew came upon a giant Leatherback Turtle. The turtle ... first looked like a sea monster to the crew. It surfaced and was dragging a huge string of kelp. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The crew member Jason Kunewa who recognized it as a turtle as it came closer to the boat realized the kelp was wrapped around its left flipper and neck. He quickly got his GoPro and a knife and jumped in the water, Jason reported that the leatherback turtle was a long as him but must have weighed close to 700 lbs... Capt Bo Daniel assisted Jason from the deck. Due to the heroic efforts of Kunewa, he was quickly able to cut it free as you will see in this video The leatherback turtle quickly swam free out of sight. Jason rescued a “HONU” and we are so proud that he works for us and cares so deeply about Mother Earth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From <a href="http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/education/kids_times_turtle_leatherback.pdf">NOAA's Kid's Times</a>: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leatherbacks are the largest of the sea turtles. Adult leatherback turtles are 4-8 feet long and weigh 650-1,300 lbs. They are mostly black on top with white and pink spots </span><span style="font-size: large;">on the head, neck, and carapace. The plastron is mottled with pink, white and black. They have two tooth-like cusps on either side of the upper jaw. Leatherback hatchlings are 2-3 inches in length with fore flippers as long as their bodies and unique white striping along the ridges of their backs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because leatherbacks are such strong swimmers, they are able to make long distance migrations across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans from their feeding grounds to their nesting beaches. Leatherback turtles are regularly found much further north than other sea turtle species. As cold-blooded reptiles, a leatherback turtle’s body temperature should be the same as the temperature of the water, but they have been reported in water temperatures below 43°F. No other reptile has ever been known to remain active at such a low temperature. Due to their large size and a special characteristic of their circulatory system, leatherbacks are able to conserve body heat and survive in cooler water temperatures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leatherback turtles love jellyfish! It seems very unlikely that such a large turtle would eat something so small that consists mainly of water, but they eat tons of them. Leatherbacks also eat sea squirts and other soft-bodied animals. They have scissor-like jaws and a mouth lined with stiff spines that point backwards to help them swallow their soft prey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Charmaine Coimbrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610509591884176678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319229308628537756.post-69631602939740171462016-03-08T12:43:00.001-08:002016-03-08T12:45:25.026-08:00Wild Sea Otter Gives Birth Near Aquarium<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From Monterey Bay Aquarium<br />
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Otterly amazing! A wild sea otter mom, seeking shelter from stormy seas, gave birth to her pup in our Great Tide Pool this weekend as guests and staff watched. This mom and pup pair are not part of the Aquarium's Sea Otter Program so they may return to their wild kelp forest home at any time, but we’re so grateful to have had this incredible first-hand look at their lives.<br />
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Our sea otter researchers have been studying wild otters for over 30 years but have never seen a birth happen so close. Not that long ago, southern sea otters were hunted to near extinction but now, thanks to laws and a change of heart toward these furriest of sea creatures, the otter population in Monterey Bay has rebounded.<br />
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If you missed the live birth we shared on Periscope, check out the <a href="https://katch.me/MontereyAq/v/80ee4b41-4435-32e0-85e0-9c8816448ff8">rebroadcast</a>. You can also stay up to date through our Facebook page, on Twitter and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/montereybayaquarium/">Instagram</a>, and read more about the events as they unfold via <a href="https://montereybayaquarium.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>.<br />
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We’re amazed and awed to have had a chance to witness this Monterey Bay conservation success story in our own backyard.<br />
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Welcome to the world, little otter!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Born last December in California's Monterey Bay, this day old wild otter pup casually rests on its mother's belly for a grooming and a nap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">California sea otters once populated the coast in the hundreds of thousands. The sea otter has plush, soft fur that keeps it warm in cold ocean waters. Unfortunately, it was the beautiful, warm fur that brought these otters to near extinction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, otters are protected. They struggle, but moments like the one gives all of us hope.</span><br />
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<br />Charmaine Coimbrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610509591884176678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319229308628537756.post-65712318099610348162015-12-15T15:37:00.000-08:002015-12-15T15:37:36.636-08:00Ocean Awareness Contest for Young Artists<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We invite middle and high school students from around the world in the 2016 Ocean Awareness Student Contest! The theme is Making Meaning out of Ocean Pollution, and it challenges you to research, explore, interpret, and say something meaningful about the connections between human activities and the health of our oceans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year, we challenge you to focus on ONE type of ocean pollution and “make meaning” of it through art, poetry, prose, or film. We would encourage you to connect it with your own life, your own local community, or something else that is personally meaningful to you, but what’s most important is to pick a topic that inspires and motivates you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is an interdisciplinary contest that weaves together ocean awareness, creativity, and advocacy. Advocacy means taking a stand for something you believe in. It requires problem-solving skills, assertiveness, and most of all, knowing when to call the world to action.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While learning from science, history, and personal experience will inform your entry, there is no “right” way to do meaningful advocacy. Use your creativity to make art, poetry, prose, or films that inspire and empower a new generation of ocean stewardship!</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;">Here are the top 10 kinds of trash picked up after Halloween--and since the ocean is downhill from everything, imagine how much of this trash winds up in the sea--feeding that Marine Debris Monster. Ooooooooooooooooo, that's scary stuff.</span></span><br />
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<br />Charmaine Coimbrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610509591884176678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319229308628537756.post-62441832318333853812015-10-09T12:12:00.000-07:002015-10-09T12:12:51.145-07:00A Dragon Story With A Sea-ful Twist<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Dragon-Dreamer-J-Burke-ebook/dp/B00K9DHTU2/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1">The Dragon Dreamer</a> is a young adult science fiction adventure with dragons and a detailed undersea world that has inspired kids to learn more about the sea, says author, <a href="http://www.jennysburke.com./">J.S. Burke</a> who worked as a marine biologist for the Florida Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Marine Research.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ms. Burke, who specialized in science research papers, admits that not everyone will read a science research paper, especially younger readers. So, she wrote The Dragon Dreamer as a young adult (ages 9 and up) science fiction adventure with a young dragon named Arak, and a detailed undersea world to help young people learn more about the sea.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Arak is a misfit dragon who gets lost in mind-trance, so he's called "Dreamer" and ridiculed. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Determined to prove himself he leaves on a dangerous quest, is caught in a fierce sea-storm, and crashes. Badly wounded, he faces death. A fearless, undersea shape-shifter named Scree heals him, and an unexpected friendship begins.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other science books for youngsters by Jenny S. Burke include, Crystal Colors, Fantasy Snowflake Activities, Crystal Geometry and Crystal Clouds. To learn more about these books, visit </span><a href="http://www.jennysburke.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.jennysburke.com</span></a><br />
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Charmaine Coimbrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610509591884176678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319229308628537756.post-7701390956579928442015-09-14T12:42:00.000-07:002015-09-14T12:42:03.345-07:00"Plastic, Ahoy!" -- The Science of Plastic Waste for Kids<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you draw a line on a flat map of the planet, you will cross about <b>165 major rivers.</b> Each one of those rivers will end in one of <b>5 oceans</b>: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we accidentally lose a plastic bottle filled with juice, soda, tea or water, and it winds up in a river, guess where it ends up?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It could end up on any of the above three locations. But if that bottle isn’t picked up and properly put away—like in a recycling bin—eventually it could end up in one of the 5 oceans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Children’s book author, <a href="http://www.patriciamnewman.com/">Patricia Newman</a>, wrote about students learning the science of plastics and the ocean. Her award-winning book, “<a href="http://www.patriciamnewman.com/books/plastic-ahoy/">Plastic, Ahoy! — Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch</a>” is a real-life science book about what happens when our plastic trash ends up in the </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And there is so much plastic in the ocean now that scientists worry. They worry if plastic has become part of the food tiny fish eat. Then they worry if the bigger fish that eat those tiny fish filled with plastic, become filled with plastic too. The next worry is, what about the fish we eat? Are they filled with plastic? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also know that dolphins, sea turtles, whales, seals, and sea birds become trapped in plastic waste and that they often mistake plastic waste for food. Plastic isn't food. It's poison when eaten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How can you help? This Saturday, September 19, 2015, kids and grown-ups from around the world will help keep plastics out of our oceans. It is <a href="http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/international-coastal-cleanup/">International Coastal Cleanup Day</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2014, 560,000 volunteers in 91 countries picked up more than 16 million pounds of trash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">What is marine debris? It's trash that winds up in the ocean. You can make a difference and help prevent trash from landing in the ocean. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Watch for a special post from children's book author, <a href="http://www.patriciamnewman.com/">Patricia Newman</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Meanwhile, learn how </span></div>
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Charmaine Coimbrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610509591884176678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319229308628537756.post-81302141616567238452015-08-17T08:40:00.000-07:002015-08-17T08:40:55.969-07:00Be a Plover Lover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who doesn't love a walk along the beach? Discovery is everywhere. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Snowy plovers are tiny shore birds that are threatened species. That means, they are not doing very well and could become extinct. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They make their nests on the beach. And that's the snowy plover's challenge. The nests are hard to see by us because they are tucked into dried kelp, driftwood and rocks. But coyotes, raccoons, owls and falcons can find them and dine on the eggs or the even the baby chicks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because their nests are camouflaged, you and I are a big danger to snowy plovers too. And while our dogs love to run on the beach with us, they can accidentally destroy a snowy plover nest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We can help the snowy plover by staying far away from areas where they nest during March and September. Watch for signs and ropes on the beach. And remember Share the Beach and become a Plover Lover!</span></div>
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<br />Charmaine Coimbrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610509591884176678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319229308628537756.post-80099188177741549862015-08-03T09:04:00.000-07:002015-08-03T09:04:14.270-07:0010 Amazing Facts About Lion's Mane Jellyfish<span style="font-size: large;">We have a special guest today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This guest post is by Cherilyn Jose, a SCUBA diver, photographer, writer and blogger. Her blog, "Ocean of Hope: Marine Animals Voice Their Wishes" is often written from an animal's point-of-view. Check it out here <a href="http://protecttheoceans.org/wordpress/">Ocean of Hope: Marine Animals Voice Their Wishes</a> and follow her on twitter @protectoceans</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Note: Since Jellyfish aren’t really fish, I will now refer to them as Jellies instead</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">The Lion’s Mane Jelly is the largest Jelly in the ocean. Its bell can reach up to 8 feet in diameter, and its tentacles up to 120 feet long (that’s longer than a blue whale!).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">The Lion’s Mane Jelly lives in the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Arctic Oceans.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">The Lion’s Mane Jelly is bioluminescent (glows in the dark!).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Like all jellies, the Lion’s Mane Jelly has no brain, blood, or nervous system.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Like all jellies, the Lion’s Mane Jelly is 95% water.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">There are 200 species of True Jellies.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">All Jellies are radially symmetrical.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Jellies have no eyes, but rather eye spots that detect light and dark.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Lion’s Mane Jellies have nematocysts in their tentacles that they use to sting their prey. Nematocysts are barbs (sharp points) filled with venom.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">A Jelly can sting you even if washed up on the beach so be careful! Jelly stings on humans can be treated with vinegar to lessen the pain.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Coral is a beautiful plant in the ocean. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">NO! Wait! That's wrong. It's not a beautiful plant! <u>It's a beautiful animal!</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Coral is also <a href="http://neptune911.com/2011/02/24/corals-the-most-endangered-animal-on-the-planet/">one of the most endangered animals</a> on the planet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Coral lives in reefs in tropical and subtropical waters. Many of those reefs are in trouble from pollution, warming waters from climate change, a higher rate of acid changing ocean waters, and from over fishing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ocean researchers have learned that coral can be saved. A group of kids far from the coral reefs in Florida, spent part of their summer vacation to help save a coral reef along the Florida Keys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Twenty boys and girls from land-locked Colorado, from ages 12 to 16, traveled to Florida to learn more about the <a href="http://www.coralrestoration.org/">Coral Restoration Foundation.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Students learned how to dive and "plant" coral pieces in a coral nursery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The students told reporter, <a href="http://www.keysnet.com/2015/06/05/503035/colorado-students-help-save-keys.html">Don Rhodes, for Key Info Net</a>, that the experience "opened a whole new world for me," "..it broadened my view of the world and gave us a bonding experience with the other kids.” Others were thrilled seeing sting rays and turtles in their natural home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who can't wait to hit the beach this summer? There are sand castles to build. Surf to slide and ride. Picnics. Volleyball. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We love the beach! Now let's show our love with these three easy ways to keep it healthy this summer.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Beach toys</b>: Be sure every single plastic toy comes back home with you. The ocean doesn't need one more piece of plastic in it. Did you know that some stores sell recycled plastic beach toys? One company even makes "plastic" beach toys that biodegrade.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Food wrappers</b>: Yikes! Plastic bags so easily slip away and into the ocean. Boo! Try using wax paper or pack your lunch in take-home containers instead. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Juice and drink containers</b>: Did you know that those tiny little plastic lids from a bottle of juice, water, and tea are one of the biggest ocean polluters? Did you know that many seabirds have mistaken those containers for food? That's not a good thing. Be sure to properly dispose of those tiny lids. The ocean and its creatures will thank you. Also be sure to recycle those plastic bottles. </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Monday, June 1, while on a gray whale watch in California, viewers saw a rare sight, a mother gray whale with two calves at her side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Either the mother gave a very rare birth to twins or one of the calves lost its mother and was adopted by this mother. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They were swimming north to return to their feeding grounds </span><span style="font-size: large;">near Alaska. Gray whales swim about 6,000 miles from their wintertime stay in the lagoons of Baja California to Alaska.</span>Charmaine Coimbrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610509591884176678noreply@blogger.com0