Greetings! Today I bring you the second installment of some really cool manatee facts for you. You’ll definitely impress your friends and family with your newfound manatee knowledge! Manatees are very large marine mammals with two flippers and a body tapering down to a paddle-shaped tail. Ok – let’s put together some cool manatee trivia…
Greetings! You’ve probably read some of my previous blogs on the rare and unique Florida manatee (yours truly). Well I thought it would be fun if I created a series of manatee fact challenges to test your manatee knowledge! This blog contains Manatee Facts Challenge 1. Just select your answer from each of the four choices under the…
Greetings! I have some rather sobering news for you concerning the serious issue of human-caused climate change. According to a new landmark report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), “Glaciers and ice sheets from the Himalayas to Antarctica are rapidly melting. And the fisheries that feed millions of people are shrinking.” There were more than 100 scientists from…
Greetings! What would you say if I told you that the nudibranch is a rather high-class fashion model roaming around in our seas? What? Well it’s true! This is how famed National Geographic photographer David Doubilet described nudibranchs. Okay – now what-in-the-world is a nudibranch? A nudibranch (pronounced NEW-dee-bronk), is a soft-bodied, shell-less marine mollusk or sea slug. Their…
Greetings! I have some more sobering news for you on the subject of climate change. CNN meteorologist Chad Myers has been a skeptic of climate change for years. Myers was convinced that the “earth would reach a greenhouse gas equilibrium where the ocean and plant life would absorb the excess CO2 that humans produced.” Than in 2013 – reports that Myers…
Greetings! I have some interesting news for you. Western Australia’s World Heritage area of the Exmouth Gulf and Ningaloo Coast are now hanging in the balance as scientists plead for additional conservation efforts. This area supports approximately 2,000 species of fauna and of course my first cousin, the dugong. Dr. Ben Fitzpatrick, Hope Spot Champion and Director of Oceanwise Australia explains, “this site…
Greetings! Did you know that a manatee’s habitat relies on estuaries? It’s true. Estuaries, along with their surrounding wetlands are actually bodies of water. And they are mostly found where rivers meet the sea. Estuaries are home to unique plant and animal communities, which have adapted to brackish water – a blend of fresh water…
Greetings! Here’s more sobering news about the ongoing historical effects of Climate Change… According to AccuWeather, “Europe’s second heat wave of summer 2019 has spread record high temperatures across the continent, making Paris surpass its hottest temperature ever recorded. The city has never been hotter than it was on Thursday (7/25), as the heat wave pushed temperatures to…
Greetings! Here is some good news about banning single-plastic use items… …According to Bali Governor, Wayan Koster from an article in the Jakarta Post, “Bali has banned the use of single-use plastic items in a bid to cut down on ocean pollution.” This new law, which bans plastic bags, straws and Styrofoam, went into effect on July 2nd, after Bali’s six-month…
Greetings! This is my sixth blog installment talking about some very cool and awesome manatee facts. You know – it’s really not a bad life at all being a manatee! Why? Because the manatee has no real agenda to follow. And get this – a normal day for a manatee is spent swimming, eating, resting and…
