Tag: ocean
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Meet the great white shark
50 years ago, our relationship with the ocean changed. Peter Benchley published Jaws in 1974, casting great white sharks as monsters of the deep who attack humans for no reason. Unfortunately, sharks have found it difficult to overcome this reputation. So, let’s spend a little time talking about great white sharks and their importance to…
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Meet the deep-sea anglerfish
Today is International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate women’s empowerment and gather momentum for even greater achievements in the future. And there’s no better way to celebrate women than by taking a closer look at an animal where the females are in charge: deep-sea anglerfish. Deep-sea anglerfish are bony fish that live deep in…
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Meet the goblin shark
I like finding freaky animals. I just think they’re neat. It’s so much fun to see the variety of animals that we have on this earth. So, when my friend asked if I had ever written about a shark, I took it upon myself to find the freakiest shark possible: the goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni).…
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Meet the sea spider
I do not like spiders. I know, I know. They’re important for catching insects like mosquitos and they serve as an important food source for other animals, like bats. But I still don’t like them. They just have too many legs. So imagine my horror when I learned about sea spiders. There are over 1,300…
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Meet the sea cucumbers
I was talking to my friend, wondering who I should write about this week. She told me I should write about sea cucumbers. I’ll admit, I was skeptical starting out. But friends, these animals are WILD. Some simple facts to start with. There are over 1,000 species of sea cucumbers. They live on the sea…
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Meet the green turtle
This past October, I went to the New England Aquarium in Boston for the first time with some visiting friends. You should go if you’ve never been; it’s a solid aquarium! One of the coolest parts was this giant tank in the center. We’re talking four stories tall. 40 feet wide. 200,000 gallons of salt…