Tag: oceans
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Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson is free!
Good news! Anti-whaling activist Captain Paul Watson has been released from prison! Denmark has finally refused to extradite him to Japan. “Sometimes, going to jail is necessary to make your point. Every situation offers an opportunity, and this was another chance to shine a global spotlight on Japan’s illegal whaling in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary.…
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Stop them killing sharks for vaccines!
Post from National Geographic by JUSTIN MENEGUZZI Trawling for prey at more than a thousand feet under the surface, scalloped hammerhead sharks rely on a special oil in their livers to survive the crushing pressures of the deep. Shark liver oil, or squalene, is a fatty substance that provides vital buoyancy for this critically endangered…
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W is for Whiting
Whiting noun Oxford Dictionary definition: small edible sea fish. Our definition: Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) fish are similar in appearance to their larger relatives, cod, haddock, coley and pollack. They have three dorsal fins separated by small gaps, the third fin extending almost to the tail fin. The tail is not forked, having almost a square…
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