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The Endangered Animals of Finding Nemo: Great White Sharks

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Cherilyn Chin

G’day mate, my name’s Bruce. I’m a Great White Shark. While I am great, heh heh, I am white only on my belly! The rest of me is gray. In Finding Nemo, my and chums and I had the motto, … Continue reading →

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Alby the Albatross and Plastic, Plastic Everywhere in the Ocean

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Cherilyn Chin

That picture is not me, thank goodness. My name is Alby the Albatross, and it is nice to meet you. That was an albatross chick who most likely died from eating too much plastic. Hundreds of thousands of dead albatross … Continue reading →

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Terry the Pteropod on Ocean Acidification

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Cherilyn Chin

Hello, my name is Terry and I’m a pteropod.  What exactly is a pteropod?  Well, I’m also called a sea butterfly and I have been described as a “coffee bean with wings.”  What I really am is a marine snail … Continue reading →

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Ollie the Octopus on Ocean Acidification

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Cherilyn Chin

Hello, my name is Ollie, and I’m an Octopus.  Welcome to my blog entry, told from the point-of-view of an octopus.  I am ecstatic to have found myself a human translator (or is she an octopus translator??) named Cherilyn.  I … Continue reading →

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