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ImperfectCJ
Somewhere in the Ocean | Jennifer Ward, T. J. Marsh, Kenneth J. Spengler
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I read the tagged book to two UTK classes today. It's written so it can be sung, with each spread a verse about a different ocean animal. The tune is written out in the back, so although I wasn't sure if the classes would like the book read or sung, I was ready for either. The majority voted for me to sing it, and when I got to the end of each verse, they applauded. I know they're all under 6 years old, but it was still gratifying.

ImperfectCJ Photo is of a sunset walk I took last week because I forgot to photograph the book before I returned it. 1d
ravenlee What a fun lesson! 1d
ImperfectCJ @ravenlee I'm glad they had a good time because otherwise I might feel completely self-indulgent...I love singing in front of people, but I'm always afraid I'm being pushy about it and they're just being polite. But I have never gotten the impression that 4- and 5-year-olds are adept at politeness for the sake of politeness. They may not be discerning listeners, but they wouldn't hesitate to let me know clearly if they didn't like my singing. 🤣 24h
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kelli7990
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I decided to start this book for the #naturalitsy buddy read. I bought this audiobook with a credit I got this month with my Libro FM membership. I‘m not very far into this book but I like it. It‘s interesting so far.

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AnneCecilie
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Pickpick

I loved this one.

Scales looks at how the modern human is affecting the wild life in the seas, and looking especially at emperor penguins, sharks and orcas. She also looks at kelps and reefs, and makes it obvious how connected everything is and how even small interferences by humans can cause great destruction to the sea

Vansa Love this writer and her podcast too 6d
AnneCecilie @Vansa I will read more of her books in future, but I didn‘t know she had a podcast 6d
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Leniverse
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Pickpick

Very interesting and informative, but a bit technical at times.

The TL;DR summary:
People are the worst. We destroy everything with our greed and short sightedness. But not all is lost, and some people are doing awesome things. To save the oceans (and our future) we need to work together globally, but also give the local people of each area a say. And we need to cut carbon emissions. By a lot. Immediately.

#WomensPrizeNF #shortlist

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Leniverse
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Step 1 - Get the governments of poor countries to sell you fishing quotas for a steal
Step 2 - Overfish their waters, wreak their coastline, and destroy the natural habitats of the area
Step 3 - When the impoverished former local fishermen of the area risk their lives getting to Europe in search for work, call them "economic refugees" and "illegal migrants" and deny them entry.

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Suet624 Ugh. 😩 1w
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AnneCecilie
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The matriarch remains the head of the family into her old age, at eighty, ninety, even a hundred years old and way past her menopause; orcas are one of only five animal species in which females are known to outlive their fertility. * Grandmother orcas are the wise elders, keepers of expert knowledge of where to hunt, and they call other members of the pod to them with a splash of their tail.

*The others are short-finned pilot whales, belugas,

AnneCecilie narwhals, and humans 2w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 2w
CSeydel My favorite fact about orcas is that “in the presence of their post-menopausal mothers, young male orcas sustained fewer socially-inflicted injuries.” 2w
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Leniverse Just starting this now! 🤓 2w
AnneCecilie @Leniverse There‘s so many amazing facts in here. I want to quote everything 2w
AnneCecilie @CSeydel Is that from this book or from somewhere else? Amazing either way, shows the importance of females 2w
CSeydel No, it‘s from an article I read once. I haven‘t read this book but it sounds fascinating! 2w
MemoirsForMe 🐳❤️🐳 2w
Jess861 Orca Whales are such magnificent animals! I've been obsessed with them since I was very young. 2w
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AnneCecilie
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Something to think about

lil1inblue 💔 💔 💔 2w
CSeydel 😬😢 2w
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AnneCecilie
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When sharks and rays are finally ready to begin reproducing, things still happen at a slow pace. Female sharks are typically pregnant for a year of more; short fin makos give birth after a year and a half, basking sharks after two and a half. Female greeneye spurdogs, […], are pregnant for between thirty-one and thirty-four months, one of the longest recorded gestations of any animal.
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Except now, of course: Humans are changing the rules, and

AnneCecilie sharks are born into an ocean where being big and living a long, slow life is no longer an advantage. 2w
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AnneCecilie
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Each female produces a single egg, […] She quickly transfers it to her partner, and he balances it on his feet to keep it off the ice […] During storms, the males huddle together to preserve body heat, and their feathers are so good at keeping them warm that now and then they break apart and steam, as if they‘d just stepped out of a sauna. While the fasting males wait out the winter with nothing to eat on the empty ice, they run down their fat

AnneCecilie reserves, and their feathers pack more densely around their shrinking bodies, making their insulation even more effective. 3w
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AnneCecilie
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Wintertime temperatures in Antarctica plunge to - sixty degrees Celsius. The lowest temperature ever recorded on the earth‘s surface -89,2 degrees Celsius, was made in the heart of winter in July 1983 at a research base toughly halfway between Antarctica‘s coast and the South Pole.
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Most living organisms simply could not exist in Antartica‘s winter, especially out of the sea and on the exposed ice. But this is where one species comes each

AnneCecilie year to spend a key part of its life cycle, a feat made possible by its supreme survival skills. An emperor penguin in peak condition is encased in a life-sustaining suit of feathers 3w
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