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Posted on 9 March, 2017 by milloyd

I had a lot of fun at the aqua van we learned about sea life and what we can do to make it last. There was lots of cool sea creatures such as sea cucumbers, starfish. There was also a lot of cool skulls like Arctic wolfs and even killer whales.there was also the pelts and fur. We learned that the ice is slowly melting and we need to do something fast. If we don’t then do you know what would happen? Well when ice melts it turns into water and that would lead to major flooding in major cities like newyork Tokyo and much more.

aquavan reflection

Posted on 9 March, 2017 by

When I and my class went to go see the things that the aquarium staff brought I saw a fox fur and Also I saw sea urchin and other animals in the box like spider crab one of the coolest thing I saw was the whale teeth but on the first place I thought the whale teeth was sharp but I guess not.

In all the picture there will be interesting facts underneath

Interesting Facts about arctic fox the arctic fox is white and live in the arctic that’s there called the arctic fox they have the warmest pelt in the arctic also they shed fur in the winter there white and in the summer there brown

This is the Spider Crab

interesting fact about Spider Crabs can be found in the fresh waters they have 8 long legs that will will hurt you. The largest spider crab was about 3.8 meters or 12 ft from claw to claw weighing up to 41 pounds or about 19 kg.

The Sea Urchin

Facts about sea urchins has spines that might be poisonous you have to use tweezers to pull them out or you can go to the hospital to get them pulled out they also move slow and feed on algae.Size of sea urchins depends on the species. They usually have 1.2 to 3.9 inches in diameter

Facts about sea anemone rome around in groups they don’t move and if you touch one they have tentacles that stings the predator but dont sting human because we have a tick skin and only clown fish can go move around his tentacle because the sea anemone will think his gonna sting himself.

Facts about sea stars are naturally in the bc coast line and they really don’t move like the sea anemone. sea anemone have stinging tentacles and starfish have suction cups

AquaVan reflection

Posted on 6 March, 2017 by milloyd

The Vancouver aquarium came to visit our school and showed us lots of cool species, one of my favorite section was when daphne(my group instructor) showed the orca whale’s jaw. She held it beside my ear and taped the ear hole and we could hear her tapping wit her finger, it was really interesting because when you look at their head you don’t see their ear. It’s actually right at the tip of their chin that when they meet a friendly dolphin they communicate with clicking noises and he/she communicates by attracting the sound to make it travel through their hole and into their eardrum. I though they didn’t have ears at all, but it’s right beside their eyes and I think they’re really cool mammals.

Something else they showed us was the arctic fox, the arctic fox is a really funny animal because in the spring all of their furs will shed and they’ll look like this.they do that so they like take off their winter coat when it’s spring and summer moreover Arctic foxes generally eat any small animal they can find, including lemmings, voles, other rodents, hares, birds, eggs, fish, and carrion. They scavenge on carcasses left by larger predators such as wolves and polar bears, and in times of scarcity even eat their feces. It is sort of a diet they eat to stay in shape.

AquaVan Reflection Blog

Posted on 22 February, 2017 by milloyd

AquaVan Reflection

My Reflection on the AquaVan…

I really liked when they showed us animals (E.G Sea anemone, Sea urchins, and a crab shell but with no one inside!!) which was cool, but I really want more animals next year.

a lovely Sea Urchin in the water

Next, They showed us animal body parts From a crab shell to a Killer Whale’s Jaw, also saw a small bottle with garbage from to middle of the Pacific Ocean, which was really sad because that one tiny bottle contained a lot of garbage so image like, 1,000,000 of those bottles, so that would a huge amount of garbage.

(By the way this was on a beach)

In conclusion I just wanted to say that we need to act fast to save to ocean, because it will help us for the more years to come.

AquaVan Reflection

Posted on 21 February, 2017 by

On Feb 7 are school got to see and learn about some animals. It was really fun to see some new sea creatures at are school. So here are my reflection about the AquaVan.

So I have a lot of things to say about this event, first of all it was funny to see my friend delina get grossed out by the sea creatures(don’t forget to check out her blog). Also it was cool that we got to touch most of the sea creatures. The people that worked there were really nice too. They taught us a lot about the ocean and all that stuff. Some of the creature looked really weird and creepy such as the sea anemone.

Anemone, Sea Life, Sea, Ocean, Water So that is my reflection about the AquaVan.

Aquavan Reflection

Posted on 20 February, 2017 by milloyd

My class and I had the honor of getting to see (and touch) a bunch of ocean animals with the Aquavan. It was pretty cool.

I’m honestly horrified of the ocean. We don’t know even half of what’s going on down there. But getting to see the creatures gave me small, itty, bitty, tiny, microscopic change of heart.

They were still mysterious, disgusting, and weird but it made me think. What do animals think of us? Are they actually as scared of us as we are of them? If we stopped polluting the ocean, would it help us find more species of things? I thought of these questions for a while but could never find an answer that made sense in words. All I know is that we need to go with the idea I bring up really often. We all need to cooperate. Everyone says they’re gonna help the ocean and such. But how? Talking to your friends about it? Last time I checked you have to do things if you want them to happen.

Here’s an example.

Do you want to help people without enough food?

Then try and start a food bank and donate it to the hundreds of charity that exist.

If you want to help save animals I’ll put in links to a few charities. WWF, Sea Turtles, Save the seals

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