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Saving Marine Animals that Are NOT Cute

Critter News

People want to save the dolphins and the sea otters, but what about the bluefin tuna? They don't invoke the pathos of the tragic salmon or the merriment of a playful porpoise. It's easier to motivate people to save them as opposed to other species that are vital, but either boring or ugly. It's the same problem with marine life.

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A couple of facts :D

Reddit Animals

. • Gators can have fun, alligators aren't stupid, they can have fun as they along with other crocodilians will give each other piggy back rides, one alligator was seen repeatingly throwing a foot ball that landed in his pond, and another was playing with river otters.

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Seabirding off Cape Point

10,000 Birds

Great Shearwater Yet it is the retrieval of the net that triggers the greatest seabird response as, almost on cue, the otter doors clang on the gantry signalling the next retrieve, and with it the birds converge on the bulging net as it breaks surface surrounded by porpoising Cape Fur Seals and plunge-diving gannets taking immediate advantage of whatever (..)

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