10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2017

The long reef is home to an annual coral spawning event that attracts enormous numbers of charismatic marine megafauna, from whales to Whale Sharks and Manta Rays. The purpose of our trip up Western Australia’s coast was to allow Mum to celebrate her significant birthday milestone of turning 40 by swimming with whale sharks.

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Sharks Whales Whaling Australia 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2013

One of the sheltered bays on Isla Isabel. Northern Humpback Whales visit the waters surrounding Isla Isabel every year to mate and its not unusual to see dozens of these cetaceans breaching and whacking their tales on the ocean surface. Swimming with a whale shark on the boat-trip to Isla Isabel.

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Whales Whaling Sharks Marine Life 259

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

This past weekend I was disconnected from the internet, stuck in the woods without electricity, reduced to sleeping in a shelter made of fabric, and cooked meals over an open fire. You’ll remember Javi from whale-watching. That’s right, I, along with my family and some really good friends, was camping.

New York 174

New York Cooking Chipmunks Owls 174

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 9, 2010

“These filmmakers have given us the pleasure of looking over their shoulders—of doing what I have dreamed of being able to do—to get in a school of fish, to be a dolphin, to be a whale—and swim along with them,” said Dr. Sylvia Earle, Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society. This is the best I’ve ever seen.

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Bahamas Dolphins Sea Turtles Protection 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

It is simply not feasible to safely live-trap thousands of animals and conveniently move them to some rescue shelter…the time and money do not exist, and you will never remove every individual without accidentally killing some. People interested in animal welfare who are against this idea are completely missing the point here.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 204