Marine Mammal Rescue Day 2024
Marine Mammal Rescue Day – April 27, 2024
– Marine mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates that bear live young & nourish them with milk as do land mammals.
Marine Conservation
World Penguin Day 2024
World Penguin Day – April 25, 2024
– Penguins have the ability to endure some of the world’s harshest climates and coldest oceans.
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National Dolphin Day 2024
National Dolphin Day – April 14, 2024
– Dolphins are warm-blooded marine mammals that breathe air.
– They are highly intelligent, sociable and playful animals found throughout the world’s waters – in oceans, estuaries, along the coast, and even in freshwater!
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How Plastic Pollution Harms Marine Life
How Plastic Pollution Harms Marine Life: Exploring the Impact.
– Plastic pollution is a global issue that affects beaches, small islands, and even the deepest parts of the ocean.
World Aquatic Animal Day 2024
World Aquatic Animal Day – April 03, 2024
– All aquatic animals include fish, lobsters, dolphins, jellyfish, sharks, sea turtles, starfish, crabs, octopus, whales, seahorses, squid, swordfish, shrimp, killer whales, manta rays, otters, and oysters.
Manatee Appreciation Day 2024
Manatee Appreciation Day – March 27, 2024
– Manatees are gentle creatures and have no natural predators.
International Day of the Seal 2024
International Day of the Seal – March 22, 2024
– Seals are pinnipeds, a group of animals with three separate families—phocidae (eared seals), otaridae (non-eared seals), and odobenidae (walruses).
World Water Day 2024
World Water Day – March 22, 2024
– Water covers about 71 percent of the Earth.
– 96.5 percent of that is ocean water.
– Together, we can protect this precious resource and ensure a sustainable future for all.
World Whale Day 2024
World Whale Day – February 19, 2023
– #WorldWhaleDay
– There are 90 species of whales, scientifically known as cetaceans.
World Jellyfish Day 2023
World Jellyfish Day – November 03, 2022
– Jellyfish have no bones, brains, teeth, blood or fins.
– Their bodies are made up of more than 95 percent water.
African Penguin Awareness Day 2023
African Penguin Awareness Day – October 8, 2022
– #AfricanPenguinAwarenessDay
World Octopus Day 2023
World Octopus Day – October 08, 2023
– Octopus ink hides the animal and also physically harms its attackers.
World Mangrove Day 2023
World Mangrove Day – July 26, 2023
– Mangrove forests grow only at tropical and subtropical latitudes near the equator because they cannot handle the freezing temperatures outside these regions.
Shark Awareness Day 2023
Shark Awareness Day – July 14, 2023
– Sharks do not have bones.
– Sharks use their gills to filter oxygen from the water.
– There are over 500 species of Sharks in the world.
World Orca Day 2023
World Orca Day – July 14, 2023
– Each Orca is individually identified bye its unique dorsal fin and saddle patch.
World Sea Turtle Day 2023
World Sea Turtle Day – June 16, 2023
– Sea turtles come to shore to lay their eggs in a nest they dig in the sand with their rear flippers.