Ghost shrimp, humpbacks, tiny plankton: See Puget Sound surge with springtime life By Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times
Published: April 25, 2021, 12:37pm
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POSSESSION SOUND, Everett Now is the sweet season, with its lengthening days and warm radiance of spring on Puget Sound.
The return of the light is rousing the natural world from dormancy. Puget Sound is on the rebound, not only in the turn of the season, but in a resurgence of life.
Today there are more humpbacks and gray whales, more harbor porpoises and seals, more sea lions and more orcas in these waters than a generation ago. These surging populations are the result of decades of protection. An exception are southern resident killer whales, an endangered species. They, and the Chinook salmon the southern residents primarily eat, are struggling for survival against an array of threats.
RAREST of marine mammals, an Arctic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) has been spotted in Wales a week after being seen in Ireland.
In home Arctic waters they usually live in open water, and in large groups near to shore or on ice floes.
They mainly eat shellfish and other invertebrate marine animals. They sometimes catch fish and even small seals and other smaller marine mammals.
Our Arctic walrus has been seen on rocks near Broad Haven South beach, Pembrokeshire, before moving further south to Tenby where it is currently hanging out. It is thought to be the same one also seen previously off the coast of Co Kerry.
Find Who Wrote Trump on Manatee to Get $8,000, Says Animal Rights Group
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The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) is offering an $8,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever wrote the word Trump on the back of a threatened manatee.
The West Indian manatee was found swimming in Florida s Homosassa River in January. Wildlife officials said the word appeared to have been spelt out using the algae that often grows on the back of manatees and was not carved into the animal s skin, as early reports had suggested.
West Indian manatees, also known as
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$2 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion attracts more opposition
The project aims to restore and sustain eroding wetlands in and around Barataria Bay, an area that stretches roughly from southeastern Lafourche Parish to southwestern Plaquemines.
Mark Schleifstein
NEW ORLEANS Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and the St. Bernard Parish Council have come out against the proposed $2 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.
The officials called it a threat to commercial and recreational fishing, bottlenose dolphins and the economies and cultures of St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes.
Councilwoman Kerri Callais said the estimated 21 square miles of new land created by the diversion over 50 years is not enough to offset the potential loss of revenue from fisheries or the effects on the area s heritage.
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