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Overhead pictures of the holding pools at The Dolphin House (Source 2) Have you ever looked at an animal and wondered to yourself... "What if they could speak?" Well you aren't alone in that thought. In 1949, a young medic by the name of John Lilly came across a beached pilot whale on the coast near his hometown in Massachussets. John was fascinated with how large the animals brain was and started to imagine how intelligent the creature must have been when alive. According to

Africa is home to many different species of animals both big and small. Today we will be focusing on 2 species of mamba that are exclusive to Sub-Saharan Africa. The Black Mamba and the Green Mamba. There are 3 different types of green mamba, the eastern green mamba, western green mamba, and jamesons mamba. For today, we will be focusing on the eastern green mamba. Picture #1 (Source 1) Taxonomy: “The Latin name angusticeps comes from “angustus” meaning narrow and “ceps” an

You’re a whale just living life and swimming with your pod in the ocean, when all of a sudden… you hear it. A song coming from the depths. It isn’t a siren or some mythical melodious creature… it's a rival pod in your territory. Why are they there? And more importantly, What do they want? When people hear the term “whale song” a few different things come to mind. The “whale speak” from Finding Dory, an eerie sound from the depths in a horror film, or most commonly the langua

(Source 1) Drowning... Cold. Dark. Painful. Bloody. Imagine it. You're swimming along minding your business when someone scoops you up in a net and suddenly you can't breathe. You are gasping for breath and your vision is blurry when you feel pain. Excruciating pain. Are you suffocating? No, the pain is lower. Suddenly you realize. Your fins... are gone. You're struggling to breathe and in horrific pain when you are thrown... flying through the air you feel the cold shock of

The remains of a whale fall near the Davidson Seamount in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: OET/NOAA (Source 2) Welcome to the very first post on Pollinator vs. Predator! I am so excited to start this journey with you! (All sources will be cited at the bottom of the post) The oceans of the world are a mysterious place filled with beauty, wonder, life, and a harsh reality for those that live there. Survival is easy for some, hard for others, and death is inevitabl