#white-spotted guitarfish

[weirdanimal-tournament]

THE COMPETITORS

After hours of filtering, I have a list! From 411 submisstions to 134 competitors. Of course, that means that not all the submissions are competing. My main rule for filtering was that when many similar animals were submitted, one was selected. This means that even if your submission din't get in, there is likely somthing else similar you can vote for instead! I'm hoping to get the polls out this Saturday or Sunday, and I'll post the time once it's decided. That being said... here's the list!

Mouse deer

Blanket octopus

Twenty plume moth

Anomalocaris

Caecilian

Bagworm moth caterpillars

Balaenognathus

Banded archerfish

Barnacle

Barreleye fish

Tripod fish

Bigfin squid

Bilby

Black sea hare

Black snub nosed monkey

Blobfish

Blue sea dragon 

Nano-chameleon

Bush brown caterpillar

Chinese water deer

Maned wolf

Colugo

Common spotted cuscus

Corpse Assassin Bug

Messmate pipefish

Cotylorhynchus

creatonotos gangis

Tongue eating louse

Ganges river dolphin 

ghost pipefish

Giant Anteater

Giant gippsland earthworm

Giant tube worm

Giraffe Weevil

Glowworms

Goblin shark

Golden mole

Green-banded broodsac

Greenland shark

Gum leaf skeletonizer caterpillars

Hagfish

Hallucigenia

Hammer head bat

Helicoprion

Honduran white bat

Short horned lizard

Green hydra

Jerboa

Jerusalem cricket

Lamprey

Largetooth sawfish

Bulwer’s pheasant

Lowland Streaked Tenrec

Lyrebird

Marbled polecat

Mata mata

Mexican mole lizard

Ghost faced bat

Mudskipper

Muntjac

Naked bulldog bat

Naked mole rat

Phillipene tube nosed fruit bat

Oarfish 

Mantis shrimp

Ogre faced spider

Okapi

platypus

Pangolin

Parrot fish

Partridge bug

Pelican eel

Asian giant softshell turtle

Pink fairy armadillo

Pipa pipa

Platybelodon

Portuguese Man O War

Potoos

Predatory tunicate

Pufferfish

Sea spider

Red lipped batfish

Bowmouth guitarfish

Roseate spoonbill

Pink iguana

Royal albatross

Sage grouse

Saiga antelope

Sailfin dragon

Volcano snail

Schaefer’s anglerfish

Sea cucumber

Sea pig

Sea sheep

Sharovipteryx

Echidna

Assassin spider

Spider tailed viper

Siphonophore

Solenodon

Spectral bat

Spix’s disc winged bat

Spotted wobbegong

Stalk-eyed fly

Stoplight loosejaw

Giant phantom jelly

Sunfish

Sword billed hummingbird

Tailless whip scorpion 

Tapir 

Tardigrade

Tarsier

Telescopefish

Woodcock

Aye-aye

Bobbit worm

Nautilus

Glass frog

Immortal jellyfish

Olm

Mirror spider

Trilobite Beetle

Trumpetfish

Vampire bat

Vampire squid

Velvetworm

Wonderfish

Wrinkle-faced bat

#animals #animal #weird animals #weird animal #tournament #competition #poll #polls #zoology

[pennylanefics]

i love sharks and i love greta. i had to do this. i've had this done for like almost two months and i really am so proud of it 😂 i include photos of the sharks and why i associate them with each guy :) it's quite a long post...but enjoy!!

Whale shark

Gentle giant

So cute and sweet, doesn't bite people because it doesn't have teeth (the shark...not Danny)

Beautiful pattern - Danny's freckles/rhinestones??

Tiger Shark

Distinct stripes

Reminds me of his highlights, kind of, in a way

Distinct snout...Daniel's beautiful, beautiful nose

Blacktip Reef

One of my favorite sharks

I don't know, i just love them, they're so cute

I also love Danny and he is cute

Black tips = Danny's eyeliner

Lemon

Distinct yellow-ish skin

Compare it to Danny's blonde highlights

Epaulette

SO CUTE

Distinct markings, some remind me of Danny's freckles

Pajama shark

Stripes remind me of Jake

The Pants™

That's basically it

Oceanic Whitetip

The Joops sparkling/showing from under his hair remind me of the shark's white tips. That's it

Bonnethead

My absolute favorites

They are just so cute

Look like they have little hats (kind of?), a little reminiscent of Jake's hats

Thresher

Jake whips his hair back on stage all the time

Threshers whip their tail to hunt prey (it's really fucking cool)

I love these guys

Shovelnose Guitarfish

These are so cool

Got their nickname from how they look like/are shaped like a guitar

Jake...guitar...no further explanation

Zebra Shark

The spots remind me of Josh's rhinestones

They are so beautiful. Josh is beautiful. Yeah.

Mako

Very slender, making it the fastest shark in the ocean

Josh is fast as fuck prancing around on stage. Also in the "Age of Machine" video

Josh has a slender, snatched waist too

Nurse Shark

Reminds me of his little mustache

Honestly, that's it

Silky

Named for their soft, silky skin

We all know Josh has soft skin, let's be real. It's been confirmed by fans too

Wobbegong

These reminds me of Josh's second DIG outfit

Giving of the vibes of carpet...hence the classification of carpetshark

Blue Shark

Blue sharks are sometimes forgotten, and I feel like I forget about Sam sometimes...whoops

Great White

Eats/bites things out of curiosity

Well...Sam has been known to do the same

Leopard Shark

He wears leopard prints a lot

Plus the "whiskers"/feelers is very similar to Sam's mustache

Basking

He always has his mouth open in photos

Basking sharks feed with their mouths open, AKA filter feeding

Bull Shark

I forgot my reasoning for this one but it seems reasonable

I have no clue...

They're aggressive, though, and I feel Sam gives off the same energy when talking in conversations/interviews

#greta van fleet #gvf #gvf as #danny wagner #jake kiszka #josh kiszka #sam kiszka #gvf as sharks #sharks #this needed to exist i am not sorry for it #i had so much fun making this

[fuckyeahaquaria]

White-Spotted Guitarfish | Rhynchobatus australiae

#white-spotted guitarfish #white #spotted #guitarfish #guitar #fish #Rhynchobatus australiae #saltwater #ocean #sea #marine #underwater #undersea #nature #aquatic #aquaria #aquablr #sandy #coral reef #marine biology #scuba diving

[mondaymorgue]

A giant Shovelnose Ray (Rhynchobatus sp.) was found dead along the shores of Brgy. San Miguel, Dulag, Leyte last 9 March.

Source: Rochie Montano Adolfo Facebook, via Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines Facebook

This is a Wedgefish (Rhynchobatus sp.); several species are known from the Indo-Pacific. Based on the external morphology, this is likely to be a White-spotted Wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australiae). The missing dorsal fins might be an indication that it had been finned.

#white-spotted wedgefish #white-spotted guitarfish #Rhynchobatus australiae #guitarfish #wedgefish #shovelnose ray #Rhinidae #Rhynchobatidae #Rhinopristiformes #sharks and rays #rays #elasmobranchs #Chondrichthyes #fishes #marine #shark finning #threats #fishing #human activities #Leyte #Visayas #Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines

[galbium]

The full book title contains 3777 words and reads as follows: 'The historical development of the Heart i.e. from its formation from Annelida: Clam worm, Seamouse, Lugworm, Megascolex, Tubifex, Pheretima, Freshwater leech, marine leech, land leech. Arthropoda: Ladybird, Krill, Rock Barnacle, Root-headed Barnacle, Copepod, Silverfish, Cairns birdwing, Silver - spotted skipper, Scutigera, Cray fish, Large white, Andonis blue, Camberwell beauty, Tiger swallowtail, Regent skipper, Black – veined white, Green – underside blue, Blue Morpho, Apollo, Guava skipper, Cleopatra, Large copper, Millipede, Orb spider, Black widow spider, Giant crab spider, Wolf spider, Bird – eating spider, Tenebrionid beetle, Green Tiger beetle, African goliath beetle, Scolopendra, Diving beetle, African ground beetle, New guinea weevil, Barnacle, Lobster, Shrimp, Woodlice, Mite, Prawn, Housefly, Butterfly, Monarch butterfly, Peacock butterfly, Honey bee, Fairy shrimp, Horsehoe crab, Tick, Bluebootle, Froghopper, Yellow crazy ant, Water flea, Sea spider, Fiddler crab, Shiny spider crab, Hermit crab, Sail swallowtail, Red admiral, Morpho butterfly, Desert locust, Stephens island weta, Speckled bush cricket, Mole cricket, Dung – beetle, Euthalia ynipardus, Small blues, Termite, Hornet, Mosquito, Garden spider, Tarantula, Desert hairy scorpion, Emperor dragon – fly, Moth, Centipede, Wood ant, Stag beetle, Indian red admiral, Blue admiral, Harvestman, Hoverfly, Shield bug, Assassin bug, Cicada, Coreid bug, Rose aphid, Water – boatman, Wasp, June bug, Large tortoiseshell, Frog beetle, Mexican red – legged tarantula, Paintedlady, Sydney funnelweb spider, Small tortoiseshell, Mountain bumble bee, Trapdoor spider, Jumping spider, Daddy longlegs spider, Orchind bee, Asian carpenter bee, Parasitic bee, House spider, Giant longhorn beetle, Flea, Bedbug Beetle, Cockroach, Scorpion, Spider, Ant, Gnats, Grasshopper, Silver fish, Crab, Great green bush cricket, Elephant hawk – moth. Mollusca: Neomenia, Chaetoderma, Chiton, Lepidopleurus, Apple snail, Sea hare, Sea lemon, Dentalium, Freshwater mussel, Marine mussel, Pearl oyster, Cuttlefish, Giant squid, Chambered fish, Devilfish. Fishes or Pisces: African glass catfish, African lungfish, Aholehole, Airbreathing catfish, Alaska blackfish, Albacore, Alewife, Alfonsino, Algae eater, Alligatorfish, Alligator gar, Amberjack - Seriola dumerili, American sole, Amur pike, Anchovy, Anemonefish, Angelfish, Angler, Angler catfish, Anglerfish, Antarctic cod, Antarctic icefish, Antenna codlet, Arapaima, Archerfish, Arctic char, Armored gurnard, Armored searobin, Armorhead, Armorhead catfish, Armoured catfish, Arowana, Arrowtooth eel, Asian carps, Asiatic glassfish, Atka mackerel, Atlantic Bonito (Sarda sarda), Atlantic cod, Atlantic herring, Atlantic salmon, Atlantic Sharpnose Shark - Rhizoprioltodon terraenovae, Atlantic saury, Atlantic silverside, Australasian salmon, Australian grayling, Australian herring, Australian lungfish, Australian prowfish, Ayu, Baikal oilfish, Bala shark, Ballan wrasse, Bamboo shark, Banded killifish, Bandfish, Banjo, Bangus, Banjo catfish, Bank Sea Bass, Barb, Barbel, Barbeled dragonfish, Barbeled houndshark, Barbel-less catfish, Barfish, Barracuda, Barracudina, Barramundi, Barred danio, Barreleye, Basking shark, Bass, Basslet, Batfish, Bat ray, Beachsalmon, Beaked salmon, Beaked sandfish, Beardfish, Beluga sturgeon, Bengal danio, Betta, Bichir, Bicolor goat fish, Bigeye, , Bighead carp, Bigmouth buffalo, Bigscale, Billfish, Bitterling, Black angelfish, Black bass, Black dragonfish, Blackchin, Blackfin Tuna - Thunnus atlanticus, Blackfish, Black neon tetra, Blacktip reef shark, Black mackerel, Black scalyfin, Black sea bass, Black scabbardfish, Black swallower, Black tetra, Black triggerfish, Bank Sea Bass aka Yellow Sea Bass - Centropristis ocyurus, Bleak, Blenny, Blind goby, Blind shark, Blobfish, Blueline Tilefish, Blowfish, Blue catfish, Blue danio, Blue-redstripe danio, Blueline Tilefish , Blue eye, Bluefin tuna, Bluefish, Bluegill, Blue gourami, Blue shark, Blue triggerfish, Blue whiting, Bluntnose knifefish, Bluntnose minnow, Boafish, Boarfish, Bobtail snipe eel, Bocaccio, Boga, Bombay duck, Bonefish, Bonito, Bonnetmouth, Bonytail chub, Bronze corydoras, Bonytongue, Bowfin, Boxfish, Bramble shark, Bream, Brill, Bristlemouth, Bristlenose catfish, Broadband dogfish, Brook lamprey, Brook trout, Brotula, Brown trout, Buffalo fish, Bullhead, Bullhead shark, Bull shark, Bull trout, Burbot, Bumblebee goby, Buri, Burma danio, Burrowing goby, Butterfish, Butterfly ray, Butterflyfish, California flyingfish, California halibut, Canary rockfish, Candiru, Candlefish, Capelin, Cardinalfish, Cardinal tetra, Carp, Carpetshark, Carpsucker, Catalufa, Catfish, Catla, Cat shark, Cavefish, Celebes rainbowfish, Central mudminnow, Chain pickerel, Channel bass, Channel catfish, Char, Cherry salmon, Chimaera, Chinook salmon, Cherubfish, Chub, Chubsucker, Chum salmon, Cichlid, Cisco, Climbing catfish, Climbing gourami, Climbing perch, Clingfish, Clownfish, Clown loach, Clown triggerfish, Cobbler, Cobia, Cod, Codlet, Codling, Coelacanth, Coffinfish, Coho salmon, Coley, Collared carpetshark, Collared dogfish, Colorado squawfish, Combfish, Combtail gourami, Common carp, Common tunny, Conger eel, Convict blenny, Convict cichlid, Cookie-cutter shark, Coolie loach, Cornetfish, Cowfish, Cownose ray, Cow shark, Crappie, Creek chub, Crestfish, Crevice kelpfish, Croaker, Crocodile icefish, Crocodile shark, Crucian carp, Cuckoo wrasse, Cusk, Cusk-eel, Cutlassfish, Cutthroat eel, Cutthroat trout, Dab, Dace, Desert pupfish, Devario, Devil ray, Dhufish, Discus, Diver: New Zealand sand diver or long-finned sand diver, Dogfish, Dogfish shark, Dogteeth tetra, Dojo loach, Dolly Varden trout, Dolphin fish - Corypaena hippurus, Dorab, Dorado, Dory, Dottyback, Dragonet, Dragonfish, Dragon goby, Driftfish, Driftwood catfish, Drum, Duckbill, Duckbill eel, Dusky grouper, Dusky Shark - Carcharhinus obscurus, Dwarf gourami, Dwarf loach, Eagle ray, Earthworm eel, Eel, Eel cod, Eel-goby, Eelpout, Eeltail catfish, Elasmobranch, Electric catfish, Electric eel, Electric knifefish, Electric ray, Elephant fish, Elephantnose fish, Elver, Ember parrotfish, Emerald catfish, Emperor angelfish, Emperor bream, Escolar, Eucla cod, Eulachon, European chub, European eel, European flounder, European minnow, European perch, False brotula, False cat shark, False moray, Fangtooth, Fathead sculpin, Featherback, Fierasfer, Fire goby, Filefish, Finback cat shark, Fingerfish, Firefish, Flabby whale fish, Flagblenny, Flagfin, Flagfish, Flagtail, Flashlight fish, Flatfish, Flathead, Flathead catfish, Flier, Flounder, Flying gurnard, Flying fish, Footballfish, Forehead brooder, Four-eyed fish, French angelfish, Freshwater eel, Freshwater hatchetfish, Freshwater shark, Frigate mackerel, Frilled shark, Frogfish, Frogmouth catfish, Fusilier fish, Galjoen fis, Ganges shark, Geel, Garibaldi, Garpike, Ghost fish, Ghost flathead, Ghost knifefish, Ghost pipefish, Ghost shark, Ghoul, Giant danio, Giant gourami, Giant sea bass, Gibberfish, Gila trout, Gizzard shad, Glass catfish, Glassfish, Glass knifefish, Glowlight danio, Goatfish, Goblin shark, Goby, Golden dojo, Golden loach, Golden shiner, Golden trout, Goldeye, Goldfish, Gombessa, Goosefish, Gopher rockfish, Gourami, Grass carp, Graveldiver, Grayling, Gray mullet, Gray reef shark, Great white shark, Green swordtail, Greeneye, Greenling, Grenadier, Green spotted puffer, Ground shark, Grouper, Grunion, Grunt, Grunter, Grunt sculpin, Gudgeon, Guitarfish, Gulf menhaden, Gulper eel, Gulper, Gunnel, Guppy, Gurnard, Haddock, Hagfish, Hairtail, Hake, Halfbeak, Halfmoon, Halibut, Halosaur, Hamlet, Hammerhead shark, Hammerjaw, Handfish, Hardhead catfish, Harelip sucker, Hatchetfish, Hawkfish, Herring, Herring smelt, Hickory Shad, Horn shark, Horsefish, Houndshark, Huchen, Humuhumunukunukuapua'a, Hussar, Icefish, Ide, Ilisha, Inanga, Inconnu, Jack, Jackfish, Jack Dempsey, Japanese eel, Javelin, Jawfish, Jellynose fish, Jewelfish, Jewel tetra, Jewfish, John Dory, Kafue pike, Kahawai, Kaluga, Kanyu, Kelp perch, Kelpfish, Killifish, King of the herrings, Kingfish, King-of-the-salmon, Kissing gourami, Knifefish, Knifejaw, Koi, Kokanee, Kokopu, Kuhli loach, Labyrinth fish, Ladyfish, Lake chub, Lake trout, Lake whitefish, Lampfish, Lamprey, Lanternfish, Largemouth bass, Leaffish, Lefteye flounder, Lemon shark, Lemon sole, Lemon tetra, Lenok, Leopard danio, Lightfish, Limia, Lined sole, Ling, Ling cod, Lionfish, Livebearer, Lizardfish, Loach, Loach catfish, Loach goby, Loach minnow, Longfin, Longfin dragonfish, Longfin escolar, Longfin smelt, Long-finned char, Long-finned pike, Longjaw mudsucker, Longneck eel, Longnose chimaera, Longnose dace, Longnose lancetfish, Longnose sucker, Longnose whiptail catfish, Long-whiskered catfish, Loosejaw, Lost River sucker, Louvar, Loweye catfish, Luderick, Luminous hake, Lumpsucker, Lungfish, Mackerel, Mackerel shark, Madtom, Mahi-mahi, Mahseer, Mail-cheeked fish, Mako shark, Mandarinfish, Masu salmon, Medaka, Medusafish, Megamouth shark, Menhaden, Merluccid hake, Mexican golden trout, Midshipman fish, Milkfish,, Minnow, Minnow of the deep, Modoc sucker, Mojarra, Mola, Monkeyface prickleback, Monkfish, Mooneye, Moonfish, Moorish idol, Mora, Moray eel, Morid cod, Morwong, Moses sole, Mosquitofish, Mouthbrooder, Mozambique tilapia, Mrigal, Mud catfish (Mud cat), Mudfish, Mudminnow, Mud minnow, Mudskipper, Mudsucker, Mullet, Mummichog, Murray cod, Muskellunge, Mustache triggerfish, Mustard eel, Naked-back knifefish, Nase, Needlefish, Neon tetra, New World rivuline, New Zealand smelt, Nibble fish, Noodlefish, North American darter, North American freshwater catfish, North Pacific daggertooth, Northern anchovy, Northern clingfish, Northern lampfish, Northern pike, Northern sea robin, Northern squawfish, Northern stargazer, Notothen, Nurseryfish, Nurse shark, Oarfish, Ocean perch, Ocean sunfish, Oceanic whitetip shark, Oilfish, Oldwife, Old World knifefish, Olive flounder, Opah, Opaleye, Orange roughy, Orangespine unicorn fish, Orangestriped triggerfish, Orbicular batfish, Orbicular velvetfish, Oregon chub, Orfe, Oriental loach, Oscar, Owens pupfish, Pacific albacore, Pacific cod, Pacific hake, Pacific herring, Pacific lamprey, Pacific salmo, Pacific saury, Pacific trout, Pacific viperfish, Paddlefish, Pancake batfish, Panga, Paradise fish, Parasitic catfish, Parore, Parrotfish, Peacock flounder, Peamouth, Pearleye, Pearlfish, Pearl danio, Pearl perch, Pelagic cod, Pelican eel, Pelican gulper, Pencil catfish, Pencilfish, Pencilsmelt, Peppered corydoras, Perch, Peters' elephantnose fish, Pickerel, Pigfish, Pike conger, Pike eel, Pike, Pikeblenny, Pikeperch, Pilchard, Pilot fish, Pineapplefish, Pineconefish, Pink salmon, Píntano, Pipefish, Piranha, Pirarucu, Pirate perch, Plaice, Platy, Platyfish, Pleco, Plownose chimaera, Poacher, Pollock, Pomfret, Pompano dolphinfish, Ponyfish, Popeye catalufa, Porbeagle shark, Porcupinefish, Porgy, Port Jackson shark, Powen, Prickleback, Pricklefish, Prickly shark, Prowfish, Pufferfish, Pumpkinseed, Pupfish, Pygmy sunfish, Queen danio, Queen parrotfish, Queen triggerfish, Quillback, Quillfish, Rabbitfish, Raccoon butterfly fish, Ragfish, Rainbow trout, Rainbowfish, Rasbora, Ratfish, Rattail, Ray, Razorback sucker, Razorfish, Red Grouper, Red salmon, Red snapper, Redfin perch, Redfish, Redhorse sucker, Redlip blenny, Redmouth whalefish, Redtooth triggerfish, Red velvetfish, Red whalefish, Reedfish, Reef triggerfish, Remora, Requiem shark, Ribbon eel, Ribbon sawtail fish, Ribbonfish, Rice eel, Ricefish, Ridgehead, Riffle dace, Righteye flounder, Rio Grande perch, River loach, River shark, River stingray, Rivuline, Roach, Roanoke bass, Rock bass, Rock beauty, Rock cod, Rocket danio, Rockfish, Rockling, Rockweed gunnel, Rohu, Ronquil, Roosterfish, Ropefish, Rough scad, Rough sculpin, Roughy, Roundhead, Round herring, Round stingray, Round whitefish, Rudd, Rudderfish, Ruffe, Russian sturgeon, Sábalo, Sabertooth, Saber-toothed blenny, Sabertooth fish, Sablefish, Sacramento blackfish, Sacramento splittail, Sailfin silverside, Sailfish, Salamanderfish, Salmon, Salmon shark, Sandbar shark, Sandburrower, Sand dab, Sand diver, Sand eel, Sandfish, Sand goby, Sand knifefish, Sand lance, Sandperch, Sandroller, Sand stargazer, Sand tiger, Sand tilefish, Sandbar Shark - Carchathinus plumbeus, Sarcastic fringehead, Sardine, Sargassum fish, Sauger, Saury, Sawfishm, Saw shark, Sawtooth eel, Scabbard fish, Scaly dragonfish, Scat, Scissortail rasbora, Scorpionfish, Sculpin, Scup, Sea bass, Sea bream, Sea catfish, Sea chub, Sea devil, Sea dragon, Sea lamprey, Sea raven, Sea snail, Sea toad, Seahorse, Seamoth, Searobin, Sevan trout, Sergeant major, Shad, Shark, Sharksucker, Sharpnose puffer, Sheatfish, Sheepshead, Sheepshead minnow, Shiner, Shortnose chimaera, Shortnose sucker, Shovelnose sturgeon, Shrimpfish, Siamese fighting fish, Sillago, Silver carp, Silver dollar, Silver dory, Silver hake, Silverside, Silvertip tetra, Sind danio, Sixgill ray, Sixgill shark, Skate, Skilfish, Skipjack tuna, Slender mola, Slender snipe eel, Sleeper, Sleeper shark, Slickhead, Slimehead, Slimy mackerel, Slimy sculpin, Slipmouth, Smalleye squaretail, Smalltooth sawfish, Smelt, Smelt-whiting, Smooth dogfish, Snailfish, Snake eel, Snakehead, Snake mackerel, Snapper, Snipe eel, Snipefish, Snoek, Snook, Snubnose eel, Snubnose parasitic eel, Sockeye salmon, Soldierfish, Sole, South American darter, South American lungfish, Southern Dolly Varden, Southern flounder, Southern hake, Southern sandfish, Southern smelt, Spadefish, Spaghetti eel, Spanish mackerel, Spearfish, Speckled trout, Spiderfish, Spikefish, Spinefoot, Spiny basslet, Spiny dogfish, Spiny dwarf catfish, Spiny eel, Spinyfin, Splitfin, Spookfish, Spotted climbing perch, Spotted danio, Spottail Pinfish - Diplodus holbrooki, Sprat, Springfish, Squarehead catfish, Squaretail, Squawfish, Squeaker, Squirrelfish, Staghorn sculpin, Stargazer, Starry flounder, Steelhead, Stickleback, Stingfish, Stingray, Stonecat, Stonefish, Stoneroller minnow, Stream catfish, Striped bass, Striped burrfish, Sturgeon, Sucker, Suckermouth armored catfish, Summer flounder, Sundaland noodlefish,Sunfish, Surf sardine, Surfperch, Surgeonfish, Swallower, Swamp-eel, Swampfish, Sweeper, Swordfish, Swordtail, Tadpole cod, Tadpole fish, Tailor, Taimen, Tang, Tapetail, Tarpon, Tarwhine, Telescopefish, Temperate bass, Temperate perch, Tenpounder, Tenuis, Tetra, Thorny catfish, Thornfish, Threadfin, Threadfin bream, Thread-tail, Three spot gourami, Threespine stickleback, Three-toothed puffer, Thresher shark, Tidewater goby, Tiger barb, Tigerperch, Tiger shark, Tiger shovelnose catfish, Tilapia, Tilefish, Titan triggerfish, Toadfish, Tommy ruff, Tompot blenny, Tonguefish, Tope, Topminnow, Torpedo, Torrent catfish, Torrent fish, Trahira, Treefish, Trevally, Triggerfish, Triplefin blenny, Triplespine, Tripletail, Tripod fish, Trout, Trout cod, Trout-perch, Trumpeter, Trumpetfish, Trunkfish, Tubeblenny, Tube-eye, Tube-snout, Tubeshoulder, Tui chub, Tuna, Turbot, Two spotted goby, Uaru, Unicorn fish, Upside-down catfish, Vanjaram, Velvet belly lanternshark, Velvet catfish, Velvetfish, Vermillion Snapper - Rhomboplites aurorubens, Vimba, Viperfish, Wahoo, Walking catfish, Wallago, Walleye, Walleye Pollock, Walu, Warmouth, Warty angler, Waryfish, Waspfish, Weasel shark, Weatherfish, Weever, Weeverfish, Wels catfish, Whale catfish, Whalefish, Whale shark, Whiff, Whitebait, White croaker, Whitefish, White marlin, White shark, Whitetip reef shark, Whiting, Wobbegong, Wolf-eel, Wolffish, Wolf-herring, Worm eel, Wormfish, Wrasse, Wrymouth, X-ray fish, Yellowback fusilier, Yellowbanded perch, Yellow bass, Yellowedge grouper (Hyporthodus flavolimbatus), Yellow-edged moray, Yellow-eye mullet, Yellowhead jawfish, Yellowfin croaker, Yellowfin cutthroat trout, Yellowfin grouper, Yellowfin Tuna - Thunnus albacares, Yellowfin pike, Yellowfin surgeonfish, Yellowfin tuna, Yellowmargin triggerfish, Yellow moray, Yellow perch, Yellowtail, Yellowtail amberjack, Yellowtail barracuda, Yellowtail clownfish, Yellowtail horse mackerel, Yellowtail kingfish, Yellowtail snapper, Yellow tang, Yellow weaver, Yellowtail catfish, Zander, Zebra bullhead shark, Zebra danio, Zebrafish, Zebra lionfish, Zebra loach, Zebra oto, Zebra pleco, Zebra shark, Zebra tilapia, Zebra turkeyfish, Ziege, Zingel. Amphibians: Frogs and Toads, Painted frogs, Disc tongued frogs, Fire Belly toads, Litter frogs, European Spadefoot toads, Parsley frogs, Tongueless frogs, Clawed frogs, Mexican Burrowing Toad, American spadefoot toads, Screeching frogs, True toads, Glass Frogs, Poison dart frogs, Ghost frogs, Shovelnose frogs, Tree frogs, Sedge frogs, Southern frogs, Narrow-mouthed frogs, Australian ground frogs, True frogs, Moss frogs, Seychelles frog, Giant Salamanders, Asiatic Salamanders, Mole Salamanders, Pacific giant salamanders, Amphiumas, Lungless salamanders, Mudpuppies and Waterdogs, Torrent salamanders, True salamanders and Newts, Sirens, Common caecilians, Fish caecilians, Beaked caecilians. Reptiles: Turtles, common snapping turtles and alligator snapping turtle, pond turtles and box turtles, tortoises, Asian river turtles and allies, pignose turtles, softshell turtles, river turtles, mud turtles, sea turtles, leatherback turtles, tuataras, scaled reptiles, agamas, chameleons, casquehead lizard, iguanas, Madagascar iguanids, collared and leopard lizards, horned lizards, anoles, wood lizards, Neotropical ground lizards, geckos, legless lizards, blind lizards, spinytail Lizards, plated lizards, spectacled lizards, whiptails and tegus, Lacertids, skinks, night lizards, glass lizards, American legless lizards, knob-scaled lizards, gila monsters, earless Monitor lizards, monitor lizards, worm Lizards, shorthead Worm Lizards, two-legged Worm Lizards, snakes, wart snakes, false coral snakes, dwarf pipe snakes, African burrowing asps, stiletto snakes, boas, anacondas, Old World sand boas, Mauritius snakes, Colubrids, typical snakes, Asian pipe snakes, cobras, coral snakes, mambas, sea snakes, Mexican pythons, pythons, dwarf boas, pipe snakes, shield-tailed snakes, vipers, pitvipers, Fae's viper, night adders, pitvipers, rattlesnakes, true vipers, sunbeam snakes, blind snakes, primitive blind snakes, slender blind snakes, thread snakes, blind snakes, typical blind snakes, Crocodiles, alligators, garials. Aves: Ostrich, rheas, cassowaries and emu, kiwis, elephant birds, upland moas, great moas, lesser moas, Tinamous, Australian brush turkey,megapodes, chachalacas, curassows, and guans, Guineafowl, pheasants and allies, New World quail, pheasants and relatives, mihirungs, screamers, magpie-goose, ducks, geese, and swans, grebes, swimming flamingos, flamingos, pigeons and doves, sandgrouse, mesites, Tawny frogmouth, Nightjars, oilbird, potoos, frogmouths, owlet-nightjars, treeswifts, swifts, hummingbird, cuckoos and relatives, turacos and relatives, bustards, hoatzin, cranes and allies, cranes, limpkin, trumpeters, rails and allies, adzebills, finfoots, flufftails, rails and relatives, thick-knees and allies, thick-knees and relatives, sheathbills, Magellanic plover, plover-like waders, golden plovers, ibisbill, oystercatchers, plovers and lapwings, jacana-like waders, painted snipes, Egyptian plover, jacanas, seedsnipes, plains-wanderer, sandpipers and relatives, buttonquail, gulls and allies, coursers and pratincoles, crab-plover, skuas and jaegers, auks and puffins, gulls, skimmers and terns, sunbittern, tropicbirds, penguins, albatrosses, austral storm petrels, northern storm petrels, petrels and relatives, White stork, storks, frigatebirds, boobies and gannets, darters, cormorants and shags, ibises and spoonbills, hamerkop, shoebill, pelicans, herons and relatives, New World vultures, secretarybird, osprey, hawks, eagles, buzzards, harriers, kites and Old World vultures, barn owls, true owls, mousebirds, cuckooroller, trogons and quetzals, hornbills, hoopoe, woodhoopoes, bee-eater, rollers, ground rollers, todies, motmots, Kingfisher, jacamars, puffbirds, African barbets, Asian barbets, toucans, toucan barbets, American barbets, woodpeckers, honeyguides, seriemas, falcons and relatives, kakapo, kea and kakas, cockatoos, African and American parrots, Australasian parrots, Pesquet's parrot, vasa parrots, Pitta cyanea, Lyrebird, New Zealand wrens, suboscines, Old World suboscines, sapayoa, Calyptomenid broadbills, pittas, broadbills, asities, New World suboscines, bronchophones, manakins, cotingas, sharpbills, royal flycatchers and allies, becards and tityras, spadebills, many-colored rush tyrants, mionectine flycatchers, tyrant flycatchers, tracheophones, crescent-chests, gnateaters, antbirds, antpittas, ground antbirds, ovenbirds, oscines, scrub-birds, lyrebirds, bowerbirds, Australasian treecreepers, Australasian wrens, bristlebirds, gerygones and allies, honeyeaters and relatives, Australasian babblers, logrunners, quail-thrushes and jewel-babblers, cuckoo-shrikes, whitehead and allies, sittellas, wattled ploughbills, whipbirds and quail-thrushes, Australo-Papuan bellbirds, crested shriketits, painted berrypeckers, vireos and relatives, whistlers and relatives, Old World orioles, Boatbills, woodswallows and butcherbirds, mottled berryhunter, ioras, bristlehead, bushshrikes and relatives, wattle-eyes and batises, vangas , fantails, silktail, drongo fantail, drongos, blue-capped ifrits, Australian mudnesters, birds-of-paradise, monarch flycatchers, shrikes, jays and crows, berrypeckers, satinbirds, Australasian robins, stitchbird, wattlebirds, rockfowl, rock-jumpers, rail-babbler, fairy warblers, hyliotas, penduline tits, chickadees and true tits, Nicators, bearded reedling, larks, African warblers, cisticolas and relatives, marsh warblers, pygmy wren-babblers, grass warblers, Malagasy warblers, swallows and martins, bulbuls, leaf warblers, bush warblers , Bushtits, true warblers, parrotbills, fulvettas, white-eyes, babblers and relatives, fulvettas, ground babblers, laughing thrushes, kinglets, spotted wren-babblers, Hawaiian honeyeaters, silky-flycatchers, waxwings, Palmchat, hypocolius, wallcreeper, nuthatches, treecreepers, wrens, gnatcatchers, dippers, thrushes and relatives, flycatchers and relatives, oxpeckers, mockingbirds and thrashers, starlings and mynas , sugarbirds, dapplethroat and allies, flowerpeckers, sunbirds, fairy-bluebirds, leafbirds, olive warbler, accentors, pink-tailed bunting, weavers and relatives, whydahs and indigobirds, weaver finches, Old World sparrows, wagtails and pipits, finches and relatives, longspurs, snow buntings, rosy thrush-tanagers, Old World buntings and New World sparrows, American sparrows, palm-tanager and allies, New World blackbirds and New World orioles, Cuban warblers, wood warblers, cardinals, grosbeaks, and New World buntings, tanagers and relatives. MAMMALS: Rat, Bat, Horse, Standardbred, Throughbred, Saddlebred, Arab, Palomino, Australian stock, Appaloosa, Barb, Lippizaner, Mustang, American Shetland, Falabella, Percheron, Shire, Mule, Bullock, Setter, Oxen, Camel, Tiger, Lion, Hyaenas, Leopard, Bear, Cat, Dog, Sheep, Goat, Cow, Cob, Pig, Chamois, Bulldog, Borzoi, Loris, Longspur, Harvest mouse, Spiny – ant eater, Duck – billed platypus, Elephant, Rhinoceros, Tonkinese, Ragdoll, Margay, Tapir, Seal, Sea lion, Walrus, Dolphin, Bactrian camel, Arabian camel, Bushbaby, Burmese cat, Whale, Porpoise, Aardvark, Ape, Monkey, Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Flying Lemur, Hare, Pika, Macaque, Rabbit, Colobus, Antelope, Caribou, Cattle, Deer, Grizzly bear, Hyrax, Armadillo, Porcupine, Hedgehog, Arctic hare, Mole, Shrew, Beaver, Asian black bear, Polar bear, Sloth bear, Spectacled bear, Mouse, Squirrel, Dugong, Moose, Fallow deer, Reindeer, Red deer, Manatee, Egyptian Mau, Scottish fold, Himalayan, Birman, Red squirrel, Hippopotamus, Weasel, Whale, Wither, Blue whale, Sperm whale, Killer whale, Wallaby, Beluga, Baird’s beaked whale, Grey whale, Bryde’s whale, Pygmy right whale, Southern right whale, Seal, Ape, Indri, Aye – aye, Alaskan Malamute, Dobermann, Beagle, Kinkajou, Afgan Hound, Rough Collie, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Sheepdog, Pointer, Poddle, Weimaraner, Bloodhound, Zebra, Giraffe, Yak, Arctic fox, Polecat, Golden Retriever, Kerry Blue, Prairie dog, Airedale, German spitz, Pekingese, Otter, Shih Tzu, Proboscis monkey, Orang – utan, Red Howler monkey, Spider monkey, Sloth, Koala, Pangolin, Mustelid, Mongoose, Guinea pig, Malayan Porcupine, Naked Mole rat, Capybara, Pallid Gerbil, Brown rat, Somali, Ocicat, Balinese, Bengal, Cymric, Chartreux, Devon Rex, Turkish Angora, Russian Blue, Yellow – necked woodmouse, Hamster, Grey squirrel, Chipmunk, Fox, Blue Longhair, Chinese Pangolin, Blue – cream shorthair, Tortoiseshell and white shorthair, Brown spotted shorthair, Red and white Japanese bobtail, Javanese, Red Persian Longhair, Brown classic tabby maine coon, Lilac angora, Seal point Siamese, Brown and white sphinx, Red classic tabby manx, Vampire bat, Proboscis bat, Franquet’s fruit bat, Bengal Tiger, Horseshoe bat, Noctule bat, Funnel - eared bat, Blue exotic, Foreign lilac oriental shorthair, Boxer, Bay, Cream point colour pointed british shorthair, Abyssinian, Cinnamon silver Cornish rex, Wolverine, Skunk, Human being, Pine marten, Stoat, Chocolate point longhair, Husky, Ant eater, Kangaroo, Gray Mouse Lemur, Musk oxen, Raccoon dogrie, Pasnda, Bouto, Pembroke Welsh corgi, Whippet, Whisker, Indus river dolphin, Franciscana, Sorrel, Finless porpoise, Jerboa, Harbour porpoise, Bottlenose dolphin, Border Collie, Diana Monkey, White – beaked dolphin, Atlantic white – sided dolphin, Bobcat, Alpaca, Aberdeen angus, Lynx, Pacific white – sided dolphin, Rhesus monkey, Irish wolfhound, Baboon, Slivery marmoset, Puma, Ocelot, Norwegian Forest Cat, Basenji, Keeshond, Akita, Samoyed, Briard, Brittaney, Vizsla, Weimaraner, Saluki, Greyhound, Rottweiler, Bullmastiff, Newfoundland, Puli, Bombay, Sphynx, Kangaroo rat, Humpback whale, Red panda, Maltese, Pug, Chihuahua, Papillon, Pomeranian, Schipperke, Aardwolve, Cheetah, Civet, Red – Bellied Lemur, Moustache, Monkey, Yorkshire terrier, German shepherd, Clumber spaniel, Bouvier des Flandres, Belgian sheepdog, Boston terrier, Italian greyhound, Chesapeake Bay retriever, Genet, Musk deer, Bichon fries, Rock Hyrax, Pony, Mink, Mammoth, Mastodon, Giant sloth, Llama, African Elephant, DeBrazza’s Monkey, Siberian Tiger, Hackney Pony, Bonnet Monkey, German wirehaired pointer, Ferret, Jaguar, Dalmatian, Red Bengal Tiger, Badger, Shunk, Skye terrier, Great dane, Grampus, Bandicoot, Wolf, Marmot, Squirrel monkey, Sable, Minke whale, Spectacle porpoise, Opossums, Airedale, Wombat. etc , Ramapithecus, Australopithecus bosei or Paranthropus bosei, Zinjanthopus bosei, Homo – erectus ( Java man, Peking man, Heidelberg man ), Homo – Sapiens ( Neanderthal man, Cro – Magnon man) to the modern humans with their development and structure of their Heart, their contributions to the formation of the modern humans. What is the origin of the heart? In which place the heart is situated? What is the weight of our (modern humans) heart? Can a person live without a heart? What is the function of the heart? How heart pumps blood to the body? What type of circulation takes place in the human heart? How big our human heart is? Why is our (modern humans) heart considered as the most developed in the world? Why does heart stop? What are heart sounds? What are the types of heart sounds? What causes the heart sounds heard with a stethoscope? What is the anatomy of the heart? Why heart is considered an important organ in the body? Why can’t people live if heartbeat stops? Where is heart located in? How many chambers are present in the heart? What is the number of heart beats per minute? What is the amount of blood pumped by heart? How much blood does the human heart pump in a lifetime? And Short notes on heart attack i.e. what is the definition of a heart attack? Why does a heart attack occur? What are the types of the heart attack? What happens if human get a heart attack? What are the symptoms of Heart attack? What are the causes of the Heart attack? What are the risk factors related to the Heart attack? What are the types of risk factors cause the Heart attack? What are the complications of a Heart attack? What types of diagnosis useful in detecting and treating a heart attack? What treatment is needed to treat heart attack patients? What are 5 strategies to be maintained after the heart attack? What to do after recovery from a heart attack? What is cardiac rehabilitation? Why cardiac rehabilitation is needed to heart attack patients? Does cardiac rehabilitation create positive effects? What are a lifestyle and home remedies are to be maintained? What type of coping and support should be given to heart attack patients? What are the immediate measures should be taken when you encounter an emergency of heart attack patient? What signs and symptoms list should be made to consult a doctor? What is a widow maker heart attack? What is the definition of a widowmaker heart attack? What are the symptoms of Widowmaker heart attack? What are the causes of Widowmaker heart attack? What are the risk factors related to Widowmaker heart attack? What are the complications of a widowmaker heart attack? What types of diagnosis useful in detecting and treating a widowmaker heart attack? What treatment is needed to treat heart attack patients? How to make over your lifestyle? What type of measures should be taken to stay away from a heart attack? What are 20 types of foods should be taken to keep your heart healthy? Solutions and answers of above questions, material and topics are included and cleared in this book.'

#longestbooktitle #word #vityalayethindra #thehistoricaldevelopmentoftheheart #books #read #novel #fact

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Merfolk au* character descriptions, because why not?

*note, not all characters merfolk, because I said so

Kevin- merfolk, atlantic sturgeon, heavy scutes along spine and sides, no scales, blue-black back, blue sides, white underbelly

Alan- merfolk, canary damsel, blue-brown scales, dark blue fins with electric blue edging, electric blue upper sides and markings around eyes, cheekbones, and temples

Manny- merfolk, sabre squirrelfish, red scales with silver edging, gold underbelly, yellow fins

Helen- merfolk, mexican hornshark, no scales, grey-brown tail, large black spots, pink fins, spine on each fin

Pierce- merfolk, thornback guitarfish, no scales, three rows of thorny spines down back and tail, dark blue back, olive body, orange stripe down each side, pale underbelly

Kai- merfolk, banded sculpin, orange-brown scales, broad dark brown striping, white fins with orange striping, dark brown throat

Julie- centaur, sika deer, dark brown coat, many small white spots

Elena- merfolk, paraclinus spectator, rough scales, alternating broad stripes of red, dark brown, and light brown, broad fins with alternating red and dark brown triangles separated by white, dorsal fin runs down spine and tail and has one black and gold eyespot at the end

Cooper- selkie, stellar’s sea lion, dusty yellow fur, shaggy mane

Mike- kelpie, maremmano, palomino, mane concerningly long

Herve- merfolk, alpine bullhead, red-brown scales, broad shaggy black stripes

Esther- selkie, ringed seal, dark back, silver belly, heavy silver rosettes

#no the tennysons aren't missing #they're just human #again because i say so #kai was usch a bitch to do i mean really

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The White-spotted Guitarfish is actually a type of ray not a shark 📸 by grettaaa Discover more wonders of the cosmos at https://discover.earth

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Whale sharks and livelihoods

Our latest work for the Pew Charitable Trust’s shark campaign is now online.

The whale shark, the largest fish in the sea, is facing population declines and was reclassified as endangered last year by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). At the same time, the ecotourism value of these migratory sharks in places like Donsol Bay, Philippines, has made shark tourism a lucrative alternative to fishing. To address the declining population and preserve this tourism value, the Philippines government has protected whale sharks nationally. However, these protections may not be enough.

As the host of this year’s 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), the Philippines has proposed that whale sharks receive full protection wherever they are found. In addition to focusing on whale sharks, governments are also considering protections for at-risk species such as blue sharks, dusky sharks, white-spotted wedgefish, common guitarfish, and angel sharks. Governments have the opportunity to work together at CoP12 to prioritize the management of these shark species before it is too late.

For more information about global shark conservation efforts, visit http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/collections/2017/10/6-migratory-sharks-are-up-for-protections-at-cms-cop12.

This video was supported by a grant from Conservation Media Group.

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Dallas Pool Service

Planning a trip to the South Central United States this year? Put your cowboy hat on and head to the Lone Star State, the second-largest U.S. state in terms of population and area, and the largest in the contiguous United States. Two of the state's largest and most popular cities are Houston and Dallas, which are roughly 230 miles away from one another. The former is home to 337 parks, 12 professional sports teams, scores of popularly visited museums including The Museum of Fine Arts, and long-running annual events including the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Houston Greek Festival and Houston Pride Parade.

Dallas, meanwhile, boasts more than 400 parks including the 260-acre Fair Park, which has hosted the annual State Fair of Texas since 1886; six sports teams including the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and NFL's Dallas Cowboys; and an active arts scene highlighted by such noted venues as the Dallas Museum of Art and Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, both nestled within the 68-acre, 19-block Dallas Art District in the heart of the city. Read on for a roundup of fun attractions in each city as well as great choices for lodging that lie near them.

Attractions in or Near Houston

1. Bayou Place: Set in the heart of Houston's Downtown Theater District, this 130,000 square foot megaplex is Dallas Pool Service one of the city's premier hot spots for dining and entertainment. Savor an authentic taste of Italy at Mingalone Italian Bar & Grill, enjoy a film over a glass of wine at the Angelika Film Center, or dance into the early morning hours at Rocbar, a rock and roll nightclub featuring live music from around the world. Bayou Place is approximately six miles away from the Sheraton Brookhollow Hotel, which is convenient to both George International Airport and Hobby Airport.

2. Galleria Mall: Set beneath glass atriums, The Galleria boasts more than 375 fine stores and restaurants, not to mention an impressive ice rink. Texas's largest mall and the fourth largest in the nation, Houston Galleria's shopping complex encompasses the finest names in retail, from Neiman Marcusand Nordstrom to Saks Fifth Avenue and Louis Vuitton. The mall is situated outside the 610 loop in Houston's Uptown District, just two blocks away from the all-suite Sheraton Suites Houston and three blocks away from sophisticated Hotel Derek.

3. Houston Zoo: Roughly 1.7 million visitors flock to this 7th most visited zoo in the nation each year to get up close with its 4,500 animals. Spend the afternoon ambling through the zoo's beautifully landscaped grounds or enjoy a more hands-on encounter by scheduling a guided tour. Among the facility's most popular draws are the recently renovated jaguar exhibit and Kipp Aquarium. Great for people of all ages, the zoo makes an ideal setting for a picnic, birthday party or other special event.

4. Splashtown: This water park features a wealth of slides, a wild wave pool that holds more a half million gallons of water, and Crocodile Isle, an interactive children's play area equipped with kid-friendly slides and a pirate ship. The park also hosts special events year-round. Splashtown is minutes away from Ramada Bush Intercontinental Airport, a full-service hotel featuring an outdoor pool and 24-hour fitness center, and Econo Lodge Houston, which offers guests free continental breakfast to start their day off right.

5. Downtown Aquarium: Interested in learning about sea creatures? Look no further than Houston's Downtown Aquarium, where you'll be able to explore more than 400 species of marine life. Guests can take a fun train ride through the Shark Voyage and gaze at countless sharks as they swim inside a 200,000 gallon tank. You can also check out white tigers lounging about in Maharaja's Temple. Before leaving the aquarium, head to the Aquarium Restaurant, where a feast for the eyes - and palate - is a sure thing. Visitors can indulge in a variety of seafood specialties and pasta dishes while seated around a 150,000 aquarium containing reticulated rays, shovel-nosed guitarfish and other creatures of the deep. What's more, the venue is conveniently located near Comfort Inn Downtown Houston.

Attractions in or Near Dallas

1. Six Flags Over Texas: Open year round, this 212-acre park features a host of rides ranging from pulse-pounding roller coasters like Batman The Ride to gentler options like Bugs Bunny's Spirit of St. Louie. The park also offers mouth-watering food and loads of entertainment, including concerts and Celebrity Karaoke at the Lone Star Gazebo. Six Flags Over Texas is located in Arlington, midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, at the intersection of Interstate 30 and Highway 360. Some 20 minutes from downtown Dallas, Six Flags Over Texas is located near La Quinta Inn & Suites South Grand Prairie, TX, yet another property that offers complimentary breakfast, and the Gaylord Texan Hotel, which boasts a 25,000-square-foot spa and Southwestern themed pool.

2. Dallas Arboretum: Even if you aren't big on nature, the Dallas Arboretum makes the perfect lush setting for an afternoon stroll, wedding, or other special occasion. Located on White Rock Lake, just outside of downtown Dallas, the Arboretum features colorful gardens all year long, and tours are available daily. Concerts at the Arboretum, each showcasing the best in Dallas/Fort Worth music, have become a long-standing tradition. Travelers can book at the nearby Days Inn Dallas East Mesquite, set just four miles away.

3. Dallas Zoo: Situated just 2.6 miles away from the historic Adolphus Hotel, the Dallas Zoo offers 95 acres of fun for the whole family. The zoo was founded in 1888, making it the first zoological park in the Southwest. It is widely renowned for its Wilds of Africa exhibit, Lacerte Family Children's Zoo, and award-winning Jake L. Hamon Gorilla Conservation Research Center. Standing a whopping 67 1/2 feet tall, the giant giraffe sculpture marking the Zoo's entrance is hard to miss.

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Oceanographic Museum of Monaco . Photo: Michel Dagnino

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An unwanted visitor from Australia lurks inside the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco. White-spotted jellyfish hitched a lift from Queensland to the Mediterranean in ship's ballast in the 1960s and have since been doing rather well in their new environment. Their descendants float about, stinging unsuspecting swimmers off Spanish beaches and threatening native shrimp.

The white-spotted jellyfish in the museum's aquarium is rather beautiful though, resembling a placid, floating pincushion of vivid white dots. It has the trailing, feathery skirts of a can-can dancer. Not so attractive is the jellyfish's sex life. Males release sperm in the water and females gather it into their mouths, where they hold eggs until they hatch.

If you want to be alternatively enchanted and revolted, then Monaco's Oceanographic Museum is the place to be. It's the principality's unexpected treat, at once a serious scientific research centre, an entertainment and an education. Founder Prince Albert I was a scientist and oceanographer, and Jacques Cousteau was once director. It has cutting-edge displays, yet parts are endearingly old fashioned, hearkening back to the days when Edwardian-era aristocrats had unlimited budgets and a liking for the weird and wonderful.

Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. Photo: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

The 1910 neoclassical museum building is Monaco's most prominent structure. Many mistake it for the palace. It looms on a clifftop like the mad retreat of a James Bond villain, with a facade encrusted with motifs of crabs and scorpionfish and octopus. Its main hall is a magnificent cabinet of curiosities from another era. You can clamber into a 1776 Bushnell Tortoise submarine, which resembles a giant wine barrel with a screw cap. There are strange diving suits, a stuffed polar bear, sea fossils, ship models and marble busts.

In the Whale Room, gigantic skeletons dangle from the ceiling. They look like dinosaurs and have open jaws of serrated teeth. The narwhal brandishes a javelin-like horn. Touch screens below tell you more, and an hourly sound-and-light show entrances kids.

There are some 6000 live specimens, too. This is one of the world's oldest aquariums. A moray eel acquired in 1969 is still alive and well, and some sharks and other fish are 40 years old. There have been tropical tanks here since the 1930s, and Monaco was among the pioneers of the delicate task of keeping notoriously temperamental coral in artificial environments.

Its centrepiece is a 450,000-litre tank holding an entire coral ecosystem. Some of its corals are now 20 years old, a first in the history of aquariums. The most stunning display is a pool of fluorescent coral, including luminous purple and pink Montiposa, waving green Galaxea and lurid Blastomusa that look like 1970s lava lamps.

The Shark Lagoon is rather grey in comparison, but its creatures are splendid. There are several types of shark, rays, a rather lonely hawksbill turtle and an outsized guitarfish that looks like a stealth bomber from the distant future. The kids can touch a baby shark and shark's eggs at the touch tank, as well as crabs and starfish. If you've never seen a shark's egg before, you'll be astonished.

Don't leave without heading roof-wards for glorious views over Monaco and the French Riviera. Below on the rocks, pygmy cormorants breed. Squint out to sea and you might see one of the slender fin whales that live off the coast. There may be 800 of them, but no one is quite sure. We don't know much at all about our oceans and seas. To its great credit, the Oceanographic Museum makes you think what a shame that is, because even its own modest show of marine life is a marvel.

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Brian Johnston was a guest of Visit Monaco and Silversea Cruises.

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Emirates flies from Sydney and Melbourne to Dubaiwith onward connections to Nice in France , a half-hour from Monaco. See emirates.com

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Hotel Hermitage Monte-Carlo features opulent Belle-Époque decor, while guestrooms have quiet luxury, some with magnificent harbour views. See hotelhermitagemontecarlo.com

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The Oceanographic Museum of Monaco is open every day except Christmas Day and Grand Prix weekend. Adults €11-16 ($17-25), depending on season, with reduced prices for children and teenagers. See oceano.mc

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Warning!!!

This post describes experience while visiting Georgia Aquarium last November 2015. What I saw at that time may probably different right now as the aquarium went to renovations and improvements for the past two years.

Since it was my last day in Atlanta as the next day was my return flight to my country, I felt like I have to see more as much as I can while I was still in the city. After an hour of leisure walk at Peachtree Street NE, I turned right at Baker Street towards Pemberton Place where Georgia Aquarium is located.

When I visited World of Coca-Cola, I bought Atlanta City Pass which is a bundle tickets for the most popular tourist places to see in Downtown Atlanta and that includes the aquarium, therefore I already have ticket for the Largest Aquarium in Western Hemisphere which is Georgia Aquarium.

Walking at Baker St NW towards Georgia Aquarium

Georgia Aquarium at Pemberton Place

It’s past 6:00 PM in Friday evening and I just have around two hours left before Georgia Aquarium will close that day and Friday is the only day in a week that it close late at 8PM, and because of that I was a bit lucky to still have time to sneak around the place.

Because I came two hours before it close, most of the shows inside the aquarium were over, so typically I haven’t seen any shows anymore and all I can do was see what was available for me at that time. But when I walked inside the aquarium I still felt amazed in the surroundings and overwhelm how huge it was.

I will described here the following things and marine species that I saw while wandering inside the former World’s Largest Aquarium.

Cafe Aquaria

While inside the Georgia Aquarium before I get inside of one of the gallery, the first thing to notice was the cafeteria. Cafe Aquaria is located almost at the center of the aquarium. So wherever you are, whether you are in the first or second level, the cafeteria is still visible.

River Scout

The first area that I explored inside Georgia Aquarium was River Scout which according to my brochure it is a place where I will discover the wide diversity of animals found in the rivers and lakes of Africa, South America, Asia and the state of Georgia.

Amazon Exotics

The species exhibited here are came from Amazon River – world’s second’s largest river. As per experience, I saw colourful fishes in this part of River Scout.

Blue Discus

African Cichlids

Lake Tanganyika and Lemon Cichlids

Overhead River

Longnose Gar

Trouts

Fishes of New Guinea

Neon Dwarf Rainbowfish

Southeast Asian Fishes

Harlequin Rasbora

Emerald-eye Rasbora

Archer Fish

Spotted  Scat and Banded Archerfish

Banded Archer Fish

Silver Moony

Green striped hermit carb

Freshwater Turtles

River Cooter

Yellow Belly Slider

American Alligator

Piranha

Red Piranha

Red-bellied Piranha

Leaving River Scout

Dolphin Celebration (Dolphin Tales)

Just beside River Scout, there is escalator that goes to Dolphin Celebration area. Since no more shows available, I just took my chance to see the Dolphins at the lobby area where they were playing and swimming.

Common Bottlenose Dolphin

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I saw Dolphins couple of times in different places that I had been with, but their charm towards me are still there. I still stop for a moment just to watch them after I took some photos of them.

Cold Water Quest

The area which just next to Dolphin Tales gallery is Cold Water Quest where the focus of the exhibits are species that lives in waters with cold temperatures and found all over the world.

Beluga Whales

Sea Otters

African Penguins

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Big-bellied Seahorse

Weedy Sea Dragons

Rock Fish and Sea Star

Spotted Ratfish

Giant Plumose Anemone and Japanese Spider Crab

Sea Star, Sea Urchins, and Sea Anemones

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Ocean Voyager 

After enjoying the animals in Cold Water Quest, I went to Ocean Voyager where the former World’s Largest Aquarium until 2012 can be found. I do honestly enjoy such kind of aquarium that allows people to virtually walked underneath of it. It is said that this is the only Aquarium in North America to house whale sharks.

Giant Guitarfish and Giant Grouper

Giant Grouper and Golden Trevally

Giant Grouper, Zebra Shark and Doctorfish

Giant Grouper and Doctorfish

Giant Grouper and Zebra Shark

Giant Guitarfish and Smallmouth Grunt

Smallmouth Grunt

Shanks and Rays

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Tropical Diver

One thing that I really enjoyed here were watching some of the Jelly Fishes inside Tropical Diver gallery. Knowing that jelly fishes can sting people in the water but seeing such species on its sea like environment makes them look so beautiful. Below were some of my snapshots captured while exploring the gallery.

Tropical Diver gallery has a look of a biodiversity coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific which commonly called “rainforests of the ocean” which can allow divers to experience such similar environments.

Cuttle Fish

White Spotted Jelly

Japanese Sea Nettle

Weedy Scorpionfish and Warty Frogfish

Flamboyant Cuttlefish

Clown Anemonefish

Striped Eel Catfish

Aquanaut Adventure

Before I totally left the Georgia Aquarium, I still tried to explore other areas that I probably missed and I was correct. When I walked at second level I found Aquanaut Adventure area which in my impression was designed for young at heart (or kids).

Seaside Touchpools

This area allows visitors to touch three different kinds of rays but at the time of my visit, that opportunity is not available anymore as the aquarium nears its time for closing for the day.

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Other things to see inside Georgia Aquarium

Deepo’s Undersea 3D Wondershow

Treasures of the Sea (Gift Shop and Exit)

I left Georgia Aquarium just few minutes after 8PM in the evening. Then, I walked back to my hotel via MARTA Train. And that time I hopped on the train at Peachtree Center Station, therefore, I walked a bit in Peachtree Street and took some photos in that part of Downtown before ending my last night in Atlanta.

Peachtree Center where I took MARTA train going back to my hotel near at the airport.

Notes: 1. Plan to visit Georgia Aquarium ? – Please check latest information here 2. Entrance Fee – Please check here for latest updates Note: If you plan to visit other tourist spots in Atlanta, I suggest to get Atlanta City Pass to get discounted prices. 3. Public Transportation Ticket – Use MARTA Breese Card,  here’s the official website, here’s alternative site for the card 4. Directions to Georgia Aquarium using train : If you will ride within Red Line or Gold Line regardless which station you will come from, just remember to get-off at Peachtree Center Station. If you will ride in any of Blue or Green Line, you are required to transfer at Five Points Station and take Red or Gold Line and get off at Peachtree Center Station. At Peachtree Street, turn Right until you reach Baker Street NW and turn left towards Pemberton Place.

It’s all about Georgia Aquarium Warning!!! This post describes experience while visiting Georgia Aquarium last November 2015. What I saw at that time may probably different right now as the aquarium went to renovations and improvements for the past two years.

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Convention on Migratory Species Grants Protections for Ten Bat and Marine Species

Four bats species and six marine species were just granted protected status by the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) at their 12th Conference of the Parties (COP 12) held in Manila.

Working for Migratory Species Protections

The CMS is a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) convention that brings together countries for international cooperation of conservation measures and sustainable use of migratory species and their habitats.

This year, more than 120 Parties and over 500 delegates and observers to the CMS gathered in the Philippines for COP 12, “Their Future is Our Future – Sustainable Development for Wildlife and People,” which meets every three years. Aside from the historic victory for migratory species protections, this year’s conference was also the first time the CMS held a meeting in Asia.

Defenders of Wildlife attended the meeting to advocate and support proposals to list six marine species including: whale sharks, dusky sharks, blue sharks, angelsharks, guitarfish white spotted wedgefish. Defenders also advocated for Peru’s proposal to list four Lasiurus species of bats in Appendix II.

In collaboration with the CMS Secretariat, the World Wildlife Fund and Eurobats, Defenders presented a side-event on Green Energy, and Conservation of Migratory Bats. The presentation centered around Peru’s proposal to list four migratory bat species threatened by factors including, climate change, habitat loss and largely by wind energy production.

Making History

Defenders was thrilled when the Parties to the CMS announced the adoption of the listing proposals for all four migratory bat species and all six marine species!

The listing of the four bat species, the hoary, southern yellow, eastern red, and southern red bats (all Lasiurus bats), is a huge success because these bats are greatly affected by wind energy. This new international collaboration, adoption and recognition will promote responsible wind energy and reduce one of the biggest threats facing these migratory bats.

Although the United States, Canada, and Mexico are not Parties, we hope this CMS listing will:

increase awareness of wind energy’s impact on migratory bats, especially amongst decision-makers,

prompt research into these poorly-studied species,

catalyze additional formalized protections,

spur development and implementation of technologies to reduce fatalities of bats caused by wind turbines, and

elevate the issue of bats and wind energy so that we can persuade corporate power purchasers, who are cautious of reputational risks, that there is value to bat-friendly wind.

In addition, the adoption of the listing proposals for the six marine species brings hope for increased concerted efforts and international cooperation. Without these measures, many of these shark populations would continue to decline past the point of no return.

Defenders of Wildlife will now work with the governments involved and other partners to follow up on the next steps for implementing the necessary actions for these marine and bats species. We look forward to leveraging the listing of bats species in particular, as a wake up call to the entire wind energy industry regarding the urgent need to take swift industry-wide action to conserve these susceptible bat species.

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