The Blog of 7SEAS — environment
World Turtle Day: What Are The Threats and What Can You Do To Help? - by Hannah Rudd
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Encountering sea turtles in the wild is an experience unlike any other and something I’ve been blessed with a few times in my life. From witnessing the heroic efforts of female loggerhead turtles hoisting their gargantuan weight up the vast white sandy beaches of the Cape Verde islands with Project Biodiversity, to spending a couple of hours snorkelling alongside a charismatic green turtle amongst corals in the Maldives, every turtle encounter is magical. This majesty soon quickly turns into tragedy when recalling the threats they face in our global ocean. Like many magnificent creatures residing in our seas turtles are...
- Tags: conservation, environment, marine biology, ocean, science, turtle
Mobulas and Murder: The Hunt for Gill Rakers by Hannah Rudd
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All accounts of diving with manta rays detail their majesty and grace, partnered with the sense of awe you feel as their great mass glides through the water so effortlessly above you. It is one of the ambitions of numerous diving fanatics to swim with one in the flesh; however, manta rays – alongside their close cousins, the devil rays – are in trouble. (There is a debate now as to whether manta rays and devils both belong to the Mobula genus, but that is for another blog post, another day). Like much of the marine megafauna enriching our world’s...
- Tags: conservation, environment, manta rays, Marine life, repost
Collaboration between 7SEAS Jewelry and the Manta Trust
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- Tags: charity, conservation, environment, mantatrust