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The marine animal had contracted just like a heart muscle.

Marine animal trainers make a median of about $15 per hour.

Killer whales carry some of the highest levels of pollution of any marine animal.

To be sure, this is just one experiment involving one kind of marine animal.

"There should never be any firearm injuries or deaths to a marine animal," said Cozad.

One person died after encountering a venomous marine animal, such as jellyfish or some types of fish.

Marine Animal Rescue is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the dolphin killer.

The beloved marine animal was found dead during a check of his enclosure Sunday morning, the museum said.

Chinese demand for the unlovely marine animal has depleted natural stocks, prompting the authorities to turn to aquaculture.

Peter Wallerstein, founder and president of Marine Animal Rescue, received a call to rescue a stranded dolphin on Nov. 9.

If we're trying to celebrate a food chain-topping marine animal, it might be time for an Orca Week instead.

Marine animal populations are still struggling to recover, as are coastal wetlands, beaches, and other habitats polluted by the spill.

Click here to view original GIFAs apex predators, orcas can prey on whichever marine animal they choose—large or small.

The Australian box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) is considered the world's most venomous marine animal, according to the US National Ocean Service.

The locals quickly contacted authorities, who brought in the Marine Animal Rescue team from the National Aquarium in Baltimore to help.

There are at least 267 known marine animal and bird species that have suffered from the entanglement or ingestion of plastic debris.

The government is considering new regulations to protect the marine animal, but many Bahamians fear that these laws will harm their livelihoods.

California firefighters rescued a seal-iously cute marine animal this week after he made a bit of a detour into a parking structure.

Entanglements aren't just another risk to marine animal health — they've become one of the most common injuries marine conservationists treat, including here at SeaWorld.

On Thursday, members from the Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme (SMASS) were called to investigate a dead sperm whale found on Scotland's Luskentyre Beach.

For one example, let's look at retailers that ship globally like Walmart, Amazon, and Alibaba, which increasingly face regulations aimed at preserving marine animal habitats.

The Scotland Marine Animal Stranding Scheme wrote on its Facebook page that the discovery was a "shameful" example of how litter is harming marine life.

The Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme, a government organization, wrote on its Facebook page that the juvenile male stranded on Luskentyre beach last Thursday and died.

Other long-lived animals include the hydra (a marine animal that may be immortal) and an approximately 4,200-year-old deep-sea coral living off the Hawaiian coast.

In fact, a "significant component" of marine animal diversity is due to the creation and then separation of just one supercontinent – Pangaea - more than 175 million years ago.

Peter Wellerstein, director of the Marine Animal Rescue project in Los Angeles County, told NBC Los Angeles the whale was emaciated, and some of its ribs were showing.

Some insects, like the peppered moth, evolved "urban melanism" for better camouflage in polluted environments, but this is the first time something similar has been seen in a marine animal.

Gordon has been charged with knowingly taking a polar bear in a manner unlawful under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and with one count of wasteful taking of a marine animal.

Last December, the FDA approved Yondelis, a cancer-fighting drug made from a compound originally isolated from a sea squirt, a small tubular marine animal that is part of the reef community.

Paleontologists have since identified the specimen as a 20-foot-long mosasaur, a type of marine animal that lived during the age of the dinosaurs, and went extinct with them 66 million years ago.

As of July 6, seven right whales were reported dead in the last month in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Marine Animal Response Society in Halifax, Nova Scotia, said on its Facebook page.

Marine Animal Rescue announced on their Facebook page Friday that they would be offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the mammal's death after an necropsy confirmed the animal died from a gunshot wound.

The whale, which washed ashore on Seilebost beach in Scotland, consumed about 220 pounds of plastic waste before its death, according to a Facebook post from the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS) on Sunday.

It was unclear whether the debris had contributed to the whale's death, but it probably impaired its digestive process, Andrew Brownlow, the director of the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme, said in an email on Monday.

Conan O'Brien might not be the first choice for your love interest, unless you're Liz Lemon — but he made his Korean TV debut as both a romantic prospect and a domesticated marine animal on the K-drama One More Happy Ending.

Other peak moments in the show demonstrate Dion's ability to create a sense of a character by simply creating a set, as he does in "The Department of Marine Animal Identification of the City of San Francisco, Chinatown Division" (1998).

Workers from the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS), which collates data on stranded marine animals around Scotland, discovered a huge ball of debris in the whale's stomach during the necropsy, according to a post on its Facebook page Sunday.

"A decrease in global biomass of marine animal communities, their production, and fisheries catch potential, and a shift in species composition are projected over the 21st century," the summary report warns, with the greatest losses found in the tropical regions of the globe.

She added that the findings may encourage other researchers to revisit their Roman period collections and genetically test their marine animal bones to see if they belonged to ancient whales, especially North Atlantic right whales which are on the brink of extinction, she said.

He exploited the Goat-Fish constellation, Capricorn, as his personal zodiacal sign and a symbol of power in the first century A.D. For a long time afterward, emperors often used the imagery of Capricorn, a hybrid land and marine animal, to symbolize their power on land and sea and to illustrate their lineage as Augustus's successor.

The player plays as Leo, a novice scuba diver, searching for treasure and learning about marine animal life.

The International Marine Animal Trainers' Association (known as IMATA), was created in 1972. IMATA was created for communication, professionalism, and cooperation between those who serve for the marine life. This helps network and exchange ideas between marine animal trainers internationally. IMATA is dedicated to providing and advancing the most professional, effective, and humane care of marine animals in all habitats.

This marine animal can be found in the NE Pacific Ocean from Alaska to California and in the NW Pacific from Russia and Korea.

J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560S. C. Hook and R. H. Flower. 1977.

Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K(3):1-519J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera.

Juresania is an extinct genus of brachiopod that existed from the Carboniferous to the Permian.Paleobiology DatabaseJ. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera.

Stafford also serves on the editorial advisory board for the International Marine Animal Trainers Association (IMATA).IMATA. IMATA (January 1, 2010). Retrieved on October 22, 2011.

J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 follows previous authors in putting Arionoceras in the Orthoceratida.

Arctonoe vittata is a species of scaled polychaete worms commonly known as a "scale worm". This species often lives as a commensal of another marine animal.

Balanoglossus is a tuberculos or burrowing and exclusively marine animal. It is found in shallow waters between tide marks along the coast of warm and temperate oceans.

A second species, Ogmodirus ischiadicus, has since been referred to Styxosaurus. Sepkoski (2002) assigned Ogmodirus to the Plesiosauria.Sepkoski, J.J. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera.

A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560.S. P. Welles. 1943. Elasmosaurid plesiosaurs with description of new material from California and Colorado.

He warrants that the species is not ancestral to Nessie, the Scottish legendary marine animal, as popular media liked to hype, but is certainly the first "distinctly Scottish prehistoric marine reptile".

Sepkoski is perhaps best known for his global compendia of marine animal families and genera, data sets that continue to motivate a tremendous amount of paleobiological research. Sepkoski himself explored his compendium very thoroughly. In 1981, he identified three great Evolutionary Faunas in the marine animal fossil record. Each of his Evolutionary Faunas, the Cambrian, Paleozoic, and Modern Faunas, is composed of Linnean classes of animals that have covarying diversity patterns, characteristic rates of turnover, and broadly similar ecologies.

Uncited genera names can be attributed to Sepkoski (2002)Sepkoski, J.J. Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. D.J. Jablonski & M.L. Foote (eds.). Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560.

J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 and reassigned to the Palliocerida by Zhuravleva (2005) and placed in the newly established Bogoslovskyidae.

Vetulicola is an extinct genus of marine animal from the Cambrian of China. It is the eponymous member of the enigmatic phylum Vetulicolia, which is of uncertain affinities but may belong to the deuterostomes.

A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 Due to the fragmentary nature of the material associated with the genus, it is currently regarded as a nomen dubium.

Bowen Island Passenger Ferries. The Sannie Transportation Company 1921-1956. Cape West Publishing, 64 pp. The park is currently home to more than 200 marine animal species and is the first Marine Protected Area in Canada.

The English word "chitin" comes from the French word chitine, which was derived in 1821 from the Greek word χιτών (chiton), meaning covering. A similar word, "chiton", refers to a marine animal with a protective shell.

"Comparative diagnoses of Conidae and Cancellariidae from the Tertiary formations of Burma". Records of the Geological Survey of India 53: 130-141. in the clade Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002)Sepkoski J. J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera".

Parasphaerorthoceras was named by Ristedt in 1968, who placed it in the Sphaerorthoceratidae, which he also named. Parasphaerorthoceras is listed in Jack Sepkoski's (2002) list of Cephalopod genera under OrthoceridaJ. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera.

Limiting or removing boat traffic, creating better marine animal passageways through dams, and working with fisheries to live alongside wildlife instead of fighting against it are all important steps. Preserving habitats is important for species richness, genetic diversity, and ecosystem complexity.

Botanical illustration of Hieracium murorum and Hieracium sylvaticum in Plate II by Catharine Johnston published in The Botany of the Eastern Borders. Catharine Johnston ( Charles; 1794–1871) was an English botanical illustrator who had a species of marine animal named in her honour.

Oceana: Noctiluca scintillans. Marine Animal Encyclopedia. Retrieved 27 December 2014. In July 2015, at Alleppey, Kerala, India, the phenomenon occurred and the National Institute of Oceanography and Kerala Fisheries Department researched it, finding that the glittering waves were the result of Noctiluca scintillans.

Paradnatoceras is included in the Orthocerida according to Sepkoski (2002).J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 Inclusion of the Orthocerida in the subclass Orthoceratoidea is according to more recent taxonomic opinion.

This first pulse was the larger of the two and caused the extinction of most of the marine animal species that existed in the shallow and deep oceans. The second phase of extinction was associated with strong sea level rise, and due to the atmospheric conditions, namely oxygen levels being at or below 50% of present- day levels, high levels of anoxic waters would have been common. This anoxia would have killed off many of the survivors of the first extinction pulse. In all the extinction event of the Late Ordovician saw a loss of 85% of marine animal species and 26% of animal families.

Iotuba chengjiangensis (sometimes mis-spelt Lotuba ) is a problematic Cambrian fossil with a U-shaped gut and tentacles, known from the Chengjiang biota. Originally interpreted as a phoronid marine animal, its affinity is currently disputed. It, and the possibly-synonymous taxon Eophoronis, resemble the 'priapulid' Louisella.

Protobactrites, named by Hyatt in Zittel (1900), is an orthocerid of unknown familial affiliationSweet, Walter C. 1964. Nautiloidea- Orthocerida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K(3); R.C. Moore (ed) where it was retained by Sepkoski (2002).J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera.

The History of Marine Animal Populations (HMAP) is an international, interdisciplinary research initiative. It comprises the historical component of the Census of Marine Life and is designed to measure and explain patterns of long-term change in the diversity, distribution and abundance of life in the oceans.

Copley M.S., Hansel, F.A., Sadr, K. & Evershed R.P. 2004. Organic residue evidence for the processing of marine animal products in pottery vessels from the pre-colonial archaeological site of Kasteelberg D east, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 100: 279–283. 17\. Sadr, K. 2003.

Broch's primary works were on marine biology. His first studies involved herring, and he later moved into huldyrene (coelenterates) and barnacles (cirripediene). His thorough and well- written work made him an international expert on these marine animal groups. He made several contributions to the standard work Handbuch der Zoologie.

Dion worked on several small projects like The Department of Marine Animal identification of the City of New York (Chinatown division), which gave way to his big collaborations with the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University and the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota.

A British drug dealer (who works for Gandhi) then crashes into a window of a nearby building. Bunty and Aditi then land on a hanging poster. Aditi is saved but Bunty falls down. Ravinder lands into the reservoir of a fountain, ingesting a marine animal on reaching underwater.

This was followed by a special edition of Crossfire with Blackfish associate producer Tim Zimmermann debating Grey Stafford, a conservationist, zoologist, and member of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association. The documentary aired on BBC Four in the UK on November 21, 2013 as part of the Storyville documentary series.

A macroevolutionary benchmark study is Sepkoski's work on marine animal diversity through the Phanerozoic. His iconic diagram of the numbers of marine families from the Cambrian to the Recent illustrates the successive expansion and dwindling of three "evolutionary faunas" that were characterized by differences in origination rates and carrying capacities.

The air fern (Sertularia argentea) is a species of marine animal in the family Sertulariidae. It also known as the sea fir and Neptune plant. These so-called "ferns" are dead and dried colonies of hydrozoans, colonies of marine hydroids, class Hydrozoa, phylum Cnidaria. Hydroids are related to corals and jellyfish.

Cuttlefish of the order Sepiida Pinna nobilis shell and byssus List of mollusc orders illustrates the 97 orders in the phylum Mollusca, the largest marine animal phylum. 85,000 extant species are described,Chapman, A.D. (2009). Numbers of Living Species in Australia and the World, 2nd edition. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Logo of the Center The National Marine Life Center is an independent, non- profit marine animal hospital, science, and education center based in Bourne, Massachusetts. Their mission is to rehabilitate for release stranded sea turtles, seals, dolphins, porpoises, and small whales, and to advance scientific knowledge and education in marine wildlife and conservation.

Exceptional marine animal fossils are found in the formation. The Cleveland Shale is generally considered to be fossil-poor, but there are exceptions. The basal pyrite layer contains petrified wood and fossilized fish bones. The upper part is famous for its extensive and well-preserved fossil Chondrichthyes, Conodonts, Placodermi, Cladoselache, and Palaeoniscinoids.

Found in association with dugongs and sea turtles, "Ikanogavialis papuensis" was a marine animal like its ancestors, a 2-3 meter long coastal piscivore so far known only from Murua. Like other Pleistocene gharials, the species was presumably was hunted to extinction by humanity.Molnar, R. E. 1982. A longirostrine crocodilian from Murua (Woodlark), Solomon Sea.

Ciona savignyi is a marine animal sometimes known as the Pacific transparent sea squirt or solitary sea squirt. It is a species of tunicates in the family Cionidae. It is found in shallow waters around Japan and has spread to the west coast of North America where it is regarded as an invasive species.

In October 2008, Nausicaa worked with a veterinary surgeon who specialises in sharks for the first successful surgery on a grey nurse shark. On 14 November 2008, Nausicaa was awarded first prize for medical training in the care of sea lions at the IMATA (International Marine Animal Trainers Association) annual conference, which took place in Cancun, Mexico.

This is because at the surface, sound reflections are nearly 180 degrees out of phase with the incident waves. Combined with spreading and acoustic shadowing effects, the result is that the marine animal is unable to hear an approaching vessel before it has been run over or entrapped by the hydrodynamic forces of the vessel's passage.

The US Navy is also exploring the use of thermal recharging technology for the next generation of autonomous submersible vehicles. Scalable for use on most robotic oceanographic vehicles, this technology breakthrough could usher in a new generation of autonomous underwater vehicles capable of virtually indefinite ocean monitoring for climate and marine animal studies, exploration and surveillance.

Coinage of Achaemenid satrap Abrocomas, Sinope, Paphlagonia, circa 400-385 BC. Statue of Diogenes at Sinop. Greek coins featuring an eagle holding a dolphin or marine animal in its talons have been found in Sinope, Istria and Olbia. Located in present-day Turkey, Romania and Ukraine respective, all three were colonies of Miletus. The coins circulated between c.

S. Look, W. Fenical, G. Matsumoto and J. Clardy. J. Org. Chem. (1986) 51: 5140-5145 There are at least 25 unique diterpenes isolated from this species of marine animal. Samples of P. elisabethae from the Bahamas are found to have higher concentrations of pseudopterosins than populations from the Florida Keys, which have a greater diversity in diterpene structures.

Holothuria is the type genus of the marine animal family Holothuriidae, part of the class Holothuroidea, commonly known as sea cucumbers. Members of the genus are found in coastal waters in tropical and temperate regions. They are soft bodied, limbless invertebrates that dwell on the ocean floor and are usually detritivore. They resemble a cucumber in form.

All animals on Earth form associations with microorganisms, including protists, bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses. In the ocean, animal–microbial relationships were historically explored in single host–symbiont systems. However, new explorations into the diversity of microorganisms associating with diverse marine animal hosts is moving the field into studies that address interactions between the animal host and a more multi-member microbiome.

There are also less predictable causes of missing decompression stops. Diving suit failure in cold water may force the diver to choose between hypothermia and decompression sickness. Diver injury or marine animal attack may also limit the duration of stops the diver is willing to carry out. A procedure for dealing with omitted decompression stops is described in the US Navy Diving Manual.

They scripted and created shows and taught others how to train using operant technology. Other marine parks that use operant training can be traced back to the ABE and the spread of behavioral technology helped the marine animal training industry to grow rapidly. The world’s first oceanarium called Marine Studios was located in St. Augustine, Florida and opened on June 23, 1938.

The lagoon is reported as a breeding site for the little penguin. The lagoon supports a number of marine animal species considered to be commercially valuable. These include sand crab, king scallop, queen scallop, razorfish (Pinna bicolor), southern calamari, flathead, King George whiting, leatherjacket, red mullet, snook, Southern Sea garfish, tommy ruff, trevally and Western Australian salmon.PIRSA, 2012, page 14 of 35.

Each aircraft has a different marine animal painted on the tailfin, consisting of a dolphin, lobster, manta ray, marlin, octopus, seahorse, sea turtle, or shark. Of the eight Saab 340s, six were originally from American Eagle Airlines, while two were originally from Formosa Airlines. Prior to Seaborne's acquisition of its Saab 340s, the Twin Otters were used for both land and water operations.

Estuaries have shifting flows of sea water and fresh water. Some representative ocean animal life (not drawn to scale) within their approximate depth-defined ecological habitats. Marine microorganisms exist on the surfaces and within the tissues and organs of the diverse life inhabiting the ocean, across all ocean habitats.Apprill, A. (2017)"Marine animal microbiomes: toward understanding host–microbiome interactions in a changing ocean".

Nectosaurus is a genus of thalattosaur (marine diapsid reptiles) which lived during the Late Triassic in what is now California. The type and only known species, Nectosaurus halius, was found in the Hosselkus Limestone and described by John C. Merriam in 1905, making it one of the first thalattosaurians known (along with Thalattosaurus).Sepkoski, J.J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera".

Festucalex cinctus is a species of marine animal listed under the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and which is protected under the New South Wales Fisheries Management Act. Specimens from the tropical part of its distribution, in northern Queensland and the Northern Territory, appear to be different from specimens in New South Wales and may represent a different species.

The Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) is a coral reef marine animal. It has eight long arms that vary in length and diameter. The mantle is large and chunky in comparison (up to 60 cm long). This species is difficult to describe because it changes color and texture to blend into its surroundings, using specialised skin cells known as chromatophores.

The town's economy relies largely on fishing and associated industries. Due to relatively warm ocean currents, the town is located in the mildest climatic zone on the island of Sakhalin, making possible agriculture in the surrounding region. There have been recent efforts to develop the area as a tourist area for marine animal viewing, diving and yachting. The HSCS- Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System.

Like the other cold corals, the stony corals of the Comau fiord region, Desmopyhllum dianthus, Caryophyllia huinayensis and Tethocyathus endesa they found in unusually shallow water on fiord walls 15m down and below.Försterra, G., Häussermann, V., & Laudien, J. (2017). Animal Forests in the Chilean Fjords: Discoveries, Perspectives, and Threats in Shallow and Deep Waters. Marine Animal Forests: The Ecology of Benthic Biodiversity Hotspots, 277-313.

The major industry in the river area is the raising of beef cattle. Like most sub tropical and tropical estuaries, the waters of the river may contain box jellyfish for many kilometres upstream. This venomous, marine animal poses a threat to swimmers. The Calliope River Historical Village is located beside the Calliope River on the Old Bruce Highway at River Ranch, adjacent to the Bruce Highway.

Although rehabilitation is costly, over 90% of the animals rehabilitated at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center make a full recovery and are returned to the wild. As well as dealing with marine animal issues, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center operates a Sea Life Museum, houses an educational facility which includes hands-on exhibits, and offers marine ecology-based educational programs. The Stranding Center also offers internship programs.

Hyde was a researcher and professor, but also an inventor and innovator. She developed instruments for monitoring physiological parameters in a marine animal that could be used in seawater. Her most well- known invention was an intracellular micropipette electrode. Dr. Hyde had observed that electrolytes in high concentrations affect processes of cell division, leading to her noting of the minute differences in electrical potential within cells.

This program currently includes marine mammal health and stranding response, large whale disentanglement, and sea turtle stranding and disentanglement. To implement this program, NMFS established several networks of volunteer organizations that it authorizes to respond to stranded marine mammals and sea turtles and entangled large whales and sea turtles. NMFS seeks the submission of proposals addressing Marine Animal Entanglement Response in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The Lower Wells haul-out site receives the most use, with peak counts of 30 seals. During the winter months harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus), and occasionally hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), can be found basking on refuge salt marshes and in offshore waters. Seal strandings are a common occurrence, and are reported to marine animal rescue agencies. Many large mammals are found on or near the refuge.

Some representative ocean animals (not drawn to scale) within their approximate depth-defined ecological habitats. Marine microorganisms also exist on the surfaces and within the tissues and organs of the diverse life inhabiting the ocean, across all ocean habitats. The animals rooted to or living on the ocean floor are not pelagic but are benthic animals.Apprill, A. (2017)"Marine animal microbiomes: toward understanding host–microbiome interactions in a changing ocean".

IMATA's responsibilities are for striving to continue the existence of oceanaria, aquaria, and laboratories housing marine animals. There are four rules for the Code of Professional Ethics. Each member is committed to: # Exercising the highest levels of respect and humaneness for all animals. # Exercising professional integrity in representing ourselves as members of the marine animal community, as representatives of the facilities we serve, or as members of this Association.

In October 1970, Yasushi Tourism Corporation launched a business. Men focused on marine animal exhibitions such as dolphins and sea lions and men breed and trained for orchas that were regarded as beasts. There are performances by marine beasts other than killer whales. There are three different zones which are the Eco Aquaroam, Tropical Island, and Rocky world contain most sea creatures about 11,000 that are on display.

A spectrogram of Bloop Bloop was an ultra-low-frequency, high amplitude underwater sound detected by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 1997. By 2012, earlier speculation that the sound originated from a marine animal was replaced by NOAA's description of the sound as being consistent with noises generated via non-tectonic cryoseisms originating from glacial movements such as ice calving, or through seabed gouging by ice.

Nematocysts from Chironex fleckeri (400x magnification) Nematocysts are very efficient weapons. A single nematocyst has been shown to suffice in paralyzing a small arthropod (Drosophila larva). The most deadly cnidocytes (to humans, at least) are found on the body of a box jellyfish. One member of this family, the sea wasp, Chironex fleckeri, is "claimed to be the most venomous marine animal known," according to the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Alocasia macrorrhizos is a species of flowering plant in the arum family (Araceae) that it is native to rainforests of Island Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland and has long been cultivated in the Philippines, many Pacific islands, and elsewhere in the tropics. Common names include giant taro, ape, giant alocasia, biga, and pia. In Australia it is known as the cunjevoi (a term which also refers to a marine animal).

SeaWorld Ohio was a park in the SeaWorld chain of marine animal theme parks. The park opened in 1970 directly across from Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, United States. In 2001, SeaWorld sold the park to Six Flags, combining it with Geauga Lake to form Six Flags Worlds of Adventure. The park was completely demolished after the 2004 season and was rebuilt into Wildwater Kingdom for the 2005 season.

In conjunction with the aforementioned, fluttering shearwaters must face the impacts that fisheries have on marine animal populations. As the human population increases, so does its demand for food. So much so that it is already starting to adversely affect the abundance of aquatic animals found with the oceans, resulting in less food sources for predatory animals within the environment. Fishing ships are not usually appealing fluttering shearwaters.

A 1967 flyer for Marineland, using the older name "Marineland and Game Farm" Marineland (official name Marineland of Canada Inc.), is a themed zoo and amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The park has performing marine animal shows, sea mammal and land animal exhibits, and amusement rides. It keeps dolphins, walruses, sea lions, an orca, and beluga whales. The park also keeps bears, deer and other land animals.

GPC has, since its inception, worked together with the local community. The campus itself is open to the general public, and the school's departments have closely linked with local industries. For example, the college has a leading role in establishing a ‘Jumunjin Brand Squid’, whose name ‘Jumunjingeo’ combines the name of the town as well as the Korean word for fish. In Jumunjin, the most well known marine animal is squid.

" Science 347 (2015): 12555641. Most large marine animal species still exist, such that the size distribution of global species assemblages has changed little since the Pleistocene, but individuals of each species are smaller on average, and overfishing has caused reductions in genetic diversity. Most extinctions and population declines to date have been driven by human overexploitation.Dulvy, N. K., Pinnegar, J. K., and Reynolds, J. D. "Holocene extinctions in the sea.

J.J. Sepkoski, 2002, "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera", Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1-560 In the latter case the extant bowfin, Amia calva, would be the closest living relative of Leedsichthys. Within the Pachycormidae, a cladistic analysis found Leedsichthys to be the sister species of Asthenocormus, their clade being the sister group of Martillichthys. This cladogram after Friedman et al. shows a possible position of Leedsichtys in the evolutionary tree.

The Living Coast Discovery Center is an environmental education center with marine animal, animal and bird exhibits located in the Sweetwater Marsh Unit of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge in Chula Vista, California.PR Newswire (February 18, 2015) "SDG&E; Establishes $2 Million Endowment Fund To Support Chula Vista's Living Coast Discovery Center" CNN Money Permanent displays at the Living Coast focus on native animals and plants found in Southern California and San Diego Bay.

Many scientists will look at the hologenome, which is the combined genetic information of the host and its symbionts. These terms are more commonly used to describe microbial symbionts. The type of marine animal vary greatly, for example, sponges, sea squirts, corals, worms, and algae all host a variety of unique symbionts. Each symbiotic relationship displays a unique ecological niche, which in turn can lead to entirely new species of host species and symbiont.

Some others (alkyl-phenyl)-alkanoic acids) are formed when linolenic acid is warmed at 260–270 °C. Several forms with 16, 18 and 20 carbon atoms were identified in archaeological pottery vessels and were presumed to have been generated during heating triunsaturated fatty acids. They were used as biomarkers to trace the ancient processing of marine animal in these vessels. Several benzoic acid derivatives have been described in leaves of various Piperaceae species.

A Monster Pig (usually based on a marine animal) will be released from the nefarious Dr. Pig's laboratory, terrorizing the seas. The player is then (optionally) able to fight the Monster Pigs via their own customized ship, dueling the beasts for points (easier Monster Pigs wield lower points and harder Monster Pigs reward more points) in exchange for limited-time items, and at the same time competing against people from across the globe.

A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. D.J. Jablonski & M.L. Foote (eds.). Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. Sepkoski's Online Genus Database (CEPHALOPODA) with Nautiloceras being from the Upper Tournesian, about 352-345 Ma, (Lower Osage) and Trigonoceras somewhat younger, Upper Visean - Lower Serpukhovian, (Upper Meremec - Chester) with the span from about 340 to 322 Ma. Nautiloceras may have been cyrtconic to loosely gyroconic, coiled without whorls being in contact with one another.

The organisms responsible for primary production are called primary producers or autotrophs. Most marine primary production is generated by a diverse collection of marine microorganisms called algae and cyanobacteria. Together these form the principal primary producers at the base of the ocean food chain and produce half of the world's oxygen. Marine primary producers underpin almost all marine animal life by generating nearly all of the oxygen and food marine animals need to exist.

The Future of Marine Animal Populations (FMAP) project was one of the core projects of the international Census of Marine Life (2000–2010). FMAP's mission was to describe and synthesize globally changing patterns of species abundance, distribution, and diversity, and to model the effects of fishing, climate change and other key variables on those patterns. This work was done across ocean realms and with an emphasis on understanding past changes and predicting future scenarios.

The flora and fauna within the park are diverse, owing to its wide variety of habitats. There are 10 species of marine mammal, 24 species of land mammal and a similar number of fish, plus various forest birds. In the Koroc River, there are several species of marine animal, including the Arctic char, brook trout, whitefish and Atlantic salmon. Within the valley, there are red and Arctic foxes, spruce grouse, willow ptarmigan and black and polar bears.

Mundomar is a marine animal park located in Benidorm, in Costa Blanca, Spain. It is twinned with the water park Aqualandia, which is directly adjacent to it, and shares the same car park. There is a viewing area at the top of Mundomar next to the Dolphinarium, which gives a view of the majority of Aqualandia. Many different species can be viewed at Mundomar, including dolphins, sea lions, penguins, meerkats and many more marine and land animals.

PSP toxins have been implicated in various marine animal mortalities involving trophic transfer of the toxin from its algal source up the food chain to higher predators. Studies in animals have shown that the lethal effects of saxitoxin can be reversed with 4-aminopyridine, but there are no studies on human subjects. As with any paralytic agent, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation or artificial ventilation of any means will keep a poisoned victim alive until antidote is administered or the poison wears off.

The sea otter hunts in short dives, often to the sea floor. Although it can hold its breath for up to five minutes, its dives typically last about one minute and not more than four. It is the only marine animal capable of lifting and turning over rocks, which it often does with its front paws when searching for prey. The sea otter may also pluck snails and other organisms from kelp and dig deep into underwater mud for clams.

Alnmouth's south-beach dune is calcerous, containing mainly marine-animal shell, and is only 2–300 years old. Alnmouth lies at the south-east extent of low hills such run down from the Cheviot Hills to the coast. Its hinterland is an open agricultural landscape of arable land and pasture, with broadleaf woodlands in river valleys such as of the Aln, and some forestry plantations. Its history is of medieval tree- clearance and the establishment of scattered settlements and farms with complex field patterns.

The dugong became the first marine animal protected by Philippine law, with harsh penalties for harming them. Recently, local marine trash problem in the archipelago remained unabated and became the biggest threat to the already dwindling population of Dugongs in the country. Litters of plastic waste (single-use sachets, plastic bottles, Jollibee to-go containers etc.) and other non-biodegradable materials abound in the coastal areas. As these materials may be mistaken as food by dugongs, these may lead to death due to plastic ingestion.

Sea otter Polar bear swimming The sea otter hunts in short dives, often to the sea floor. Although it can hold its breath for up to five minutes, its dives typically last about one minute and not more than four. It is the only marine animal capable of lifting and turning over rocks, which it often does with its front paws when searching for prey. The sea otter may also pluck snails and other organisms from kelp and dig deep into underwater mud for clams.

It is possible that Orthosuchus has the same predation, by slowly move toward schools of small fish and swallow from the side. The aquatic environment provides plenty of food for the animal, besides small fish, the animal could also feed on lake invertebrates. Orthosuchus has a small salt-secreting gland, which indicates that it is not a marine animal. And because the pubis articulates with the front region of the ischium, it is believed to be a basal animal that lived in swamps and lakes.

Traditional methods of processing jellyfish into a dried food product can take a considerable amount of time, between 19 and 37 days. A common processing technique is the preservation of jellyfish, which may utilize salt curing to accomplish this, creating a dried finished product. Some commercially processed edible jellyfish are purveyed in dried sheets. The process of producing dehydrated jellyfish typically includes the removal of the tentacles prior to drying, because the upper dome area of the marine animal is the part typically used for cooking.

As a marine animal, the frilled shark is a living fossil because of its relatively unchanged anatomy and physique, since first appearing in the primeval seas of the Late Cretaceous (ca. 95 mya) and the Late Jurassic (150 mya) epochs. In evolutionary terms, the frilled shark is an animal species of recent occurrence in the natural history of the Earth; the earliest discoveries of the fossilized teeth of the Chlamydoselachus anguineus species of shark date to the early Pleistocene epoch (2.58–11.70 mya).Marsili, S. (2007).

Most recent and modern long-snouted crocodylomorphs (notably the gharials) have slender and long teeth, being piscivores. The teeth of Aigialosuchus were stout and short, meaning that it would probably have been adapted to some other form of feeding. According to Swedish paleontologist Elisabeth Einarsson, the robust teeth of Aigialosuchus indicates that it was adapted for feeding on larger fish, such as Enchodus, and larger invertebrates. Contrary to Persson's assessment, Aigialosuchus is now believed to have been a marine animal, similar to other dyrosaurids.

Relationships are generally thought to exist in a symbiotic state, and are normally exposed to environmental and animal-specific factors that may cause natural variations. Some events may change the relationship into a functioning but altered symbiotic state, whereas extreme stress events may cause dysbiosis or a breakdown of the relationship and interactions.Apprill, A. (2017) "Marine animal microbiomes: toward understanding host–microbiome interactions in a changing ocean". Frontiers in Marine Science, 4: 222. . 50px Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The stone arches of this public bath have been incorporated into the shop at Living Coasts. Development of the site as a marine animal exhibit was first proposed in early 1999 in response to a call from Torbay Council for submissions from interested parties. The project, developed by Kay Elliott architects, included an exhibit to house marine birds, rather than fish, due to the need to avoid duplicating the exhibits at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth. The project was subsequently taken on by Paignton Zoo Environmental Park and named Living Coasts.

Recent digs have discovered species yet to be formally described and named. They have also unearthed more and sometimes better fossils of animals that were discovered earlier, for example Odontogriphus was for many years known from just one poorly preserved specimen, but the discovery of a further 189 formed the basis for a detailed description and analysis in 2006. A full pre-publication draft, free but without pictures, may be available at Re-examination of Walcott's collection also continues, and has led to the reconstruction of the large marine animal Hurdia in 2009.

Because of this inversion, it is the zooplankton that make up most of the marine animal biomass. As primary consumers, zooplankton are the crucial link between the primary producers (mainly phytoplankton) and the rest of the marine food web (secondary consumers).U S Department of Energy (2008) Carbon Cycling and Biosequestration page 81, Workshop report DOE/SC-108, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. If phytoplankton dies before it is eaten, it descends through the euphotic zone as part of the marine snow and settles into the depths of sea.

Map of the areas affected by the oil spill A 183 m (600 ft) cargo ship called the MV Pacific Adventurer was carrying 60 containers of ammonium nitrate when it encountered rough seas produced by Hamish, while located about 13 km (8 mi) east of Cape Moreton. The incident occurred near to a marine animal park, which is home to endangered species. Around 3:15 a.m. EST on 11 March 31 of the containers spilled into the sea along with a large amount of heavy fuel, causing the surface of the water to become slick.

At least since the 18th century (and probably earlier) Muslim traders from Makassar of Sulawesi visited Arnhem Land each year to trade, harvest, and process sea cucumbers or trepang. This marine animal is highly prized in Chinese cuisine, for folk medicine, and as an aphrodisiac. This Macassan contact with Australia is the first recorded example of interaction between the inhabitants of the Australian continent and their Asian neighbours. Macassan wooden sailboat or prau of the type trepangers have used for centuries This contact had a major effect on local Aboriginal Australians.

National Aquarium Animal Care and Rescue Center on Fayette Street The National Aquarium was selected as the National Wildlife Federation's Maryland affiliate in 2011.National Wildlife Federation and National Aquarium Formally Join Forces - National Wildlife Federation The aquarium conducts conservation efforts through events to clean up the Chesapeake Bay Wetlands, and the aquarium's Marine Animal Rescue Program (MARP), which rescues, rehabilitates, and releases marine mammals. MARP has successfully rescued, treated, and returned seals, dolphins, porpoises, pilot whales, pygmy sperm whales, sea turtles, and a manatee to their natural habitats. The National Aquarium Conservation Center (est.

It was probably a marine animal by necessity, as suggested by the poorly-ossified and paddle- like limbs which would have prevented it from going ashore. Specimens belonging to the genus were first discovered in a locality near Xinmin in Guizhou, China in 2002. At the same locality, which dates to 244 million years ago, other marine reptiles such as Mixosaurus, Keichousaurus, and Wumengosaurus have also been found. While the type specimen consisted only of a skull and the very front of the neck, additional specimens soon revealed the complete form of the body.

Their bizarre form has made classification and ecological reconstruction difficult. Since their discovery in 1931, suggestions of protist, plant, and fungal affinities have all been entertained. The organisms have been better understood as improvements in microscopy facilitated the study of their fine structure, and there is mounting evidence to suggest that they represent either the eggs or juvenile stage of a marine animal. The ecology of chitinozoa is also open to speculation; some may have floated in the water column, where others may have attached themselves to other organisms.

Osborne, 61 It is often associated with stylized marine animal forms, or ambiguous masks and shapes that might be such, which seem to emerge from the rippling, fluid background, as if the silver remained in its molten state. In some other European languages, the style is covered by the local equivalent of the term cartilage baroque because the forms may resemble cartilage (e.g. Knorpelbarock in German, bruskbarokk in Norwegian, bruskbarok in Danish). However, those these terms may be rather widely and vaguely applied to a bewildering range of styles of Northern Mannerist and Baroque ornament.

Wholphin was a quarterly DVD magazine containing a selection of short films which had little or no exposure elsewhere. The magazine was created by Dave Eggers and Brent Hoff of McSweeney's publishing house. It was named after the marine animal of the same name, a rare hybrid of a false killer whale and a dolphin, which highlights its unusual nature. Eggers and Hoff claim they were inspired to create it after the Cannes Film Festival, which is one of very few places at which many of these short films can ever be seen.

This off-site facility in Quincy, includes holding space for animals during exhibit renovations, quarantine space for new arrivals, and is home to the marine animal rescue and rehabilitation center. In 2013, the Aquarium reopened the Giant Ocean Tank after a ten-month renovation. The new Giant Ocean Tank features a new reef designed to represent a pre-Columbian Caribbean reef, new lighting with the reflective dome, and better views with the new viewing windows along the tank. Additionally, the number of fish in the tank has increased from 800 to 2,000 and number of species has increased from 90 to 140.

With the completion of the church on Atka, Netsvetov turned to education of the children, teaching them to read and write both Russian and Unangan Aleut. Initially the Russian-American Company helped support the school, but in 1841 the school was re-organized as a parish school. Many of his students would prove to be distinguished Aleut leaders. While living in the north areas was difficult, Netsvetov was active in the intellectual life as well; in addition to his own subsistence needs, he was active in collecting and preparing fish and marine animal specimens for the museums in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

For example, carbon dioxide increases the swimming activity of this fish, while at the same time decreasing the ability of the brown dottyback to sense the chemical signals associated with the presence of prey.M. Briffa, K. de la Haye, P. L. Munday, High CO2 and marine animal behaviour: Potential mechanisms and ecological consequences. Marine Pollution Bulletin 64, 1519-1528 (2012); published online EpubAug (10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.05.032). However, increasing the carbon dioxide concentration does not necessarily help prey escape, as these changes also decrease the ability the dottyback's prey to sense the chemical signals of a nearby predator.

For instance, it appears in Jurassic/lower Cretaceous deposits of greensand, so-called after the coloration caused by glauconite. It can also be found in sand or clay formations, or in impure limestones and in chalk. It develops as a consequence of diagenetic alteration of sedimentary deposits, bio-chemical reduction and subsequent mineralogical changes affecting iron-bearing micas such as biotite, and is also influenced by the decaying process of organic matter degraded by bacteria in marine animal shells. Glauconite forms under reducing conditions in sediments and such deposits are commonly found in nearshore sands, open oceans and the Mediterranean Sea.

Echinometra vanbrunti, at low tide in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico The sea urchins of the Gulf of California live between the coasts of the Baja California Peninsula to the west and mainland state of Sonora, Mexico to the east. The northern boundary is the lateral band of land with the remains of the Colorado River Delta, and the southern is the Pacific Ocean. The Gulf of California is known for its high diversity and endemism of biota. One type of marine animal that can be found in this region is the sea urchin (class echinoidea, in the phylum echinodermata).

This process uses energy from sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars that can be used both as a source of chemical energy and of organic molecules that are used in the structural components of cells. Marine primary producers are important because they underpin almost all marine animal life by generating most of the oxygen and food that provide other organisms with the chemical energy they need to exist. The principal marine primary producers are cyanobacteria, algae and marine plants. The oxygen released as a by-product of photosynthesis is needed by nearly all living things to carry out cellular respiration.

The overarching aim of the HMAP project is to improve knowledge and understanding of the interaction of humankind with the marine environment since the earliest times. Attaining this goal will yield information on long-term changes in stock abundance, the historic ecological impact of large-scale human harvesting and the role of marine resource utilization in the development of human societies. Such evidence, in turn, will broaden and deepen knowledge of the contemporary condition of the marine environment and provide the time series and ecological insight required to assess the future sustainability of marine animal populations.

At Tjörnes peninsula are abundance of marine sediments older than the Ice Age (the oldest about 5 million years) and the total thickness of these layers is no less than 500 meters. In these layers remains of different marine animal communities have been discovered and nowhere else have more species of marine animals been found in Icelandic sediments. The molluscs, crustaceans and forams are most common, but there are also remains of fish and marine mammals, that is seals, walrus and whales. The layers can be divided into three belts by which type of shell is the most dominant in each layer.

Flow injection techniques have proven very useful in marine science for both organic and inorganic analytes in marine animal samples/seafood. Flow Injection methods applied to the determination of amino acids (histidine, L-lysine and tyrosine), DNA/RNA, formaldehyde, histamine, hypoxanthine, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, diarrheic shellfish poisoning, paralytic shellfish poisoning, succinate/glutamate, trimethylamine/ total volatile basic nitrogen, total lipid hydroperoxides, total volatile acids, uric acid, vitamin B12, silver, aluminium, arsenic, boron, calcium, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, iron, gallium, mercury, indium, lithium, manganese, molibdenum, nickel, lead, antimony, selenium, tin, strontium, thallium, vanadium, zinc, nitrate/nitrite, phosphorus/phosphate and silicate.

Xestospongia muta. These massively built sponges can reach in height and can be about the same thickness at the thickest part of the "body".Biggest, Smallest, Fastest, Deepest: Marine Animal Records – Marine Biology: Life in the Ocean. Care2.com (2009-03-04) Some of these creatures have been estimated to be over 2,400 years of age.Xestospongia muta. Encyclopedia of Life ;Calcareous sponges (Calcarea) :The largest known of these small, inconspicuous sponges is probably the species Pericharax heteroraphis, attaining a height of . Most calcareous sponges do not exceed tall. ;Hexactinellid sponges (Hexactinellida) :A relatively common species, Rhabdocalyptus dawsoni, can reach a height of once they are of a very old age.

Bering expedition member S. Khitrov of eastern Kamchatka, including the Commander Islands, with drawings of Steller's sea cow, the northern fur seal and the Steller sea lion. Medny Island Due to the high productivity of the Bering Sea shelf and the Pacific slope and their remoteness from human influence, the Commander Islands are marked by a great abundance of marine animal life and a relative paucity of terrestrial organisms. Notably, significant numbers of northern fur seals (some 200,000 individuals) and Steller sea lions (approximately 5,000 individuals) summer there, both on reproductive rookeries and non-reproductive haul-outs. Sea otters, common seals and larga seals are likewise abundant.

The research team consists of veterinarians and biologists who conduct not only medical diagnosis and intervention, but also publish scientific reports on marine animal health in relation to the Pacific Ocean’s environmental chemistry. They collaborate with other institutions to provide vital information on disease, immunological systems and environmental effects. Some patients are fitted with radio or satellite tags before release, to further specific research goals. The center collaborates with counterparts around the world (most notably from England, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Scotland, the Netherlands, France and Germany) in working on complex cases, and also researches the interactions of ocean-dwelling mammals with the marine environment in collaboration with other institutions.

Anthony, K.R., Kline, D.I., Diaz- Pulido, G., Dove, S. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O.(2008) "Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(45): 17442–17446. . Studies have also suggested that resident bacteria, archaea, and fungi additionally contribute to nutrient and organic matter cycling within the coral, with viruses also possibly playing a role in structuring the composition of these members, thus providing one of the first glimpses at a multi-domain marine animal symbiosis.Bourne, D.G., Morrow, K.M. and Webster, N.S. (2016) "Insights into the coral microbiome: underpinning the health and resilience of reef ecosystems". Annual Review of Microbiology, 70: 317–340. .

Teams from the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies keep a pygmy killer whale hydrated while they prep it for release into the Gulf of Mexico The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies ("IMMS") is a research organization located in Gulfport, Mississippi and dedicated to education, conservation, and research on marine mammals in the wild and in captivity. It was founded in 1984 as a research organization funded by Marine Life Oceanarium and its sister company Marine Animal Productions and recognized as a non-profit 501c(3) in 1995. The director since its founding has been Dr. Mobashir A. (Moby) Solangi. It has been an active participant of the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program since its inception.

A 2020 study published in Nature described a large fossilized hatched egg from Antarctica from the very end of the Cretaceous, about 68 million years ago. The egg is considered one of the largest amniote eggs ever known, rivalling that of the elephant bird, and due to its soft, thin, folded texture, it likely belonged to a marine animal. While the organism that produced it remains unknown, the egg's pore structure is very similar to that of extant lepidosaurs such as lizards and snakes, and presence of mosasaur fossils nearby indicates that it may have been a mosasaur egg. It is unknown whether the egg was laid on land or in the water.

An orca performs as "Shamu" at SeaWorld San Diego A marine mammal park (also known as marine animal park and sometimes oceanarium) is a commercial theme park or aquarium where marine mammals such as dolphins, beluga whales and sea lions are kept within water tanks and displayed to the public in special shows. A marine mammal park is more elaborate than a dolphinarium, because it also features other marine mammals and offers additional entertainment attractions. It is thus seen as a combination of a public aquarium and an amusement park. Marine mammal parks are different from marine parks, which include natural reserves and marine wildlife sanctuaries such as coral reefs, particularly in Australia.

Beluga at the Vancouver Aquarium The Vancouver Aquarium (an initiative of Ocean Wise Conservation Association) is a public aquarium located in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In addition to being a major tourist attraction for Vancouver, the aquarium is a centre for marine research, ocean literacy education, conservation and marine animal rehabilitation. The Vancouver Aquarium was one of the first facilities to incorporate professional naturalists into the galleries to interpret animal behaviours. Prior to this, at the London Zoo Fish House, naturalists James S. Bowerbank, Ray Lankester, David W. Mitchell and Philip H. Gosse (the creator of the word aquarium) had regularly held "open house" events, but the Vancouver Aquarium was the first to employ educational naturalists on a full- time basis.

Concerned about the impact of growing demand for seafood on the world's oceans, prominent ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau wrote in 1973: "With earth's burgeoning human populations to feed, we must turn to the sea with new understanding and new technology.""Jacques Cousteau, The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau: The Act of life, World Pub: 1973." About 430 (97%) of the species cultured were domesticated during the 20th and 21st centuries, of which an estimated 106 came in the decade to 2007. Given the long-term importance of agriculture, to date, only 0.08% of known land plant species and 0.0002% of known land animal species have been domesticated, compared with 0.17% of known marine plant species and 0.13% of known marine animal species.

Since then, his carvings have been on display at the centre, and the proceeds from their sale have been donated to Ancient Echoes. Also in the late 1990s, the centre received a $5,000 donation from Enbridge Pipelines to purchase shipping carts for the centre's displays and to help pay for the initial print run of renowned Metis artist Jo Cooper's paintings, entitled “The Disappearance and Resurgence of the Buffalo”, which was displayed for the first time at Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre, where it remains today as a permanent exhibit. In the 1990s, the fossilized remains of three Dolichorhynchops herschelensis were discovered in the Coalmine Ravine. During this excavation paleontologists uncovered the remains of varying marine life: several shark species, numerous fish vertebrate fragments, and a mosasaur (large lizard-like marine animal).

Both the ichthyornitheans and hesperornitheans were strongly linked to their ecosystem in the Western Interior Seaway that bisected North America for much of the Cretaceous. It may be that while the flightless, aquatic hesperornitheans were much more sensitive to changes in shoreline extent and sea level during that time, driving their evolution and adaptation into more specialized forms, the flying, tern-like ichthyornitheans were not as dependent on specific coastal or sea-level conditions, and they were able to inhabit basically the same ecological niche for a very long period. The icthyornithean lineage finally became extinct in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event that caused the extinction of many major land and marine animal groups at the end of the Mesozoic era. The last ichthyornithean fossils are found in the Hell Creek Formation very close (within 300,000 years at least) of the K-Pg boundary, dated to 66 million years old.

The series takes place in the fictitious city of Mariner Bay, California, which was built on an ancient demon burial ground. When the demons were accidentally released from their tomb in the desert, they threaten to destroy Mariner Bay. Therefore, a government organization called Lightspeed Rescue, headed by Captain William Mitchell, recruits four civilians and his own daughter to defend the city as a new team of Power Rangers after the Lightspeed Rescue successfully channels the source of their powers, the Morphin Grid. Each of the four civilians chosen had a special area of expertise: Carter Grayson, the Red Lightspeed Ranger, was a fire fighter in the local fire department; Chad Lee, the Blue Lightspeed Ranger, worked as a lifeguard and marine animal trainer at a local aquarium and a marine amusement park; Joel Rawlings, the Green Lightspeed Ranger, was a stunt pilot; Kelsey Winslow, the Yellow Lightspeed Ranger, was an extreme sports athlete; and Dana Mitchell, the Captain's daughter, who agreed to become the Pink Lightspeed Ranger, was a paramedic and practiced medical arts.

South Africa is a party to the Rio Convention on Biological Diversity, and has declared a number of protected areas, including national parks and marine protected areas which are managed by the national government. Continuing research and periodical reporting on the biodiversity of South Africa is the responsibility of the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) as directed by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, and authorised by various statutory acts. SANBI reports an estimate of about 67,000 animal species, and more than 20,400 plant species that have been described. Almost a quarter of the global cephalopod species, about 16% of elasmobranch species, 13% of the world’s sunspiders (Solifugae), nearly 10% of the world coral species, 8% of seaweeds, 7% of vascular plants, 7% of the birds, 5% of the mammals, nearly 5% of butterflies, 4% of the reptiles, 2% of the amphibians, and 1% of the freshwater fish of the world are found in the country and its exclusive economic zone, including the Prince Edward Islands. Almost two thirds of South Africa’s plant species, about half of the species of reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and freshwater fish, and about 40% of the estimated 10,000 marine animal species are endemic.