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Green Bear is dedicated to promoting science education through stories about the amusing and amazing variety of life on Earth.
Tue Mar 11
Black Wolf Howling (Photo: Steve Martin’s Working Wildlife.)Do wolves really hunt people as prey? Do they kidnap small children to raise with their own cubs? Are dogs really descended from wolves? There are only 3 species of wolves in the world, the wolves we know in North America are subspecies of the Gray Wolf. Visit the International Wolf Center for more facts and fallacies about wolves.http://www.wolf.org/wolves/index.asp
Black Wolf Howling
(Photo: Steve Martin’s Working Wildlife.)
Do wolves really hunt people as prey? Do they kidnap small children to raise with their own cubs? Are dogs really descended from wolves? There are only 3 species of wolves in the world, the wolves we know in North America are subspecies of the Gray Wolf. Visit the International Wolf Center for more facts and fallacies about wolves.
http://www.wolf.org/wolves/index.asp
Wed Mar 5

Leafy Sea Dragon

For the lowdown on the elegant marine dragons,
visit Earlham College’s Biological Diversity page at http://www.earlham.edu/~warreem/seadragons.htm
The exotic-looking and flamboyantly beautiful Sea Dragons are found only off the coasts of Australia.
The exotic-looking and flamboyantly beautiful Sea Dragons are found only off the coasts of Australia.
Tue Mar 4

Weedy Sea Dragon

Two species, the Weedy and the Leafy, are related to the sea horse in anatomy and reproductive habits. Like the sea horses, the males are the broody hens but the female dragons deposit their eggs in the males’ tails. An endangered species, their survival is monitored by conservation projects.Project Reef Watchhttp://www.nrm.gov.au Dragon Searchhttp://www.dragonsearch.asn.au
Two species, the Weedy and the Leafy, are related to the sea horse in anatomy and reproductive habits. Like the sea horses, the males are the broody hens but the female dragons deposit their eggs in the males’ tails. An endangered species, their survival is monitored by conservation projects.
Project Reef Watch
http://www.nrm.gov.au
Dragon Search
http://www.dragonsearch.asn.au
Thu Feb 28

The Long Arm of Love

Called the Satan of the Sea in pulp fiction, many species of octopus are gentle, considerate lovers. The male and female members of one species conduct their courtship from separate tidepool caves, the male passing his sperm packet to the female via one specially long tentacle. Mission completed, they go their separate ways without ever seeing each other.
RED OCTOPUS(Photo: Mark Norman)Take A Dive On The Wildsidehttp://www.australiancephalopods.com/Click on “Octopus Movement.”
RED OCTOPUS
(Photo: Mark Norman)
Take A Dive On The Wildside
http://www.australiancephalopods.com/
Click on “Octopus Movement.”
Tue Feb 26

Zoonomia

Organic life beneath the shoreless waves
Was born and nurs’d in oceans pearly caves
Erasmus Darwin, 1794
Moon jellies are drifters, using jet propulsion to move. Lacking a brain, a heart and bones, they are composed of 95-97% water, 3% protein and 1% minerals. The Moon Jellies, above, have traveled in smacks through all the oceans of the world for the last 650 million years. Sea Science at the Vancouver Aquarium, has more fascinating facts about jellies: http://www.vanaqua.org/home/ as does USGS, where this photo resides: http://www.usgs.gov/
Moon jellies are drifters, using jet propulsion to move. Lacking a brain, a heart and bones, they are composed of 95-97% water, 3% protein and 1% minerals. The Moon Jellies, above, have traveled in smacks through all the oceans of the world for the last 650 million years. Sea Science at the Vancouver Aquarium, has more fascinating facts about jellies: http://www.vanaqua.org/home/ as does USGS, where this photo resides: http://www.usgs.gov/
Mon Feb 25

A Rose By Any Other Name...Is A Caterpillar?

What’s This North American Caterpillar?
At last an identification system that uses natural languages: hairy, spiny, smooth, bumpy, sluglike, horned, fleshy or knobby?
http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/america/index.htm