Coral Reef Fact: The Cryptic Teardrop Crab (Pelia mutica) is a decorator crab. This tiny crab attaches/decorates its body with live sponges to better camouflage itself from predators. Join Reef Relief today and help protect our amazing marine environment. www.reefrelief.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: The Peacock Flounder (Bothus lunatus) can change its color, markings and shade to blend in with ocean bottom. Video Join Reef Relief today and help us protect our marine environment. www.reef.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: Pipefishes or pipe-fishes (Syngnathinae) are a subfamily of small fishes, closely related to seahorses. “Young Pipefish are born freeswimming with relatively little or no yolk sac, and begin feeding immediately. From the time they hatch they are independent of their parents, who at that time may choose to view them as food.” […]
Coral Reef Fact: The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) “is distinguished from the American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) by its brown body and its habit of diving for fish from the air, as opposed to co-operative fishing from the surface.” source: wikipedia Join Reef Relief today and help protect our marine environment. www.reefrelief.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: “The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is not only the largest conservation area in the U.S.,” “It's larger than all of America’s national parks combined! This vast region preserves many of Hawaii’s Northwestern Islands and is made up of 139,797 square miles of reefs, atolls, shallow waters, and deep seas.” Fact source: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/largestnms.html […]
Coral Reef Fact: “The Spotted eagle is ovoviviparous meaning the eggs develop inside the body and hatch within the mother.” Florida Museum of Natural History Source: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/gallery/descript/seray/seray.html Join Reef Relief today & help protect our marine areas, go to reefrelief.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: The National Marine Sanctuary Program was created in 1972, to protect marine & Great Lakes areas of special significance. In 1975 the first sanctuary was established in the area surrounding the sunken remains of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor now an artificial reef. Learn more about US National Marine Sanctuaries Fact […]
Coral Reef Fact: “despite having no external ear lobes, can hear very well. Manatees emit sounds in the human auditory range and will make sounds, such as squeaks or squeals when frightened, playing or communicating”. A “cow and calf once separated by a flood-control gate vocalized constantly for 3 hours until reunited.” Fact source: http://www2.fiu.edu/~fuentes/manfact_F.htm […]
Coral Reef Fact: “Tourism brings in nearly $60 billion to Florida each year, which amounts to $3.4 billion in state tax revenues, and directly employs over 900,000 people. It is the state’s largest employer”. Source, visit to learn more on Save Shores! Florida Join Reef Relief today & help protect our marine environment, go to […]
Coral Reef Fact: The Gulf of Mexico is known to have 21 marine mammal species “ all are protected, and six (sperm, sei, fin, blue, humpback and North Atlantic right whales) are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.” Fact source:http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/oil-spill/affected-gulf-resources/ Join Reef Relief today & help protect our marine environment, go to reefrelief.org/act/donate