In some cases it is undoubtedly true that “ignorance is bliss.” We all must pick our battles in life if only to maintain our sanity. In other cases though, there are simple, easy things we can do that will profoundly better our world– and this is why you should watch The Cove, an exciting, emotional documentary that suggests that we really have to do very little to keep over 20,000 dolphins from being pointlessly slaughtered each year in Japan.
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Beautiful Photos of Paracas National Park and the Ballestas Islands
Posted in Animals, Environment, Photos, tagged Ballestas Islands, birds, Hotel Paracas, Humboldt penguin, La candelabra, Las Islas Ballestas, Las lineas de Nazca, Nazca Lines, Paracas National Park, Parque Nacional Paracas, pelicans, Peru, photography, photos, sea lions, The Candelabra on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My family recently returned to the United States from Peru, but before we left we took time to take a wonderful trip to Paracas National Park with my parents. It is located on Peru’s desert coast, about 4 hours south of Lima. I will let the photos speak for themselves, and invite you to look through more on Facebook if you are interested.
Not Another Shark Movie
Posted in Animals, Environment, Movies, Science, tagged Animals, conservation, documentaries, documentary, education, endangered species, Facebook shark, fear, great white sharks, knowledge, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Movies, oceans, Our Oceans, Pacific Ocean, Science, Sean Aronson, shark attacks, shark research, sharks, surfers, surfing, tigers, White Shark Cafe on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Now that his film has been released, Aronson thinks he has added something valuable and new to “what has been said” about great whites.
Killer Whale Kills Trainer During Live Show at Sea World– What Happens Next?
Posted in Animals, Environment, tagged animal rights, Animals, aquariums, conservation, education, endangered species, ethics, great white sharks, killer whale, killer whales, NBC News, Sea World, Seaworld, sharks, whales, zoos on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today a killer whale killed a trainer during a live show at the famous U.S. Aquarium known as SeaWorld. It is not clear what will happen as a result of this incident, but at minimum we should reconsider whether or not the educational value of aquariums and zoos outweighs their costs to animals.
Kids in Peru Delighted by Opening of Kilimanjaro Restaurant Café
Posted in Animals, Food, tagged Animals, animatronic animals, Food, kids, Kilimanjaro Restaurant Café, Lima, Peru, rainforest, restaurants on December 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
About three weeks ago Kilimanjaro Restaurant Café opened in the Lima district of Surco. Decorated like a rainforest, Kilimanjaro Restaurant Café is a thrill for kids. Its large interior features numerous life-size animatronic animals that periodically come to life and put on a show. My wife and I decided to take our 2 year old [...]
Do Ants Count Their Steps? Watch this Great 4 Minute Video to Find Out
Posted in Animals, Science, tagged ants, desert, National Public Radio, NPR, research, Science, video on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the day after Thanksgiving, NPR decided to strangely dump a fantastic piece of evergreen content on the internet. Why they would choose to do this on a day when more people weren’t paying attention I don’t know. It’s an animated video that humorously illustrates an experiment that was designed to find out if ants have internal pedometers– basically, if when they go back and forth to the nest they are counting their steps.
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