Mickey mouse squid

   Hey its kennedy and I was on nat geo when i stumbled upon some new dark life species. Around 13 species were found as far as I know. One that stands out is the Mickey mouse squid, look at the picture and you'll see why. This squid looks like its gobbled up Mickey mouses head when you look at those ears, but unlike Mickey who lives in Toontown, this sepiolid was found about 3,000 feet under the sea!

  


   Another intriguing species, especially to a jellyfish lover like me, is a new species of crown jellyfish, and the polychaete worm, not to mention plenty others. but thats more than Im gonna type today, so heres the website to go to if you want to hear about more. click here

                                                                                 hope you enjoyed! bye!

worlds oceans day

    I am one for saving oceans, but even i can't put into words how importent our ocean is. The air we breath in isn't just from trees or leaves, its from the ocean too. The water that rains down from the clouds and creates lush rainforest come from the ocean. A lot of the fresh water in lakes actually comes from the ocean believe it or not. Some people don't realize how important the ocean is. We came after the ocean, and now were destroying what we evolved from. When we pullet the ocean were not just killing millions of species habitats along with the species themselves, were ask killing our selves. Say the oceans were polluted. if that happens we will die because of polluted rains pouring into the freshwater rivers pullting our water too, and killing everything in the rivers. No matter how you put it, we NEED the ocean, and the ocean needs us; it needs us to save it. If your not convinced, then listen to this video made by national geographic. to see this video go here.

Don't let our ocean die, because if it goes down, we go down with it

 -Kennedy S.

                                                                                 

Ice Berg: The One and Only White Killer Whale

      If you've ever heard of a killer whale, you probably know what they look like. Killer whales have incredible pigment, i must say. They have a pure black coat with two white blobs surrounding their eyes, usually. Ice berg is a killer whale that is entirely white. It was first thought that it was by a disease called Chediak-Higashi syndrome, a rare disease of the immune and nervous system that effects coloration, but that theory was soon proved wrong because most animals with this disease don't make it to adulthood, and Ice berg is estimated to be a male killer whale at the age of about 16. It may be a true albino whale, but because he has a small  amount of coloring on the back of is dorsal fin, it is not fully proven. Ice berg may not be the only white killer whale. In 2000 and 2008, a white killer whale was spotted of the coast of the Alaskan Aleutian islands and in far east Russia, although it could be the same one. According to the witnesses, they all were quite similar.

      Ice berg is a handsome, and likely healthy killer whale. Things like Ice berg remind us that there are still great things that have yet to be discovered. Maybe Ice berg will influence people not only to save its species, but its habitat, The ocean.
                                      -Kennedy S.

A look at jellyfish in the Deep Blue Sea

This article is about jellyfish through an inside look. Jellyfish have lived in the ocean for millions of years even be for the dinosaurs lived on the earth. Jellyfish have tiny stinging cells in their tentacles to stun or paralyze their prey before they eat them. There are many types of jellyfish in the ocean. They have no brain, heart, blood, or gills.

Some jellyfisht are 98% water. There are many types of jellyfish in the ocean. These jelly-like creatures pulse along on ocean currents. Inside their bell-shaped body is an opening that is their mouth. As jellyfish squirt water from their mouth they are propelled forward in the water.

By Jennifer and Nikita

A Giant Landfiil in the Water and Tips on How to Help

Did you hear of the giant landfill in the Atlantic? Did you know it is almost the size of Texas? This is barely a landfill but more like an island of garbage. This could kill many animals like seabirds because their necks can get caught in garbage. Fish or mammals may get tangled in it the trash. To help, students went out on boats and cleaned up the trash in the ocean. Every square mile students found 520,000 of trash.

Above, is a picture of the landfill.

You can help by cleaning the beaches or your neighborhood, so animals can't eat the litter. You can also plant trees and plants. You can also put up a sign saying clean up trash. Like in Bridgette and my neighborhood, there is a community sign in a parking lot. The sign even has the Hillwood card on it, showing Rubina and me!

On the right, is a picture filled with dead fish.

Below is a video I made about this story. You can also watch it at Animoto.com.

What Happened To The Sea Lions?

In San Francisco, at Pier 39, the well known sea lions are missing and there are not many left. Now you are lucky if you see one of them, and about a month ago, there was more than a thousand of them on the pier's floating platforms. So, what has happened to the sea lions?

The sea lions move up and down the coast a couple of times every year, but now they all are moving in great numbers at once. Some specialists think that they are following their food and instinct. Since they are following their food and instinct, there is no reason to panic.

Also the Marine Mammal Center is always on the lookout to find injured seals who need help. Once they get the seal all better, they will release it to the sea. If you are 14 years or older, you can volunteer at the Marine Mammal Center.

Wolfie Goes Home and the Marine Mammal Center

Wolfie is a seal at the Marine Mammal Center who has an infection in his left wrist joint. To help him they had to remove all the dead bone to help him. They solved the problem because a volunteer donated an Agee Wristjack. Wolfie is now healed and uses his bionic flipper to help him slide and swim.

The Marine Mammal Center lets any teenager from 14 to 18 volunteer.

This is a picture of Wolfie and a wild sea lion. Wolfie is the one with the tracking device on the back oh his head.

Watch this video of Wolfie being greeted by a wild sea lion during his release back to his wild ocean home.

Here is another slide show to embed with your story:

Hammer Head

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8376000/8376740.stm

Saturday Is Coastal Cleanup Day

Student: Anya

Join SF Environment for Coastal Clean Up Day on Saturday September 25th. Do your part to keep San Francisco's coastal and bay waterfronts clean. Read the California government's page on what students can do to help. Also, read this general page with information and include information about volunteering to help clean up in your post. You can include more information from the video from the Marine Research Institute (below).

According to SF Environment, in 2009 more than 80,600 volunteers worked together to collect more than 1,300,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from our beaches, lakes, and waterways. How can the Hillwood community help this year?

Remember to include images, embed code for the video, and links to your article. Also, do not forget to include labels in your post.