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Posts Tagged ‘Caribbean’
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, May 16th, 2010,
As the world focuses on the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, here is a look at some of the aquatic life threatened by the spill and other human activities. From whales to squid to sharks to coral, we are offered a rare glimpse into the mating habits of these incredible creatures. The below National Geographic video shows some of the extraordinary variety marine life that exists in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean The mix of moonlight, tide, and temperature triggers an extraordinary explosion of life in these waters. When…
Tags: Caribbean, coral, Gulf, marine, Mexico, nurse, sharks, spill, video
Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Dec 30th, 2009,
For those of you planning to party and/or get drunk this New Years Eve, you may be interested in knowing that you probably won’t be the only primate on the planet enjoying such activities. In the Caribbean, there is the island of St. Kitts. This island has a cute and quite mischievous resident, known as the Vervet Monkey. These monkeys developed quite the taste for alcohol since their introduction to the island some 300 years ago. No, they didn’t stumble across the beach in a drunken stupor during the Golden Age of Piracy. The monkeys picked up the taste by…
Tags: alcohol, Caribbean, drunken monkeys, St Kitts, testing for alcoholism, vervet monkeys
