Here‘s my progress on other books I‘m #currentlyreading.
Sherlock Holmes: I‘m caught up on the #noplacelikeholmes buddy read.
Assassin‘s Apprentice: I have 5 hours left in the audiobook I‘m reading for the #realmofelderlings buddy read. I haven‘t read any more of this book.
What The Wild Sea Can Be: I‘m reading this book for the #naturalitsy buddy read. I have 9 hours left in the audiobook. I haven‘t read any more of this book.
I‘m still reading the tagged book but I found out about this webinar that was hosted on Zoom recently and I registered for it but I didn‘t get to watch it live. It‘s about the ocean and deep sea imaging. The webinar was posted on YouTube. I just watched it and I found it very interesting. If you‘re interested in watching it too, here‘s a link to it: https://www.youtube.com/live/6Xp_zikdUfQ?si=sqIFVRJ8v9VbUU5b
#naturalitsy
Here‘s my progress on this book for the #naturalitsy buddy read. It‘s interesting but she‘s using a lot of scientific words that I don‘t understand. I feel like I need Cliff Notes to understand what she‘s talking about but when she‘s not using scientific words, I understand what she‘s talking about. I‘ve never read a book by a marine biologist. I will keep going with this though.
I read the tagged book to two UTK classes today. It's written so it can be sung, with each spread a verse about a different ocean animal. The tune is written out in the back, so although I wasn't sure if the classes would like the book read or sung, I was ready for either. The majority voted for me to sing it, and when I got to the end of each verse, they applauded. I know they're all under 6 years old, but it was still gratifying.
I decided to start this book for the #naturalitsy buddy read. I bought this audiobook with a credit I got this month with my Libro FM membership. I‘m not very far into this book but I like it. It‘s interesting so far.
pickI loved this one.
Scales looks at how the modern human is affecting the wild life in the seas, and looking especially at emperor penguins, sharks and orcas. She also looks at kelps and reefs, and makes it obvious how connected everything is and how even small interferences by humans can cause great destruction to the sea
pickVery interesting and informative, but a bit technical at times.
The TL;DR summary:
People are the worst. We destroy everything with our greed and short sightedness. But not all is lost, and some people are doing awesome things. To save the oceans (and our future) we need to work together globally, but also give the local people of each area a say. And we need to cut carbon emissions. By a lot. Immediately.
#WomensPrizeNF #shortlist
Step 1 - Get the governments of poor countries to sell you fishing quotas for a steal
Step 2 - Overfish their waters, wreak their coastline, and destroy the natural habitats of the area
Step 3 - When the impoverished former local fishermen of the area risk their lives getting to Europe in search for work, call them "economic refugees" and "illegal migrants" and deny them entry.
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The matriarch remains the head of the family into her old age, at eighty, ninety, even a hundred years old and way past her menopause; orcas are one of only five animal species in which females are known to outlive their fertility. * Grandmother orcas are the wise elders, keepers of expert knowledge of where to hunt, and they call other members of the pod to them with a splash of their tail.
*The others are short-finned pilot whales, belugas,
