The Charmed Life: humpback whale

Showing posts with label humpback whale. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The Humpbacks are Coming! The Humpbacks are Coming!

In recent weeks, Humpback whales are being spotted up and down the US Pacific coastline in great numbers. Why?

Because there's plenty to eat close to shore. Robert Pitman, a marine biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service in La Jolla, said humpbacks typically feed offshore but will occasionally come close to shore in search of small schooling fish such as anchovies and sardines.

Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/08/24/2198560/humpbacks-are-in-big-supply-off.html#storylink=cpy

What's more, the humpback population is rebounding. Biologists estimate the population of humpback whales in the northern Pacific Ocean to be 20,000, according to Pitman. That is close to the number of whales before they were systematically hunted in the 1800s.

Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/08/24/2198560/humpbacks-are-in-big-supply-off.html#storylink=cpy

Humpback whales have been on the federal endangered species list but, due to the recent surge. However, they have rebounded to the point the federal government is in the process of de-listing them.

Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/08/24/2198560/humpbacks-are-in-big-supply-off.html#storylink=cpy

Apparently there is currently an abundance of fish in the offshore waters. In addition to the humpbacks, dozens of dolphins and seals as well as hundreds of brown pelicans have been feeding on the bait fish.

Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/08/24/2198560/humpbacks-are-in-big-supply-off.html#storylink=cpy

Blue whales, the largest of all existing creatures,apparently, are also on the rebound, Big as they are, blue whales feed on itty bitty krill... which also appears to be in abundance this year.

(I'm not a humpback whale. I'm a killer whale.)

Whales charms to celebrate

on etsy and eBay

Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/08/24/2198560/humpbacks-are-in-big-supply-off.html#storylink=cpy

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Under the Sea, Sung and Danced by the Charms

Howard Ashman, Alan Menken. From the movie "Little Mermaid"

The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you lookin' for?

Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me

Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea

Down here all the fish is happy
As off through the waves they roll
The fish on the land ain't happy
They sad 'cause they in their bowl

But fish in the bowl is lucky
They in for a worser fate
One day when the boss get hungry
Guess who's gon' be on the plate

Under the sea
Under the sea
Nobody beat us
Fry us and eat us
In fricassee

We what the land folks loves to cook
Under the sea we off the hook
We got no troubles
Life is the bubbles
Under the sea
Under the sea

Since life is sweet here
We got the beat here
Naturally
Even the sturgeon an' the ray
They get the urge 'n' start to play
We got the spirit
You got to hear it
Under the sea

The newt play the flute
The carp play the harp
The plaice play the bass
And they soundin' sharp

The bass play the brass
The chub play the tub
The fluke is the duke of soul
(Yeah)

The ray he can play
The lings on the strings
The trout rockin' out
The blackfish she sings
The smelt and the sprat
They know where it's at
An' oh that blowfish blow

Under the sea
Under the sea
When the sardine
Begin the beguine
It's music to me

What do they got? A lot of sand
We got a hot crustacean band
Each little clam here
know how to jam here
Under the sea

Each little slug here
Cuttin' a rug here
Under the sea
Each little snail here
Know how to wail here
That's why it's hotter
Under the water
Ya we in luck here
Down in the muck here
Under the sea