Gulf Coast Oil Spill Monster Mayhem

Mama gnome continues the terrible tale of the Gulf Coast Oil Monster...

This Oil Monster, born out of explosion and fire on April 20, 2010, continues on its path of mayhem and destruction.

photo from: NASA April 25,2010

Five days later, this is what the Gulf Coast Oil Monster looked like May 1, 2010

photo from: NASA

The Gulf Coast Oil Monster's creator is the company BP plc (formerly known British Petroleum plc)

Mama gnome has written about this company's involvement in creating other environmental disasters.

But their latest spawn, the Gulf Coast Oil Monster is predicted to take down the Exxon Valdez monster.

Actually, this monster is predicted to be "the worst US oil disaster in history."

How's that for monstrosity?

This is not a fantastical story. It is horrifically True.

Mama gnome would like to say BP plc wins an award for doing a tremendous-I-can't-believe-they-even-started-this-rig-and-bloody-can't-deal-with-this--tear-my-hair-out-mess-awful job in trying to control their monster.

Please pardon Mama gnome. She's terribly upset. Well, aren't you?

Okay, Mama gnome would like to narrate BP plc's pathetic attempts in a somewhat cohesive manner.

First, they sent an ROV (remotely operated underwater vehicle) to try to close the rig's blow-out preventer. As of May 2,2010, they've sent out six, not two, not three, not even five, but six ROVs to close the valve. And as you can tell. They've all failed.
Here is a video of an ROV trying to close that valve. You can see the Gulf Coast Oil Monster belching and spewing oil.


video from ecoversity


Second, they've tried placing a humongous dome over the gushing oil pipe. Here's a picture of the plan.

photo from: Wikid77

And the result was a resounding failure.

Next they're drilling a relief well.

Mama gnome asked they can do that? Well, guess what? It's only going to take them oh I don't know...two to three months!

So Mama gnome would like to give them a big failing F grade and off blog Mama gnome would like to say the F stands for something else.

BP plc, as they rightfully should, continues to come up with ideas to try and control the Gulf Coast Oil monster according to this report by Robert L. Cavnar on Huffington Post

Mama gnome would like to list them here for you:

• "top hat"
• "junk shot"
• "top kill" also known as "bullheading"

What?

You think Mama gnome's been putting something into her morning elixir drink (so vital for life)?

No, please read Mr. Cavnar's post. And here is a small bit of what Robert Cavnar said:

"One very strong impression I have is just how unprepared BP was for an incident of this magnitude. They have had to manufacture all of these devices on the fly, including the manifold they are currently setting next to the wellhead. They are taking suggestions from anyone and everyone who wants to call, and seem willing to try almost anything."

For anyone interested here is a list of BP plc's products.

Anyone NOT interested is what Mama gnome means.

• BP petroleum and derived products
• BP service stations
• Air BP Aviation Fuels
• Castrol motor oil
• ARCO gas stations
• am/pm convenience stores
• Aral service stations solar panels

I mean, you don't have to go that am/pm store now do you? You can get your gas NOT from Arco?

Mama gnome would like to call on an eco-super hero to defeat this monster.

And that mild-mannered, even-keeled super hero is YOU!

Please go green and help save planet Earth.

(c) 2010, Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog

Gulf Coast Oil Spill Monster

Mama gnome doesn't like horror movies. She doesn't like scary stories. But here is a horrible story that is real.

The story of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Monster...

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig caught on fire from an explosion and sank two days later. 11 workers are still missing and presumed dead.

The Deepwater Oil Rig was hired by BP plc, formerly British Petroleum Company plc.

Cue the scary music because Mama gnome found out this is not the first time BP plc has been involved in environmental disasters.

BP plc was also responsible for:

• October 2007, a toxic spill nearly 2,000 gallons of mostly methanol onto Prudhoe Bay
• "In August, 2006, BP shut down oil operations in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, due to corrosion in pipelines leading up to the Alaska Pipeline. BP had spilled over one million litres of oil in Alaska's North Slope."
• "On March 2005, the Texas City Refinery, one of BP's largest refineries in the USA exploded in 2005 causing 15 deaths." BP plc was fined $87 million by the US OSHA(Occupational Safety and Health Administration).BP plc's "cost-saving measures" cut out maintenance and safety measures thus neglecting to correct safety hazards all in the name of saving money.
  

And now BP plc is involved with this ongoing environmental disaster off the coast of Louisiana that Mama gnome calls the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Monster.


photo from: NASA

It truly is a terrible monster for they estimate over 5,000 barrels of oil is spewing into the ocean every day. But that number may be much higher if the structure continues to deteriorate.

This Oil Spill Monster may be responsible for the 20 sea turtles found dead along the Mississippi beaches this weekend.

This Oil Spill Monster is so terrible it...
"will have eclipsed the Exxon Valdez in terms of total gallons of oil before the weekend is over -- making it the largest oil spill in U.S. history -- according to calculations made by oceanographer Ian MacDonald after studying aerial Coast Guard photos taken earlier in the week."

Mama gnome's hair is standing on end at the thought that
"...the spill could surpass the Exxon Valdez disaster that poured 260,000 barrels of crude into waters off Alaska in 1989."

This Oil Spill Monster is poised to destroy precious habitat: marshes, wetlands, beaches.

This Oil Spill Monster is poised to destroy the livelihoods of Gulf Coast fishermen.


video from timesofearth

Mama gnome wishes she had super gnome powers to defeat the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Monster.

Mama gnome dreads the thought that offshore drilling will continue and expand into "once protected areas "and more Oil Spill Monsters will spawn.

How can we have a happy ending to this horror story?

Mama gnome is afraid there is no happy ending.

But we can help prevent the spawning of new Oil Spill Monsters.

Log on to 350.org's action page to ban offshore drilling.

Please do not throw away discarded car oil down the driveway, dripping onto streets and finally into storm drains. They all end up in the ocean.

Discard them responsibly, because if you don't you will be creating your own oil spill monster.

Please help save our oceans and Go Green...

(c)2010 Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog

Mystery Animal of the Day

Mama gnome presents, with great sadness, the Mystery Animal of the Day.

This animal known as the "cheetah of the sea" may be extinct in less than two years because it is literally being consumed into extinction.

It is the cheetah of the water because
"when chasing prey they travel at speeds that can exceed 70 kph"

Mama gnome marvels at how a fish that can grow as big as "4 metres in length and average around 250kg in weight" can still move that fast.

If you guessed the Mystery Animal is the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Mama gnome urges you to stop eating sushi or sashimi with this critically endangered animal as the ingredient.


photo from: OpenCage

According to a New York Times report:
On March 18, 2010 the United Nations Delegates at a United Nations conference on endangered species in Doha, Qatar, soundly defeated American-supported proposals on Thursday to ban international trade in bluefin tuna and to protect polar bears.


And just how dire is the situation for this fish? (Mama gnome has reported about the plight of the polar bears a few times before. But she will address the issue of worsening situation for polar bears on another post soon.)

According to this post:
With stocks of Atlantic bluefin tuna down 75 percent due to the rapacious appetites of Japanese sushi lovers, the defeat of the proposal was a stunning setback for the Americans, Europeans and their conservationist allies who had hoped the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES, would protect the fish.

Mama gnome doesn't even think we should call it "stocks of Atlantic bluefin tuna" because "stocks" give you a false sense of security.

Forget stocks.

It's down to 25 percent of the previous population.

75 percent of the population has been eaten, consumed, wrapped in seaweed and served on a plate. They're gone.


Please watch this video from WWF


video from: wwfus

And here is a clip from the movie, "End of the Line"


video from: endofthelinemovie



If humans prize this fish so much, wouldn't it make more sense, a lot of sense, to conserve it?

It's like the whole world is on fish crack. Yes, fish crack.

Humans are so addicted to sushi or sashimi, this tuna is literally being eaten into extinction.

Why don't we allow this magnificent animal to recuperate its numbers instead of just unbridled consumerism?

Mama gnome urges you to participate in an intervention.

Stop this addiction and talk with your friends and family about the plight of the bluefin tuna.

Seriously reconsider what you order when you eat at sushi or seafood restaurants.

Please, help save the critically endangered bluefin tuna and Go Green!

(c) 2010 Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog

Earth Day 2010

Mama gnome told young gnomelets, "This coming Thursday will be Earth Day."

Older gnomelet said, "Mama, we need to make signs."

Yes, older gnomelet is Mama gnome's ecowarrior. She was Mama gnome's secret weapon against Plastic Bag Monster when Mama gnome took on Plastic Bag Monster on the 14th day of September in the year two thousand and nine.

This Thursday, September 22, 2010, will be the 40th year Anniversary of Earth Day.

Mama gnome and the gnome family will be wearing green, eating green and acting "green" on that day.

Green as in Eco-super-duper-nifty-sing-on-rolling-hills-green.

How can we be green on Earth Day?

Make it a meatless day.

Becoming vegetarian is one of the most significant acts to helping the environment.

According to this post:

"The United Nations have concluded that meat production is responsible for around 18% of global CO2 emissions. 5,214 gallons of water are required to produce a single pound of beef, and the EPA estimates that more than 27,000 miles of US rivers have been polluted by livestock waste. Individually, you could make a great deal of change by putting down the meat and going vegetarian."

Avoid driving if you can or limit the amount of driving you do.

Turn off all unnecessary lights and electric gadgets. The gnomelets are excited. Brushing their teeth and bedtime story are so much more interesting when it's by candlelight.

Please do not use plastic bottles, plastic bags or disposable plates, spoons, forks, napkins and other throw away products.
Plastic Bag Monster cannot wait to amass more minions to gather in landfills and in our oceans.

Plant something. Herbs in the kitchen, window box, a tree, flowers. Daddy gnome is going over plans for the gnome family's vegetable garden. Mama gnome will keep you posted on how this project is going.

Visit Earth Day Network.

Please watch this.




video from: JckSwan


Mama gnome wishes everyday is Earth Day.

Please make it so and Go Green!

(c)2010 Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog

Mystery Animal of the Day

Mama gnome presents with a shudder...the Mystery Animal of the Day

Older gnomelet asked..."Mama, what is the biggest spider in the whole world?"

And so for my curious gnomelet, Mama gnome presents the:

Goliath Bird-Eater Spider

photo by: universoarachnido.com


Goliath is an apt name for this tarantula for it can have a leg span of almost a foot long and inch long fangs.

They live in the rainforests of South America.

Though they are called bird-eaters, the Goliath Bird-eater's diet normally includes other insects, rodents, bats, lizards and "even deadly venomous snakes."

Tarantulas do have fangs but the venom is "relatively harmless and its effects are comparable to a wasp's sting."

But if you are like Mama gnome, would you really want to test this fact?

So here are warning signs for you to heed if you ever want to go exploring in a rainforest in South America.

If you hear a "hissing sound," do not be like a human from B horror movies and say, "What is that sound?" and go and investigate.

It is much more prudent for you to walk the other way for the hissing sound may be from a Goliath Bird-eater Spider that has been disturbed and is now rubbing the bristles on its legs together to warn off other animals.

Another thing to watch out for is if the spider aims its abdomen towards you. It might start to flick off its urticating hairs from its abdomen towards you.

Mama gnome urges you to duck and cover your face because the bristle hairs can irritate your eyes, skin and lungs. "They've been reported to feel like shards of fiberglass."

Now that Mama gnome has given you all sorts of warnings, here is something else to remember "tarantulas generally bite humans only in self-defense." So leave them alone and they will leave you alone.

And as it turns out just like Mama gnome, these spiders have "poor eyesight and mainly relies on vibrations in the ground that it can sense from its burrow."

One difference is Mama gnome mainly relies on her sense of smell and can usually find her way to the gnome house by the smell of baking cookies.

Here is the Goliath Bird-eater Spider

video from: NationalGeographic

But here's something you might not be aware of...just like the endangered jaguar of the Amazon rainforest, there are also species of spiders that are endangered or threatened.

According to the IUCN red list some of them are:

• Parambikulam Large Burrowing Spider: Endangered
• Finely Formed Parachute Spider: Endangered
• Rameshwaram Parachute Spider: Critically Endangered
• Peacock Parachute Spider: Critically Endangered
• Wonderful Parachute Spider: Endangered
• Reddish Parachute Spider: Endangered

And these are just from the Tarantula family, Mama gnome did not even list the other species of spiders that are also endangered.

The culprits for the spiders' critically decreasing population are:

"Loss of habitat, severe fragmentation and indiscriminate collection by pet traders"

Mama gnome urges humans to help protect these creatures as well.

They deserve a good home just like gnomes and humans do and they belong in the rainforest not in a glass or plastic container.

Now don't make Mama gnome start hissing and directing her hairy legs at you for some "urtication."

That would not be a pretty sight. It will indeed irritate your eyes.

So leave Mama gnome and Goliath Bird-eater spiders in their burrows alone and Go Green.

(c) 2010 Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog

Where's An Eco-Super Hero When You Need One?

Mama gnome donned her pointy hat and green cape. She raised her arms up towards the sky and flew like a majestic Philippine Eagle ...thud
Mama gnome fell on the wooden floor of the gnome house, her housecoat tucked around her like a wilted cape.

"You alright, Mama gnome?" asked Daddy gnome.

"Uh...think so. I dreamt I was saving Planet Earth, that's all."

Mama gnome shook her head because no matter how hard she tries, she doesn't have super powers to save planet Earth.

And Earth needs an Eco-Super Hero now more than ever.

Last Saturday, April 3rd a Chinese ship ran aground into Douglas Shoals, part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park of Australia, one of the most delicate marine environments and is supposed to be protected.

According to this report, "The ship hit the reef at full speed, nine miles (15 kilometers) outside the shipping lane."

The Chinese ship, Shen Neng 1, was transporting 72,000 tons of coal from Gladstone, Australia back to China. The coal freighter was also carrying 1,075 tons of engine fuel.

It's reported that Shen Neng 1 "has at least one punctured fuel tank."

Operations are underway to stabilize the vessel and unload the fuel.

But from this picture, you can see the long oil slick trailing from the vessel.


photo from whitealley

The oil slick was reported to be 3 km long.


video from current

The Australian reports this disaster has the "potential to become one of Australia's worst environmental disasters."

And Mama gnome would like to add, indeed one of planet Earth's worst environmental disasters.

Mama gnome looks down at her short gnome legs and arms. She can't fly and she doesn't have super strength. She's at a loss.

Where's an Eco-Super Hero when you need one?

Right now, the eco-heroes are the humans working to clean up the oil slicks and prevent further leaks into the waters.

But human action is needed to prevent future accidents like this from happening.

Please help save planet Earth in your own way, do something which has the potential to be help save this planet, and Go Green.

(c) 2010 Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog

Who turned off the lights? Earth Hour 2010

Mama gnome double checked the calendar.

Yes, right there, a blue circle around March 27th, Saturday. A special night. A date night for Mama gnome.

It's Earth Hour 2010.

Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.

Earth Hour started in Sydney, Australia in 2007.

Please visit EarthHour.org

Mama gnome made plans for Earth Hour 2010.

On March 27th 8:30 pm, the gnome family will switch off all non-essential lights and electrical appliances in the gnome house for one hour to show support for planet Earth.

You may not be aware of this...but Mama gnome has a very uneasy relationship with Computer.

Computer likes to play mind games. Mama gnome recounts a painful experience about printing pictures and Computer chose to be difficult and there was a gnome-Computer stand off moment.

There has been an uneasy truce between Mama gnome and Computer since then.

So for Earth Hour, Computer will be turned off.

Daddy gnome will not have access to his precious computer for an hour.

Pardon Mama gnome while she laughs like a crazy lady. Bwahahahaha! Bwahahahaha!

Ehemm...ehemmm... Mama gnome fixes her slightly askew hat.

So what are Mama gnome's plans for Earth Hour 2010 at 8:30 pm when she will have Daddy gnome to herself with Computer safely turned off?

Lots of candles strategically placed around the gnome house and

home cooked dinner on Mama gnome's aga stove.

On the menu: vegetarian meatloaf and peach cobbler.

Daddy gnome might just forget about that Computer even longer than an hour.

Maybe Daddy gnome might end up like this human in the video. Toggle the light switch on and off and watch the dramatic changes.


from: EarthHour.org


video by: wwfaustralia


Please have a romantic candle light dinner on Saturday March 27, 2010 at 8:30 pm.

Be part of Earth Hour 2010 and Go Green!

(c) 2010 Jenaelha Friendly Gnome's Blog

The tuna bone's connected to the turtle bone..turtle bone's connected to the dolphin bone...

The tuna bone's connected to the turtle bone...the turtle bone's connected to the dolphin bone...the dolphin bone's connected to the whale bone...

I know what you're thinking.

Did Mama gnome add a little something-something to her cup of morning elixir (so vital for existence) drink?

The answer is yes, as in about a cup of good old-fashioned eye opener potion.

How did that tuna get into your sushi? Most likely the tuna was caught with a giant purselike net or purse seine that's sickeningly huge.

How big?

How about a mile deep.

Let me say that again.... One mile...

With Mama gnome's short legs, it can take her a while to walk one mile..

That's how deep that net can be.

Who the heck throws these nets?

Yes, Mama gnome also had the old fashioned notion that tall humans with well-defined arms cast off these nets from romantic boats while the sun rises on the horizon.

Mama gnome would just like to wake you up with a dose of another truth medication.

Just as scary to have factory farming on land, we have "factory fishing" in the oceans.

Here's a video of factory fishing in action using a giant purse seine net, quite capable of catching 3,000 tons of tuna in a single fishing trip.


video by: GreenpeaceVideo

If you think the mile long net is terrible, here's another eye-opener.

Nets can be torn up and damaged, so they use metal to clear the path.

Metal as in deep sea trawlers.

Deep sea trawlers are equipped with heavy metal doors weighing as much as 6 tons.

These doors are attached to a behemoth nets which "can be as large as 55 meters across and 12 meters high." (180 feet across and almost 40 feet high)

Mama gnome would like to present this visual reference.

The blue whale is the "largest mammal in the world" and it can grow up to 33. 6 meters or 110 feet.

The blue whale can fit in that net and still have tons of room for other creatures to be caught with it.

Deep sea trawlers are dragged across seafloors causing maximum damage.

Ahhh...we're not really going to miss all that coral are we?

What do you mean that one reef was 1,800 years old? Older than the Pyramids?

Well...um...those critically endangered sea turtles were just in the way.

And so were those dolphins and sharks.

Please watch this video which shows a deep sea trawler being dragged on the seafloor.


video from: GreenpeaceVideo

Our oceans are being overfished by industrial fishing fleets because of insatiable consumer demands.

Mama gnome wants to give a wake up call to all her human friends.

"Wake up my human friends. Have you heard that human saying, there's lots of fish in the ocean?...Well, it's not true. Seriously. It's not true.

Lots of fishes are being caught, marketed, shipped and eaten into extinction.

How are the tuna, dolphin, sea turtle, whales, even coral connected to the same bone?

When these industrial fishing fleets set out to catch whatever they want to catch with their massive football size nets that dredge up the ocean floors, do you think they would stop to save the accidental bycatches of dolphins, sea turtles, sharks or corals? No...no...they don't.

What can you do to help stop overfishing?


Boycott restaurants that serve endangered marine creatures such as the bluefin tuna, whales, dolphins, sea turles, sharks, shark fin soup.

Eating these animals is like eating lions, cheetahs, tigers into extinction.

Look for the Marine Stewardship Council label. Here is the link for their website which lets you "find restaurants or shops around the world that sell MSC certified seafood."

Visit this site for a "guide to good fish guides."

Here's another thing to consider. Become vegetarian. Mama gnome knows this might be a huge challenge. Mama gnome knows for it was her greatest challenge ever.

But if you get past three months, it becomes easier.

Mama gnome just couldn't live with that stomach churning feeling every time she ate meat.

As a serious environmentalist, she just couldn't eat meat anymore knowing it's one of the biggest contributors to global warming, yes, the meat industry aka factory farming. Would you like your steak with a side of treefrog or tapir?

Just recently Mama gnome learned that the proposed ban on fishing of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna was not approved.

Mama gnome wonders, why would people who love to eat this fish, not want to see it continue to live and prosper so they can continue to enjoy it for years and years.

When will humans learn the tuna bone's connected to the turtle bone...the turtle bone's connected to the dolphin bone...the dolphin bone's connected to the whale bone...the whale bone's connected to the human bone...the human bone's connected to the gnome bone.

We are all connected.

All the animals and plants on this planet know it, except for the humans.

Please watch this amazing video of humans catching tuna the old fashioned way.

No nets. No trawlers. Just lines and rods.


video from: BBC


Please dive into the ocean with Mama gnome and open your eyes to its beauty and life.

Swim against the current, swim for your life and Go Green.

(c) 2010 Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog

Mama gnome meets Gnomemart meets Eco Hero?????

Mama gnome almost fell off the tree stump when she read this post by Matthew McDermott on treehugger.com:

"Walmart announces they will cut 20 million tons of greenhouse gases from supply chain by 2015."

Not only that.

Mama gnome almost choked on the oatmeal raisin cookie she was eating when she read this post by Tolly Moseley on Planet Green:

"Three Eco- and Socially-Conscious Companies to Watch: One of Them's Wal-Mart
One wants to reduce your paper usage, one wants to help non-profits, and yes, one is a big box chain store."

Mama gnome paced in front of the aga stove, back and forth with her arms crossed, her forehead furrowed.

Daddy gnome asked, "What's wrong?"

Mama gnome said, "What's wrong? This...this...Gnomemart...I cannot figure it out. Either all the humans who work there were abucted by aliens and replaced by humanoid eco-friendly aliens...or...or... Gnomemart is no longer an Eco-enemy but is now an...gulp...Eco-hero???"

Daddy gnome said, "Get a hold of yourself Mama gnome, the young gnomelets might hear you. What would they think? Why the whole world must be turning backwards or something. It can't be...It goes against everything we know."

"I know, I know, Daddy gnome but it's right here...Not just one, but two...two posts...Gnomemart is going....Green?"

Yes, Mama gnome straightened out her pointy hat and sat down to mull over these new developments.

Why would Gnomemart or as humans call it Walmart go green?

Apparently going green is the key to seeing Green, green with dollar signs.

Matt Kistler, Walmart SVP of Sustainability, said,

"Carbon is a cost. If we can remove carbon from a supply chain, ultimately they become more competitive. If they can use less energy in the manufacturing of the product, or if the consumer uses less energy, they are certainly reducing their costs or putting dollars in the pockets of their customer."

Just as Mama gnome had known all along, going green really pays.


From the cookie-choking report by Tolly Moseley, Mama gnome read:

"Walmart...Apparently wants to go local...A Chicago Walmart just started offering rental space to local mom-and-pop outfits."

I know, I know...

It's mind-boggling.

But Mama gnome gives credit where credit is due and Walmart gets high-fives from this old gnome for getting on the right path.

Now when this giant chain removes the plastic bags, also known as minions of Plastic Bag Monster, and instead offers reusable green bags, Mama gnome might need to be taken out on a stretcher.

Let's see how it's supposed to be done in this video:


video from: AnimalPlanetTV

Please make Mama gnome dizzy and light-headed and go Green!

(c) Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog

Mystery Animal of the Day

Mama gnome presents the Mystery Animal of the Day

It is the largest predatory fish and found in all the coastal waters of our oceans.

It can grow up to twenty feet or over six meters and weigh over 4,000 pounds or 2,200 kilograms.

Mama gnome is saddened by this recent post stating this animal is

"now more endangered than tigers with fewer than 3,500 left in the oceans..."

If you've guessed the Mystery Animal is the Great White Shark, Mama gnome urges you to bring your own reusable bags to stores instead of using the flimsy plastic bags because a lot of them end up in our waterways and oceans killing marine birds and animals.


Photo by Terry Goss, copyright 2006


The great white shark is grey with a white underbelly thus they are named great white.

All sharks including the great white possess special sensing organs that

"enable them to detect the electromagnetic field emitted by the movement of living animals. Every time a living creature moves it generates an electrical field and great whites are so sensitive they can detect half a billionth of a volt."

Mama gnome is in awe of this magnificent creature and agrees this animal deserves our respect.

And as someone much shorter than humans she is surprised to read:

Despite their grisly public image from the movie Jaws, great whites rarely eat people, finding them too bony for their digestive systems.
Each year they are responsible for five to 10 attacks on people.Some shark experts say attacks on people are usually accidental - with the creatures mistaking people for seals.

Great whites find humans "too bony for their digestive systems." How about that?

And who really is the predator? Man or shark?

With millions of sharks killed every year for soup, shark fin soup, I think sharks have more to fear than humans.




video from: BBCEarth

Great white sharks are now more endangered than tigers.

Great whites are endangered by hunting and overfishing.

Can you imagine our planet without tigers or lions?

It would also be hard to imagine our oceans without these magnificent sharks.

They play a vital role in our ocean's ecosystem.

Please help by supporting the Shark Conservation Act

Boycott restaurants who serve shark fin soup.

Do you really need to buy that trinket with the shark's tooth?

Please help detect electromagnetic fields emitted by heartless humans who trade in shark products and give them a mouthful of spirited words to educate them about their actions and the plight of the great white sharks.

Swim against the tide and Go Green!

(c) Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog