An old friend

Can you guess who has come back....

Can he fly.... now he can

Is he colourful.... yes like a rainbow red, orange, yellow and whatever


he is.... Rio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he has come back but sadly he is not going to be with us in the meeting :(

But anyway we could also be having a person from the wild base will come but I will talk about closer to the next meeting.

Bye

The S.E.A

 

The Meeting of the S.E.A

Well,  we had our 3rd meeting of the S.E.A and in this meeting we watched the documentary movie 'The Last Ocean'.  It was fantastic, very informative and really gives you all the information and a view on what is occurring in the Ross  Sea.  

It certainly give you a lots to talk and think about.  

As a group we discussed what we can do to help with making the Ross sea an protected area as it truly is the most pristine place in the world.

We urge everyone to watch this movie and voice your opinion to those who can help. 

As you maybe aware there was a meeting of those who can make this happen recently but unfortunately they could not agree.   There is going to be another meeting mid 2013 we are hoping they can may the right choice but in the meantime we can let them know how we feel.

Our final meeting will be late November and we are hoping to have a special guest from Massey Wild base to talk to the group.  Will post more detail in the next week.

Many thanks for taking the time to read our blog - Tira.

Next meeting 3rd November

Hi there,

Our next meeting will be Saturday 3rd November at the usual place.  Please let one of our members know if you are able to attend. 

There will be a couple of presentations.  Kiwa will be doing one on the Cheetah.  

We will also have the 'The last ocean' available.  This documentary is about the race to protect earth's last untouched ocean, the Ross Sea Antarctica, from our insatiable appetite for fish.  It is really informative.   

Bye:]

Arahi's Sea Turtle presentation

To follow is the presentation that Arahi gave to the group at our last meeting:

Enjoy:

The Sea Turtle

Facts about the sea turtles :

Sea turtles are one of the Earth's oldest creatures. There are 7 types of turtles that can be found today.  They have been around for 110  million years, since the time of the dinosaurs.

More facts

²The sea turtle's shell is made for swimming through the water. Unlike other turtles, sea turtles cannot retract their legs and head into their shells. Their color varies between yellow, greenish and black depending on the species

 even more facts about sea turtles

üGreen sea turtles can stay under water for as long as five hours

üThey can live up to 80 years.

üThe Kemp's Ridley is the smallest sea turtle at 30 inches long and weighing 80 to 100 pounds.

üThe largest sea turtle is the leatherback - an adult can reach over six and a half feet long and weigh over 2,000 pounds.

Why are they endangered

The dead and stranded sea turtles began washing up on Gulf Coast beaches during a large oil spill

critically endangered sea turtles—which survived the oil disaster 2 years ago  now drown in fishing nets.

What you can do to help

Adopt a sea turtle:

https://wildlifeadoption.org or

www.worldwildlife.org

And select Adopt and then ‘Sea Turtle’

How Your Adoption Helps Save Sea Turtles

ØHelps protect the areas that the turtles nest.

ØEnables us to educate people to reduce their human impact on sea turtle nesting.

ØProvides the resources we need to help international laws that protect sea turtles and other wildlife.

Our Meeting

Not many people have been turning up to our meetings.(Not that I'm growling.) But if you want to join in the S.E.A please feel free to ask, Tira, Tiffany, Clementine or Takunda. Anyway, we are looking forward to the Gala, where we can promote more things about Endangered animals. See you there. Thanks!

Fun animal Fact: An Elephant trunk can grow up to 2 meters long!

Second gathering of the Fellowship

Yes, we had our second meeting of the fellowship on Saturday (8th).  There were three presentations completed.  Arahi's presentation was on the Sea Turtle, Teghan presented the Blue Penguin and Tira completed a presentation on the Right Whale. 

The presentations were great and very informative.  We will post them in the next couple of days. 

the school Gala!!!!!!

To save endangered animals we made these pegs with endangered animals on them. members of the club are going to sell these at the St James school gala in Palmerston North NZ. The money is going to be donated to the school Gala.  Just a little fact about the Gala: It is the Best gala in Palmerston North!!!

 

Bye from Tira!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):)