Stingers aka Nematocysts
Detail from N is for Nudibranch – because nudibranchs use their sea slug slime to eat nematocysts.
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Octopus Under a Coconut
A little embellishment for The Mermaid Scientist Alphabet Book; O is for Octopus.
W is for Whale Shark
Scientific name: Rhincodon typus
Tagbanua/Tagologue: Butanding
The biggest fish in the entire ocean.
A gentle giant, a ‘’whale of a shark ‘’.
She cruises the ocean and eats pink clouds of krill,
She does not have teeth like other sharks,
so no need to worry if you meet in the warm tropical seas of the Coral Triangle.
S is for Sea Snake Secret
Scientific name: Laticauda colubrina
Common Name: Banded Sea Krait
Tagalog: Walo Walo
I am shy, slender and graceful.
I swim gently along the sunny reef looking for tiny fish to eat.
I float on the surface to fill my lungs
I float to warm up in the sun.
Once in a blue moon I go ashore, to a sea cave hidden from the world.
There is a dry sandy beach where my secret is safe.
The secret is my dear little sea snake babies.
The sea cave is where my babies are born from their eggs.
Being born in a safe cave will protect them from hungry sea monsters.
Mermaid Scientist in Chalk
Mermaid Scientist at the San Luis Obispo Mission de Tolosa 2013 I’Madonnari. Artists Claudia Makeyev and Jonathan Haile sketched, spritzed and smeared bright colors into pavement under a HOT September sun. This work was sponsored by the delicious local favorite Farb’s Bakery. Proceeds went to The Children’s Creative Project, which enhances the arts education programs in the San Luis Obispo County schools and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Central Coast Chapter.
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