{"id":9918,"date":"2020-05-06T18:07:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T23:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?page_id=9918"},"modified":"2021-04-19T06:04:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T11:04:13","slug":"nature-school-week-9-oceanography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?page_id=9918","title":{"rendered":"Spring Nature School Lesson 9 &#8211; Oceanography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><div id=\"kgvid_kgvid_0_wrapper\" class=\"kgvid_wrapper kgvid_wrapper_auto_left kgvid_wrapper_auto_right\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"video_kgvid_0_div\" class=\"fitvidsignore kgvid_videodiv\" data-id=\"kgvid_0\" data-kgvid_video_vars=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;kgvid_0&quot;,&quot;attachment_id&quot;:10034,&quot;player_type&quot;:&quot;Video.js v8&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;362&quot;,&quot;fullwidth&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;fixed_aspect&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;countable&quot;:true,&quot;count_views&quot;:&quot;quarters&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;pauseothervideos&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;set_volume&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;muted&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;meta&quot;:true,&quot;endofvideooverlay&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;resize&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;auto_res&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;pixel_ratio&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;right_click&quot;:&quot;on&quot;,&quot;playback_rate&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;whalesharkKaplan&quot;,&quot;skip_buttons&quot;:[],&quot;nativecontrolsfortouch&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;enable_resolutions_plugin&quot;:false}\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/whalesharkKaplan.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/whalesharkKaplan.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"whalesharkKaplan\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Whale Shark\nPhoto by\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-05-05T21:13:36-05:00\">\n\t\t\t\t<video id=\"video_kgvid_0\" playsinline controls preload=\"metadata\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"fitvidsignore video-js kg-video-js-skin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/whalesharkKaplan.mp4?id=0\" type=\"video\/mp4\" data-res=\"480p\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kgvid_below_video\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_below\"><div class=\"kgvid-caption\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_caption\">Whale Shark\nPhoto by<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<div style=\"display:none\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_meta\" class=\"kgvid_video_meta kgvid_video_meta_hover \">\n\t\t\t\t<span class='kgvid_meta_icons'><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span id='video_kgvid_0_title' class='kgvid_title'>whalesharkKaplan<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This video is from the Sea of Cortez, Baja California and was shared by Diane Kaplan, Jen and Jordan Ganley.<a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/jordan.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10041\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/jordan-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/jordan-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/jordan.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I felt excited to swim with the whale shark. It was humongous and I thought was it going to suck me up<\/em>.&#8221; <strong>Jordan Ganley, 7 years old.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;All my fears disappeared when I saw how gentle the creature was.\u00a0 The animal was so HUGE under the water.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<strong> Jen Ganley.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;You had to swim on the side of the whale and keep up with it because you didn&#8217;t want to go near its tail or it could slam you with it. My entire body felt this intense calmness and excitement all at once. The whale shark was so powerful and calm. The whale shark\u00a0 was on some level connecting with you.\u00a0 It allowed me to share its presence like I was another fish. It touched me deeply and I felt at ease with it.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em> <strong>Diane Kaplan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\"><strong>Welcome to Oceanography School!\u00a0 <\/strong>We are taking a vacation from our regular Nature School and going to the ocean for the next two weeks.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve decided to provide these activities because I love the oceans and I worked at sea for seven years as a biologist.\u00a0 Almost 25 years ago, <strong>Stephen Bolles<\/strong> and I teamed up to write: <em>Whales in the Classroom &#8211; <\/em><em>Oceanography.<\/em><strong>\u00a0 Grab your snorkel and let\u2019s go explore!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <strong>Stephen Bolles<\/strong> for sharing his illustrations. Cindy Eyden and Mark Storck have offered their naturalist viewpoints to improve all nine posts. Many thanks to Shane &amp; Geni Anderson, Jen and Jordan Ganley, and Diane Kaplan for sharing video, photo and text. Special thanks to Janine Pung for her suggestions on how to improve the text.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What&#8217;s happening this week:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Creatures of the Pelagic Ocean<br \/>\n2. Pelagic Ocean Food Web<br \/>\n3. Earth Guardian<br \/>\n4. Features of the Ocean Floor<br \/>\n5. Art and the Oceans with Karen Anderson<br \/>\n6. Meet a Marine Biologist<br \/>\n7. Before You Go<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. Creatures of the Pelagic Ocean<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_10048\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Leatherback_edited-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10048\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10048\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Leatherback_edited-1-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Leatherback_edited-1-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Leatherback_edited-1-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Leatherback_edited-1-768x1179.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Leatherback_edited-1.jpg 987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leatherback Turtle<br \/>photo by Lawrence Wade<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What to do:<\/strong><br \/>\na. In this activity, you will view the program on animals of the pelagic ocean and then use the activity sheet to answer questions about each animal.<\/p>\n<p>b.\u00a0 <strong>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?page_id=10045\">here to<\/a><\/strong> view the <strong>program on Pelagic Ocean Community<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>c. Download the <strong>Creatures of the Pelagic Ocean student worksheet<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pelagic-Ocean-CommunityStuddent.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for the PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. Pelagic Ocean Food Web<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In this activity, you will be learning about the creatures of the pelagic ocean and you will be creating a pelagic ocean food web. The pelagic ocean is in the open ocean and <b>is up to 600 feet deep.<\/b> A food web illustrates the interconnections between creatures. The focus for this activity is two-fold:<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> 1. Predator and prey.<br \/>\n2. How do creatures survive in the pelagic ocean?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>What to do:<br \/>\n<\/strong>1. You will need to download the &#8220;Critter Page&#8221; and the &#8220;Pelagic Ocean Food Web&#8221; page.<strong><br \/>\na. To download and print the &#8220;Critter Page,&#8221; click <a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicCritters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here (see illustration below).<\/a><br \/>\nb. To download and print the &#8220;Pelagic Ocean Food Web&#8221; click <a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicOceanFoodWeb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here (see below).<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>2. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cut out the animals from the Critter Page that you have printed.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\na.. Place the critters on your printed Food Web page near their food source (see below).<br \/>\nb.\u00a0 Write the name of the animal and one or two words next to the animal that describes how they survive in the pelagic ocean (use the information from the Critter page).<br \/>\nc. Draw an arrow from the animal to its food source (see Food Web examples).<br \/>\nd. Put your completed food web in your nature notebook.<br \/>\n<strong>e. Answer this question in your nature notebook:\u00a0 <\/strong>How would humans fit into this food web?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h6 align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Critter Page<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Illustrations by\u00a0\u00a0 Stephen Bolles<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicCritters-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10030\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicCritters-772x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicCritters-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicCritters-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicCritters-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicCritters-1158x1536.jpg 1158w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicCritters-1544x2048.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicCritters-scaled.jpg 1930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Pelagic Ocean Food Web Page (showing two examples)<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicOceanFoodWeb-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-10101\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicOceanFoodWeb-779x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicOceanFoodWeb-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicOceanFoodWeb-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicOceanFoodWeb-768x1010.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicOceanFoodWeb-1168x1536.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicOceanFoodWeb-1558x2048.jpg 1558w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PelagicOceanFoodWeb-scaled.jpg 1947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. Earth Guardian<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>An Earth Guardian is someone who cares about the Earth and tries help the Earth and not destroy it.<\/p>\n<p>In the previous activity, you learned about food webs and the interconnections of life.<br \/>\na. Read the passage below.<br \/>\nb. Answer the following question in your nature notebook:\u00a0 What is this passage saying about the way humans treat the Earth?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ChiefSeattle_edited-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-10205\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ChiefSeattle_edited-1-1024x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ChiefSeattle_edited-1-1024x293.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ChiefSeattle_edited-1-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ChiefSeattle_edited-1-768x220.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ChiefSeattle_edited-1.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>4. Features of the Ocean Floor<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>illustrations by Stephen Bolles<\/p>\n<p>There are mountain ranges, trenches, and steep cliffs on the ocean floor. You are going to be exploring all of that in this activity.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What to do:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. <strong>There are two pages to download. To print both pages, click <a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ocean-Floor.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. Put the pages in your nature notebook.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>2. Read the information and write the name of the ocean floor feature in the correct box.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>3. Write the depth of the continental shelf, abyssal plain and ocean trench on your paper.<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Oceanfloor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-9998\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Oceanfloor-1024x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Oceanfloor-1024x460.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Oceanfloor-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Oceanfloor-768x345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Oceanfloor-1536x690.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Oceanfloor.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Answers for the activity:\u00a0 1. Estuary\u00a0 2. Continental Shelf\u00a0 3. Continental Slope 4. Seamount\u00a0 5 Abyssal Plain\u00a0\u00a0 6.\u00a0 Island\u00a0 7. Guyot\u00a0\u00a0 8. Mid ocean Ridge\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9.\u00a0 Ocean Trench<\/h6>\n<h2><strong>5. Art and the Ocean with Karen Anderson<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Our artist in residence, Karen Anderson, continues our drawing lessons for the 9th straight week. This week she shows you how to <strong>draw a shark.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>What to do:<\/strong><br \/>\na. Practice the shark drawing in your nature notebook by using Karen&#8217;s handout, &#8220;Shark.&#8221;<br \/>\nc. Do you want to finish your shark drawing? Karen finished her drawing in watercolors (see below).<br \/>\n<strong>b. To download and print, &#8220;Shark&#8221; (shown below), click <a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SharkDraw1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SharkDraw1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-10093\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SharkDraw1-788x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SharkDraw1-788x1024.jpg 788w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SharkDraw1-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SharkDraw1-768x998.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SharkDraw1-1182x1536.jpg 1182w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SharkDraw1.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>6. Meet a Marine Biologist &#8211; Jim Cotton<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_10170\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cotton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10170\" class=\"wp-image-10170 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cotton-871x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cotton-871x1024.jpg 871w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cotton-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cotton-768x903.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cotton-1307x1536.jpg 1307w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cotton-1742x2048.jpg 1742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Cotton holding a California Flying Fish, the largest species in the world (18 inches).<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dip-neting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10179\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dip-neting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dip-neting.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dip-neting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dip-neting-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a><em>I worked at sea for\u00a0 thirty-five years. I have been in every ocean on Earth studying marine life. My main focus of research was seabirds and whales. Another interest of mine was flying fish. I was drawn to them because there was so little known about them. Many species had never been identified. There is still work to be done, but so far, about 60 species of flying fish have been identified in the world. In the evening, the ship would stop to take oceanographic samples. The flying fish were attracted to the ship by the lights and we used a net with a 2o foot long pole to catch them ( photo above).<br \/>\n<\/em>Jim Cotton<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>7. Before You Go<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_10110\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MorayBall-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10110\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10110\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MorayBall-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MorayBall-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MorayBall-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MorayBall-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MorayBall-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MorayBall-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moray Eel<br \/>photo by Jane Ball<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10107\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Copepod.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10107\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10107\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Copepod.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Copepod.jpg 600w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Copepod-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zooplankton Magnified 50X<br \/>Geni Anderson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10080\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manta-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manta-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manta-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manta-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manta.jpg 1427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video is from the Sea of Cortez, Baja California and was shared by Diane Kaplan, Jen and Jordan Ganley. &#8220;I felt excited to swim with the whale shark. It was humongous and I thought was it going to suck &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?page_id=9918\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9918","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9918"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10979,"href":"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9918\/revisions\/10979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}