34. Corals and Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Weird Animal Facts: Explicit

Happy Endangered Species Day!
This Friday May 21, 2021 is Endangered Species Day. In honor of that we take at look at two endangered species that call the ocean home. Corals and Hawksbill Sea Turtles.
YES! Corals are animals and they are FREAKING OUT!! Or more like bleaching out. Kind of like humans when our temperature goes up a few degrees and we nearly shut down, except corals are actually shutting down. Coral reefs around the world are having a hard time right now and need our help! Since coral help out literally thousands of species of sea life the least we can do is help them out. Did you know the hawksbill sea turtles helps them. So why not be like a turtle and save the coral.
That's right; Hawksbill Sea turtles help to open up more space for more coral to grow! In the sea turtle segment we take a closer look at their shell and learn why they CAN'T remove their shell (Well they can, but only once as they will die... try not to cry too much this episode).
On a bright note; there's a surprise sea turtle rap at the end of this episode (Its a song I made ten years ago for a college course and I got an A... so if the quality of the song is poor...that's why. Don't judge me too harshly).
Here are the scientific names:
Corals
Staghorn Coral: Acropora cervicornis
Grooved Brain Coral: Diploria labyrinthiformis
Organ Pipe Coral: Tubipora musica
Sea Turtles
Hawksbill Turtle: Eretmochelys imbricata
Green Seat Turtle: Chelonia mydas
Loggerhead Sea Turtle: Caretta caretta
Leatherback Turtle: Dermochelys coriacea
If you don't feel like donating money to the podcast then click on these link to help support conservation efforts that are working hard to save coral and sea turtles:
https://www.reeflifefoundation.org/donate-for-oceans
https://coral.org/donate/
https://www.barrierreef.org/you-can-help/donate
https://www.turtleconservancy.org/donate
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