I heart nudibranches
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 4:18 pm – Posted by Mandy | 3 Comments
Blogger: ‘Sea-slug girl’ aka Forest & Bird’s Marine Advocate Kirstie Knowles.
What absorbs 1/3 of our atmospheric carbon?
What is thought to hold over 80% of NZ’s unique plants and animals?
What has forests, volcanos (some of the largest lava fields) and mountains?
What holds the world’s tallest mountain?**
Where did we come from?
What covers two thirds of the earth?
Yep, you guessed it – the sea.
Seaweek kicked off this Sunday with a bunch of events in celebration of the deep, blue yonder that surrounds us.
Blue, salty and filled with a horde of colourful sea-critters – the sea has held my fascination for, er, 25 years and counting.
Having spent my first few years sploshing around on the sea’s surface, I shrugged off my earthbound existence and slipped beneath the surface with the help of an aqua-lung thirteen years ago
I have never looked back. Oh, to have fins and gills!