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'Jet Fighter' Godwit Breaks World Record

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Bar-tailed godwit flies more than 12,000km from Alaska to New Zealand in 11 days. A bird said to have the aerodynamic build of a “jet fighter...
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18 Oct 2020
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Dinosaurs Walked in Antarctic Rainforests

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Scientists drilling off the coast of West Antarctica have found the fossil remains of forests that grew in the region 90 million years ago - in the...
Victor
13 Oct 2020
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Swimming With Sea Lions

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Photographs and Text by Benjamin Lowy Nestled off the coast of Baja California Sur, near La Paz, lies a string of islands in the Sea of Cortez —...
Victor
30 Jul 2020
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Largest Tiger Shark Meets Marine Biologist

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Kori Garza has been on a dive in the sea with Kamakai, a huge tiger shark, and now she’s looking for her again to find out why these creatures...
Victor
30 Jul 2020
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Extinct Giant Dolphin Behaved Like Orca

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Dolphins may seem cute and friendly, but the largest member of the dolphin family is actually none other than the ultimate hunter of the sea — the...
Victor
15 Jul 2020
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Beluga Whale Off San Diego

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Last week, whale watchers caught the glimpse of a lifetime, a beluga whale swimming through San Diego's waters. The rare sighting was captured about...
Victor
9 Jul 2020
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Blobfish Facts

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The blobfish was discovered in 2003 by marine ecologist Kerryn Parkinson while on ocean expedition off New Zealand. The peculiar species, also known...
Victor
12 Jun 2020
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Africa's First Pygmy Seahorse

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An international research team has discovered a new pygmy seahorse species in Sodwana Bay in South Africa, the first of its kind to be found in the...
Victor
3 Jun 2020
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Marine Life Struggling to l Breathe

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Studies off the west coast of North America add to a growing body of evidence that the ability to breathe will shift the future distribution of...
Victor
31 May 2020
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New Worm Species From the Abyss

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It was once thought that very little could survive in the dark depths of the oceans. But the more researchers look, the more they realise that this...
Victor
5 May 2020
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Nice little place they have down there by the water. Good place to go for a quick and fun outing. Interesting seeing all the various types of marine life they have in one building.

Archie

 

The Island Bay Marine Education Centre's  Bait House Aquarium  is an interactive marine experience based in Island Bay on Wellington's south coast.There are  lots of different sea creatures on display including a couple of octupuses, sea horses, lobsters to name a few.  You can also gently touch and handle starfish, sea cucumbers, sea anemones, crabs and other sea life found in the local rock pools outside.There's far more inside than you would expect. The volunteers and expert staff are  very friendly and helpful. It is really reasonably priced and we were all entertained for ages. Really good fun and educational too. Definitely worth checking out with the family.

Haydn

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