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Sea Turtles! Part 2: Disease, Predators and Conservation
As you may have read in my previous blog (Sea Turtles Part 1) or in Alexa’s blog (New England Aquarium Adventure), the National Marine Life Center interns took a trip to the New England Aquarium last week. While we were there, we animal nerds got our fill of marine life from all over the […]
Eat Pizza, Raise Dough for NMLC!
Feed a marine animal pizza? Not a good idea. Eat pizza to help marine animals? Excellent! Uno Chicago Grill in Hyannis is sponsoring a “dough raiser” for the National Marine Life Center. On Wednesday, July 20 and Saturday, July 23, they will donate up to 20% of your check to NMLC. Just present this ticket […]
Sea Turtles! Part 1: General Sea Turtle Biology and Behavior
My ultimate goal for interning at the National Marine Life Center this summer is to get some marine animal care and education experience for my future. In two years I will be entering graduate school, and looking to further my education in sea turtle conservation. On Monday, the other interns and I took a […]
Marine Animal Medical Mystery
The last week at the National Marine Life Center has been full of excitement. With summer in full swing and lots of families heading to the Cape for a getaway, various educational programs at NMLC have been extremely busy. Between school field trips, Fins and Flippers, Marine Animal Mystery, and a week-long junior tech program, […]
New England Aquarium Intern Adventure!
This Monday, the interns at the National Marine Life Center started off their week with a visit to the New England Aquarium in Boston! It was quite the adventure exploring the exhibits with three other students interested in marine life. A small competition of who knew the most or the coolest fact soon surfaced. We enjoyed sharing facts […]
Brittany’s Week 4
It was really cool this week, Kate arranged for the interns to take a field trip to the Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable. The facility is AMAZING! They have so much land and so many animals there. Currently they have about 150 patients at the Wildlife Center. When we first got to the facility we […]
Woods Hole Intern Adventure!
Here on the Cape, there are many organizations which focus on marine science and other related fields. Woods Hole, MA is a leader in marine research and discoveries with facilities like the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Today, we took a trip down to Woods Hole to visit the NOAA Woods Hole […]
Fins and Flippers a Success!
This Wednesday, a group of youngsters came to the National Marine Life Center for this summer’s first Fins and Flippers program. The program, which was put on as part of the filming of an educational video by Cape Cod Community College students, was very successful. The children that came by (and their parents) were read […]
Brittany’s Week 5
This week was all about getting the word out there about our Mermaid Ball. Its our biggest fundraising event of the year. This year it is being held at the Willowbend Country Club. All the proceeds are going towards rebuilding our animal hospital. We went out asking for auction donations and sponsorship from local businesses. […]
What’s the Difference Between Seals and Sea Lions?
As part of our summer internship responsibilities, we are required to complete a project that will be useful to the NMLC after we’ve gone back to school. I’m doing a three-part “What’s the Difference?” educational poster/presentation series on seals v. sea lions, dolphins v. porpoises, and toothed whales v. baleen whales. I’m nearing completion of […]
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It's Wednesday ya'll, so you know we are back with another #wishlistwednesday posting! The items that made their way to the top of the list
