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I would first like to start out by saying that I agree with Osha about how scientists do speak in jargon and half the time nobody knows what they are saying. I experienced this myself while reading this chapter. Its no wonder that the common citizen doesn’t want to help save the reefs, it’s because they don’t understand what is being said and what exactly is going on in the reefs that need to be saved. If you want to get the average person to help or abide with the… Continue

Chapter 11 was a big eye opener for me because I never knew exactly what was going on when the reefs were being disintegrated and destroyed by humans. Blast fishing, holding pens, and cyanide are all used to deplete the reef and I had no idea… Continue

Chapter 10 was a good introductory chapter for the Human/Nature part of the book. This chapter really puts me in my place when it comes to being terrestrial and just plain absent-minded. I have never been a proactive environmentalist or even worried about the reef because it doesn’t affect me. I know that sounds extremely selfish but I’m one of those people who has to see it to believe it and by time I see anything that would result from the destroying of the reefs it would be too late. I believ… Continue

I guess I never really understood the ways of turtles or why some people loved to have them as pets. My cousins used to raise turtles and one day they convinced me that I had to have one. So what did I do? I brought one home of course. After a few weeks of a continuous bore fest I threw the turtle into a creek that was close to my house. This story was the first thing that came to mind when I read the word "turtle" but it got me to thinking, "Do all kinds of turtles mate and lay eggs the same wa… Continue

Something that is really inspiring to reef enthusiast everywhere is how a young man not even out of college could make such a great discovery about the reproductive habits of coral. Jamie Oliver did just that even if everybody was against their theory. Jamie and his team pressed on to find exactly what they were looking for. "Finally, in the spring of 1981, the group placed several corals in a large aquarium and waited for spawning. They were like nervous fathers in a hospital waiting room." (Da… Continue