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Children of the Sea (Japanese: 海獣の子供, Hepburn: Kaijū no Kodomo, lit. "marine mammal children") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi. It was serialized in Shōgakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from December 2005 to September 2011.
Marine Corps Yumi (まりんこゆみ, Marinko Yumi) is a manga about life in the United States Marine Corps, written by former Marine Anastasia Moreno and illustrated by Takeshi Nogami . It is published in Japan by Kodansha , [ 2 ] and as a webcomic by Sai-zen-sen [ ja ] in Japanese and English.
King Kong was the inspiration for the name. When Gebora the "Marine Mammal" became the kaiju "Marine Kong", publicity materials stated "King Kong comes from the setting of a jungle, Marine Kong comes from the setting of the sea". [2] The Kaiju influence and the monster being Dinosaurian in appearance came from the Kaiju films from Toho.
The United States Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) defines an Unusual Mortality Event (UME) as "a stranding event that is unexpected, involves a significant die-off of any marine mammal population, and demands immediate response." [1] Additionally, the law sets out seven criteria that may make a mortality event "unusual." These are:
Marine mammals comprise over 130 living and recently extinct species in three taxonomic orders. The Society for Marine Mammalogy, an international scientific society, maintains a list of valid species and subspecies, most recently updated in October 2015. [1] This list follows the Society's taxonomy regarding and subspecies.
The marine animal park is located in a natural cove, where seabirds also fly in. Wild sea lions and largha seals sometimes stray into the park from the coast and are kept there. The aquarium is usually open from spring break in March (previously April) to November, but has been open in winter since 2006 in conjunction with the Otaru Snow Light ...
Veterinarians from the Marine Mammal Center and WHOI administered antibiotics to the whales to help heal these deep open wounds, and they took samples of skin lesions incurred during the whales' extended time away from seawater to analyze them for possible freshwater bacterial infection. This was the first time antibiotics had been administered ...
The sea mink (Neogale macrodon) is a recently extinct species of mink that lived on the eastern coast of North America around the Gulf of Maine on the New England seaboard. It was most closely related to the American mink (Neogale vison), with continuing debate about whether or not the sea mink should be considered a subspecies of the American mink (as Neogale vison macrodon) or a species of ...