Under the Sea

I guess this is going to be sea week, since yesterday I wrote about waves, and today I'm covering sea life!

USA Today reports that an effort to record all sea life is underway. The census is expected to be completed by 2010, and

since 2000, the initiative-—executed by boat, tags, nets and submarine--has uncovered more than 5,300 new species, as diverse as blind lobsters and sulfur-eating bacteria.

Isn't that amazing--10 years ago there were 5,000+ species living under water that we didn't even know about! Who said space is the final frontier?

On a recent trip to Washington D.C.'s National Museum of Natural History run by the Smithsonian, I was in awe of the Sant Ocean Hall. The photos and videos displayed were absolutely gorgeous.

I've ordered the companion book to the Sant Hall exhibit, Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water, Our World by Deborah Cramer. It was released only two months ago, so it is full of up-to-date information. Look for Cramer's other book, this one on the Atlantic Ocean--Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage [551.46 CRA].


We have a number of books on fish including The Encyclopedia of Fishes [597 ENC] in the adult room, and Hello Fish, Visiting the Coral Reef by Sylvia A. Earle [J 597 EAR] children's.

Well, I've planted an ear worm by titling this post, "Under the Sea." I'll have to borrow The Little Mermaid [J DVD LIT] and sing along with Sebastian tonight!

Under the sea.
Under the sea.
Darling it's better,
Down where it's wetter,
Take it from me.