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Friendly Fins Friendly Fins is dedicated to promoting waves of change through ocean conservation and awareness on both local and global scales.

Whale hello again! 👋 While we were away for a while, we are back once more and excited for new content coming soon! Stay...
05/11/2021

Whale hello again! 👋 While we were away for a while, we are back once more and excited for new content coming soon! Stay tuned and happy Friday 🐋
📸: Nadia Levenets
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Swimming into the weekend like this manta ray! 😌The manta ray is the world’s largest ray, and it’s wingspan can be up to...
23/07/2021

Swimming into the weekend like this manta ray! 😌

The manta ray is the world’s largest ray, and it’s wingspan can be up to 29 ft. Mantas are filter feeders, which makes zooplankton one of their favorite snacks!

Mantas are threatened by commercial fishing, and are both targeted by fishers and caught as bycatch. Currently, manta rays are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Fun fact: manta rays can’t sting you because they do not have barbs!

📸: Naushad Mohamed via Unsplash
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Who wants to go swimming? 🤩🐠•••Photo: Francesco Ungaro via Unsplash
21/07/2021

Who wants to go swimming? 🤩🐠
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Photo: Francesco Ungaro via Unsplash

Happy 🐢 Currently, in the state of Florida, it is sea turtle nesting season. Nearly 90% of sea turtle nesting in the U...
20/07/2021

Happy 🐢 Currently, in the state of Florida, it is sea turtle nesting season. Nearly 90% of sea turtle nesting in the U.S. occurs in Florida from late Spring to early Fall.

“If undisturbed, the female leaves the water and crawls up the beach to a point well above the high tide line. She uses her front flippers to create a primary body pit where she gets herself level with the surrounding sand. Then, using her rear flippers, she digs an egg chamber 2-5 feet deep […] after resting briefly, she then fills the hole with about 80-120 ping-pong ball sized eggs, gently covers the eggs with sand […] camouflages the location […] she then leaves the nest site and renters the water” (via NSUFlorida)

Incubation of the nests can range from about 45-55 days. Once incubation is over, sea turtle hatchlings make their way towards the sea. However, this is no easy task! These small turtles face dangers such as hungry predators on the beach and disorientation due to artificial lighting.

But hatchlings that make it to the sea may live from 12-50 years!
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Photo: Mitchel Lensink via Unsplash

Looking at Monday like: •••Photo credit via Unsplash
19/07/2021

Looking at Monday like:
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Photo credit via Unsplash

We’re back with a new logo! Excited for content coming soon 😎🤙🌊•••
19/07/2021

We’re back with a new logo! Excited for content coming soon 😎🤙🌊
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Happy and from Friendly Fins! We think Shark Week is the perfect time to announce that we will be coming back soon a...
17/07/2021

Happy and from Friendly Fins! We think Shark Week is the perfect time to announce that we will be coming back soon and are very excited for future posts 🤩🦈💙🌊
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Swimming out of shark week! Thank you to everyone who interacted with our posts this week, we hope you enjoyed 💙🦈•••(📸: ...
16/08/2020

Swimming out of shark week! Thank you to everyone who interacted with our posts this week, we hope you enjoyed 💙🦈
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Jump into the weekend! Today we’re talking about shark breaching ⬇️This we’re sure you’ve seen lots of footage of Grea...
15/08/2020

Jump into the weekend! Today we’re talking about shark breaching ⬇️

This we’re sure you’ve seen lots of footage of Great White sharks jumping out of the water! But you may be wondering: What is happening?

Well, this is known as breaching, a behavior which Great White sharks will use in order to catch fast-moving prey like seals. Swimming fast at the surface, sharks can reach 40 miles per hour and fly about 10 feet in the air.

However, the shark must expel a great amount of energy in order to propel itself into the air, and not every breach is a success.

Today, marine scientists and ecologists spend time in South Africa studying these “flying” sharks and understanding the different techniques in which they use to breach.

To learn more about the predatory role of sharks, check out the link in our bio ↗️
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(📸: Chris Fallows) (Info: Smithsonian Ocean)

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