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Cavalos Marinhos da Ria Formosa

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Por Susana Jacobetty[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”3392″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] Ilustração Francisco Damasceno [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A estação marítima do Ramalhete foi criada em 1988 nos antigos armazéns de atum junto à Ria Formosa. Em 1994 é adquirida pela Universidade do Algarve para ser…

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I love watching year old orcas leaping out of the water, spy hopping and playing with their siblings. Those little faces are soo cute and those eye patches melt my heart every time! You know you can ID an orca by its dorsal fin, it’s saddle patch OR the eye patch? All are unique to each animal. The dorsal fin and saddle patches often have marks and scars from fighting with each other, fighting with breakfast, or from boats/ fishing gear. Those scars and marks help us ID each orca. Their eye patch shape is genetic, and you can see trends in shape through matralines! PS: the eye patch is NOT the eye. The large white spot is actually BEHIND the eye, which is much smaller. PPS: Eye patch shape and size very between ecotypes.

Exclusive: New studies find microplastics in salt from the US, Europe and China, adding to evidence that plastic pollution is pervasive in the environment

Please (don’t) pass the salt...