They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.
SYLVIA EARLEBottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
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If we could magically transport ourselves back to the young Earth, when it was only a billion years old or two billion years old or three billion years old or four billion years old.
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They are so beautiful, a pair is in the Museum of Modern Art. The set I have are ruby red. I call them my ruby flippers.
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We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.
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Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.
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Any astronaut can tell you you’ve got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.
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I personally have stopped eating seafood.
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I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.
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Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more has been lost.
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We did not want, from garbage and nuclear wastes to sludge from sewage to entire ships that had reached the end of their useful life.
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People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity.
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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It’s a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but we must have provisions to deal with them, and a capability that is commensurate with the size of the oil shipments.
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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