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Vineyard Vines cancels shark tournament sponsorship

Clothing retailer Vineyard Vines joins a long list of corporations including AON, Astoria Bank, Budweiser, BASF, Foley Caterpillar, Goslings Rum, Lexus, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Canada, Toyota and West Marine that have pulled out of shark tournament sponsorship at Blue Planet Society’s request.

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Nature’s best camouflage

An octopus or cuttlefish on a coral reef can produce effective camouflage on any of the hundreds of backgrounds that it encounters in this most complex of nature’s habitats. The selective pressure for this unique capability emanates from the extraordinary variety of visual systems of multiple predators, particularly fishes, diving birds, and marine mammals.

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West Marine drops shark tournament sponsorship

Boating supplies retailer West Marine joins a long list of corporations including AON, Astoria Bank, Budweiser, BASF, Foley Caterpillar, Goslings Rum, Lexus, Merrill Lynch, Toyota and Royal Bank of Canada that have pulled out of shark tournament sponsorship at Blue Planet Society’s request.

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Rock-stacking denies people the experience of wildness

Most people who visit wild areas are aware that they should take their rubbish home, not to graffiti on rocks or scratch their names on to trees and will have probably heard about the concept of ‘leave no trace’. However, the increasing popularity of rock-stacking has opened a debate on whether this pastime is detrimental.

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A sense of porpoise

Porpoises are small (less than two meters in length) and snub-nosed, and although they are the most abundant cetacean (collective term for whales, dolphins and porpoises) species in UK waters, are rarely seen, as they are shy and tend to avoid boats.

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Vineyard Vines cancels shark tournament sponsorship

Clothing retailer Vineyard Vines joins a long list of corporations including AON, Astoria Bank, Budweiser, BASF, Foley Caterpillar, Goslings Rum, Lexus, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Canada, Toyota and West Marine that have pulled out of shark tournament sponsorship at Blue Planet Society’s request.

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Nature’s best camouflage

An octopus or cuttlefish on a coral reef can produce effective camouflage on any of the hundreds of backgrounds that it encounters in this most complex of nature’s habitats. The selective pressure for this unique capability emanates from the extraordinary variety of visual systems of multiple predators, particularly fishes, diving birds, and marine mammals.

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West Marine drops shark tournament sponsorship

Boating supplies retailer West Marine joins a long list of corporations including AON, Astoria Bank, Budweiser, BASF, Foley Caterpillar, Goslings Rum, Lexus, Merrill Lynch, Toyota and Royal Bank of Canada that have pulled out of shark tournament sponsorship at Blue Planet Society’s request.

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Rock-stacking denies people the experience of wildness

Most people who visit wild areas are aware that they should take their rubbish home, not to graffiti on rocks or scratch their names on to trees and will have probably heard about the concept of ‘leave no trace’. However, the increasing popularity of rock-stacking has opened a debate on whether this pastime is detrimental.

READ MORE
A sense of porpoise

Porpoises are small (less than two meters in length) and snub-nosed, and although they are the most abundant cetacean (collective term for whales, dolphins and porpoises) species in UK waters, are rarely seen, as they are shy and tend to avoid boats.

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