Tag: USA

Sea urchin (biological features and utilization) – Video

This short video was filmed at “Tuna Harbor Dockside Market”, San Diego, USA during the Saturday fish market held on 27 December 2014.         Introduction: The name “urchin” is an old word for hedgehog, which sea urchins resemble. Sea urchins are small and spiny animals that are members of the phylum Echinodermata, which also includes sea …

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Family aquaponics from porch to kitchen (Video)

This video was filmed on January, 6, 2015 during to my visit to Sacramento (the capital of California), USA. As shown in the video, this mini aquaponic has been established in the front porch of Mr. Paul Trudeau, house, my host who toured me two more aquaponic projects.     The one shown in this …

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Flamingos are not necessarily pink- Video

This video was filmed  in the Sea World, San Diego, California (USA)                   The video explains reasons of the pink/reddish color which flamingo birds enjoy as well as also reasons for developing pale to  white color especially in captivity.

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California sea lion (Zalophus Californianus) – Key characteristics – interactions with humans – communications (Video)

I filmed this video in the Sea World, Saint Diego, California, USA during December 2014. Source: www.fishconsult.org     Introduction: California Sea Lion,  Zalophus Californianus  belongs to the family “Otariidae” is found along the coast of the eastern North Pacific, from southern British Columbia to western Mexico including Baja California. California sea lions breed on …

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Closely watching the dolphins in the Sea World (San Diego) – Video

Source: www.fishconsult.org This video was filmed in the Sea World, San Diego, California in San Diego. This open water exhibit is nice stop at the Sea World which allows a close observation at dolphins and to watch the interaction between these magnificent animals with their trainers. I had the opportunity to see that during my …

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Bering Sea and the discovery of a new sponge species

Photo credit: Greenpeace Review: Greenpeace and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The Bering Sea, Alaska which is in the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, has been named after Vitus Bering, a Danish-born Russian explorer who sailed the Sea in 1728. The sea is considered one of the wildest regions in the world and similarly …

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Use of specialized incubators in controlling the hatching of rainbow trout larvae

Credit: Troutlodge (USA) Review: Troutlodge and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)         The photo shows a row of individually-controlled incubators for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). This unique incubator’s establishment enables the control on egg development and so the hatching time in each individual incubator bearing in mind that fish …

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Passing by a penguin community in the SeaWorld (San Diego), California – Video

Source: www.fishconsult.org This video was filmed from a moving walkway in the penguin counter (Sea World – San Diego) on 26 December, 2014. This encounter was first opened in 1983. The walkway allowed watching and filming with no crowd at the glass. The encounter hosts some hundreds of birds which belong to several penguin species. …

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Migration of the gray whales: An extraordinary spectacle to watch – Video

Video credit: Hani El Malky (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel and website) This video was filmed on 24 December, 2014 during a 3-hour cruise. This video was filmed during a whale watching cruise on 24 December, 2014. Several operators advertise about this 3-hour whale watching cruise. Even though, whales …

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Peaceful angelfish may fight sometimes – Video

This video has been filmed during December 2014 in the Sea World, San Diego, California, USA. Before going over the biological information, I was surprised to see how these peaceful fish –as their name tells- can fight. In fact, angelfish are generally peaceful especially when not mating but they under certain conditions such as overcrowding, …

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