Weekly News Digest from Mote
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| Published Friday, June 15, 2012 |
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Update on Edna the Dolphin • Father's Day Special Just for Dads
• Other Recent News •
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Dolphin Update
Edna, the stranded bottlenose dolphin being treated at Mote, remains in critical condition at the Dolphin and Whale Hospital and is being treated around-the-clock. But there have been signs of improvement since Monday, June 11.
- She’s been swimming on her own, so Mote staff and our team of trained volunteers have not had to hold her upright constantly in the medical pool.
- She’s begun eating fish tossed into the pool, rather than needing to be hand fed. This is a very important step. Because our goal is to return Edna to the wild, we do not want her to associate humans with food, so the more "hands off" we can be in her care, the better it will be for her in the long run.
- She is also interacting more with her environmental enrichment devices (EEDs), which we might otherwise call "toys." EEDs are designed to help keep animals mentally and physically stimulated.
It takes a Herculean effort to get just one dolphin healthy enough to return to the wild. It also takes a similar-sized budget to pay for staffing, medicines, food and even the added electrical costs that come from running the medical pool pumps, filters and chillers around the clock.
Please make a donation today to help us return Edna to the wild. Donate online at www.mote.org/hospitalhelp or call 941-388-4441, ext. 309. |
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Sunday
Forget the Tie – Give Dad a Seahorse!
If your dad has too many “World’s Greatest” T-shirts, give him a special Father’s Day with the ocean’s super-dads: the seahorses at Mote Aquarium.
On Father’s Day, June 17, dads get free admission to Mote Aquarium with the purchase of a child's ticket. Dads will love Mote’s Seahorse Conservation Laboratory, home to lined seahorses and their hundreds of babies, or fry.
Seahorses are great dads because they’re the only males  in the world that carry the babies. Females deposit the eggs into the male’s brood pouch and, after 28 days — with no swollen ankles or cravings for pickles and ice cream — baby seahorses are born.
- Mote Aquarium is open from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. seven days per week, including all holidays, at 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway in Sarasota. Tickets are $17 for adults, $16 for seniors (over 65), $12 for kids (ages 4-12) and free for children age 3 and younger. Mote Members always get in free.
- See Horses Up Close: If you and dad can't come to Mote on Father's Day, you can still do something special. See how generations of seahorses are born and raised during a behind-the-scenes tour of Mote’s Seahorse Conservation Laboratory. Tours begin at 11 a.m. on most Thursdays, last about 45 minutes and accommodate up to six guests per tour. (Tours are not recommended for children younger than age 10.) $25 per person. To purchase tickets, please contact Mote’s Group Sales at 941-388-4441, ext. 536, or e-mail groupsales@mote.org. Learn more at www.mote.org/seahorsetours.
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Other Recent News from Mote
- Beyond the Horizon: Report Calls for New Protections in the Gulf of Mexico — Protections Also Urged by Former First Lady Laura Bush.
- A two-day workshop of scientists and stakeholders convened at Mote Marine Laboratory in 2011 has resulted in a new vision statement for the Gulf of Mexico designed to build consensus for new protected areas in one of the nation’s most important bodies of water. Learn more.
- Mote Caviar and Sturgeon News: Mote's farmed caviar and sturgeon were a hit during the 37th annual Fish Fry in Washington, D.C.
- The event is hosted by the Officers Family Association of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This is the second time the annual event has featured Mote’s caviar and sturgeon during Capitol Hill Oceans Week. Learn more.
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