How Much do Clownfish Cost?
August 21, 2009 by Kimberly · 2 Comments
One of my readers – “Buy clownfish” asked me the question:
How much does that book on clownfish cost? I would like to know more on that fish.
I wanted to address that so that others out there are aware too, not only of the book, but about how much clownfish cost to purchase for your own aquarium.
The book he’s talking about is from my previous post about Clownfish. The book costs $15.16 and is all about them.
Actually, clownfish can range from around $14.99 for extra small ones that are more common…On the left is an example of a small Sebae Clownfish that’s tankraised for this price.
…all the way up to more rare and larger varieties like the “semi-picasso” for around $110.00 per fish. To the right is an example of the semi-picasso that’s tankraised for this price.
* Note: You can click on any of the photos to purchase that fish!
That’s a pretty good range with various colors and patterned varieties in between those amounts. So, it’s really up to you which one you’re partial to purchasing for your special aquarium.
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Brand New Species of Deep Sea Worms – The Green Bombers
August 21, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Exotic Animal Newsflash:
Seven brand new species of deep ocean worms were discovered that actually cast green glowing body parts when they’re disturbed or attacked.
The team was led by Karen Osborn of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.
Thought to be used as a defense mechanism to confuse predators, which are unknown as of yet, the appendages glow green when they’re cast by the worm, and they will actually continue to be “let go” as they’re more and more disturbed.
It’s hypothesized that Read more
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Spirulina in Fish Food for Colored Fish
August 20, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
When you read the ingredients on the back of food packages, it’s often we all get “lost”…to say the least.
Well, multiply that by 10 when you’re talking about pet food…pets eat things we don’t…
So, how often do you actually look on the back of your turtle food container and question the ingredients…Not often, I suspect.
Same goes for gerbil food or bird food.
Well, I have information on one ingredient in some fish foods you might want to include in their diet.
If you have fish that aren’t white (and supposed to be white), then Spirulina is a great supplement in some fish foods that will enhance color.
For instance, if you have fancy goldfish, like we do, who are brightly colored oranges, browns, reds, apricot or yellow, feeding them food with Spirulina in it will make them Read more
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Hammerhead Sharks on Shark Week
August 7, 2009 by Kimberly · 3 Comments
One of the neatest varieties of shark is the Hammerhead Shark!
Why?
Well, because it’s head actually looks like a hammer with their head flattened and that extends laterally to make that strange shape. The hammerhead’s eyes and nostrils are at the tips of the hammer extensions.
Wow – How neat is that?
The largest hammer on a hammerhead shark is the winghead shark.
These sharks use their heads to sweep for prey and since all sharks have electroreceptory, hammerheads have an advantage because these pores along their “snout” are more extensive than other sharks.
Although they have a “big head”, hammerhead sharks have relatively small mouths, so they do a lot of bottom feeding on prey on or in the sand.
During the day, they like to swim in schools, but at night, they go solitary to hunt!
Are They Dangerous to Humans?
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Sand Sharks are Different From Other Sharks – Shark Week
August 6, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Sand sharks aren’t often spoken of – they’re not the Great White Shark, nor an interesting Hammerhead Shark, but they’re so interesting nonetheless!
Why Are Sand Sharks Different?
Sand sharks are different because they’re know to come to the surface for gulps of air.
Why? Because they actually have a rudimentary swim bladder like other fish do, but very unlike other sharks.
Although this is strange, it helps them have exceptional Read more
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Surfing With Sharks in Australia
August 6, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Yup, I did that…It all seems a little surreal today as I think back, but I did it.
In fact, if you’re surfing anywhere, you’re likely to be surfing with these heavily teethed fish…
I felt very secure where we were – inside a coral reef by Lancelin Island in Western Australia.
The friends I was with surfing had been coming to this very beach year in and year out from their youth.
I was learning how to boogie-board (sometimes called body boarding) and progressing up to a surfboard.
We never saw anything suspicious – in fact, we never even saw dolphins there.
We surfed at Christmas for about 2 weeks straight every day in between sun tanning and eating seafood, of course…
The last day, right before we left we decided to get one more surf in. I was excited because I’d learned the fundamentals well and was pretty confident, after being banged around a bit on the reef for a good 2 weeks.
Everyone was taking their last ride in on the wave of their choice and for whatever reason, I ended up being the last person out there with people getting out of the water and standing on the beach watching.
Waiting for the perfect final wave to catch, I saw my friends waving at me from the shore, so I waved back, thinking we were all just having a lot of fun.
I caught that next wave and had a great ride in – satisfied with my first surfing experiences during our vacation.
We packed up and were driving North – back home to Perth.
My friends said, “Canuck…” (they called me Canuck because I’m Canadian), “…Remember when we were all waving at you on the beach when you were about to catch your last wave in?”…
I said, “Yes…Why?”
They continued to tell me that they were waving because there was a big shark coming Read more
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Whale Sharks in Australia
August 4, 2009 by Kimberly · 2 Comments
What do I know about sharks?
Well, I know a little bit about sharks. I’ve swam with them, I’ve seen them, and I’ve surfed with them.
Yeah, I know them a little bit!
I traveled around Australia back in 1995 for a few months backpacking my way through the center of Aussie, hitting the Northern Territory and going West back down the coast all the way back to Perth, Western Australia.
On my journey, I stopped in Exmouth, Western Australia where I had the amazing opportunity to swim with whale sharks out past the reef.
A helicopter would relay the coordinates of the whale sharks they spotted to our diving boat and we’d get there as quickly as possible to be dropped off right in front of their path.
They typically swim slow enough for you to be able to keep up with them for a while, then they’ll Read more
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My First Shark Sighting – Whitetip Reef Sharks
August 3, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Well, the day before we went whale shark swimming in Exmouth, Australia, I took a tour where we snorkeled off of the coast of Exmouth’s pure, white sand beaches.
I was a little nervous about the sharks and asked the “local girl” that came with us if it was pretty safe. She said that the only sharks you’d see would be white-tipped reef sharks and they don’t bug you unless you provoke them, but that we probably wouldn’t even see any of them where we were.
So, I got up the courage to get out there, since I had to be ready for whale shark swimming in the open ocean the next morning, and waded out into the water. I put my face under the water with my mask on, and what’s the first thing I see? A whitetip reef shark!
Wow – I think I grew a Read more
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Shark Week Starts Today on Exotic Animal Lover
August 2, 2009 by Kimberly · 2 Comments
Exotic Animal News-Flash:
If you’re looking for some great Shark shows to watch this week, then check out the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week starting August 2nd!
So, in honor of this, ExoticAnimalLover.com will also be hosting a Shark Week!
Power-packed shows giving you more information on the oceans’ largest predator – a dinosaur of sorts!
These misunderstood animals of the deep will be concentrated on all week on the Discovery Channel and on Exotic Animal Lover!
I’ll tell you all about my experiences with Sharks too…
Guess what…Sharks are actually Read more
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Global Warming is a Real and Imminent Danger
June 17, 2009 by Kimberly · 2 Comments
Alright people…
…Let’s be real about things – GLOBAL WARMING is REAL!!!
…And the consequences of global warming are REAL!!!
Take a look around you and the happenings going on. Use your own common sense instead of listening to every political person that disputes this fact.
It’s about money – They don’t want you to know it’s real. Why? Because it would cost businesses umpteen millions of dollars to change business practices to actually reduce emissions and other pollutants that contribute to this serious planetary issue.
What’s more important? A wallet-full of money or our precious planet and it’s most precious inhabitants – including us as humans?
The thing is, even if there’s a chance that this is going on, it’s more than worthy of addressing the issue and combating what causes global warming…It’s only to our benefit in the end regardless!
Right now, more than anything, we’re seeing the areas of the planet that are coldest reaping serious consequences from this global warming.
Polar bears can’t get far enough out to sea on the ice sheets to capture enough food to eat (seals that come up through holes in the ice for air), which is unfortunate…These hunting seasons keep them alive the rest of the year.
Without enough food, they won’t have enough energy in fat stores to last the other months…
Desperate for food, these bears are needing to venture further and further out on the ice sheets where earlier and earlier each year, the ice breaks up – often leaving these polar bears too far from land to be able to swim back, especially if the ice breaks and drifts without them being aware of it.
This past spring/summer in Antarctica, on the opposite pole of the world, the ice shelf has shrunken drastically and actually, a huge chunk broke off this past year and every year it shrinks more and more…
It’s the only place on the planet where Emperor Penguins live!!!
Also, as more temperate, tropical waters are heating up more and more around the equator, more of the marine animals are moving towards the poles where they’re more comfortable and adept to feeding on fish in the waters and living in newly warmed environments.
This means more and more competition for the arctic and antarctic whales and porpoises too.
Please, do your part by first of all admitting there is a dire problem with a serious need to address it and combat global warming.
Then, reduce your waste, reuse materials and recycle what you can’t reuse. Car pool and reduce your carbon footprint. Everyone can make a difference!
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I hope you take heed to this Environment post on Exotic Animal Lover! Until next time…
Live Exotically,
Kimberly Edwards 
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