ECO Script Part IV
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Friday, April 23, 2010
ECO STATION SCRIPT Part IV
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Ahora veremos algunos de nuestros corales rescatados. Mucha gente no sabe que los corales son animales y no plantas o rocas. Ellos actuan como los pulmones del aceano y ayudan a limpiar el oceano filtrando pequeñísimas particulas.(como cuando nosotros respiramos profundamente nuestros pulmones filtran el aire que respiramos)(ask the tour to take a breath). Esto es lo que los corales hacen en el oceano. Estos corales fueron arrancados del acantilado donde vivian e ingresados al pais en forma ilegal. Los corales solo crecen a raiz de 1centímetro o 1/4 de pulgada cada año lo que hace dificil su curación. Si ustedes tienen corales del acantilado en sus peceras por favor compre solo corales crecidos en tankes o use réplicas de corales como los De-Coral. (There are examples in the big center tank.). Los corales del acantilado en el mundo están en peligro de extinción por esta u otras razones incluyendo el bleaching (blanqueamiento for falta de zooxantelas que son sus nutrientes)debido al calentamiento global o cambios de temperaturas. Now let’s take a look at some of our rescued coral. Many people don’t know that coral is actually an animal and not a rock or a plant. They act as the ocean’s lungs and filter out tiny particles to help clean the ocean, (When we take a deep breath our lungs filter the air we breathe (ask the tour to take a breath). This is what coral does in the ocean). These corals were broken off their reef home and smuggled to the U.S. illegally. Corals only grow about 1cm or 1/4 inch every year making recovery very difficult. If you have a coral reef tank, please buy only cultured corals (raised in tanks) or use the replicas like De-Coral. (There are examples in the big center tank.) Coral reefs of the world are in danger of disappearing for this and many other reasons including bleaching because of rising ocean temperatures caused by global warming.
Este es el oceano y observamos que hay vida en el incluyendo algunos depredadores de FLO, leones de mar en peligro y otros como sus amigos una ballena y una tortuga de mar (ahora que está grande y que no puede ser comida por ellos). Todas las criaturas de mar necesitan de nuestra ayuda y protección sobre todo de las prácticas de pesca irresponsable como las redes y las jaulas de profundidad. Las deciciones que tomamos cuando compramos mariscos va a afectar en alguna medida la cadena de alimentacion en los oceanos y dependerá de nosotros que tan responsables sea nuestras desiciones. Here we are in the ocean and we observe life in the sea including some of FLO’s predators, endangered Sea lions and Otters, as well as her friends, a Whale and the Sea Turtles (now that she’s big enough not to be eaten by them). All of the creatures of the sea need our help to protect them from unsafe fishing practices like drift nets and bottom trawling. The choices we make when purchasing seafood affect the ocean food web and it is up to us to make responsible choices.
Estamos muy orgulloso de nuestra colaboración con NOAA. Ellos patrullan el oceano protegiendo las criaturas del mar. Ellos se aseguran de que la gente obedezca las leyes que se han hecho para preservar las especies en peligro de extinsión de los oceanos, la pezca marina y los animales marinos que nos alimentan o usamos. Ellos se esfuerzan para asegurarse que habrá siempre suficiente s peces en el mar para ti, tus hijos, sus hijos y susesivamente. Ellos también monitorean la industria de la tuna para asugurarse de que los delfines esten a salvo de esta industria. We are very proud of our collaboration with NOAA. They patrol the oceans protecting the creatures of the sea. They make sure people obey the laws made to preserve the endangered species of the oceans and the marine fisheries, sea animals that we eat or use. They strive to ensure there will always be enough fish in the sea for you, your children, their children, and so on. They also monitor the tuna industry to ensure dolphin safe practices within this industry.
FLO esta grande ahora y quiere volverse al arroyo donde nació y dejó algunos huevos, pero tiene una gran dificultad ahora. Ella tiene tres opciones ahora: Un río de concreto que es muy tibio y corre muy rápido y no tiene un lugar para descansar, como el Riachuelo Ballona; un dique sin escalera para peces, o sea que no puede pasar y finalmente un dique con escalera para peces para pasar hacia la corriente de agua dulce. Ahora está muy emocionada porque sabe que puede volver al aceano después. Ella puede hacer esto tres veces en su vida. Los salmones y algunos otros peces están en un grave problema y todavía permanecen por algun lugar porque no han podido regresar para desovar. Muchos avances de la tecnología han habido para acomodar las necesidades de la fauna animal y continuar sirviendo a la gente. FLO is grown up now and wants to go back to the stream where she was born to lay some eggs, but is having a difficult time getting back. She runs into three choices: A Concrete River that’s too warm and that runs too fast and has no place to rest like Ballona Creek; A Dam with No Fish Ladder so she can’t pass through and finally FLO finds a Dam with a Fish Ladder and gets to the back to the fresh water. She’s excited because she’ll be able to go back to the ocean later… she can transition three times. Salmon and other anadromous fish were in big trouble and still are in some places because they were unable to return home to spawn. Many advances in technology have been made to accommodate the needs of wildlife while continuing to provide for people.
Este modelo muestra la diferencia entre el sistema de cloacas y las bocas de tormentas (alcantarillas). El desecho de agua de nuestras casas y negocios se van hacia los drenajes y cloacas y luego son bombeados hacia las plantas procesadoras del agua de las cloacas para ser limpiadas. El agua de las tormentas van directamente al aceano, sin ningún filtro o sea que ninguna basura o poluciones como los que usted ve aqui termina en nuestras playas. No hay ninguna bomba o sea que la corriente de agua puede ser frenada en cualquier lugar como consecuencia de acumulamiento de basura bloquendo las bocas de tormenta. Acto seguido, las calles se inundarán. Santa Mónica es la primer ciudad en implementar lo que llaman el SMURFF. Es un sitema de limpieza del agua que se acumula de las tormentas, que en lugar de ir al mar, son almacenados y limpiados para luego ser usados en el riego de las plantas y enjuague de los inodoros de las playas. This model shows the difference between a sewer and a storm drain. The wastewater from our homes and businesses goes down the drain to the sewer and is pumped to the sewage treatment plant to be cleaned. The storm drains go directly to the ocean and there is no filter so any trash or pollution like you see here ends up at our beaches. There is no pump so the flow of rainwater may be blocked by trash clogging the pipes. Then the streets can become flooded. Santa Monica is the first city in the country to implement what they call the SMURFF. It is a cleaning system for storm drain run-off. Instead of going into the ocean, the water is diverted into the SMURFF to be cleaned and is then used to water plants and flush toilets at the beach.
This is what a storm drain may look like at the beach. (Point to the pipe coming out of the wall) You should never swim or play within 100 yards (1 football field) of any storm drain. It is very dirty and can bring germs from the rest of the city that could make you sick.
Nos iremos ahora nadando a través del bosque de algas; arreglado por los Conservadores de la Bahia de Santa Mónica. Esto sería los que sucede en el oceano aquí en Santa Mónica.
We are now going to take swim though the Kelp Forest; set up by the Santa Monica BayKeepers. This is what it’s like in the ocean here in CA. Kelp forests are disappearing at a remarkably high rate. This is a problem because they are the rainforest of the ocean. They provide shelter and hiding places for over 800 species of animals. It is an important lesson to learn about the ecosystem’s circle of life. When we take away one component, it disturbs the balance of everything else.
Does anyone like ice cream? Do you brush your teeth? Do you wash your hair? You do. Then you like giant kelp and you didn’t even know. Kelp provides us with a lot of the products we use everyday, such as: toothpaste, ice cream, shampoo, make-up, some detergents, and more. So it’s not just important to the animals, we use kelp too.
Prepare yourself for a Walk on the Wild Side. In what we, at the ECO STATION, consider to the most important room in the entire building. How many kids have seen 101 or 102 Dalmatians, or The Wild Thornberrys? The people stealing the animals for their skin are poachers. If we want to end this trade of wild animals and animal products, we can simply stop supporting it financially by not buying these products. Fish and Wildlife has donated this display to teach the public about endangered species and what we can do to help save them. An endangered species is a plant or an animal that there is less than 3000 left in the world. This sounds like a terrible thing. It actually is a good thing because at least there is hope to save them. When the last individual of an endangered species dies that plant or animal becomes extinct. By the time we finish our tour, 6 endangered species will have become extinct. This rate of extinction is more than when the dinosaurs disappeared. In this display, (the old chest) we get to see an example of how smugglers sneak animals into the country. It is easy to understand why so few animals survive the journey to America. Do we need food, water and air to survive? Do animals need this as well? What would happen if we didn’t get these things, (the kids then answer that we would die. Then you get the opportunity to explain that the animals do too). 50% of animals smuggled in illegally die. When birds are smuggled in illegally, 80% do not make it to America. The smugglers make a lot of money selling the surviving animals. It is worth it to them. It is very important that we learn not to buy wild caught animals as pets. Captive bred means born in the U.S. or born as pets. Also we shouldn’t buy endangered species products. THE MORE WE BUY, THE MORE THEY DIE. (Show the alternative products.) If we want to look like animals, we can. We can make our clothes look like anything we want without taking the skins or furs of animals.
Ahora veremos algunos de nuestros corales rescatados. Mucha gente no sabe que los corales son animales y no plantas o rocas. Ellos actuan como los pulmones del aceano y ayudan a limpiar el oceano filtrando pequeñísimas particulas.(como cuando nosotros respiramos profundamente nuestros pulmones filtran el aire que respiramos)(ask the tour to take a breath). Esto es lo que los corales hacen en el oceano. Estos corales fueron arrancados del acantilado donde vivian e ingresados al pais en forma ilegal. Los corales solo crecen a raiz de 1centímetro o 1/4 de pulgada cada año lo que hace dificil su curación. Si ustedes tienen corales del acantilado en sus peceras por favor compre solo corales crecidos en tankes o use réplicas de corales como los De-Coral. (There are examples in the big center tank.). Los corales del acantilado en el mundo están en peligro de extinción por esta u otras razones incluyendo el bleaching (blanqueamiento for falta de zooxantelas que son sus nutrientes)debido al calentamiento global o cambios de temperaturas. Now let’s take a look at some of our rescued coral. Many people don’t know that coral is actually an animal and not a rock or a plant. They act as the ocean’s lungs and filter out tiny particles to help clean the ocean, (When we take a deep breath our lungs filter the air we breathe (ask the tour to take a breath). This is what coral does in the ocean). These corals were broken off their reef home and smuggled to the U.S. illegally. Corals only grow about 1cm or 1/4 inch every year making recovery very difficult. If you have a coral reef tank, please buy only cultured corals (raised in tanks) or use the replicas like De-Coral. (There are examples in the big center tank.) Coral reefs of the world are in danger of disappearing for this and many other reasons including bleaching because of rising ocean temperatures caused by global warming.
Este es el oceano y observamos que hay vida en el incluyendo algunos depredadores de FLO, leones de mar en peligro y otros como sus amigos una ballena y una tortuga de mar (ahora que está grande y que no puede ser comida por ellos). Todas las criaturas de mar necesitan de nuestra ayuda y protección sobre todo de las prácticas de pesca irresponsable como las redes y las jaulas de profundidad. Las deciciones que tomamos cuando compramos mariscos va a afectar en alguna medida la cadena de alimentacion en los oceanos y dependerá de nosotros que tan responsables sea nuestras desiciones. Here we are in the ocean and we observe life in the sea including some of FLO’s predators, endangered Sea lions and Otters, as well as her friends, a Whale and the Sea Turtles (now that she’s big enough not to be eaten by them). All of the creatures of the sea need our help to protect them from unsafe fishing practices like drift nets and bottom trawling. The choices we make when purchasing seafood affect the ocean food web and it is up to us to make responsible choices.
Estamos muy orgulloso de nuestra colaboración con NOAA. Ellos patrullan el oceano protegiendo las criaturas del mar. Ellos se aseguran de que la gente obedezca las leyes que se han hecho para preservar las especies en peligro de extinsión de los oceanos, la pezca marina y los animales marinos que nos alimentan o usamos. Ellos se esfuerzan para asegurarse que habrá siempre suficiente s peces en el mar para ti, tus hijos, sus hijos y susesivamente. Ellos también monitorean la industria de la tuna para asugurarse de que los delfines esten a salvo de esta industria. We are very proud of our collaboration with NOAA. They patrol the oceans protecting the creatures of the sea. They make sure people obey the laws made to preserve the endangered species of the oceans and the marine fisheries, sea animals that we eat or use. They strive to ensure there will always be enough fish in the sea for you, your children, their children, and so on. They also monitor the tuna industry to ensure dolphin safe practices within this industry.
FLO esta grande ahora y quiere volverse al arroyo donde nació y dejó algunos huevos, pero tiene una gran dificultad ahora. Ella tiene tres opciones ahora: Un río de concreto que es muy tibio y corre muy rápido y no tiene un lugar para descansar, como el Riachuelo Ballona; un dique sin escalera para peces, o sea que no puede pasar y finalmente un dique con escalera para peces para pasar hacia la corriente de agua dulce. Ahora está muy emocionada porque sabe que puede volver al aceano después. Ella puede hacer esto tres veces en su vida. Los salmones y algunos otros peces están en un grave problema y todavía permanecen por algun lugar porque no han podido regresar para desovar. Muchos avances de la tecnología han habido para acomodar las necesidades de la fauna animal y continuar sirviendo a la gente. FLO is grown up now and wants to go back to the stream where she was born to lay some eggs, but is having a difficult time getting back. She runs into three choices: A Concrete River that’s too warm and that runs too fast and has no place to rest like Ballona Creek; A Dam with No Fish Ladder so she can’t pass through and finally FLO finds a Dam with a Fish Ladder and gets to the back to the fresh water. She’s excited because she’ll be able to go back to the ocean later… she can transition three times. Salmon and other anadromous fish were in big trouble and still are in some places because they were unable to return home to spawn. Many advances in technology have been made to accommodate the needs of wildlife while continuing to provide for people.
Este modelo muestra la diferencia entre el sistema de cloacas y las bocas de tormentas (alcantarillas). El desecho de agua de nuestras casas y negocios se van hacia los drenajes y cloacas y luego son bombeados hacia las plantas procesadoras del agua de las cloacas para ser limpiadas. El agua de las tormentas van directamente al aceano, sin ningún filtro o sea que ninguna basura o poluciones como los que usted ve aqui termina en nuestras playas. No hay ninguna bomba o sea que la corriente de agua puede ser frenada en cualquier lugar como consecuencia de acumulamiento de basura bloquendo las bocas de tormenta. Acto seguido, las calles se inundarán. Santa Mónica es la primer ciudad en implementar lo que llaman el SMURFF. Es un sitema de limpieza del agua que se acumula de las tormentas, que en lugar de ir al mar, son almacenados y limpiados para luego ser usados en el riego de las plantas y enjuague de los inodoros de las playas. This model shows the difference between a sewer and a storm drain. The wastewater from our homes and businesses goes down the drain to the sewer and is pumped to the sewage treatment plant to be cleaned. The storm drains go directly to the ocean and there is no filter so any trash or pollution like you see here ends up at our beaches. There is no pump so the flow of rainwater may be blocked by trash clogging the pipes. Then the streets can become flooded. Santa Monica is the first city in the country to implement what they call the SMURFF. It is a cleaning system for storm drain run-off. Instead of going into the ocean, the water is diverted into the SMURFF to be cleaned and is then used to water plants and flush toilets at the beach.
This is what a storm drain may look like at the beach. (Point to the pipe coming out of the wall) You should never swim or play within 100 yards (1 football field) of any storm drain. It is very dirty and can bring germs from the rest of the city that could make you sick.
Nos iremos ahora nadando a través del bosque de algas; arreglado por los Conservadores de la Bahia de Santa Mónica. Esto sería los que sucede en el oceano aquí en Santa Mónica.
We are now going to take swim though the Kelp Forest; set up by the Santa Monica BayKeepers. This is what it’s like in the ocean here in CA. Kelp forests are disappearing at a remarkably high rate. This is a problem because they are the rainforest of the ocean. They provide shelter and hiding places for over 800 species of animals. It is an important lesson to learn about the ecosystem’s circle of life. When we take away one component, it disturbs the balance of everything else.
Does anyone like ice cream? Do you brush your teeth? Do you wash your hair? You do. Then you like giant kelp and you didn’t even know. Kelp provides us with a lot of the products we use everyday, such as: toothpaste, ice cream, shampoo, make-up, some detergents, and more. So it’s not just important to the animals, we use kelp too.
Prepare yourself for a Walk on the Wild Side. In what we, at the ECO STATION, consider to the most important room in the entire building. How many kids have seen 101 or 102 Dalmatians, or The Wild Thornberrys? The people stealing the animals for their skin are poachers. If we want to end this trade of wild animals and animal products, we can simply stop supporting it financially by not buying these products. Fish and Wildlife has donated this display to teach the public about endangered species and what we can do to help save them. An endangered species is a plant or an animal that there is less than 3000 left in the world. This sounds like a terrible thing. It actually is a good thing because at least there is hope to save them. When the last individual of an endangered species dies that plant or animal becomes extinct. By the time we finish our tour, 6 endangered species will have become extinct. This rate of extinction is more than when the dinosaurs disappeared. In this display, (the old chest) we get to see an example of how smugglers sneak animals into the country. It is easy to understand why so few animals survive the journey to America. Do we need food, water and air to survive? Do animals need this as well? What would happen if we didn’t get these things, (the kids then answer that we would die. Then you get the opportunity to explain that the animals do too). 50% of animals smuggled in illegally die. When birds are smuggled in illegally, 80% do not make it to America. The smugglers make a lot of money selling the surviving animals. It is worth it to them. It is very important that we learn not to buy wild caught animals as pets. Captive bred means born in the U.S. or born as pets. Also we shouldn’t buy endangered species products. THE MORE WE BUY, THE MORE THEY DIE. (Show the alternative products.) If we want to look like animals, we can. We can make our clothes look like anything we want without taking the skins or furs of animals.
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