Eartha's Sea Turtle Adventures
The further adventures of a loggerhead turtle named Eartha

Aug25

A new friend for our adventure

After our encounter with the barracudas, Crunch and Nibble, we had made a new friend.
“Paulie, you’re a parrotfish, right?” asked Alex.
“Yup! My dad was a parrotfish, and my mom was a parrotfish, and that makes me a parrotfish, too,” replied Paulie.
“You’re pretty funny,” said Alex.
Paulie frowned. “You mean I’m funny looking.” Paulie was sad.
“No. That’s [...]

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Aug23

Nobody likes a bully

As Alex and I made our way along the edge of the coral reef, our peaceful journey was interrupted by a colorful fish zooming past and yelling, “Help!” Following it were two silver fish. One was thin, and the other was more round. They raced by, chasing the colorful fish who continued to shout, “Help!” [...]

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Aug9

The coral reef is full of beauty

Brain Coral
Photo by Thespis377 via Flickr.com

Alex and I have been traveling along the edge of the coral reef, heading toward the open ocean. There are so many beautiful colors in the coral reef. There are also so many really cool shapes. The coral reef is made up of all these different types of coral. Alex [...]

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Aug2

Exploring the coral reefs

Alex and I spent the past few days just swimming around the coral reefs. It is so beautiful underwater! We’ve seen some amazing butterflyfish and king angelfish. Yesterday, we saw a bright blue fish that I have never seen before; Alex said it’s called a “Blue Tang.” The coral reef is full of so many [...]

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