![]() Mother-pup pairs are very important because in sea otter groups, only the female is responsible for the pup. Rafting groups usually float on their backs in the sea in resting mode (just like in this picture.) A common sight along coast lines in North America and Asia, these brown furry cuties love to get together in nearshore groups called rafts. ![]() If your kids love Dory, let Dory roam free in the wild and don’t purchase any Pacific blue tangs for your aquarium! Sea OttersĬute alert! Big-eyed sea otters get one of the greatest moments in the final chase scene of Finding Dory and if you want to know, they are just as cute in real life. Unlike many other species, Pacific blue tangs are very hard to breed in captivity and a surge in demand from aquarium owners might endanger wild populations, illegally collected with chemicals that stun them. This prevents the algae from overgrowing and suffocating the coral. Present in Indo-Pacific waters, wild Pacific blue tangs play an important role in the health of coral reefs as they feed on algae, using their sharp teeth to rip it from rocks and coral. Living in narrow holes and crevices, blue tang’s predators include tuna, bar jacks and tiger grouper. Now it’s my pleasure to introduce the real heroes of Finding Dory! Pacific Blue Tang Fishĭory is a Pacific blue tang, a member of the surgeonfish family who lives in coastal waters, coral reefs and inshore rocky or grassy areas. Finding Dory is a good story for all ages, but it’s also a good story about the ocean. They are both fierce ocean advocates and after the screening, they mimicked the echolocation “superpowers” of the beluga whale and commented on the six-pack rings squeezing a poor turtle in the middle. For them, it definitely worked and I’m pretty sure that the ocean conservation message played a part in that. At the preview, most kids were under 6, but the Finding Dory-themed nail art and face paint activities won my girls’ heart so that was fun.ĭuring the movie, they laughed at jokes and looked (a little) worried in scary scenes, they related with the character’s struggles and cheered in the final scenes. They’re definitely more into dystopia than fairy tales and at home, we rarely watch animated movies anymore except mangas. I took my two girls, ages 11 and 12, to the Disney family preview of the movie in London, not sure whether they were still the right age for an animated movie. Young marine biologists, meet the real ocean animals in Finding Dory! Why Older Kids will Enjoy Finding Dory It’s accurate down to the sad human trash polluting the ocean, but also in representing marine species on screen and their behaviors. What more could a Finding Dory fan ask? This work of fiction with marine creatures as protagonists is also scientifically accurate. Some images are pure art and the different ocean habitats look amazingly real. The movie is funny, emotional and sweet, as well as beautifully done. In Pixar’s animated movie “Finding Dory,” a blue tang fish named Dory goes on a quest around the world to find her family. Featuring the voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton, “Finding Dory” swims into theaters in 2016. ![]() SO MANY STINGRAYS - In “Finding Dory,” memories of her past are sparked for forgetful blue tang Dory when a stingray migration whizzes by her. ![]()
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