Did you know that 1 in 6 animals featured in Finding Nemo is endangered? Marlin the clownfish and Nemo the clownfish may soon be listed as endangered:
Hi, I’m Nemo, and I’m a clownfish! In school today Mr. Ray told us that clownfish might become an endangered species. Unfortunately, humans have no idea how many of us there are in the ocean! Many divers have seen less clownfish in areas where there used to be a lot of us. This may be because humans are collecting us for pets, or because our coral reefs are sick. Marlin the clownfish told me that other clownfish pairs used to have to share anemones! But now where I live, there are plenty of anemones to go around.
Officially, the Center for Biological Diversity has petitioned to list clownfish under the Endangered Species Act. Surprisingly, that doesn’t mean that there are so few of us that we are endangered. What it does mean is that where we live, the coral reef, needs protection. The Endangered Species Act protects the places that endangered animals live.
Global warming warms the ocean and causes coral bleaching (see Ollie the Octopus’ post on coral bleaching). Global warming also causes the ocean to become more acidic (see Terry the Pteropod’s post on ocean acidification) . All ocean habitats are affected by pollution, especially from garbage like plastic (see Ollie the Octopus’ post on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch). Marlin the clownfish, my dad, says plastic is everywhere now sadly.
You can help me and my friends by not buying clownfish for your home aquarium. If you do, please get help from an expert and only buy captive born and bred clownfish. Please just enjoy seeing us in the ocean, in public aquariums or in Finding Nemo!
Also see The Real Fish of Finding Nemo
Who doesn’t like the beautiful ocean we have all over the world? We should be happy and extremely proud of the natural habitat as it has been portrayed in the movie ” Finding Nemo” These beautiful oceans are bestowed with beauty and most of it is endangered as stated. The plight of these beautiful corals and deep sea creatures and fish rest in the hands of all animal loving people. Its upon us to keep on disseminating information, education and communication which will keep on letting people know that we need to do something about these beautiful animals. Animals all over the world are part of this world as we are part of them as well. As you have clearly stated that we can lend a hand if we stop the buying of these beautiful animal product.
Animal conservation, animal protection and animal rescue needs to be a priority. We just need to lend a hand.
We need to love all animals to save all
Well said! Soon blue will be the new green…