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Discovering things in unexpected places is always fun. It forces someone to think about it with a new perspective. Love this light. I want one.
This image is from a series of screenshots taken within a Shared iOS Photostream my students and I use for the purpose of learning the classification and sight identification of Caribbean-region coral reef fish.
In the screenshots, you can clearly see the discussion time and date stamped. You'll see that I try to send new species to the Photostream at all times of the day. This does two things:
1) It allows students to take part whenever they are available to. And,
2) This has caused my students to keep their iPad and fish ID resources near them much more often. This is how memorization is best facilitated... in small chunks, and frequently.
Stoplight parrotfish change color from red/white/black to blue/green/purple/gold. This change apparently coincides with a change in sex. All are born female (initial red phase) then change to male (terminal blue/green phase).
This little cutie was next to me at a stop light yesterday I couldn't resist snapping a shot of him/her
This is the coloring of a mature adult stoplight parrotfish. Note the distinctive yellow dot on the upper corner of the gill cover.
Stoplight Parrotfish
Sparisoma viride, initial phase
Cozumel Island, Mexico
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