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newyorkthegoldenage · 19 days

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Cheering high school students swarm around a car they overturned during demonstrations near City Hall, April 27, 1950. They were trying to see Mayor O'Dwyer to support their teachers' demands for higher pay.

Photo: Anthony Camerano for the AP

#vintage New York #1950s #Anthony Camerano #teacher pay #demonstration #April 27 #27 April #high school students #vintage high school #students & teachers #students supporting teachers

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dateinthelife · 1 year

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27 April 1965

John wears granny glasses for the first time* as part of a disguise for the film Help!

*This is probably not strictly true. But it sounds good, and that's the root of pop music history, isn't it?

#john lennon #the beatles #today in the life #help! movie #1965 #27 April

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greendayauthority · 19 days

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Green Day on this day: 27 April 2024

#green day #on this day #27 april

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stairnaheireann · 20 days

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#OTD in Irish History | 27 April:

1652 – Oliver Cromwell published a declaration that Irish Wolf Dogs or Irish Wolfhounds were prohibited to be exported and insisted that locals continue to breed sufficient numbers of the mighty hounds to hunt wolves. 1653 – The last major body of Irish Catholic troops under Phillip O’Reilly surrender to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland at Cloughoughter in Cavan. End of the Irish Confederate…

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mistfunk · 19 days

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Mistigram: AdeptApril has used a signal lamp to transmit the theme of this #ANSIart screen appropriately, for #MorseCode Day!

#adeptapril #ansi art #signal lamp #morse code #apr 27 #27 april

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rabbitcruiser · 19 days

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Marine Mammal Rescue Day

Marine Mammal Rescue Day is celebrated on April 27 annually. It is a holiday initiative by the state of California’s Senate. This day honors the people who have made a positive difference in the lives of marine mammals, such as wildlife biologists, veterinarians, and animal care specialists. It is also a day to consider our individual contributions to climate change that affect marine mammals’ lives. For the west coast, spring is the peak of animal rescue season owing to disease and famine. Action is conducted by marine mammal rescue organizations.

History of Marine Mammal Rescue Day

Toni Atkins, a California State Senator, passed the bill that designates April 27 as Marine Mammal Rescue Day. The celebration began in 2017. Gratitude is also given to the Marine Mammal Stranding Network for its continued dedication to the rescue, rehabilitation, and return of creatures stranded off the coast of California. The Marine Mammal Rescue Day celebration may be fairly recent, but the work of these marine mammal rescues has been in existence for far longer.

In 1975, The Marine Mammal Center (T.M.M.C.), formerly known as The California Marine Mammal Center, a private and non-profit organization based in the United States was founded to rescue, rehabilitate, and release injured, ill, or abandoned marine animals. Lloyd Smalley, Pat Arrigoni, and Paul Maxwell created it in Sausalito, California. T.M.M.C. has rescued nearly 23,000 marine mammals since 1975. It also acts as a research and education facility for marine animals such as whales, dolphins, pinnipeds (seals, walruses, and sea lions), otters, manatees, and dugongs.

Many water species require medical assistance due to illness or damage. Polluted waters, marine trash, and illegal fishing gears injure and kill aquatic life in general. The ocean has been polluted and tainted as a result of human acts and inaction. The waters have warmed as a result of climate change, and the patterns in which fish swim have changed. Young marine mammals are frequently unable to travel long distances or dive deep enough to get the food they require. All types of aquatic life are harmed by illegal fishing gear, pollution, and garbage. This is where aquatic mammal rescuers and specialists come in, devoting their time, energy, and resources to safeguard the safety of the marine life that we all should care about.

Marine Mammal Rescue Day timeline

1972

Marine Mammal Protection Act

President Richard Nixon signs the Marine Mammal Protection Act (M.M.P.A.) into law, establishing a national policy.

1975

The Marine Mammal Center

The Marine Mammal Center (T.M.M.C.), a private and non-profit organization based in the United States, is founded.

1992

Foundation for Marine Animal Husbandry

The Foundation for Marine Animal Husbandry, a nonprofit organization in Florida, opens.

2017

Marine Mammal Rescue Day

Toni Atkins, a California State Senator, creates Marine Mammal Rescue Day through a bill.

Marine Mammal Rescue Day FAQs

What are baby whales called?

Baby whales are referred to as ‘calves.’

What are the kinds of marine mammals?

Cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, and marine fissipeds are the four taxonomic groups that make up marine mammals.

Do dolphins lay eggs?

Dolphins are mammals. Thus, they do not lay eggs. Instead, they give live birth to their young.

How to Observe Marine Mammal Rescue Day

Reduce, reuse, recycle: Simple steps to improve your actions to assist in reducing marine body pollution can make a tremendous difference. Reduce, reuse, and recycle as much as possible. Single-use plastic should be avoided and other trash should be disposed of sustainably.

Learn about ocean conservation: Learn as much as you can about ocean conservation. Discover what it entails and how you can help. Know about ocean conservation organizations and consider donating to support their objectives.

Volunteer yourself: Make yourself available to help marine conservation charities. Joining and volunteering with beach cleanup is one of many ways to do so. It may not seem like much but if everyone performed their modest part, we could have a significant influence collectively.

5 Interesting Facts About Marine Mammals

Sea otters have deft hands: Sea otters have deft hands for smashing sea urchins off rocks.

Sleeping with one eye open: Dolphins only sleep with one half of their brain and one eye closed at a time.

Semi-aquatic creatures: Sea lions are semi-aquatic creatures.

Penguin proposal: During mating season, several species of male penguins "propose" to their lady with a pebble.

Elephant relatives: Manatees are related to elephants and have more in common with them than they do with dolphins or whales.

Why Marine Mammal Rescue Day is Important

Human and marine life interaction: Whale watching benefits local economies in a variety of ways. According to studies, people can derive economic benefits from simply knowing that marine mammals are present and healthy even if they are unable to see them.

Marine mammal protection: The Marine Mammal Protection Act protects all 125 species of marine mammals that live in American waters. This makes it illegal to harm a marine mammal in any way that would interfere with its normal behavior.

It promotes a healthy ocean ecosystem: Maintaining the equilibrium of marine ecosystems requires robust marine mammal populations. Reduced numbers of whales, dolphins, or seals can have unpredictably negative consequences for other key species such as fish, birds, and invertebrates.

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denauxsstuff · 1 year

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The new volume looks amazing. Noel is sure with her revenge.

04/27

#noel the mortal fate #higyaku no noel #manga #official content #denauxsstuff #volume 9 #27 April

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oediex · 19 days

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The moment I pull the door closed, I realise I'm in a predicament many have shared with me before. I am on the outside. My keys are not.

Once, this happened to my mother. She was lucky that she had, just this one time, forgotten to close the bedroom window - truly, and I cannot emphasise this enough, a miracle - and with the help of a neighbour's ladder, she was able to climb inside.

Today I am less fortunate, although there are two lights in this dark tunnel. On the one hand, my bicycle is outside with me, even if it is the whole reason I'm in this mess in the first place, for if its chain had not fallen of right as I got out the door, I wouldn't have needed to wash my hands right after fixing it, and my keys wouldn't have ended up forlornly next to the kitchen sink. On the other hand, I am not the only one with a key. My housemates aren't home, but I can get to them, and I won't be locked out for long.

And that's how a 30-minute visit to the grocery shop ends up being a cycle route three times as long to where my friends are, back to the grocery shop, and finally back home, where my keys are faithfully and longingly waiting for me, right where I left them.

#housemates #this must be a near-universal experience for anyone who has a door that is automatically closed/locked when you pull it shut #writing #my writing #a story every day #27 april #2024

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nerosunero · 19 days

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27 April 2024, Dublin

#nerosunero #dublin #27 April

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newyorkthegoldenage · 19 days

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Cover of the April 27, 1929 issue of Vogue, featuring New York fashions. Illustration by Pierre Mourgue.

The cost of the magazine was 55 cents. In 2024 dollars, that's $9.98.

Photo: Condé Nast Store

#vintage New York #1920s #Pierre Mourgue #Vogue #U.S. Vogue #April 27 #27 April #NY fashions #illustration #Art Deco #magazine cover #vintage magazine #Jazz Age

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juliehowlin · 1 year

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According to A Pilgrim's Almanac, in 1417, on this date, a Chicken in Basel, Switzerland was burned at the stake for violating natural law by laying a brightly coloured Egg.

10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 27 April:

#this day in history #on this day #on this date #otd #april 27 #27 april

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socvinc · 1 month

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