ZiNG Caribbean – May-June 2019

Sea insights

+Theoceansoftheworld

covermorethan70%

ofthe

Earth’ssurface.+ThePacific

Oceanisthelargestin

the

world,witharound25,000

islands.+TheMariana

Trench

inthePacificOceanisthe

deepestnaturalpoint

onEarth.

Itsmaximumknowndepth

is1 0,994metres.+Erden

Erucof

Turkeywasthefirstperson

torowacrossthreeoceans

(Atlantic,PacificandIndian).

Heaccomplishedthisbetween

2006 and2010.+Oceans

contain97%ofthewater

on

Earth.Ithasalsobeenestimated

thatwehaveexplored

lessthan5%oftheworld’s

oceans.

WHY CELEBRATE

WORLD OCEANS

DAY?

Theoceansarethelungsofour

planet–

tinyorganismsinoceansprovide

mostof

theoxygenwebreathe.They

areasource

offoodandotherresources.

Theyarefull

ofincredibleanimalandplant

species.And

theyareextremelybeautiful.

Thisspecial

dayhighlightsthekeyrole

oceansplayin

everydaylife,andemphasises

theimpactof

humanactionsonthem,encouraging

every

oneofustobecomeanocean

ambassador

andtakecareofthisvitalenvironment.

ZING KIDS

92 | ZiNG CARIBBEAN http://www.liat.com |^ May - June 2019

Oneafternoon,agroupofocean

creatureswerediscussingtheskillsthey

eachhadtowardoffpredatorslurking

intheocean.OlivertheOctopus

wasthefirsttospeak.“WheneverI’m

threatened,”hedeclared,“Iamableto

releaseastreamofjetblackink.This

allowsmetoquicklyescapewhenever

there’sanydanger!”SallytheSwordfish

spokenext.“Ihaveasharpsword-like

billthatIcan

whotargetsme!”PerrythePufferfish

wasnottobeoutdone.“Notonlycan

Ipuffmyselfuptomakemyselflook

bigger...butIhavepointedspines!”

To celebrate United Nations World Oceans Day

on^8 Junewediveintothe

planet’sbiggestswathes

ofwater!

Why did the

lobster blush?

Because the sea weed!

What did the ocean

say to the shore?

Nothing – it just

waved!

FISHY

TALE