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Winter 2016 in This Issue Photo: Alex Constan Alex Photo: from the President in These Cold Winter Months, I Often Pause to Enjoy the Aquarium’S Tropical Exhibits It’s time to live blue™ The Phoenix Islands Protected Area Meet Myrtle, the queen of the Giant Ocean Tank New England’s undersea treasure Members’ Magazine Volume 49, Number 1 Winter 2016 In This Issue Photo: Alex Constan Alex Photo: From the President In these cold winter months, I often pause to enjoy the Aquarium’s tropical exhibits. The colors and abundance of life consis- tently delight me and also remind me of how vulnerable these systems are. In this issue of blue, we’ll journey to one of the most remote tropical coral reef systems on the planet. In September, a team of scientists from the Aquarium, the Woods Hole Oceano- graphic Institution and other collaborators visited the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), one of the largest marine protected areas in the world. They collected data that will help to manage the reserve and— in the midst of one of the most intense El Niños ever—observed the effects of climate change, without the complicating Cool Animals Future Ocean Protectors factors that affect most coral reef systems. 2 6 Myrtle the green sea turtle Nature is so weird. Did you know? Closer to home, our conservation team has been raising awareness of two extraordinary gems off our own coasts: 3 Research Briefs 8 Global Explorers Cashes Ledge, an underwater mountain A potential pregnancy test for Researchers return to the range that supports New England’s long-dead whales, and the growing Phoenix Islands Protected Area largest and deepest kelp forest, and the problem of big fish in home tanks Coral Canyons and Seamounts, home to 10 Members’ Notes rare deep sea corals and invertebrates. TM 4 live blue Party for the Blue Planet, Research at the Aquarium ranges from Underwater That’s A-Moray, After Hours studies that help us gauge the health treasures Open House and more of wild populations and contribute to off New effective conservation, to those that improve our ability to rear and care for England’s 12 Calendar exhibit animals. In our new feature, coast After Hours Open House, Research Briefs, we share bite sized Animal Encounters, IMAX® summaries of these important studies. movies and more This vital work takes place only with the support of members like you. Please enjoy this issue in the knowledge that you helped make it all possible. New England Aquarium Proudly Recognizes Our Lead Sponsors Sincerely, Nigella Hillgarth, President and CEO At the Aquarium One of These Rockhoppers Is Not Like the Others When you visit the Aquarium’s penguin Like most of the Aquarium penguins, colony this winter, it’s easy to spot Keppel’s name has significance the four juvenile African penguins to her species. More than 30 that hatched during this past year’s types of birds breed on Keppel breeding season: They have solid Island in the Falklands, including grey heads and backs that are quite Magellanic and Gentoo penguins different from the distinctive black and more than 700 breeding pairs and white stripes of the adults. of southern rockhoppers! You’ll have to be very observant to — Ann Cortissoz spot our newest rockhopper, Keppel, though. Unlike juvenile African penguins, young rockhoppers have exactly the same color patterns as adult rockhoppers, except they don’t have the distinctive yellow crest feathers coming out of the sides of their head. A green sea turtle swims in the Phoenix Islands Keppel was born on June 12, 2015, Protected Area. Photo: Craig Cook and was fed and protected behind Future Ocean Protectors Left inset, corals on Cashes Ledge Photo: NOAA the scenes by her parents, Pinguino II 6 and Fuego II, under the watchful eye Nature is so weird. Did you know? of the penguin staff. The penguin staff follows this careful procedure with 8 Global Explorers @neaq.org every chick born at the Aquarium to give them the best chance for survival. Researchers return to the Dive into a sea of resources online. www.neaq.org Phoenix Islands Protected Area The website is full of conservation information, As she started to grow and fledged animal facts and details that will help you plan into her first set of waterproof feathers, your next trip to the Aquarium. her parents were returned to the 10 Members’ Notes exhibit and she was cared for by the Party for the Blue Planet, On the cover: Red Atlantic cod on Cashes Ledge staff until she could eat and swim That’s A-Moray, After Hours Photo: Brian Skerry on her own. On August 31, Keppel blue is a quarterly magazine exclusively for members of was introduced to the exhibit. Open House and more the New England Aquarium produced and published by New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, MA, 02110. It’s impossible to tell just by looking Publishing office located at 177 Milk St., Boston, MA, 02109. whether a penguin is male or female, 12 Calendar blue and all materials within are property of the so the staff had to wait for the results After Hours Open House, New England Aquarium. Reproduction of any materials of a DNA test before they knew the is possible only through written permission. © blue 2016 ® rockhopper chick was a female. Animal Encounters, IMAX Editor: Ann Cortissoz Designer: Cathy LeBlanc Then the penguin staff was able movies and more Contributors: Emily Bauernfeind, Marty Downs, Deb Kulich and Jason Roberts to put an ID on Keppel’s right wing General Information: 617-973-5200 (right for females, left for males). Marine Animal Stranding Hotline: 617-973-5247 Keppel’s bracelet is green, which Membership and Annual Fund: 617-973-6555, gives visitors another way to spot her. [email protected] New England Aquarium Proudly Recognizes Our Lead Sponsors Navigator and Conservation Society: 617-226-2622 Keppel at 12 days old with her father, Fuego, (top) and at 36 days old 1 cool animals —Emily Bauernfeind Species: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Age: Close to 90 years old Weight: 550 pounds on average Myrtle Length of shell: 5 feet Date arrived at the Aquarium: June 20, 1970 ueen of the Giant Ocean Tank Favorite vegetable: Brussels’ sprouts She’s only our most famous resident, a that’s not exactly true. The sprouts are Favorite snack: Squid 550-poundQ reptile familiar to generations her favorite vegetable. She loves squid.” of Aquarium visitors. She has graced Favorite spot: Myrtle’s diet of vegetables with occasional billboards and TV screens and swum Perched on corals in middle of G.O.T. morsels of protein evolved over time. She with celebrities even more famous than used to be hand-fed a large meal by the Famous dive buddies: herself. Researchers have studied her divers every morning. Throughout the Steven Tyler, Sylvia Earle behavior and hearing. Scuba divers know rest of the day, Myrtle would pester the her favorite nap spots, and volunteers Fun fact: divers for more food. “You’d be doing a know her favorite foods. Visitors have been Myrtle loves back scratches whole bucket feeding for the large tarpons, engaging with this lumbering sea turtle permits and jacks at the bottom of the ambassador for more than 45 years. tank,” Sherrie recalls, smiling as she two hours when resting! Whether she’s Without a doubt, Myrtle the green sea shakes her head. “Myrtle would descend sleeping or swimming, the other animals turtle is the queen of the Giant Ocean Tank. like a spaceship right on top of your head.” in the exhibit mostly stay out of her way. Myrtle even went so far as to grab a In the Beginning squid from a shark’s mouth once— Engaging Generations Few people know the queen better than the shark won, by the way. “We Scientists have a lot to learn about sea Sherrie Floyd, supervisor of the Giant would have to gently push her away,” turtles in the wild, and our resident Ocean Tank. Sherrie and Myrtle have been Sherrie goes on, “again and again.” green sea turtle is doing her part to swimming together for more than 20 years. teach about the species. Several years But the divers and vet staff modified her “We know she came from an aquarium in ago, the Aquarium’s trainers developed feeding schedule to better reflect that Provincetown, which is no longer there. a target feeding system that tested of wild sea turtles. Now Myrtle is fed That was in 1970,” explains Sherrie. Myrtle’s hearing. If just a light flashed, her lettuce, broccoli, peppers, Brussels’ she stayed put, hovering in front of What we don’t know is how Myrtle got sprouts and an occasional vitamin-spiked the light box. If a light flashed at the to that Cape Cod aquarium in the first squid from the top of the tank whenever same time as a beep, she learned to place, or how long she was there. It’s divers are in the exhibit. No more pestering go to the speaker and touch it with likely she was taken from the ocean divers, and a feeding schedule that mimics her beak for food reinforcement. It before endangered species legislation the seagrass-grazing habits of wild turtles. prohibited taking these animals from the turns out she has the ability to hear wild (except in cases of animal rescue). When she’s not being fed, Myrtle can often sounds and make complex decisions. be found snoozing on the corals about But Aquarium records mark the day she Myrtle has also been teaching visitors halfway up the spiral of the Giant Ocean arrived, and we have detailed medical about green sea turtles for decades. Tank.
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