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Have you watched My Octopus Teacher? Meet my Favorite Octopi!

January 3, 2021 By Tam Warner 3 Comments

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My Octopus Teacher has been a huge hit on Netflix. I watched it and cried like a baby even though I know very well that octopuses have short life spans, depending on the species. I found it to be a beautiful documentary, and it hit very close to home as one of my favorite places to be is underwater with marine life. I agree that wild animals teach us a lot about being human. The octopus in My Octopus Teacher is a Common Octopus, but there are many species. Allow me to introduce you to some of the octopus I have been privileged to see while diving!

FUN OCTOPUS FACT: Octopuses use tools! They are quite intelligent, solving puzzles, opening jars, and even opening childproof medicine bottles!

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Tammaw’s Holiday Gift Guide for the Children in your Family!

December 6, 2020 By Tam Warner Leave a Comment

Tammaw’s Holiday Gift Guide for the Children in your family. Yes, I am Tammaw, a play on Mamaw, which is what we called our Grandma Nash. Now that I am a grandmother, I have a house stocked with toys and books. Here are some of my favorites that are tried and true.

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It is #FISHFRIDAY and Here are a Few Fish I love!

July 17, 2020 By Tam Warner 2 Comments

It is #FISHFRIDAY and Here are Fish I love! I cannot begin to tell you how badly I want to get back in the water. I want to go shopping for swimsuits and beach clothes and shoes, and I want to travel to the ocean and dive, dive, dive! I’m just waiting for COVID cases to start to go down in Texas where I live.

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Yes, I miss diving, traveling and photographing my fishy friends! Here are some of my favorite photos of fish I have known and loved! And here is a cool video of Filefish on my other blog https://tamwarnerminton.com/fantastic-filefish-for-fishfriday/!

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Celebrating World Oceans Day and Underwater Wednesday with Photos of the Ocean

June 10, 2020 By Tam Warner 6 Comments

Let’s Celebrate World Oceans Day and Underwater Wednesday with Photos of the Ocean.

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Our oceans sustain us. Not only us, but all life on earth. We must take better care of it. For World Oceans Day and Underwater Wednesday, I post some of my favorite photos of the incomparable beauty of our oceans.

“For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.” Jacque-Yves Cousteau.

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What You Can Do to Help Our Earth and Oceans

April 22, 2020 By Tam Warner 1 Comment

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What You Can Do to Help Our Earth and Oceans. It isn’t hard, it just requires a little thought and some education. With our shut down due to Covid-19 we are seeing how quickly the planet can respond to the lack of hurtful human activities. If only we could take the lesson and do better when “normal” life starts back up! Here are some suggestions to help you begin the journey of combatting the harm that plastic and pollution does to our planet. The first thing you can do to help our earth and oceans is to reduce single-use plastics by reusing grocery bags, saying no to plastic utensils and carry a water bottle instead of drinking bottled water.

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