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Several different types of sea turtles can be found in your National Marine Sanctuary System:
Green sea turtle, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Hawai‘i (Photo: Ed Lyman/NOAA)
Hawksbill, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico (Photo: G.P. Schmahl)
Loggerhead, Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Georgia (Photo: NOAA)
Volunteer, Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Georgia (Photo: Judi Duffy)
One of the best things you can do to help sea turtles around the world is to reduce marine debris. Some species of sea turtle eat jellyfish, and a floating plastic bag can look an awful lot like a snack. Other marine debris, like cables, string, and fishing gear, can entangle a sea turtle and drown it.
Even if you don’t live near the ocean, our waterways can carry trash to the coasts – so every cleanup effort helps!
GIFs: A NOAA staff member helps disentangle a green sea turtle in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. (Image: NOAA)
Started in 2000, World Turtle Day aims to increase the public’s knowledge about turtles and tortoises. At home wherever they roam, turtles are some of the most diverse creatures – over 300 turtle species exist with 57 species in the U.S., and they’re found on every continent except Antarctica. And they play a vital role in the ecosystem, helping spread seeds on the land and supporting other marine life in the sea. On public lands across the country, we are working to protect turtle habitat and monitor turtle nests and hatchings.
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world war 2:
-thinks they’re a lot tougher than they actually are
-tend to be really niche about one very, very specific aspect
-really sarcastic sense of humour
-acts like the war’s still on
-very bitter about the 2001 pearl harbor movie
-wakes up in a cold sweat to boogie woogie bugle boy & the in the mood intro
-their fashion taste is either impeccable or an atrocity to god there is no in-between
world war 1:
-weird and quiet
-drinks cheap booze even if they can have/afford better
-hoarders
-would sell soul & firstborn for a pickelhaube
-knows lots of really obscure facts
-underlying & unexplainable 19th century german history fetish
-copes with problems by turning them into memes & shitty jokes
-bad puns galore
classics:
-come off really sensible & serious but h2g has the most perverted sense of humour out of everyone
-probably hiding some dark shit
-either really enthusiastic about homoeroticism or ignores it completely
-really defensive about their favourite society/period
-a lot of tension between the roman buffs & the greek ones???
-latin’s not dead, it just smells funny
cold war/vietnam war:
-probably either a communist or has a hard-on for JFK
-world war 2 buff’s edgy sibling
-usually really into guns or at least knows a fuckload about them. may also be really into guns but know jack shit about them, too
-gets into a lot of internet fights
-so many conspiracy theories
-their jokes make literally no sense to anyone else
-has a lot to say about the 2k16 presidential race
-really political in general tbh
-will wear military surplus uniforms as streetwear
-cool taste in sunglasses tho
medieval europe:
-goes ham on fantasy or drags it within an inch of its life
-gets asked about king henry viii way too much
-warped & morbid sense of humour
-cheerfully cynical about everything
-can slice you in half with their writing
-eternal academic 1v1 in the pit w/ each other
-holds personal grudges against someone who died like 900 years ago
-but also will die in the gutter for someone who died like 900 years ago
-complains about rain & cold weather but actually doesn’t mind it
*I do not mean any offence by these, and please feel free to add/specify/correct/etc! I’ve obviously only covered a small range of eras because these are the ones I have read & interacted the most with. Also, these are simply generalisations based on what I’ve personally seen & weren’t written to vague abt anybody. Please add if you think of anything else!
You forgot some!!
Napoleonic: ▪rude af but only because everyone keeps spouting the same 3 myths about him, also hilarious when they want to be ▪super creative ones that makes beautiful fan art or absolute meme trash ▪talk about Napoleon and his crew as if they all knew him personally ▪if you compare their interest to Hitler you will get dragged to Hell and back ▪usually older students/adults ▪many have a military fashion obsession too. Bring back pants de la gloire ▪often European, not always ▪loves to fight
AmRev/American history: ▪never European ▪either PhD students or meme kings and ship monarchs ▪everyone is gay ▪Hamilton obsession or completely ignores it, everyone in the fandom has an opinion on it whichever side they are on ▪touchy about the slave trade/Constitution and their effects in the modern day ▪the lame ones are patriots, the cool ones just love their history
French Rev: ▪either 12 year old communists or educated adults that know what they’re talking about ▪usually speak French ▪always take their hat off when the Terror is mentioned ▪no hon Enjolras lived in a different time ▪never right wing
Enlightenment and Romantic era: ▪#aesthetic ▪interested in literature usually ▪usually obsessed with their own historic faves and know everything on two or three people in the era ▪period drama is a hot topic ▪some are monarchists
*what she said!! This is just a bit of fun and only what I’ve observed!!
Russian Revs -feels sorry for trotsky -probably got into it bc of anastasia the film -’have you seen young hot stalin?’ -loves trains -not a monarchist but loves the romanov #aesthetic -knows all the words to ra ra rasputin -knows one word in cyrillic that word is ‘october’ -bolshevik mean girls memes -”communism is a great idea on paper”
modern political british history:
– either a massive tory, a fight-to-the-death old labour supporter or just really loves satire – would die for spitting image – Very Big opinion on thatcher and blair – SUPERMAC! – knows more about john profumo’s private life than they would like to – scared of peter mandleson
Yes, WWI and WWII did include the entire world, including Asia and Latin America and even Africa. So did the Cold War. But most of the stereotypes aren’t about those aspects, and tbh none of the public school world history classes actually pay much attention to those places. It’s all about how America and Europe affected the world.
a This isn’t meant to call out any individual in particular. The OP already acknowledged that this is just based on personal experience, no offense meant, etc. I just find it… a trend that exists, that English-speaking people typically aren’t too well-informed on the lands south of the equator or east of Ukraine, unless that land is Russia. History buffs in America tend to focus on Europe and/or Russia and/or America or maybe even Japan. Why is that? Is it because other histories are less accessible? A language barrier? Difficulty comprehending unfamiliar cultures due to the amount of prerequisite background knowledge needed? Or is it just the education system and how that hardly teaches anything about the rest of the world?
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