Event [Event] Collect the Shells 🐚 🐬 (9 Viewers)

[lexus]

Hopefully I didn’t flop

 

[OnlyCalB]

Done!

I don't know much about Dolphins tbh so most likely didn't do so well.

 

[Abeamus]

I never bothered to research Dolphins so I just spammed answers

 

[litc]

Done!

 

[Wingfrost]

^ A hectors dolphin (what Coastal Pod Team is). Not the clearest but sightings are pretty rare because of their small numbers.


I have looked over everyone’s forms and added up the shells earned for the first mini game: “Is it True or False?” Remember this is only the shells earned from this mini game, not your teams overall score (which may I say you’re all doing awesome with earning your team points).


The Deep Sea Pod has collected: 30 shells, while your team did wonderful the Coastal Pod team managed to collect just a bit more and ended up collecting: 38 shells. Great job everyone!

Spoiler: Here are the answers 🐬

-Dolphins can only breathe through their blowhole
This is false, a Hectors dolphin was reported to have learned to breathe through it’s mouth. Because of this they had to surface more often than others. Other dolphins have been reported doing this as well. Researchers believe it was something the dolphins had to learn after an injury.

-There are 40 existing species of dolphins
This is true, most species live in shallow waters of tropical and temperate oceans. Five species live in rivers.

-A dolphins pod will assist in a mother’s birth if necessary
This is true, a female dolphin will assist in the birth of another’s baby dolphin, and if it is a difficult birth, the “midwife” might help pull out the baby. Other dolphins, including bulls, will swim around the mother during the birth to protect her. Honestly such an amazing animal.

-Dolphins can expel air from their blowhole at speeds over 60 mph
This is true, air can be expelled from a dolphin’s blowhole at speeds topping 100 mph!

-All dolphins live in the ocean
This is false, most dolphins we see and hear of are all in ocean environments, but there’s at least five different river dolphin species struggling to survive in their habitats. A river dolphin species was determined to be extinct around 2006 and most of the others are headed towards the same route. All of this is because of humans, river dolphins are often hunted to be later used as bait, other things such as pollution, noise, dangerous boats, overfishing and rivers that are being drained by irrigation are just a few problems they face.

-Orcas first started getting captured in the early 1960’s for entertainment purposes.
This is true, in just the first few years of this practice almost 100 young orcas were captured. Orcas became a popular attraction because of their appearance, size, trainability, intelligence and playfulness. This practice caused many deaths and injuries, even when successful orcas (such as the first captive orca, Wanda) would only survive a few days to months before dying. Capturing wild orcas is not as common anymore as marine parks have discovered how to captively breed them.

-There are no dolphin species extinct
This is false, the first dolphin to go extinct was the baiji river dolphin. This dolphin was found in the waters of China and became extinct because of fishing, transportation and hydroelectricity. There hasn’t been a baiji dolphin seen for 20 years though some people still hold onto that there might be a small number somewhere that they can use to repopulate the rivers.

-More orca attacks occur in captivity rather than in the wild
This is true, there’s actually no reported attacks on humans by an orca in the wild. However other wild dolphin species, while extremely rare, have bitten or rammed humans. Out of all of these there’s only been one reported death by a dolphin in the wild.

-A dolphin species is soon to be extinct, with only 50 reported left in the wild.
This is true, the close relative to the Hector's dolphin, the Maui dolphin is critically endangered. They’re threatened by commercial fisheries, low food supply and disease.

-Dolphins only have 25 teeth
This is false, well sort of, dolphins are born with a set of 25 teeth however their teeth are very unique and constantly grow throughout their lifespan, they produce growth layers in the root so they actually have layers and layers of teeth. It’s similar to how you tell the age of a tree, by looking at the lines once it’s cut. This is how scientists can tell a dolphin's age. A dolphin can have over 100 teeth!

@lexus @eclipsoul @Vee @litc @Goldenstar @xtra @Soogi @OnlyCalB @Abeamus @Areum101 @Yili @izcream @SunnyYeonnie @Tsukino @Reverie
@WinterFlower​

 

[litc]

^ A hectors dolphin (what Coastal Pod Team is). Not the clearest but sightings are pretty rare because of their small numbers.


I have looked over everyone’s forms and added up the shells earned for the first mini game: “Is it True or False?” Remember this is only the shells earned from this mini game, not your teams overall score (which may I say you’re all doing awesome with earning your team points).


The Deep Sea Pod has collected: 30 shells, while your team did wonderful the Coastal Pod team managed to collect just a bit more and ended up collecting: 38 shells. Great job everyone!

Spoiler: Here are the answers 🐬

-Dolphins can only breathe through their blowhole
This is false, a Hectors dolphin was reported to have learned to breathe through it’s mouth. Because of this they had to surface more often than others. Other dolphins have been reported doing this as well. Researchers believe it was something the dolphins had to learn after an injury.

-There are 40 existing species of dolphins
This is true, most species live in shallow waters of tropical and temperate oceans. Five species live in rivers.

-A dolphins pod will assist in a mother’s birth if necessary
This is true, a female dolphin will assist in the birth of another’s baby dolphin, and if it is a difficult birth, the “midwife” might help pull out the baby. Other dolphins, including bulls, will swim around the mother during the birth to protect her. Honestly such an amazing animal.

-Dolphins can expel air from their blowhole at speeds over 60 mph
This is true, air can be expelled from a dolphin’s blowhole at speeds topping 100 mph!

-All dolphins live in the ocean
This is false, most dolphins we see and hear of are all in ocean environments, but there’s at least five different river dolphin species struggling to survive in their habitats. A river dolphin species was determined to be extinct around 2006 and most of the others are headed towards the same route. All of this is because of humans, river dolphins are often hunted to be later used as bait, other things such as pollution, noise, dangerous boats, overfishing and rivers that are being drained by irrigation are just a few problems they face.

-Orcas first started getting captured in the early 1960’s for entertainment purposes.
This is true, in just the first few years of this practice almost 100 young orcas were captured. Orcas became a popular attraction because of their appearance, size, trainability, intelligence and playfulness. This practice caused many deaths and injuries, even when successful orcas (such as the first captive orca, Wanda) would only survive a few days to months before dying. Capturing wild orcas is not as common anymore as marine parks have discovered how to captively breed them.

-There are no dolphin species extinct
This is false, the first dolphin to go extinct was the baiji river dolphin. This dolphin was found in the waters of China and became extinct because of fishing, transportation and hydroelectricity. There hasn’t been a baiji dolphin seen for 20 years though some people still hold onto that there might be a small number somewhere that they can use to repopulate the rivers.

-More orca attacks occur in captivity rather than in the wild
This is true, there’s actually no reported attacks on humans by an orca in the wild. However other wild dolphin species, while extremely rare, have bitten or rammed humans. Out of all of these there’s only been one reported death by a dolphin in the wild.

-A dolphin species is soon to be extinct, with only 50 reported left in the wild.
This is true, the close relative to the Hector's dolphin, the Maui dolphin is critically endangered. They’re threatened by commercial fisheries, low food supply and disease.

-Dolphins only have 25 teeth
This is false, well sort of, dolphins are born with a set of 25 teeth however their teeth are very unique and constantly grow throughout their lifespan, they produce growth layers in the root so they actually have layers and layers of teeth. It’s similar to how you tell the age of a tree, by looking at the lines once it’s cut. This is how scientists can tell a dolphin's age. A dolphin can have over 100 teeth!

@lexus @eclipsoul @Vee @litc @Goldenstar @xtra @Soogi @OnlyCalB @Abeamus @Areum101 @Yili @izcream @SunnyYeonnie @Tsukino @Reverie
@WinterFlower​

I got most of these wrong

 

[Wingfrost]

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I got most of these wrong

I didn’t know most of this until I started working on this event so don’t feel too bad

 

[Kamistar]

-A dolphin species is soon to be extinct, with only 50 reported left in the wild.
This is true, the close relative to the Hector's dolphin, the Maui dolphin is critically endangered. They’re threatened by commercial fisheries, low food supply and disease.

I guess I put false on this one because I read on Google there are 55 left I got very confused on the questions with numbers because of that, I didn't know if it was the exact number or something close

Thank you for sharing the informations with us

 

[Wingfrost]

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I guess I put false on this one because I read on Google there are 55 left I got very confused on the questions with numbers because of that, I didn't know if it was the exact number or something close

Thank you for sharing the informations with us

This was a question that was pretty 50/50 with everyone tbh I’ve seen that where it says 55 but decided to go with 50 after seeing that that’s what most sources said.

 

[Kamistar]

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This was a question that was pretty 50/50 with everyone tbh I’ve seen that where it says 55 but decided to go with 50 after seeing that that’s what most sources said.

Fair enough for the next events I'd recommend you guys to let clear if you want the exact number or something close to it

 

[athenaaa]

^ A hectors dolphin (what Coastal Pod Team is). Not the clearest but sightings are pretty rare because of their small numbers.


I have looked over everyone’s forms and added up the shells earned for the first mini game: “Is it True or False?” Remember this is only the shells earned from this mini game, not your teams overall score (which may I say you’re all doing awesome with earning your team points).


The Deep Sea Pod has collected: 30 shells, while your team did wonderful the Coastal Pod team managed to collect just a bit more and ended up collecting: 38 shells. Great job everyone!

Spoiler: Here are the answers 🐬

-Dolphins can only breathe through their blowhole
This is false, a Hectors dolphin was reported to have learned to breathe through it’s mouth. Because of this they had to surface more often than others. Other dolphins have been reported doing this as well. Researchers believe it was something the dolphins had to learn after an injury.

-There are 40 existing species of dolphins
This is true, most species live in shallow waters of tropical and temperate oceans. Five species live in rivers.

-A dolphins pod will assist in a mother’s birth if necessary
This is true, a female dolphin will assist in the birth of another’s baby dolphin, and if it is a difficult birth, the “midwife” might help pull out the baby. Other dolphins, including bulls, will swim around the mother during the birth to protect her. Honestly such an amazing animal.

-Dolphins can expel air from their blowhole at speeds over 60 mph
This is true, air can be expelled from a dolphin’s blowhole at speeds topping 100 mph!

-All dolphins live in the ocean
This is false, most dolphins we see and hear of are all in ocean environments, but there’s at least five different river dolphin species struggling to survive in their habitats. A river dolphin species was determined to be extinct around 2006 and most of the others are headed towards the same route. All of this is because of humans, river dolphins are often hunted to be later used as bait, other things such as pollution, noise, dangerous boats, overfishing and rivers that are being drained by irrigation are just a few problems they face.

-Orcas first started getting captured in the early 1960’s for entertainment purposes.
This is true, in just the first few years of this practice almost 100 young orcas were captured. Orcas became a popular attraction because of their appearance, size, trainability, intelligence and playfulness. This practice caused many deaths and injuries, even when successful orcas (such as the first captive orca, Wanda) would only survive a few days to months before dying. Capturing wild orcas is not as common anymore as marine parks have discovered how to captively breed them.

-There are no dolphin species extinct
This is false, the first dolphin to go extinct was the baiji river dolphin. This dolphin was found in the waters of China and became extinct because of fishing, transportation and hydroelectricity. There hasn’t been a baiji dolphin seen for 20 years though some people still hold onto that there might be a small number somewhere that they can use to repopulate the rivers.

-More orca attacks occur in captivity rather than in the wild
This is true, there’s actually no reported attacks on humans by an orca in the wild. However other wild dolphin species, while extremely rare, have bitten or rammed humans. Out of all of these there’s only been one reported death by a dolphin in the wild.

-A dolphin species is soon to be extinct, with only 50 reported left in the wild.
This is true, the close relative to the Hector's dolphin, the Maui dolphin is critically endangered. They’re threatened by commercial fisheries, low food supply and disease.

-Dolphins only have 25 teeth
This is false, well sort of, dolphins are born with a set of 25 teeth however their teeth are very unique and constantly grow throughout their lifespan, they produce growth layers in the root so they actually have layers and layers of teeth. It’s similar to how you tell the age of a tree, by looking at the lines once it’s cut. This is how scientists can tell a dolphin's age. A dolphin can have over 100 teeth!

@lexus @eclipsoul @Vee @litc @Goldenstar @xtra @Soogi @OnlyCalB @Abeamus @Areum101 @Yili @izcream @SunnyYeonnie @Tsukino @Reverie
@WinterFlower​

Wait whats this for? Did I miss a minigame? 😭

 

[litc]

Wait whats this for? Did I miss a minigame? 😭

Yeah, it was yesterday (march 4th pst)

 

[athenaaa]

Yeah, it was yesterday (march 4th pst)

RIP okay

 

[Wingfrost]

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Fair enough for the next events I'd recommend you guys to let clear if you want the exact number or something close to it

We’ll definitely remember that for next time, thank you for politely recommending it. With every event we always learn something new.

Wait whats this for? Did I miss a minigame? 😭

I had tagged you… The tags have been causing a lot of trouble for me lately. So sorry Winter.

 

[athenaaa]

I had tagged you… The tags have been causing a lot of trouble for me lately. So sorry Winter.

It's okay, there's other games to make up points, dont worry about this one. Can I make a suggestion though, if its not too much to ask, maybe send a message in the team chats when a new event is about to begin as well?

 

[Wingfrost]

It's okay, there's other games to make up points, dont worry about this one. Can I make a suggestion though, if its not too much to ask, maybe send a message in the team chats when a new event is about to begin as well?

Were you thinking an hour before a new one starts? I could totally do that though, no problem

 

[athenaaa]

Were you thinking an hour before a new one starts? I could totally do that though, no problem

That could work too, I was thinking when it starts but your idea gives a bit of a reminder ahead of time Thank you so much for doing this. It's not as much of an issue for me but in case this happens to anyone else in the future it can be preventative

 

[Areum]

Google was nice to me

 

[Areum]

I got most of these wrong

Which is why you should make Google one of your besties

 

[Wingfrost]

That could work too, I was thinking when it starts but your idea gives a bit of a reminder ahead of time Thank you so much for doing this. It's not as much of an issue for me but in case this happens to anyone else in the future it can be preventative

I’ll remember that for next time