[cautiousculpeo]

Prompt 6
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Username: cautiousculpeo
What would your coral be if not a coral?: Arati smiled and stared down at her tiny coral, she clearly had fallen behind and her little coral had not grown as well as the others, The small silvery golden coral was growing, but still was clearly smaller then the other magically large corals around the class.
"If she could be anything, i think she would be big!" Arati smiled and looked down, the cute little tank, with small fish still as simple and beautiful as ever. "She would like to just be a big strong coral, to be the biggest in the reef and to protect all of the small little fish." She stared down at the little organism, sadness washed over her as she realized the lapse in taking care of the little being. "If i was a better care taker... maybe her dream would have come true." She sniffled but wiped a loose tear from her cheek, bashfully hiding her face as she went to sit back down in the class, looking around to see all of the other class's corals, so large and beautiful already sprouting branches! Arati was obviously the worst coral care taker in her own mind, but she truly was trying her hardest.

[Andromeda]

Prompt 6
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Username: Bluebird-
What would your coral be if not a coral?:

Little Red stared intently at Solstice, who sat unmoving in their tank, tucked into the sand amongst some fresh growing seaweed. "I think if Solstice weren't a coral, they'd be a whale shark.." Red realized this was quite the stretch from a small coral, but she continued on with her reasoning. "Solstice is such a little coral, but I can tell they love the ocean just by our walk down to the beach. And they seem to be a curious little coral, I can only imagine them wanting to explore more of their home. While they can sit and watch as ocean life goes by, I can see them wishing with all their being that they could move and see even more. I know it seems simple, and a whale shark is so large, why not be a dolphin or a sword fish? They move much faster!"

Red bent her head lower, smiling softly at the gray stone with its blue growth. "Whale sharks are massive yet so gentle, they eat nearly the same thing Solstice eats now, yet they provide food for smaller fish that attach themselves to the shark's great belly. I think Solstice would like that, moving slow enough to take in everything around them, meeting all the creatures they could on the way." A small bubble squeezed itself from the sand just beneath the coral, and Red grinned, "Yea..I think they'd like that a lot."

[Knickknacks]

Prompt 6
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Username: Knickknacks
What would your coral be if not a coral?:

If he wasn’t a coral? Hm. Interesting question.
Caspian… I think he might be something like a hawk. See how he’s starting to turn a reddish color as he grows? That sort of color is found on some hawks, right? I think Caspian would like being a hawk- an animal like that, beautiful and powerful, would suit him. He’d be able to move around and fly and be free- I think he’d like that, too. Hah, now I kind of wish I could see him like that. But I believe Caspian’s pretty happy with things the way they are right now, too- he’s got a purpose, and something to grow toward. Like the hawk, he’ll be something beautiful for people to admire when he’s grown.

[hiraeth + hound]

Enke stares at you like you've grown something out of your head.

"Um.. Well.. They aren't other creatures. They're just coral... No, I don't believe in reincarnation. You're telling me you think your coral could be a tiger in another life? ....Right."

He probably thought your idea was cool at least a little bit. ..Maybe.
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♦ Diamond Sapphire, ceance ♦

You notice your coral has grown!


You have also earned 2 sand dollars!

♦ Areater, raining, Badger Buddies ♦

You notice your coral has grown! Something seems a bit off with the color, though..


You have also earned 2 sand dollars!

♦ sprig ♦

You notice your coral has grown!


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♦ neondisaster, Northstar. ♦

You notice your coral has grown! Something seems a bit off with the color, though..


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♦ Case ♦

You notice your coral has grown!


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♦ dysania, Queen Vivane ♦

You notice your coral has grown! Something seems a bit off with the color, though..


You have also earned 2 sand dollars!

♦ Saltybirb, Desmond ♦

You notice your coral has grown!


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♦ mierose, ♔Voltaire♔, ➷.River.➷ ♦

You notice your coral has grown! Something seems a bit off with the color, though..


You have also earned 2 sand dollars!

♦ paopu, lucimorningstar, ♦

You notice your coral has grown!


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♦Micki., ➳ palla, vanilla bean.♦

You notice your coral has grown! Something seems a bit off with the color, though..


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♦ Streak ♦

Your coral has grown!


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♦Bluebird-♦

You notice your coral has grown!


You have also earned 2 sand dollars!

♦ bluex ♦

Although a bit behind, you notice your coral has grown!


You have also earned 2 sand dollars!

♦ Zeca17 ♦

Your coral has started growing!


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♦ cautiousculpeo ♦

Although behind, you notice your coral has grown!


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♦ Knickknacks ♦

Although behind, you notice your coral has grown!


You have also earned 2 sand dollars!

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[atlas;]

Prompt 7
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Username: lucimorningstar.
What else would you like to save?:
Sunny thought deeply.
“The hawksbill sea turtle.”
Poor babies.Sea turtles deserved to live and breath just as much as any other creature. So if people decided that they were to poach or kill or do anything to those innocent little things, Sunny would be deeply angry with them. Nobody was to touch or harm them. At least not on Sunny’s watch.
Sunny wondered what Enke was thinking. Did he think she was stupid? Or kind? Did he think she was too empathic? Or not empathetic enough? Because Sunny knew there were plenty of other creatures who deserved to be saved. It’s just that, Sunny’s friends all hated sea turtles. And that made Sunny want to protect them more. Motherly instincts, you know?
All Sunny really knew was that if she ever saw anyone trying to harm a sea turtle, she would make sure they were punished correctly. Of course, she wouldn’t take those matters into her own hands, but she’d alert authorities as soon as possible. The turtles deserved peace and serenity, whether that proved to be difficult to achieve or not. Sunny would protect the turtles at all costs, because no matter what, every creature deserves to be safe.

[Zeca17]

Prompt 7
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Username: Zeca17
What else would you like to save?: As an animal and nature lover, naturally I would love to save everything. But most importantly I would save the sea. I would ensure there was no plastic, no debris, no fishing hooks or nets left lying around to tangle poor animals up. For if the sea is saved and cleaned up, the animals, creatures and dwellers of the sea would be safe from harm. This would mean no pollution, no plastic bags for sea turtles to eat after mistaking them for jellyfish, it would mean no beer rings wrapped around animals cutting into them. It would mean nests being made out of sticks and not bits of plastic. It would mean a new era and boom for ocean wildlife.

[vanilla bean.]

Prompt 7
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Username: vanilla bean.
What else would you like to save?:

What else would you like to save? What an impossible question! How could someone pick just one thing out of all the repercussions that stem from global warming and pollution? If I had to narrow it down, I must admit it would be so fascinating to rehabilitate sea otter populations. The little creatures are so powerful in the fight to help the ocean. One of their favorite snacks is sea urchins. Which is really great, because sea urchins love to eat kelp, a huge consumer of carbon dioxide in oceans. If left unchecked, those urchins can raze down entire kelp forests, creating ocean deserts, and removing an important source of co2 removal! Urchins are like those nasty humans who cause deforestation of rainforests for palm oil and the like. By introducing more otters into the environment or helping to stabilize their numbers, kelp forests can continue flourishing and cleaning the air / seas.

In addition to all of the wonderful benefits, sea otters are just. Incredibly cute, and would be a dream to work with. The little sweethearts hold hands while sleeping so they don't lose each other, for pete's sake!! That's my choice for sure, bring on the otters!

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Prompt 7
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Username: .River.
What else would you like to save?:
There are many sea animals in urgent need of saving, and it's very sad to me. I'd love to help save as many as I can, especially sharks as they tend to be hunted a lot which is sad, as they are quite beautiful and majestic creatures, in the public eye they are just fearsome people eating beasts. I'd also love to help save the sea turtles, they are such precious creatures! I love sea animals a lot, and it saddens me to see what's happening to them. All the oceans are filled with beautiful creatures, and many more I hope we can discover. I am fascinated everytime I learn about the ocean and the creatures in it, and it truly is tradgic to see the overall marine life and ocean deteriorating. I hope that withing time, we will be able to help save the marine life, and ensure future generations will share the joy of seeing a whale breach with grace, a sea turtle along the shore crawling back to the sea, and many more beautiful sights we all take for granted.

[mierose]

Prompt 7
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Username: mierose
What else would you like to save?:
Rosaline thought to herself for a moment, it was an interesting question. What her true passions were either didn't need saving or she had already been working on saving. After a bit of pondering, however, the answer came to her.
"Bees!"
Enke gave her a sideways look, he was confused and didn't really care, but wanted to know why.
"Think about it, they're such lovely little creatures and they do nothing but bring goodness to the world. They pollinate our food and our meadows, and not only that, out roses. We'd probably die without them, think about how many plants we rely on that rely on bees."
"I understand that well enough, go on."
"Plus they're just so happy looking. Buzzing and dancing around in the sunshine, who wouldn't want to save them? Numbers are dropping quickly and not only that, but we need the earth's flora to be flourishing more than ever before."
Enke nodded at her, in a half acknowledging manner.
"So yes, my answer is bees."
"Well enough, go on now. I'm very busy"

[Desmond]

Prompt 7
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Username: Desmond
What else would you like to save?:
With a soft 'phh' of a half-stifled sigh, Jay took a moment to answer. There was a lot to consider, but he knew that one of his 'brothers' would appreciate one particular answer.
There are two populations of orcas that are in extreme danger right now. One, the AT1 pod, is functionally extinct already, with only seven remaining members of their entire population, and no new calves since the Exxon-Valdez spilled oil in their homewaters in 1989. Most are beyond breeding age, now, and they're so horrifically polluted - with the highest levels of pollution in pretty much any other group of animals found in their blubber - that they probably wouldn't be able to breed anyway, regardless of age. When they are gone, the world will lose the pod's unique language and way of life, their hunting tactics, and taught skills, passed from matriarch to matriarch for who knows how long.
From a pod of twenty-two in 1989... seven left.
Marie. Paddy. Ewan. Chenega. Iktua. Egagutak. Mike.
And their time is slowly running out.
Further south, the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKWs, for short) have their own issues. They number at 76 right now, including two births earlier this year, but they're slowly starving. J17, one of the oldest matriarchs alive in the population, has been flirting with a condition called peanut head, where all of the fat and blubber around the skull has receded, leaving a marked dip around the shape of the bones. Her youngest daughter, J53, born in 2015... isn't much better. The pod got a lot of attention around this time last year after J35 - J17's daughter - gave birth to a live calf that died about a half hour later, and J35 proceeded to mourn and carry her dead baby for seventeen days. During this, the young J51's poor condition was noted, and she was lost and declared deceased a couple of months later, after so much debate and trying to medicate and feed her from a distance. K and L pods, which are of the same community, share similar problems; K25, a mature bull whose mother passed away not long ago, has been growing thinner and thinner. While not surprising, as most bull orcas waste away after losing their mothers, unless a female member of his family intervenes, it's still worrying. L pod, while seemingly stable, is down to 35 members after their most recent peak of 59 in the mid-90s -- a population of long-lived animals nearly halved in less than thirty years.

Between the two, I can't pick. And honestly, the choice is more for one of my brothers' heart than for my own. One population is entirely hopeless beyond watching them dwindle into the sands of time, while the other has hope... but they struggle so hard. The effect of commercial fishing for the Southern Resident's almost sole source of food - Chinook Salmon - and the effect of the damming of the Snake river to the fish population, as well as the capture of an entire generation during the captivity scramble in the 60's and 70's - it's al so clear and will probably echo in the SRKW community for a long time to come.