Let me tell you 'bout my fascination with SHARKS!Category: Animal Songs- Ocean Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 "Let me tell you 'bout my fascination with a fish that has a bad reputation." -from our animal song "Fascinating Sharks"
Hi everyone. Did you know that up to 100 million sharks are killed by humans each year in fishing activity, causing some shark populations to drop in half? That's not very good for the overall health of ocean ecosystem and the food chain! Sharks actually help the fish population stay strong and healthy by eating the fish that are sick or injured. Sharks have an important job as the hunters of the sea. The more I learned about sharks, the more it seemed like it was time to write a song about a fish whose reputation is far more fearsome than it's bite. FASCINATING SHARKS is my musical tribute to these ancient creatures. It is one of my ocean animal songs for kids on the CD IF I WERE A FISH by Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders. My friend Ryan David does a great job rapping this song. Click here to listen to the first couple of verses of FASCINATING SHARKS to learn some interesting things about this mysterious and interesting fish. Do you want to write your own verse about sharks? Please do! And send it to us. too. We'd love to read it. You can also watch our animal song videos about dolphins, gray whales, seals, sea lions and walruses. -Birdsong p.s. Here's another photo of a shark that I saw while snorkeling in a coral reef off the coast of Belize:
And another of a gray reef shark:
Here' some links to learn more about sharks: www.kidzone.ws/sharks/facts.htm /kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Great-white-shark Here's some vocabulary words we used in this post. Do you know what they mean? food chain ecosystem population coral reef reputation ancient
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Post a CommentOther Recent ArticlesWatch a video of a Blue Whale -The largest animal on Earth!Category: Animal Song Videos Published: Friday, December 02, 2011 Dear Friends. Check out this video of a kayaker's amazing encounter with a blue whale, the largest animal on Earth. It gives you a close-up look at just how big and magnificent these creatures are. I felt excited and tingly inside when I watched this. You can learn just how big a blue whale by listening to my song So Big! Blue Whale! on our CD IF I WERE A FISH and other Ocean Songs for Kids by Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders®. I wrote this song as a tribute to the world's largest animal. See if you can if you can find facts about a blue whale's lungs, heart and tongue in the song! (The lyrics to the song are below.) Meet some Mexican and Alaskan Gray Wolves! More photos from California Wolf CenterCategory: Animal Songs-Wolves Published: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Dear Friends, Meet some of the 29 Mexican and Alaskan Gray wolves at the California Wolf Center in Julian, CA. You can see the entire album of these eight Mexican and Alaskan Gray Wolves on California Wolf Center's Facebook page. The names of these wolves include: Inuk, Chaco, Kiana, Taku and Ketchikan. Wolves such as these inspired my song and music video, LEADERS OF THE PACK. This video has a slideshow of beautiful wolf photos, courtesy of All -About -Wolves. You can also find the lyrics to this animal song for kids below. Please read and sing along with me! Soon we will be recording this song for our next CD. Stay tuned! Silly Wolf Photo from California Wolf CenterCategory: Animal Songs-Wolves Published: Friday, July 29, 2011 Dear Friends, Check out this silly wolf photo from the California Wolf Center in Julian, CA. You can see the entire album of these silly wolf photos on California Wolf Center's Facebook page. Wolves such as these inspired my song and music video, LEADERS OF THE PACK. This video has a slideshow of beautiful wolf photos, courtesy of All -About -Wolves. You can watch my kids music video LEADERS OF THE PACK on my December, 2009 blog post. You can also find the lyrics to this animal song for kids below. Please read and sing along with me! We will be in the music studio this autumn to record this song for our next CD. Stay tuned! Wolf Pups Video from California Wolf CenterCategory: Animal Songs-Wolves Published: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Check out this video of wolf pups from the California Wolf Center in Julian, CA, uploaded in June, 2011. These pups were born this past Spring. Wolf families such as these inspired my song and music video, LEADERS OF THE PACK. This video has a slideshow of beautiful wolf photos, courtesy of All -About -Wolves. You can watch my kids music video LEADERS OF THE PACK on my December, 2009 blog post. You can find the lyrics to this animal song for kids below. Please read and sing along with me! We will be in the music studio this year to record this song for our upcoming CD. Stay tuned! Watch DOLPHIN DINNER - An animal video about dolphins by National GeographicCategory: Animal Song Videos Published: Saturday, July 09, 2011 Dear Friends. This is a fun National Geographic kids' video about dolphins. Here you will see a pod of dolphins using their sounds to locate large schools of anchovies. After locating the fish, they then use dolphin teamwork to catch the anchovies for dinner. Echolation and cooperation are the names of the game in this educational kids video. You can watch more natiuonal geographic videos at National Geographic Kids Online. You can also watch my animal song video about dolphins and echolocation, called Clickety Clack, in a previous blog post. In the video you will find the dolphin photos by NOAA and the lyrics of the song so that you can sing along. Clickety-Clack is the first song on my CD IF I WERE A FISH and other Ocean Songs for Kids by Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders. I love seeing dolphins off the coast of California where I live. I hope you enjoy these dolphin videos. -Birdsong 
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