Marine Ecosystems Gifts

"The truth is, humans aren’t smart enough to know how intelligent we are."

"We found the poor thing stranded on the beach last summer and decided to adopt it."

'Do you think we can cuddle?'

Seagiraffes

Check out the nice crawdads I have in the bait bucket, George.

Desert Island Meals.

Faster, Georges, faster!

"At times I wonder what I've done with my life that makes me worth being saved."

"Whales eat billions of tiny shrimp-like creatures called krill. The krill are free but whales spend a fortune on dental floss."

"All I do is swim and eat plankton, but do I lose weight?"

Bite out of fishing pier.

'It appears he hit an iceberg.' (A LETTUCE)

"Hey grandpa, tell us more about the time you were in that Steven Spielberg movie."

Captain in a storm

"It's not the social stigma. It's the mercury."

"Four years of dental school only to tell all my patients 'Don't worry about any tooth issues - they'll just fall out and be replaced, anyway'."

Horror movies

"If oceans are absorbing more carbon dioxide, why isn't this water fizzy?"

"Objection, Your Honor! Alleged killer whale."

The one that got away

Lazy Octopus

"My family has been fishing these waters for nearly 40 years. . ."

'You must be very proud Daphne.'

"Mind the whale, dear."

"I just assumed that the whale we adopted would stay in the ocean."

It beached on a pile of plastic bottles, so they were able to just roll it back out.

"The hyenas started it."

Boy with a whale: 'He followed me home, Dad, can I keep him?'

Boy bringing home an octopus in a fish bowl.

"They communicate through clicks and taps."

"Wild-caught, farm-raised, lab-grown, beach-found, or aquarium-harvested."

'Oh, so now the ocean isn't GOOD enough for you?'

Thinks he's too cool for school.

The Food Chain

"Eww - that whale's breath smells awful!" "You could use a breath mint yourself, lady!"