Fun facts about the blue marlin

The blue marlin is my top most favorite fish to see in the Cayman Islands. Here is some fun facts about my favorite fish.

• Speed
• Blue Marlins are considered to be among the fastest fish in the ocean. They are incredibly fast swimmers and can reach up to 60 miles per hour!
• Size
• Females are 4 times larger than males. The largest specimens can reach 14 ft in length and weight almost 2000 pounds.
• Feeding habits
• When they hunt, they use their spear to inflict injuries when passing through a school of fish. Injured or dead fish will float in the water, and marlins will scoop the feast afterwards.
•  Behavior
• These type of marlin is a solitary specie, they are usually found swimming alone, although they might swim in pairs, but very rarely do they swim in larger schools.
• Water temperature preferences
• They prefer warm waters and migrate during winters moving from one site to another to avoid low water temperatures.
• Life span
• Females live an average of 27 years, while males live an average of 18 years in the wild.
• Reproduction
• Males reach sexual maturity at the age of 3, while females can only become sexually mature when they reach 265 pounds

This is why this is my favorite fish.

The boring school work we are forced to do.

Hope academy is getting boring year after year. In science out teach forces us to do the most boring thing ever.

Keenan Armstrong           4/6/2016                    Grade 10

Humans belong to the species Homo sapiens. Although humans are different from other animals, we still need things that come from nature, such as food and water Humans live in diverse environments, from deserts to tropical rain forests to mountains. People who are surrounded by many different kinds of species live in ecosystems with high biodiversity. Those ecosystems often have many natural resources, such as water, plants, and wildlife.

A footprint is the mark that your foot makes on the ground when you walk. People with small feet leave smaller footprints than people with big feet. When we use natural resources , we also leave footprint on the earth. This is called an ecological footprint. If you were to take long showers every day, drive everywhere you needed to go, and never recycle anything, your footprint would be larger than someone who takes short showers, rides a bike instead of driving, and recycles. People who have bigger impact on Earth’s ecosystems, which include both environments and species that live in these environments and species that live in those environments. Thinking about the way you use natural resources can help reduce your impact on the planet.



Really Mr. Cayle, whats the point of all this typing.

Sunday was the best! I woke up around 3:00 am due to a fool kicking me out of my own bed, and went to the couch. around 4:45 I load up the truck and went straight to my boat. With no hesitations we went straight east. Within 20 mins of trolling we got our first hook up with a barra. slowly going after catching 7 barras we got a hit on one rode and he got off but then. BAM the other rod went off screaming, so my dad got on the rod cranking. I got ready with the gaff and say the strips and immediately I got excited to saw my  first wahoo in the water. With my first try I gaffed him and he was on the deck.