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By TERRI KIRBY HATHAWAY<\/h3>\n

Posted Jan. 27, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n

This week, I wrote a guest blog post for North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher\u2019s<\/a> Sea Turtle Exploration website. Read an excerpt here.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Leatherback
The leatherback is one sea turtle that is featured in North Carolina’s Amazing Coast<\/em>. Illustration by Charlotte Ingram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I recently co-authored a book about our wonderful coast.\u00a0North Carolina\u2019s Amazing Coast: Natural Wonders from Alligators to Zoeas <\/em><\/a>focuses on the flora, fauna and habitats of North Carolina’s coastal region. With 100 illustrations, this book covers a lot of territory and keeps the reader entertained. I read Georgia\u2019s Amazing Coast<\/em> in 2005 and wondered why we couldn\u2019t do a similar one for North Carolina, and so the project was born!<\/p>\n

Kathleen Angione, a former communicator with NC Sea Grant, and I worked with the authors of the Georgia book. We deleted some plates specific to Georgia and replaced ones found in North Carolina. For example, we substituted the spadefoot toad for the pig frog and the red wolf for the coyote.<\/p>\n

It was great fun researching facts and figures and coming up with exactly what words to use to describe each plant or animal. We kept the text informative, yet light, including both facts and opinions.<\/p>\n

Distinguishing between fact and opinion is an activity that can be done with all ages! Here\u2019s an excerpt from the text for the Margined Sea Star: \u201cThe margined sea star prefers small clams, often eaten whole, but just because it\u2019s a star doesn\u2019t mean it has class. After a meal, it regurgitates the shells, along with sand and other indigestible materials.\u201d Can you pick out the true facts in those two sentences? What is fact and what is opinion?<\/p>\n

Look for a story in the upcoming\u00a0Winter issue of <\/em><\/em>Coastwatch that will feature species found in <\/em>North Carolina\u2019s Amazing Coast\u00a0that call the salt marsh home<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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