Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Wed, May 16, 7:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Here are Campers arriving at the Wrigley dock - button - how was your trip over - did you see any birds, seals or other animals on the way ?

Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Wed, May 16, 7:49AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Who can name this rare little animal who lives on Catalina? There is one that lives near Wrigley who was spotted by our Campers on another trip - can you name him ? Have you seen one ?

Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Wed, May 16, 7:56AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Here are three categories of plants on Catalina ..........The words native, endemic and exotic or non-native are important distinctions for ecologists. They may defined as: ........................ NATIVE: a species which dispersed to a given region or location prior to the arrival of humans, and therefore by non-human mechanisms .................... ENDEMIC: a species which is only found in a given region or location and nowhere else in the world. This definition requires that the region that the species is endemic to be defined, such as a Santa Catalina Island endemic (just found on Santa Catalina Island), or a Channel Islands endemic (found on one or more of the southern California Channel Islands), or a California endemic (found only in the state of California). .................. EXOTIC or NON-NATIVE: a species which is known with reasonable certainty to have dispersed to a region or location due to direct or indirect human actions. For example, the common pigeon (which is native to Europe) is a non-native species in the United States because it was intentionally introduced by people. Likewise, the goats, pigs, deer and bison are non-native to Catalina because human beings brought them here and they did not disperse to the island via "natural" (non-human) mechanisms.

Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Wed, May 16, 7:58AM PST (-0800 GMT)
There is a NATIVE plant on Catalina, that lives at Wrigley, that also lives in the Coachella Valley - can you name it? (HINT - it has borad round 'leaves' with thorny spikes).

Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Wed, May 16, 8:01AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Look familiar ? What plant am I ?

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