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Global Indemnity Re Supports Turtle Project
Friday, September 12, 2014

Global Indemnity Re has donated to the Bermuda Zoological Society’s [BZS] ongoing effort to conserve and protect Bermuda’s marine environment, with a one-time donation to go towards the society’s Bermuda Turtle Project, BZS’ signature conservation program.


Company’s donation provides crucial funding for Turtle Project
Friday, September 12, 2014

Vital efforts to conserve and protect turtles received a much-welcome boost thanks to a generous donation, the Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) has said.


Fuel donations have helped students explore reefs
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Hundreds of students have been able to explore Bermuda’s “exquisite” coral reefs thanks to generous fuel donations.


Students Enjoying Environmental Education
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

RUBiS’ generosity has also allowed the expansion of a variety of research and conservation efforts, including our citizen scientist programme, Reef Watch, which helps monitor Bermuda’s reefs, and the Bermuda Turtle Project.


Aquarium to close for roof replacement
Monday, September 08, 2014

The Aquarium Hall is to close early next month so the roof can be replaced.



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“Mystery Specimen” Identified As Fish Bone
Bernews
Friday, November 01, 2013

A “mystery specimen” was found at Clearwater Beach earlier this year has been determined to be the jaw of a very large Parrotfish.

The most recent Bermuda Zoological Society newsletter said, “A mystery specimen was found by snorkelers as they approached the beach at Clearwater earlier this year.

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Photo courtesy of BAMZ Image Collection

“At first glance their find was thought to be from the mouth of a fish that grinds its food – an eagle ray perhaps?

“However, Nigel Pollard, captain of the Endurance, pointed out that the rows of grinding structures in the mouth of an eagle ray are more like linear or chevron-shaped plates, and those of our mystery specimen are individual rounded structures.

“To answer the question of what our specimen is, we turned to a colleague at the Florida Museum of Natural History who told us that our, “Specimen is from a very large Parrotfish [Family - Scaridae].

“The element is the lower pharyngeal grinder [jaw], but, unfortunately, without comparing our specimen, physically, with his reference specimens, he wasn’t able to identify it to genus and species.