{"id":1536,"date":"2023-10-13T05:50:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2023-10-12T13:40:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T20:40:54","slug":"natures-yucky-in-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/natures-yucky-in-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature’s Yucky in the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nature’s Yucky in the Sea: Gross Stuff that Helps Ocean Animals Survive<\/em>
\nby Lee Ann Landstrom (Author), Karen I. Shragg (Author), and Rachel Rogge (Illustrator)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Discover creepy behaviors and disgusting facts about sixteen creatures of the ocean, including lightning whelks, sharknose gobies, and donkey dung sea cucumbers. <\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> Did you know…
\nthat Donkey Dung Sea Cucumbers<\/strong>,
\nthose knobby, squishy, sea star cousins,
\nsquirt their guts out of their butt
\nwhen afraid?<\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2023 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nature’s Yucky in the Sea: Gross Stuff that Helps Ocean Animals Survive by Lee Ann Landstrom (Author), Karen I. Shragg (Author), and Rachel Rogge (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Discover creepy behaviors and disgusting facts about sixteen creatures of the ocean, including lightning whelks, sharknose gobies, and donkey dung sea cucumbers. Snippet: Did you … <\/p>\n

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