This week, we’re back with siblings Rowan and Rosalie as they work to complete the second of three tests to become honorary mermaids!
Last time, they were in the sunlight zone of the ocean and helped to save a baby otter who was in danger. Their kindness earned them green gold speckles all over their mermaid tails and the completion of one test!
This week, they are moving into the middle layer – the twilight zone – for their second test, when they encounter a ghost net – which is a fishing net that has been lost or abandoned at sea. It’s called a ghost net because it keeps catching fish and other sea creatures forever even though no one is in charge of it – it just haunts the water. Rowan and Rosalie have to save themselves and a hundred other animals who are trapped in the net.
A quick word of caution – everything comes out fine in the end, and we talk about this in kid-friendly ways, but these nets are a little sad and scary because of their impact on wildlife. They really are a huge problem in the oceans! You can skip this episode if you’d rather not learn about them.
You can listen to the first part of their story in the episode "Honorary Mermaids: The Sunlight Zone".
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Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro!
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