MY CORAL BUDDIES AND ME "CRICKET CALAMITY"

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my coral buddies
and me
cricket calamity
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Written by shakirah bourne

meet the coral buddies!
samantha starlight earl elk
staghorn coral
star coral
elkhorn coral
brainy bob
fire fred
meet the coral buddies!
brain coral
fire coral

under the CARIBBEAN sea
fire fred , it’s
scientifically
impossible to
create fire
underwater!
Prepare yourself , earl
elk. you’re no match for
my fire ball!
shut up,
brainy bob!
starlight you need
to look at the ball!
my inner sight
will guide me ,
sam!

let’s go see if
she caught the
ball!
no, you’re
out!
six runs!
oooh, a
sUBMARINE!

what happened
here?this is awful
I know. we’ll never
find our ball!
CEMEN
25KG
its really hot here!
and it stinks!
its a coral graveyard!
it’s alive.
DANGER

The heat and the pollution are killing the reef.
That’s why it’s so pale and bleached out.
it’s going to suck up all
the food and colour.
and our ball!
not under my
watch!
coral buddies, unite!
we can’t do much
about the temper
-ature but if we get
rid of the garbage
THE CORAL may still
have a chance.

according to my
calculations,it will take
us approximately 6 years
to finish.
2190
look out! get out
the way!
make that 6.1 years.
we can’t do this alone, we
need help.
we can wish upon
a shooting star.
Shayne

Shayne

because of coastal development
because of coastal development
and overfishing.
and overfishing
nearly two-thirds of the
caribbean coral reefs
are under threat.
fertilizers,pesticides
, and and pollution and and its its so so
hotttttttttt!
must be all of
the negative energy.
Man, the reefs do so much to help us.
They provide food and are great for
diving. Snorkeling too! the corals build
and protect our beaches! dudes , We
need to help save it, like, right now!
and we need
to find our
cricket ball!

a few weeks later
life on land relies on life
under the sea.until next
time!

A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE CORAL BUDDIES NEXT
TO A TINY, CLEAN SECTION OF THE REEF, AND
GAPING AT THE REST OF THE VAST, DIRTY REEF.
this will take forever...
2190
according to my
calculations,it will take
us approximately 6 years
to finish
A Publication by BlueGreen Initiative Inc.
with support from
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy
Story Concept by Sen. Crystal Drakes and Mr. Clish Gittens
make that 6.1 years
we can’t do this alone, we
need help.
we can wish upon
a shooting star!
Shayne