Japan of hope and safety 原子力緊急事態宣言: 12月 2012

2012年12月29日土曜日

Biological monitoring in Honolulu (December 20, 2012)

Biological monitoring in WAIKIKI AQUARIUM.

I visited WAIKIKI AQUARIUM. It is my second time to visit WAIKIKI AQUARIUM. I have wanted to see marine creatures of overseas. At the aquarium, I was surprised that I could see not only rare tropical fish but also many kinds of corals. It’s my first time to see Gold Lobster and marine comet. They have amazing color and shape. Furthermore the aquarium has a coral farm and a giant clams farm which cultivate those creatures. I think we cannot see them at any other aquarium.
Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on December 29, 2012.

福島第一原発事故による影響を見るため各地を訪問している。ワイキキ水族館では２５００匹以上の熱帯海洋生物を観察することが出来る。彼らは我々と同じ環境で暮らしており、彼らの健康状態を見ることは重要である。

Gold Lobster

Lack of pigments makes the color.

WAIKIKI BEACH

Entrance of WAIKIKI AQUARIUM

About WAIKIKI AQUARIUM
http://www.waquarium.org/

Have you ever seen a marine comet?

I could enjoy seeing tropical fish and real corals.

How beautiful!
Corals are alive!

How big giant clams are!

There are more than 2,500 marine creatures that live in Hawaii and the tropical Pacific.

Frogfish

This Hawaiian monk seal is 4 years old.

He is 12 years old.
He eats 8 to 10 pounds of fish every day.

The aquarium has a coral farm and a giant clams farm.

How lucky I am!

I could see a rainbow on the beach!

I have visited some Japanese zoo and aquarium to see the effects of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident.
I find no effect by the accident in Tokyo at the moment. There is a concern that radioactive materials will flow to overseas by the ocean current. So I visited WAIKIKI AQUARIUM to see marine creatures.
I hope that radioactive materials from the site couldn’t reach here and the accident couldn’t affect Hawaiian creatures.

Deformed lip

However I found one fish which had a deformed lip at the aquarium. I don’t know what caused it. I think that the nuclear accident has no relation with it. Because it is too far to affect it. It seems that it was caused by injury or some congenital disease.

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Public Health Network in Japan

2012年12月24日月曜日

Biological monitoring in Honolulu (December 19, 2012)

Biological monitoring in Honolulu Zoo.

I visited Honolulu Zoo. I have visited many Japanese Zoo and Aquarium to see the effects of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident.
It is my second time to visit Honolulu Zoo. I need to know animals of overseas. I think that radioactive materials from the site couldn't reach HI(Hawaiian Islands) because of its distance, so I guess I can see animals without contamination. So it is suitable for the control group when we compare Japanese zoo animals with others.
At the Zoo, I was surprised that the Zoo was very wider than that of Japan. All animals are respected and living in very wide spaces. They are fed vegetables or meats which are grown up here or main land. All animals look healthy and have no health concern.

Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on December 24, 2012.

福島第一原発事故による影響を見るため各地を訪問している。ホノルル動物園では約２２０種類の熱帯動物を観察することが出来る。彼らは我々と同じ環境で暮らしており、彼らの健康状態を見ることは重要である。

White snake

It is an albino.

ALOHA!

Entrance of Honolulu Zoo

About Honolulu Zoo

http://www.honoluluzoo.org/

We can see 220 species of animals from the world.

Peacocks are waiking freely in the Zoo.

How big Komodo Doragon is!

I could take a picture very near the Tiger.

Beautiful wild birds live here too.

Rainbow and Diamond Head.

Moon and palm trees.

I could find no differences between Japanese zoo animals and that of Honolulu. Both animals are fine and not distinguishable.

However, people in Honolulu have no worry about the accidents because HI has no nuclear power plants and it is far away from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. They think radioactive materials from the site couldn’t reach here. So people in Honolulu are living without any worry about the accident.

I am continuing to visit to aquariums and zoo to see the effects of the accident because we can see many kinds of creatures there which are sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment, so it is important to see their health for our safety.