are tracking a polar bear through Fahlo. I had been seeing ads for tracking animals and wondered if it was worth it. I thought it would make a fun gift for the girlies for their birthdays. Then my friend, Andy Tiberius Fish, said he was tracking some animals and got some for his adult sons. Well, monkey see, monkey do.
For the girlies, I chose a pink bracelet with a dolphin for the Eldest. The dolphin is a male named Per. For the Young One, I chose a blue bracelet with a penguin, another male named Luc. Why should the girlies have all the fun?
Monet is modeling the bracelet I chose to track a polar bear named Bobbie. A portion of the sale of the bracelet goes to conservation efforts for the animals.
Bobbie is an old broad like me. She's a 20 year old polar bear, one of the Churchill bears from Hudson Bay, Canada.
Once a week or so, the tracking app on the phone, sends an update map as to where your animal is
Sometimes there are also some factoids about the animal and what they would be doing at this time of year.
There's also some tracking stats and a mini bio about the animal you are tracking. A bit of fun and a good cause to help endangered species.
Such a creative gift that combines learning, conservation, and a little adventure.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the apps, IMHO it must be created on your local area I guess. It will be a good example for us here to adopt creating such apps, your strategy to tracking animals.
Maybe you can find something similar in your area -CJ
DeleteThat's a splendid idea and great fun, not just for the youngest ones.
ReplyDeleteIt is fun and I look forward to the weekly updates -CJ
DeleteOOoo something to think about for MY girlies... or at least the eldest... :) Too cool! Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteShe would probably love it and there are so many animals to choose from - CJ
DeleteJust an FYI- one of my more skeptical thoughts is that we aren't actually tracking animals-- there's some college kid paid $40/hour to move a mouse around a map-- but lo and behold- the animal Veronica was following (a sea turtle) up and disappeared. It means either the tracking device fell off or the poor thing died. As negative as that sounds its actually a good thing because it raises the legitimacy level of the whole package. They've recently added a leopard and that one would be interesting--but I'm still hoping we get Tigers soon.
ReplyDeleteFun! 😁
ReplyDeleteThis is cute and interesting!
ReplyDeleteWhat a good idea ... and can I just say I love Monet so cute:)
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I haven't heard of this animal tracking. And I wondered how long polar bears live. Do you know some in zoos can live to 40? I guess when the living is easy you don't age so quickly. Hope it was a good Monday!
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