The third clip of our series „Take a Minute in Statia“ brings you up close and personal with our marvellous foster dog: Meet Smokey in Wonderland. Resting during our late afternoon walk at the Quill, she takes in the scents of her surroundings and watches the butterflies dancing in the […]
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Dive into nature and explore St. Eustatius (Statia) on land and underwater. The Junior Ranger Exchange Event on Statia, Caribbean Netherlands, offers an experience of environmental education like no other. Between July 30th and August 5th 2022 Junior Rangers from Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, St. Eustatius, and St. Maarten came together […]
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Our second „Take a Minute in Statia“ features Venus Bay in Boven Nationalpark. Located at the Northern end of St. Eustatius, hiking in Boven area offers stunning views over rugged land with steep cliffs, grooved rocks, mysterious woods, mesmerizing meadows, historic reminiscences, oddly shaped cacti and secluded bays, like Venus […]
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In this minute of visual meditation, we invite you to absorb the details of hard coral polyps (Hexacorallia). Identifying coral species is rather difficult as corals constantly grow and can take on quite different shapes as they adapt to environmental conditions such as water movement. Take a Minute to Relax: […]
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Adopt don’t shop: Adopt a dog from the animal shelter in Statia (St. Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands). Transportation costs are covered for any off-island adoption. This includes travel to Europe or North America! There are regular posts on the Facebook page of the St. Eustatius Animal Welfare Foundation (SEAWF) to connect […]
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Welcome to Statia! We start off with our first „Take a Minute in Statia“ with the view of the dormant volcano Quill from Zeelandia Beach. Where the hell is Statia? Even when mentioning the full name of this Dutch Caribbean island „St. Eustatius“, most people stayed clueless. Our new series […]
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„Take a Minute to Relax“ and observe another weird and wonderful creature hiding in the coral reefs: Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus). The leaf scorpionfish, also called paperfish, is definitely the most elegant of all the ambush predators. Ambush predators, also called sit-and-wait predators, are carnivorous animals that get to their […]
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Während Fiona, der erste tropische Sturm der diesjährigen Hurrikan-Saison, ihren Regen großzügig über Statia und die karibischen Nachbarinseln verteilt, sitzen wir gemütlich in unserem Häuschen. Die Insel saugt die Feuchtigkeit gierig auf, trinkt sich satt. Heute ist World Coastal Clean-Up Day, woran wir uns unter diesen Umständen nicht beteiligen können […]
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Irgendwie dreht es sich bei uns in der letzten Zeit viel um Hunde. Wir füttern sie, gehen mit ihnen spazieren, streicheln sie und spielen mit ihnen. Hin und wieder laden wir ein paar zu uns nach Hause ein, so eine Art Tagesausflug von ihrem Zuhause in der St. Eustatius Animal […]
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In this round of „Take a Minute“, we present you with the Giant moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus). Granted, at first glance, it neither looks relaxed nor relaxing. However, it opens and closes its mouth simply for breathing. Moray eels have relatively small oral cavities with the gills sitting behind them. […]
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