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Anacapa Island is a beautiful big hunk of igneous rock. When you go to the beach on a sunny day and look out at the water and wonder what those three islands are? Well then what you are looking at is Anacapa Island. Actually Anacapa Island is made of three little islands. Anacapa Island is 14 miles off the coast of Ventura. On a map like what sailors use it would be located 34 degrees latitude and -119 degrees longitude. When you look out to the ocean there will be a few islands besides Anacapa. The way you know is that it will be the island to the left. Santa Cruz Island is the closest to Anacapa Island which is 5 miles east of Anacapa Island. Anacapa is North West of Santa Barbara Island but much farther away.Although, that Anacapa has a good locatin, the appearance is the thing that draws all the attention. =====

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Anacapa 100 acres long and 200 feet above sea level. It is a tall and skinny island with really sheer cliffs; it is not a big island either. Anacapa is a unique island. The reasons for that are because for one it has a very beautiful arch rock that has a lot of guano on it which plants eat for fertilizer which helps them grow through the cracks in the rocks. It may also have caves that the lava used to flow through in certain places, with lava shoots also. Anacapa Island is basically weathered Miocene volcanic rock. With that being said you know now that is a big chunk of igneous rock. A lot of Anacapa has been weathered and eroded from wind and the wave. Despite the fact that Anacapa Island has a beautiful appearance, it also has over 1,000 species of animals. =====

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There are lots of native and endemic plants and animals on or near Anacapa Island. Right now I will be talking to you about animals. First off I will be talking about the brown pelican which is a terrestrial animal that almost went extinct at one point, but they are making a slow come back. Brown pelicans are rarely found inland or over Open Ocean. They’re normal diet is small fish and sometimes shrimp. They eat 150 pounds of fish in 8-10 months. The second animal I want to talk about is the California sea lion. They’re diet consists of fish squid and octopus. You can usually find them in open water kelp beds, on offshore rocks, and sandy beaches. California sea lion males grow to 850 lbs. and last but not least I’m going to talk about the seal. You can find seals in kelp forests, sandy shores, or just in open water. There usual diet is fish, octopus, squid, and crustaceans. Even though there are lots native and endemic animals there are also lot of really beautiful plants. =====

There are many terrestrial and aquatic plants located either on or near Anacapa Islands. You can find giant kelp almost every time you see a kelp forest. (Wink wink nudge nudge). Giant kelp needs sunlight for photosynthesis to happen so the kelp grows bigger. An amazing fact about giant kelp is that it is one of the fastest growing objects on Earth! Giant kelp is also known as giant bladder kelp. When there is a rocky bottom in the sea the giant kelp is usually grown there and forms a kelp bed. A Cliff-aster (Malacothrix saxatilis v. implicate) is an explosion of white and yellow flower pedals. And last but not least there is the morning glory (Calystegia macrostegia s. macrostegia). When I see the morning glory flower it is like everything in your head floats away out of your brain. Morning glory was first known in china, for its medical uses.

Nice job! You're very good at that! -Colton Will you please bold the specific plants, animals and important terms? Otherwise it is looking great! --MG