Here is a butanding fashionista SPOTTED, with a SPLASH of color!
William the Whale Shark is the mascot of AteneoBOx, a student organization that supports biodiversity awareness and animal welfare.
Their Ocean’s Week campaign involves community engagement between Ateneo students, faculty, and Bantay Dagat communities in Calatagan, Batangas. In our collaboration two “whale pun” illustrations were made as printable greeting cards.
The first card features William the Whale Shark hugging (or squeezing) a fellow fishy friend, here portrayed as a remora fish species. Remoras are typically found stuck on the sides of whale sharks in photos, as well as in photos of other large species in the ocean. Remoras are like the ocean’s “hitchhikers”: they enjoy free rides on the large sea animals!
The next illustration features William dressing up, as a fellow friend of the sea (or SEA-tizen) gives William a compliment on what they are wearing. William is just “WHALE-dressed” they exclaim!
AteneoBOx’s Ocean Week focused on activities that raised awareness on mangrove conservation based in Calatagan in Batangas. They worked with the Calatagan Reef Patrollers, and even invited children in fun environment-related activities. Kits that included free coloring pages made here on Philippine Wildlife Art were also given to the children.
Jessie Fronda Delos Reyes, the founder of the Calatagan Reef Patrollers, was also invited to share more about Calatagan and how they’ve been conserving the marine ecosystems there.
Support ateneobox and the Calatagan Reef Patrollers Volunteers for their Ocean’s Week, and beyond!
- AteneoBOx on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ateneobox/
- AteneoBOx on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AteneoBOx/
- AteneoBOx on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ateneobox
- Calatagan Reef Patrollers on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556082057854
More links
- See more whale shark art in this blog post about another event.
- See more marine species in the Philippine Wildlife Art species list here.
