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Visit with the denizens of the deep. You've seen Jaws, The Abyss, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. What's the truth about sea monsters? This is your chance to visit with the denizens of the deep. Come along on a lifetime adventure with a marine biologist who has met real sea monsters in warm aquamarine waters in the Sea of Cortez, in the blue depths of the Indian Ocean, at midnight off the shores of Hawaii, and in the murky cold of the Canadian Pacific.

Some of the topics:

• Etiquette when meeting sharks
• The Cloth of Gold–beautiful but deadly
• Feeding fish, counting fingers
• Never kiss a moray eel
• Getting walloped by a feather duster
• The tombstone puffer, one man's dinner is another’s poison
• Just because they’re jellyfish doesn’t mean they’re wimps

If your students ever plan on diving, snorkeling, surfing, swimming, or wading in the ocean they are going to want to know the information in this program. Get the facts on dangerous sea creatures. Jim shares his encounters with sea monsters through stories and slides. This is an introduction into marine biology your class won't soon forget.

Folks who’ve heard your talks have asked when you were coming back and where they can send their friends to hear you. I’d be delighted to recommend you as a speaker to anyone... with your sense of humor you keep them interested. Debbie Mytels, Peninsula Conservation Center

Thank you for the wonderful lecture on Sea Monsters. I as well as my students thoroughly enjoyed it. Rod Wong, Bellarmine College Preparatory

Jim's Marine Biology Background:

Jim Wiltens, BA, MSc., has worked at Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory (California), Bamfield Marine Station (Canada), and Coconut Island Marine Lab (Hawaii). He has built undersea gardens, probed the ocean’s mysteries with high tech gear, collected, prospected, photographed, and salvaged. Jim is a NAUI diving instructor. His experiences have appeared in Skindiver, Diving and Snorkeling, NAUI News, and scientific journals. This is one of the programs he presents at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco California.