SEA RABBIT CENTER
The Sea Rabbit Center (PKA The Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center) in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York has been internationally famed for the successful captive breeding of two species of North American sea rabbits; Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus).
The Sea Rabbit Center (PKA The Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center) in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York has been internationally famed for the successful captive breeding of two species of North American sea rabbits; Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus).
CONTENTS
Natural History of the Sea Rabbit
Sea Rabbit Conservation Posters
Increasing the Social Awareness of the Sea Rabbit
Tattoo of the Sea Rabbit
Adventures of the Sea Rabbits
Dining Out with Sea Rabbits
Dining with Sea Rabbits
Sea Rabbit Adaption Program
About the Sea Rabbit
Links
Natural History of the Sea Rabbit
Sea Rabbit Conservation Posters
Increasing the Social Awareness of the Sea Rabbit
Tattoo of the Sea Rabbit
Adventures of the Sea Rabbits
Dining Out with Sea Rabbits
Dining with Sea Rabbits
Sea Rabbit Adaption Program
About the Sea Rabbit
Links
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Natural History of the Sea Rabbit
The Sea Rabbit Center also houses a museum, which has the largest collection of archival materials and resources about sea rabbits in the world. Some of them are from other nations such as Japan, France, Poland, and Turkey, where the close relatives of the American sea rabbits once lived. (Click for the bigger picture and descriptions below.)
Natural History of the Sea Rabbit
The Sea Rabbit Center also houses a museum, which has the largest collection of archival materials and resources about sea rabbits in the world. Some of them are from other nations such as Japan, France, Poland, and Turkey, where the close relatives of the American sea rabbits once lived. (Click for the bigger picture and descriptions below.)
Sea Rabbit Conservation Posters
In the past, the Sea Rabbit Center was strictly an scientific institution for breeding the nearly extinct two species of sea rabbits. Therefore, sea rabbit conservation posters were not even produced. Today, the center publishes at least one new poster annually. These were distributed at the variety of wildlife conservation conferences and fine art exhibitions internationally.
In the past, the Sea Rabbit Center was strictly an scientific institution for breeding the nearly extinct two species of sea rabbits. Therefore, sea rabbit conservation posters were not even produced. Today, the center publishes at least one new poster annually. These were distributed at the variety of wildlife conservation conferences and fine art exhibitions internationally.
Increasing the Social Awareness of the Sea Rabbit
Since Dr. Takeshi Yamada was appointed for the Executive Director of the Sea Rabbit Center in 2006, he drastically upgraded the operations of the Public Relations there. He led their effort in four major areas; websites, interactive public art performances, educational exhibitions, and media exposures. The center posted over 4,000 sea rabbits' photographs in numbers of high traffic websites. Dr. Yamada engaged hundreds of art performances with sea rabbits at major cities around the nation. The pictures of sea rabbits were frequently used for Dr. Yamada's educational art exhibition about the conservation of the wildlife. With these, the images and stories of the sea rabbits were widely seen in numerous magazines, newspapers, blogs, youtube, and even multiple TV shows internationally. The new photographs of the sea rabbits have been posted in the high traffic flickr photo album website, "Adventures of the Sea Rabbits" regularly.
Since Dr. Takeshi Yamada was appointed for the Executive Director of the Sea Rabbit Center in 2006, he drastically upgraded the operations of the Public Relations there. He led their effort in four major areas; websites, interactive public art performances, educational exhibitions, and media exposures. The center posted over 4,000 sea rabbits' photographs in numbers of high traffic websites. Dr. Yamada engaged hundreds of art performances with sea rabbits at major cities around the nation. The pictures of sea rabbits were frequently used for Dr. Yamada's educational art exhibition about the conservation of the wildlife. With these, the images and stories of the sea rabbits were widely seen in numerous magazines, newspapers, blogs, youtube, and even multiple TV shows internationally. The new photographs of the sea rabbits have been posted in the high traffic flickr photo album website, "Adventures of the Sea Rabbits" regularly.
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Tattoo of the Sea Rabbit
The beautiful tattoo shown below was created by the master tattoo artist Criss Hunter on the arm of Nicolàs Martin. It was published on the facebook on February 1, 2017. Martin is a big fan of artworks by Dr. Takeshi Yamada and his sea rabbit Seara. The photograph in the far right is taken on the occasion of the New Year's Day swimming event of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club in Brooklyn, New York. This tattoo is based on photos like this featuring Dr. Takeshi Yamada and Seara (Coney Island sea rabbit) at their numerous public performances.
The beautiful tattoo shown below was created by the master tattoo artist Criss Hunter on the arm of Nicolàs Martin. It was published on the facebook on February 1, 2017. Martin is a big fan of artworks by Dr. Takeshi Yamada and his sea rabbit Seara. The photograph in the far right is taken on the occasion of the New Year's Day swimming event of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club in Brooklyn, New York. This tattoo is based on photos like this featuring Dr. Takeshi Yamada and Seara (Coney Island sea rabbit) at their numerous public performances.
Adventures of the Sea Rabbits
This public fine art performance series and documentary series started from a simple idea by Dr. Takeshi Yamada in 2006 - People needs to see the actual sea rabbits, where they used to live in the wild in Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. It was named "Adventures of the Sea Rabbits". The series made of 23 parts (as of June 17, 2015) featured over 4,800 photos so far. Later, this art performance for public viewing was undertaken even at multiple states outside of New York such as California, Connecticut, New Jersey, etc. as he traveled for his many art projects. Several spin-off independent photo album website series about their participations to the Bell House Taxidermy Contest (2014) and production of the AMC unscripted television series IMMORTALIZED (2012-2013) were also produced.
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Takeshi Yamada & Seara at the Bell House taxidermy contest, 2014
Yamada in IMMORTALIZED TV series 1
Yamada in IMMORTALIZED TV series 2
Sea Rabbit Fan Club (This is the latest sea rabbit photo album website, started December 2015.)
This public fine art performance series and documentary series started from a simple idea by Dr. Takeshi Yamada in 2006 - People needs to see the actual sea rabbits, where they used to live in the wild in Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. It was named "Adventures of the Sea Rabbits". The series made of 23 parts (as of June 17, 2015) featured over 4,800 photos so far. Later, this art performance for public viewing was undertaken even at multiple states outside of New York such as California, Connecticut, New Jersey, etc. as he traveled for his many art projects. Several spin-off independent photo album website series about their participations to the Bell House Taxidermy Contest (2014) and production of the AMC unscripted television series IMMORTALIZED (2012-2013) were also produced.
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Takeshi Yamada & Seara at the Bell House taxidermy contest, 2014
Yamada in IMMORTALIZED TV series 1
Yamada in IMMORTALIZED TV series 2
Sea Rabbit Fan Club (This is the latest sea rabbit photo album website, started December 2015.)
Dining Out with Sea Rabbits
This series is a spin-off of the "Adventures of the Sea Rabbits". Hundreds of photographs of the two species of the Sea Rabbits ("Seara" and "Stripes") at the restaurants and other dining establishments were posted on the flickr photo album internet websites. (See Public Art Performance page for more photos and details.)
This series is a spin-off of the "Adventures of the Sea Rabbits". Hundreds of photographs of the two species of the Sea Rabbits ("Seara" and "Stripes") at the restaurants and other dining establishments were posted on the flickr photo album internet websites. (See Public Art Performance page for more photos and details.)
Dining with Sea Rabbits (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
This series is a spin-off of the "Adventures of the Sea Rabbits". Over 1,000 photos of the Seara (sea rabbit) at the dining table of Dr. Takeshi Yamada were posted on the flickr photo album internet websites.
This series is a spin-off of the "Adventures of the Sea Rabbits". Over 1,000 photos of the Seara (sea rabbit) at the dining table of Dr. Takeshi Yamada were posted on the flickr photo album internet websites.
Sea Rabbit Adaption Program
NEWS: The Sea Rabbit Center has been experimenting "Adaption Program" to see how sea rabbits can live successfully in the modern human habitats of the costal shore. Specifically speaking, numbers of sea rabbits are now taken care by the local marine biologists and active wildlife conservation specialists at their homes. This story is featured in a blog about unique culture of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York below.
LINK: ARTICLE: Sea Rabbits Swim Ashore in Coney Island, Up For Adoption
NEWS: The Sea Rabbit Center has been experimenting "Adaption Program" to see how sea rabbits can live successfully in the modern human habitats of the costal shore. Specifically speaking, numbers of sea rabbits are now taken care by the local marine biologists and active wildlife conservation specialists at their homes. This story is featured in a blog about unique culture of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York below.
LINK: ARTICLE: Sea Rabbits Swim Ashore in Coney Island, Up For Adoption
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About the Sea Rabbit
Other Common Names: Coney Island Sea Rabbit, Beach Rabbit, Seal Rabbit, mer-rabbit, merrabbit, Atlantic Sea Rabbit, Seal Rabbit.
Latin Name: Monafluffchus americanus
Origin: Atlantic coast of the United States
Description of the specimen: In the early 17th century’s European fur craze drove the fleet of Dutch ships to the eastern costal area of America. Then Holland was the center of the world just like the Italy was in the previous century. New York City was once called New Amsterdam when Dutch merchants landed and established colonies. Among them, Henry Hudson is probably the most recognized individual in the history of New York City today. “This small island is inhabited by two major creatures which we do not have in our homeland. The one creature is a large arthropod made of three body segments: the frontal segment resembles a horseshoe, the middle segment resembles a spiny crab and its tail resembles a sharp sword. Although they gather beaches here in great numbers, they are not edible due to their extremely offensive odor. Another creature which is abundant here, has the head of wild rabbit. This animal of great swimming ability has frontal legs resemble the webbed feet of a duck. The bottom half of the body resembles that of a seal. This docile rabbit of the sea is easy to catch as it does not fear people. The larger male sea rabbits control harems of 20 to 25 females. The meat of the sea rabbit is very tender and tasty.” This is what Hadson wrote in his personal journal in 1609 about the horseshoe crab and the sea rabbit in today’s Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. Sadly, just like the Dodo bird and the Thylacine, the sea rabbit was driven to extinction by the European settlers’ greed. When Dutch merchants and traders arrived here, sea rabbits were one of the first animals they hunted down to bring their furs to homeland to satisfy the fur craze of the time. To increase the shipment volume of furs of sea rabbit and beavers from New Amsterdam, Dutch merchants also started using wampum (beads made of special clam shells) for the first official currency of this country.
At the North Eastern shores of the United States, two species of sea rabbits were commonly found. They are Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus). Sadly, due to their over harvesting in the previous centuries, their conservation status became “Extinct in the Wild” (ET) in the Red List Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Currently, these sea rabbits are only found at breeding centers at selected zoos and universities such as Coney Island Aquarium and Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. The one shown in this photograph was named "Seara" and has been cared by Dr. Takeshi Yamada at Coney Island University.
The sea rabbit is one of the families of the Pinniped order. Pinnipeds (from Latin penna = flat and pes/pedis = foot) are sea-mammals: they are homeothermic (i.e having high and regulated inner temperature), lung-breathing (i.e dependant on atmospheric oxygen) animals having come back to semi aquatic life. As soon as they arrive ashore, females are caught by the nearest adult male. Males can maintain harems of about 20 females on average. Several hours to several days after arriving ashore, pregnant females give birth to eight to ten pups with a dark brown fur. As soon as birth occurs, the mother’s special smell and calls help her pups bond specifically to her. The mother stays ashore with her pup for about one week during which the pup gains weight. During the first week spent with her newborn, the mother becomes receptive. She will be impregnated by the bull, which control the harem. Implantation of the embryo will occur 3 months later, in March-April. During the reproductive period, the best males copulate with several tens females. To do so, males have to stay ashore without feeding in order to keep their territory and their harem. In mid-January, when the last females have been fecundated, males leave at sea to feed. Some of them will come back later in March-April for the moult. The other ones will stay at sea and will come back on Coney Island only in next November. After fecundation, the mother goes at sea for her first meal. At sea, mothers feed on clams, crabs, shrimps, fish (herring, anchovy, Pollock, capelin etc.) and squids. When she is back, the mother recovers her pups at the beach she left them. Suckling occurs after auditive and olfactory recognition had occured. In March-April, the dark brown fur is totally replaced by an adult-like light brownish grey fur during the moult that lasts 1-2 months. This new fur is composed by 2 layers. Externally, the guard fur is composed by flat hairs that recover themselves when wet. By doing so, they make a water-proof barrier for the under fur. The underfur retains air when the seal is dry. Because of isolating properties of the air, the underfur is the insulating system of the fur. In March-April, the fur of adults is partially replaced. First reproduction occurs at 1-yr old in females. Males are physiologically matures at 1 year old but socially matures at +2 years old.
NOTE: The name of Coney Island is commonly thought to be derived from the Dutch Konijn Eylandt or Rabbit Island as apparently the 17th century European settlers noted many rabbits running amuck on the island.
About the Sea Rabbit
Other Common Names: Coney Island Sea Rabbit, Beach Rabbit, Seal Rabbit, mer-rabbit, merrabbit, Atlantic Sea Rabbit, Seal Rabbit.
Latin Name: Monafluffchus americanus
Origin: Atlantic coast of the United States
Description of the specimen: In the early 17th century’s European fur craze drove the fleet of Dutch ships to the eastern costal area of America. Then Holland was the center of the world just like the Italy was in the previous century. New York City was once called New Amsterdam when Dutch merchants landed and established colonies. Among them, Henry Hudson is probably the most recognized individual in the history of New York City today. “This small island is inhabited by two major creatures which we do not have in our homeland. The one creature is a large arthropod made of three body segments: the frontal segment resembles a horseshoe, the middle segment resembles a spiny crab and its tail resembles a sharp sword. Although they gather beaches here in great numbers, they are not edible due to their extremely offensive odor. Another creature which is abundant here, has the head of wild rabbit. This animal of great swimming ability has frontal legs resemble the webbed feet of a duck. The bottom half of the body resembles that of a seal. This docile rabbit of the sea is easy to catch as it does not fear people. The larger male sea rabbits control harems of 20 to 25 females. The meat of the sea rabbit is very tender and tasty.” This is what Hadson wrote in his personal journal in 1609 about the horseshoe crab and the sea rabbit in today’s Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. Sadly, just like the Dodo bird and the Thylacine, the sea rabbit was driven to extinction by the European settlers’ greed. When Dutch merchants and traders arrived here, sea rabbits were one of the first animals they hunted down to bring their furs to homeland to satisfy the fur craze of the time. To increase the shipment volume of furs of sea rabbit and beavers from New Amsterdam, Dutch merchants also started using wampum (beads made of special clam shells) for the first official currency of this country.
At the North Eastern shores of the United States, two species of sea rabbits were commonly found. They are Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus). Sadly, due to their over harvesting in the previous centuries, their conservation status became “Extinct in the Wild” (ET) in the Red List Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Currently, these sea rabbits are only found at breeding centers at selected zoos and universities such as Coney Island Aquarium and Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. The one shown in this photograph was named "Seara" and has been cared by Dr. Takeshi Yamada at Coney Island University.
The sea rabbit is one of the families of the Pinniped order. Pinnipeds (from Latin penna = flat and pes/pedis = foot) are sea-mammals: they are homeothermic (i.e having high and regulated inner temperature), lung-breathing (i.e dependant on atmospheric oxygen) animals having come back to semi aquatic life. As soon as they arrive ashore, females are caught by the nearest adult male. Males can maintain harems of about 20 females on average. Several hours to several days after arriving ashore, pregnant females give birth to eight to ten pups with a dark brown fur. As soon as birth occurs, the mother’s special smell and calls help her pups bond specifically to her. The mother stays ashore with her pup for about one week during which the pup gains weight. During the first week spent with her newborn, the mother becomes receptive. She will be impregnated by the bull, which control the harem. Implantation of the embryo will occur 3 months later, in March-April. During the reproductive period, the best males copulate with several tens females. To do so, males have to stay ashore without feeding in order to keep their territory and their harem. In mid-January, when the last females have been fecundated, males leave at sea to feed. Some of them will come back later in March-April for the moult. The other ones will stay at sea and will come back on Coney Island only in next November. After fecundation, the mother goes at sea for her first meal. At sea, mothers feed on clams, crabs, shrimps, fish (herring, anchovy, Pollock, capelin etc.) and squids. When she is back, the mother recovers her pups at the beach she left them. Suckling occurs after auditive and olfactory recognition had occured. In March-April, the dark brown fur is totally replaced by an adult-like light brownish grey fur during the moult that lasts 1-2 months. This new fur is composed by 2 layers. Externally, the guard fur is composed by flat hairs that recover themselves when wet. By doing so, they make a water-proof barrier for the under fur. The underfur retains air when the seal is dry. Because of isolating properties of the air, the underfur is the insulating system of the fur. In March-April, the fur of adults is partially replaced. First reproduction occurs at 1-yr old in females. Males are physiologically matures at 1 year old but socially matures at +2 years old.
NOTE: The name of Coney Island is commonly thought to be derived from the Dutch Konijn Eylandt or Rabbit Island as apparently the 17th century European settlers noted many rabbits running amuck on the island.
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Links
LINKS: Sea Rabbit at the New York State Marine Education Association Conference
The 31st New York State Marine Education Association Conference (July 15-22, 2006)
Takeshi Yamada on the Cabinet of Curiosities (Part 2)
NY State Marine Education Association Conference 2006, PDF Poster
NY State Marine Education Association Conference 2006, Sponsors
Sea Rabbit & Dr. Takeshi Yamada at the NY State Marine Education Association Conference (2006)
MOWW3: Sea Rabbit & Dr. Takeshi Yamada at the NY State Marine Education Association Conference (2006) 1
MOWW3: Sea Rabbit & Dr. Takeshi Yamada at the NY State Marine Education Association Conference (2006) 2
Links
LINKS: Sea Rabbit at the New York State Marine Education Association Conference
The 31st New York State Marine Education Association Conference (July 15-22, 2006)
Takeshi Yamada on the Cabinet of Curiosities (Part 2)
NY State Marine Education Association Conference 2006, PDF Poster
NY State Marine Education Association Conference 2006, Sponsors
Sea Rabbit & Dr. Takeshi Yamada at the NY State Marine Education Association Conference (2006)
MOWW3: Sea Rabbit & Dr. Takeshi Yamada at the NY State Marine Education Association Conference (2006) 1
MOWW3: Sea Rabbit & Dr. Takeshi Yamada at the NY State Marine Education Association Conference (2006) 2
August 5, 2020
Yamada & Seara was featured in major websites.
Dr. Takeshi Yamada & Seara (Coney Island sea rabbit) was featured in a high traffic websites. The page's title reads "Sun, Sea, Surf... and Some Very Silly Photos: Hilarious Beach Pics That Will Have You Laughing Out Loud". The description of their photograph says, "The other girl is just trying to work out what the gentleman is holding onto. So are we. We want to say cat. But the ears are too big, the legs too small, and does it have a forked tail?? Perhaps it's a mini minotaur. 10/10 because this scene couldn't get any stranger."
https://www.simbaly.com/view/funny-beach-pictures-sim/?page=11&fbclid=IwAR0qCHkQuZFQpsIsCcmcnAlNsp6PW8BRqYiCi89W1YpbXfhP0l83n5Xd1m8&page=70
https://www.gingerize.com/view/funny-beach-pictures/&page=2
https://cdn.wazimo.com/media/images/funny-beach-pictures/5f254640e5e71.jpg
Yamada & Seara was featured in major websites.
Dr. Takeshi Yamada & Seara (Coney Island sea rabbit) was featured in a high traffic websites. The page's title reads "Sun, Sea, Surf... and Some Very Silly Photos: Hilarious Beach Pics That Will Have You Laughing Out Loud". The description of their photograph says, "The other girl is just trying to work out what the gentleman is holding onto. So are we. We want to say cat. But the ears are too big, the legs too small, and does it have a forked tail?? Perhaps it's a mini minotaur. 10/10 because this scene couldn't get any stranger."
https://www.simbaly.com/view/funny-beach-pictures-sim/?page=11&fbclid=IwAR0qCHkQuZFQpsIsCcmcnAlNsp6PW8BRqYiCi89W1YpbXfhP0l83n5Xd1m8&page=70
https://www.gingerize.com/view/funny-beach-pictures/&page=2
https://cdn.wazimo.com/media/images/funny-beach-pictures/5f254640e5e71.jpg
LINKS: PHOTO ALBUMS
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Takeshi Yamada & Seara at the Bell House taxidermy contest, 2014
Yamada in IMMORTALIZED TV series 1
Yamada in IMMORTALIZED TV series 2
Dining with Sea Rabbits 1 Dining with Sea Rabbits 2 Dining with Sea Rabbits 3
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Takeshi Yamada & Seara at the Bell House taxidermy contest, 2014
Yamada in IMMORTALIZED TV series 1
Yamada in IMMORTALIZED TV series 2
Dining with Sea Rabbits 1 Dining with Sea Rabbits 2 Dining with Sea Rabbits 3
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Specifically, the "Museum of World Wonders" and "Coney Island University", "Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center", "New York Horseshoe Crab Research Center", "Coney Island UFO Research Center", "Coney Island Entomology Department", "Center for Medical Mycology", "Coney Island Fine Foods International", and etc. are names of the art projects and the totality of artworks, created by Dr. Takeshi Yamada. MOWW was not created by any other human(s) on this planet or intelligent humanoid life form(s) from outer space, whatsoever. Any organizations and companies, that exist in this world with the same names are not related to these, and any similarities to them are purely accidental.
Specifically, the "Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center" is a name of the art project and the totality of artworks, created by Dr. Takeshi Yamada. CISRRC was not created by any other human(s) on this planet or intelligent humanoid life form(s) from outer space, whatsoever. Therefore, everything about CISRRC, including its origin, history, heritage, functions, operations, reputations, employment, funding, relationship to the government, etc. are also mere products of the figment of Yamada's imaginations. Any organizations and companies, that exist in this world with the same names are not related to this company, and any similarities to them are purely accidental.