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PLACENCIA Breeze A Placencia BTIA Publication
Belize’s Biggest Beach Bashment Easter in Placencia Placencia has long been the beach to head for on Easter weekend. All the major beach bars, Barefoot Beach Bar, Tipsy Tuna Seaside Bar and Cozy Corner have music, food and drinks except Good Friday when no alcohol is allowed. The Placencia Municipal Pier is more laid back and has great swimming too with food vendors plus nearby restaurants. If you are looking for something quieter, Punta Negra is having their beach party on Sunday, April 16th (details on Page 31). There are many streetside vendors selling BBQ and other great food and all gift shops are open with memorable souvenirs and T-shirts of Placencia. And don’t forget all the relaxing resorts north of Placencia Village in Seine Bight, Maya Beach and Riversdale. Most have amazing restaurants and beach side bars.
Whale Sharks
Photo by Annelise Hagan
This is a very busy weekend so we ask you drive very carefully as there are many children, pets, bicyclists, golf carts and pedestrians on the
road. Also, please don’t litter. There them emptied. So “Keep it clean and are many garbage tins throughout the Keep it green” Easter weekend…be village and the Placencia Sanitation safe and have fun. Department will be busy keeping
Whale Sharks can be spotted at 3. Whale sharks have tiny file raspstructures in the animal kingdom, Gladden Spit in April and May the like teeth which gives them the suggesting that they possess week generally after the full moon name Rhincodon which means excellent hearing. for a period of up to 7-10 days. They file tooth. 7. In Taiwan, whale sharks were are attracted by the spawn of cubera 4. Despite weighing several tons, called “tofu fish” because the meat and dog snappers that reproduce in whale shark feed on microscopic is said to taste and look like tofu. largest numbers after the full moon. animals called zooplankton, small They are now a protected species Check the list of tour operators under baitfish, jellyfish and even small there and in over 18 other countries the Membership page to book this squid by filtering the water with worldwide including Belize. amazing tour. their prey through their modified 8. Scientists have never observed Below are eight fascinating facts you gill structures. whale sharks mating but know need to know about whale sharks: 5. Whale sharks are oceanic travellers that it takes place in our Western and those in our region regularly Caribbean region based on the 1. The name “whale” shark refers to travel between Belize, Mexico and post-sex ragged state of the male their size, not their biology. Whale Honduras and beyond in search of whale shark’s penises (they have sharks are fish, not mammals. seasonal sources of food. two and they’re called “claspers”). 2. Whale sharks have been swimming in the Earth’s oceans 6. Whale sharks have the largest semi-circular canals and inner ear for over 90 million years.