Mermaid madness

Ingredients:

1 martini glass

1 ounce blue curacao

1.5 ounces white rum

4 ounces lemonade

Ice

1 lemon

Graham cracker crumbs

Directions:

To start, get a martini glass. Next, squeeze the lemon onto a plate and dip the rim of the martini glass into it. Then, dip it into crushed graham crackers to complete the rim. Once you have fully covered the glass’s rim with graham crackers, peel the lemon and twist to get a lemon peel for your glass as a topper.

In a shaker, mix 1 ounce of blue curacao, 1.5 ounces of white rum and 4 ounces of lemonade. Once you thoroughly shake the mix, strain into the martini glass.

Finish with ice and place the peel on top and you’re ready to drink!

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is critically endangered. Believe it or not, there was a time when American alligators were dropping heavily in numbers.

“It seems like there could have never been a day where they were endangered, but they actually were hunted to near extinction and then the Endangered Species Act helped protect them,” Salamone said.

• worldwildlife.org

• rhinos.org

• theorangutanproject.org

• sfcollege.edu/zoo/