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What is the slowest swimming fish in the ocean?
The Sea Horse
Who has the largest eyes in the animal kingdom?
The Giant Squid; bigger than a car’s hubcap
Who has the most teeth of any animal on Earth?
The Spinner Dolphin has 250 teeth in its mouth
What animal has the largest brain ever to live on Earth?
The Sperm Whale
Who is the fastest swimmer in the ocean?
The Sailfish has been recorded at over 60 mph or 110 km
What sea mammal can hold its breath the longest?
The Sperm Whale. the longest recorded dive was 1-1/2 hours
What sea mammal can dive the deepest in the ocean?
The Sperm Whale. can dive to 1 mile in search of the Giant Squid. A Sperm Whale was found tangled in the Trans-Atlantic cables 2 miles deep.
Why do faster swimming fish stay closer to the surface while slower swimming fish tend to stay in deeper waters?
Faster swimming fish need more oxygen than slower ones. And there is more oxygen at the surface.
How many species of Penguins are there?
17 species
Who are the largest penguins?
The Emperor Penguin. 4 feet tall and weigh 90 pounds
Do Penguins and Walruses live together?
No. Penguins live south of the equator and Walruses live north of the equator.
Which animals have the loudest voices?
The Sperm Whale and the Blue Whale. Louder than a 747-jet airliner.
What animal has the longest migration?
The Artic Tern. flies over 44,000 miles every year.
How did the Right Whale get its name?
In the early whaling days, the Right Whale once harpooned and killed would stay afloat. Thus, it got the name Right Whale for being the right whale to hunt.
What is the longest living animal on Earth?
The Artic Bowhead Whale. can live more than 200 years. It is believed that living in the frigid waters of the Artic, The Bowhead whale has the slowest heartbeat
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All toothed whales and dolphins have only 1 blowhole while all baleen whales have 2 blowholes.
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In every specie of toothed whales and dolphins, the male is the largest. While in the Baleen whale species (largest whales) the female is the largest.
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Dolphins can listen and respond to 2 different conversations at the same time. Focusing each ear on individual sound waves.
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The most ferocious fish in the ocean is the Bluefish. Known to attack everything in its path, including people. An average five-pound bluefish can devour up to 1-1/2 tons of fish each year.
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To gain airspeed, a flying fish moves its tail 50 times per second, gaining a swimming speed of 15-20 mph
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A congregation of Krill, (2-inch-long shrimp-like crustaceans) located in the South Pacific Ocean was estimated to weigh more than all the people on Earth
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The largest Octopus in the world live in the Puget Sound located in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
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All animals need fresh water to survive. So how do sea dwelling animals survive in a world of salt water?
All living animals are made up of freshwater. Some, like people, are 70% freshwater. Which also includes fish. When sea mammals eat, they retain the freshwater of their prey.
All living animals are made up of freshwater. Some, like people, are 70% freshwater. Which also includes fish. When sea mammals eat, they retain the freshwater of their prey.
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The Blue whale weighs more than the space shuttle.
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A Blue whale produces 1,800 horsepower with every kick of its tail flukes.
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Did you know, more than 100 people can fit inside a Blue whale’s mouth.
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The Sperm whale has 60 teeth located only in its bottom jaw. The teeth are over 6 inches long and weigh up to 9 pounds each. When the Sperm whale closes its mouth the teeth in its bottom jaw fit into sockets in the top of their mouth.
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The blow spray pattern of whales surfacing is different in every specie. This allowed whalers to determine which whales they were in pursuit of long before they could actually see the whale.
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A 3-1/2-foot-long shark was found whole inside a 12-foot-long swordfish.
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A baby Blue whale is 23 feet long at birth and weighs 20 tons and will gain 10 pounds every hour for the first 7 months of its life.
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A feeding Blue whale will fill its mouth with 5 tons of water.
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The more forked the tail fin, the less the water resistance... the less water resistance, the faster the speed. The fastest swimmers in the ocean have sickle-shaped tail fins.
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The largest Sunfish on record measured 2-1/2 feet thick, more than 10 feet long and weighed 4,400 pounds.
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Baby fish are called ``Fry.``
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Fish swim in schools and dolphins swim in Pods.
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Tuna, like sharks lack a buoyancy-controlling swim bladder. If they stop swimming, they will sink.
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The Orca is the fastest swimming mammal in the ocean. Reaching speeds between 35 and 40 mph.
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The Orca is second only to people for being the most widely dispersed mammal on Earth. The orca is found in every ocean.
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Just as people have different languages and accents depending on which part of the world they live, so do orcas. There are known to be at least 7 different types of dialogs within the orca species belonging to specific pods around the world.
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There are over 1,500 species of jellyfish that have been identified while scientists believe there are many more living deep in the depths of the oceans that have yet to be discovered. All jellyfish are poisonous and range in size from the Lion's Mane jellyfish whose tentacles can reach 120 feet in length to the tiny almost invisible Box jellyfish whose poison is quite possibly the deadliest on Earth.
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Vision in water is distorted from vision through air. Whales and dolphins, especially the Orca has 20/20 vision above the surface. However, below the surface, water distorts objects making them look larger and closer than they really are. Dolphins can eliminate this problem by changing the shape of their lenses. A round dome-like shape for underwater and flat for above the surface.