what is your favorite animal that lives in the ocean?

Followers

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

leafy sea dragon: found australia. they have leaf- like bodies. they get to about 45 cm. they live in seaweed beds. they eat seweed.
cuttle fish: they have 8 arms and 2 suckered tentacles. change color quickly. they get up to 80 cm. live in tropical waters. eat small fish.
colossal squid: they weigh 1,000 pounds and 35 feet. they have sharp tentacles.
hatchetfish: small fish. thin and silvery with big black eyes. they hind in the dark.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

pacific angel shark: they have a flat body with 5 gills and 2 fins. they grow up to 1.5 meters. they live on the bottom of the ocean.
manta ray: they are very large animals. they grow to 25 feet and weigh over 5,000 pounds. they are found mainly in peru and hawaii.
remora: 30-90 cm. they live in tropical areas. they eat scraps left from other animals that have been killed.
ocean sunfish: bullet-like shaped fish. silvery color. they grow to about 14 feet and weigh 5,000 pounds. they live in tropical oceans.
headlamp: they are curious little fish. they are black and silver. they have blue and green organs.

Monday, May 2, 2011

flying fishes: can jump out of water. they eat omnivore. they grow up to 18 inches. they swim with a school of fishes. they have 4 fins. they are attracted to light. they can be found all over the world.
moray eels: they look like snakes. they are really ugly. they can be chocolate brown, off white, black, sandy yellow, or scarlet blue. they grow from 25 centimeters to 3 meters long. they eat shrimp and wrasses. they live in tropical areas and are usually found in shipwreaks or hideaways.
cleaner wrasse: they grow about 3.5 inches. they are bright neon purple, black, and yellow. they live in the snad. and they eat parasites.
sea cucumber: they are saugage shaped, their skin is covered with warty bumps or short spines. when they are scared they shoot out water making them shorter, thicker, and harder or they shoot their insides out at you. they have suction-cups on their feet. they grow to about 16 inches. they can be white, light orange, or brown. they eat planton. they live in clusters. they live in tropical areas. they grow about 3 feet long. they can be white, orange, or yellow. if you touch them you get a greenish color on your hands.
pearlfish: small and skinny. they get up to 5cm. they live in small dark hollow areas like between rocks.
sawfish: they live in the bottom of oceans. they eat smaller fish. they have flat bodys, sharp teeth, long snouts, with gray, brown, olive green, and white

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

whales: there are over 40 differnet types of whales. whales ca nlive 45 to 60 years. they eat small fish, squid, zooplankton, and phytoplankton. they use beautiful lyrical sounds to communicate.
dolphins: there are over 40 species of dolphins. some get over 30 feet and some weigh over 19,000 lbs. they can live anywhere between 40 years and 80. they eat small fish, squid, and crustaceans. they live in tropical areas throughout the world.
sea lion: they live in cooler waters of the north pacific. males get to about 2,000 lbs and over 10 feet, females get to about 600 lbs and over 7 feet. they have yellow-brown fur. they eat fish, cephalopods, squid, octopus, harbour seal, fur seal, ringed seal, and sea otters.
elephant seal: some can be found in california and baja california and others can be found in the antartic waters. elephant seals are the largest of all seals. they can get over 20 feet and weigh over 8,800 lbs. they can live 9 to 22 years. they are carnivores.
guadalupe fur seal: found by the pacific ocean off the coast of california and mexico. they have thick black or brown coat with ruff lighter tan fur around their necks. they have small ears and a split tail fin. males get to about 7 feet and weigh 415 lbs, females get to about 5 feet and weigh about 108 lbs.
harbor seal: they live in the atlantic and pacific ocean. their usually brown, tan, or gray. they grow to about 6 feet and weigh about 290 lbs. there are over 5 million to 6 million individuals. they eat flounder, perch, octopus, squid, and shrimp.
manatee: they are gray animals. they do not eat meat they are plant-eating animals. they get to about 10 feet long and weigh between 800 lbs to 1,200 lbs. you can find them anywhere where its warm, they are usually swimming in rivers, or canals. they can live for 60 years sometimes longer.
polar bear: they live in the arctic. they mainly eat seals sometimes fish. they dig holes under the snow to use for a home.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

sea worms: they form hard shelled tubes around their bodys. they have a wide variety of brightly colored worms. they look like chewed gum. 5 types of sea worms the christmas tree worm grows to about 5 inches shaped like a christmas tree. they are found mainly in the caribbean. magnificent feather duster which is the largest duster in the world. they are brown and white. grow to about 4 inches long. the large-eyes feather duster they are found in the atlantic ocean. they grow up to 5 inches. they are orange-red to reddish-brown. they are usually found in maine. orange fireworm can grow to about 6 inches. they are found under rocks and coral. red-rim flatworm can grow from 1 to 2 inches they can be any color you can think of.
jellyfish: jellyfish are not actully fish. they have tentacles and oral arms. there are over 200 speceies of jellyfish. they live from the caribbean to the artic. jellyfish have been reported to be the size of washing machines. they eat microscopic animals, fish, larvae, and other jellyfish.
seanettle jellyfish: they live on the east and west coast of north america and into the atlantic ocean and pacific ocean. they have small whitish dots and reddish-brown stripes. they can grow from 6 to 8 inches. they mainly eat plankton and zooplankton.
sea anemones: they attach them selves to rocks or coral. they can travel 3 to 4 inches in a hour. they eat fish, shrimp, isopods, amphipods, and plankton. they grow anywhere between 5 centimeters and 17 centimeters. they can be all colors and there are 11 differnet types.
aggregating anemore: they can grow 2 to 5 centimeters. there have a greenish-colored body and pink tentacles. they can be found anywhere between alaska to baja california. they live in rocky shores and bays. they eat isopods, small animals, and algae.

Monday, April 25, 2011

black turban snail: they are black with white in the inside. they are dome shaped and smooth except of several weak spiral cords. you can find them anywhere between vancouver, british columbia, to baja california. they live on or near rocks.
conchs: conchs can be every colorful. they feed on fine plant mattter in warm waters. they live in tropical shallow waters. people say if you put your ear next to a conch shell you can hear the ocean.
channeled dog whelk: they live in rocky and muddy areas along the intertidal zone. they eat mussels and barnacles by drilling holes in their shells, injecting enzyme, and then siphoning up the liguid remains.
chiton: they have an 8 piece shell. they travel by cling to rocks. they eat algae, radula (hard teeth). they are very slggish. there are more than 800 different types, they can live for 25 years and grow to 1/3 to 12 inches.
limpets: only eat at night. they eat algae off of rocks. when they move they leave a trail of mucus. they have no eyes. they can be light-brown, grey-brown, dark brown, white, or green. they can grow 2 to 10 centimeters long.
mussels: they can grow up to 150mm to 6 inches. they can be any color but most or dark blue, brown, or black. they live in both saltwater and freshwater. they stick together, if one moves left they all move left.
northern striped dog winkle: they eat barnacles, oysters, and mussels. they live in rocky areas on the west coast.
octopus: have 8 arms and 2 rows of suctions cups of each arm. there are over 100 differnent types. can grow to 23 feet and weigh over 400 lbs. if they loose an arm it will grow back. they eat fish, crabs, shrimp, turtles, and snails.
sea hare: they eat algae all day and night.
slippershells: they live in the atlantic ocean coast. they are white and flattened. they attach them selves to hard objects.
whelks: they have axial and spiral shells. they are found of the atlantic seaboard 600 feet underwater. they can grow up to 4 inches.