Zoologist - Animals Living in the Ocean
Anemone - Anemone is a flowerlike marine animal, having a flexible, squishy body and tentacles surrounding a central mouth. Anemone grows in groups of primitive aquatic animals including jellyfish, and coral. This marine animal helps clownfish hide from predators, find food, and it also provides a safe home for them. If any other animal touches the anemone, it will shock them, hurt them, and scare them away (this doesn't happen to clownfish because they have slimy mucus that cover their body and it protects them from it). This will protect clownfish for a very long time until they decide to leave their home.
Angelfish - An Angelfish comes from a percoid family of bright colored, tropical reef fish with long, spiny fins. Angelfish usually adapt to freshwater and tropical climates. These animals are very bony like and tender. An average Angelfish will grow to be around 4 inches in length and 8 inches in height. The vertical stripes on their body acts like camouflage in the natural environment. This helps them hide from predators and to sneak up on their prey.
Glass Shrimp - Glass Shrimp's body is remarkably thin, flat and transparent; and their legs are very long, thing, and transparent too. Glass Shrimp are excellent scavengers. When they hide in leaves (or any other plant) since they are transparent they turn the color of the plant (which helps them hide better). Their transparent bodies help them to hide from predators such as freshwater and saltwater fish (including seahorses, lion fish, grunts, and baby sharks). Glass Shrimp reach to about a measurement of 2 inches long and 1 inch tall. These animals can find homes very easily because of their size and color. Their homes are usually small ocean plants that can keep them away from any harm.
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Baleen Whales - Baleen Whales contain two different kinds of species in a family. The Toothed Whale Suborder and some species of dolphin/porpoise. Baleen Whales generally grow from 70 ft to 90 ft long (the longest Baleen Whale ever found was 100 ft). These animals communicate by loud, low-pitched moans/whines, physical gestures, and breaching/charging. They can maintain their body heat in cold climates which allows them to travel, live and thrive with other animals (in any climate).
Baleen Whales - Baleen Whales contain two different kinds of species in a family. The Toothed Whale Suborder and some species of dolphin/porpoise. Baleen Whales generally grow from 70 ft to 90 ft long (the longest Baleen Whale ever found was 100 ft). These animals communicate by loud, low-pitched moans/whines, physical gestures, and breaching/charging. They can maintain their body heat in cold climates which allows them to travel, live and thrive with other animals (in any climate).
Bottlenose Dolphin - The Bottlenose Dolphin is the most intelligent species in the world. These dolphins have a very friendly and sociable attitude with humans, they are not afraid to approach them. The average lifespan of these dolphins is 20 years, however, they can live up to 40 years. These dolphins come up to the surface 2 -3 times a minute to breath. The Bottlenose Dolphins weigh around 330 -1,400 pounds, and females are believed to be shorter as compared to males.
Giant Pacific Octopus - The Giant Pacific Octopus is the largest octopus species in the world. Each of its eight arms can measure less or over 6 feet, and its arm span of more then 14 feet. The Giant Pacific Octopus lives in the North Pacific Ocean and the south of Japan. This octopus adapts to a large range of depth from shallow coastal waters to depths of at least 1,500 meters. Octopus use suckers on their arms to find, taste, and eat food. The sensitivity of an octopus' suckers allows it to find and grope for food in small, dark crevices. When the octopus finds what he wants, he lunges and delivers the prey to its mouth.
Jellyfish - Jellyfish have drifted along on ocean currents for millions of years. This animal can live in cold and warm ocean water, in deep water, and along coastlines. Jellyfish have tentacles on the bottom and have an umbrella shaped head. Jellyfish use their tiny stinging cells in their tentacles to stun or paralyze their prey before they eat them. Some jellyfish are clear, but others are in vibrant colors such as pink, yellow, blue, purple, and luminescent. Their stings can be painful to humans and sometimes very dangerous. Most stings occur when humans accidentally touch jellyfish. Many people in China use jellyfish as medicine in their country.