Marine Life
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Marine life
Life was born at sea, the number of species known in the sea is enormous, and almost all serve as food for some people. People often think that marine animals are fish, but it is wrong, there are species that live in or near the sea in all animal families, and mammals: dolphins, whales ... birds: penguins, cormorants, gulls ... Reptiles: sea snake, sea turtle except amphibians,there is no marine amphibious, is believed to be because the amphibians evolved from other animal species once they got out of the sea.
In the marine environment are fascinating species such as octopus, able to blend in anywhere, taking on the color and texture of the rocks or the ground around them regardless. They are also known for his great intelligence, dolphins, perhaps the most intelligentanimals on earth, with an elaborate communication system that allows them to develop strategies for hunting equipment or protection from predators. Sometimes even heard stories of dolphins helping the castaways to survive or accompanying the guiding fishing from the banks of herring.
The amount that excites marine life at sea is the first thing you realize when you start to dive, as the numberof colors surrounding the deep.
Of the 40,169 species assessed currently in the Red List of the World Conservation Union, 1,372 species inhabit the marine environment. Of these, 16 are extinct and 369 threatened.
Killer whale
The Orca (Orcinus orca) can be found in all oceans from the tropics to the Antarctic mainland, both at sea and near the coast, but these animals are more common incold waters of both hemispheres (those which power are more likely) than in tropical waters.
This species of whale is the largest member of the dolphin family and possibly the whale that has a broader global distribution, is possibly the largest and most ferocious hunter who inhabits the seas, and the largest carnivores on land and sea.
Unlike its congeners, the orcas are predators of otherwarm-blooded animals. When they attack their prey, which located between the floating icebergs, tear the meat apart with his powerful teeth, the smaller prey swallow them whole.
Blue Whale
The blue whale (although it really is a whale, because the term "whale" applies only to the family Balaenidae) is a Baleen whale species Balaenopteridae family. Measured between 24 and 27 m in length and weighsbetween 100 and 120 tonnes, although there are records of individuals over 50 m in length and over 190 t in weight, making it the largest animal on Earth, not only in present but also the largest of which information is received in history.
Starfish
The starfish is an aquatic animal of the oceans by their morphology has attracted attention and curiosity of all animal lovers. His body in a star offive points or more, can be found in more than two thousand species that have differentiated. They are located in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and its habitat is the sea floor, no more than 160 meters between algae and on rocks. Can be found in areas near the coast. The pigmentation of the skin varies depending on the year with. There are orange, red, yellow, blue, pinks and even colors. Theyhave come to find stars of large dimensions. Some reflections off reflective and visible sen darkness.
Pufferfish
The sea porcupine puffer fish is classified into the family of tertradóntidos, having two teeth above and two below. Usually found in tropical seas, especially in areas of coral reefs.
The puffer fish has a special form of defense that differentiates it from a very concrete way.When threatened has the ability to swell filling with water, so that its intake is impossible. If this occurs out of the water, it swells took all the air that you can.
Penguins
Penguins are flightless birds oceanic (lost the ability to do so), and spend much of their lives in the sea where they play with great speed and get away from the small crustaceans that feed.
This diet is often based...
Life was born at sea, the number of species known in the sea is enormous, and almost all serve as food for some people. People often think that marine animals are fish, but it is wrong, there are species that live in or near the sea in all animal families, and mammals: dolphins, whales ... birds: penguins, cormorants, gulls ... Reptiles: sea snake, sea turtle except amphibians,there is no marine amphibious, is believed to be because the amphibians evolved from other animal species once they got out of the sea.
In the marine environment are fascinating species such as octopus, able to blend in anywhere, taking on the color and texture of the rocks or the ground around them regardless. They are also known for his great intelligence, dolphins, perhaps the most intelligentanimals on earth, with an elaborate communication system that allows them to develop strategies for hunting equipment or protection from predators. Sometimes even heard stories of dolphins helping the castaways to survive or accompanying the guiding fishing from the banks of herring.
The amount that excites marine life at sea is the first thing you realize when you start to dive, as the numberof colors surrounding the deep.
Of the 40,169 species assessed currently in the Red List of the World Conservation Union, 1,372 species inhabit the marine environment. Of these, 16 are extinct and 369 threatened.
Killer whale
The Orca (Orcinus orca) can be found in all oceans from the tropics to the Antarctic mainland, both at sea and near the coast, but these animals are more common incold waters of both hemispheres (those which power are more likely) than in tropical waters.
This species of whale is the largest member of the dolphin family and possibly the whale that has a broader global distribution, is possibly the largest and most ferocious hunter who inhabits the seas, and the largest carnivores on land and sea.
Unlike its congeners, the orcas are predators of otherwarm-blooded animals. When they attack their prey, which located between the floating icebergs, tear the meat apart with his powerful teeth, the smaller prey swallow them whole.
Blue Whale
The blue whale (although it really is a whale, because the term "whale" applies only to the family Balaenidae) is a Baleen whale species Balaenopteridae family. Measured between 24 and 27 m in length and weighsbetween 100 and 120 tonnes, although there are records of individuals over 50 m in length and over 190 t in weight, making it the largest animal on Earth, not only in present but also the largest of which information is received in history.
Starfish
The starfish is an aquatic animal of the oceans by their morphology has attracted attention and curiosity of all animal lovers. His body in a star offive points or more, can be found in more than two thousand species that have differentiated. They are located in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and its habitat is the sea floor, no more than 160 meters between algae and on rocks. Can be found in areas near the coast. The pigmentation of the skin varies depending on the year with. There are orange, red, yellow, blue, pinks and even colors. Theyhave come to find stars of large dimensions. Some reflections off reflective and visible sen darkness.
Pufferfish
The sea porcupine puffer fish is classified into the family of tertradóntidos, having two teeth above and two below. Usually found in tropical seas, especially in areas of coral reefs.
The puffer fish has a special form of defense that differentiates it from a very concrete way.When threatened has the ability to swell filling with water, so that its intake is impossible. If this occurs out of the water, it swells took all the air that you can.
Penguins
Penguins are flightless birds oceanic (lost the ability to do so), and spend much of their lives in the sea where they play with great speed and get away from the small crustaceans that feed.
This diet is often based...
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