Facts About Animals In The Ocean

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Facts about animals in the ocean. Less than five per cent of the planets oceans have been explored. 03 Whales are mammals meaning they are warm-blooded and breathe air. We looked at how fish and sharks move their tail fins from side to side but whales move their tail fins up and down.

Some can fly long distances sometimes as many as tens of thousand of kilometers and in very strong winds while others have developed bodies and feathers that allow them to swim better than fly. Animals such as krill a type of shrimp fish and microscopic organisms called zooplankton all eat phytoplankton. Ocean animals are also referred to as marine life ocean life or sea life.

Here are some more fascinating facts about interesting creatures of the ocean-The Octopus. A shrimps heart is in their head. Water occupies more than 70 of the earths surface.

Almost 99 percent of the living space on earth is located in the oceans. Most bivalves are ocean animals but some live in freshwater habitats. According to the Ocean Service man has explored less than five per cent of Earths oceans.

With so much going on well below the surface its easy to forget that the oceans are teeming with life. Oceans have an average depth of 12100 feet and because light waves can only penetrate 330 feet of water everything below that point is dark. Sea sponges have no head mouth eyes feelers bones heart lungs or brain yet they are alive.

There are an estimated 230000 known marine species. Facts about Marine Animals refer to the animals which live in the ocean. The study of animals and other elements of marine biology dates back to Aristotle who lived from 384 to 322 BC.