Whales have belly buttons! Just like other mammals, the baby is
attached to its mother by an umbilical cord. After the baby is born, the cord snaps off and its left with a belly
button, just like you!!
Box jelly fish have 16 eyes, 4 main eyes and three extras on each
corner of the box.
The only common jellyfish sting in Australia is the Blue bottle, some afternoons on Sydney beachs hundreds of people can be stung by the little critters..
The oceans contain 99 percent of the living space on the planet.
Think about it!! and you can see why the living ocean is so important to the human race.
One study of a deep-sea community revealed 898 species from more than
100 families in an area about half the size of a tennis court. More
than half of these were new to science.
Cleaner fish will work inside the mouths of an Eel, and other huge fish
without being eaten themselves.
Coral trout start their lives as females and change sex to become
males later in life.
Starfish if broken in half will form into two separate fish, any limbs
lost are just regrown
Sea cucumbers breath by drawing water in through their anus.
Dolphins swim in groups called herds
A group of whales is called a pod.
A school of herring is known as a seige.
A group of jelly fish is called a smack.
Cuttlefish is the most unusual it has green blood, three hearts and
the ability to change color in an instant.
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