Sea Animals

Did you know these Sea Animal Facts?

• Turtles live on every continent except Antarctica. 

• Jellyfish have been around for more than 650 million years which means that they out date both dinosaurs and sharks. 

 

• Male puffer-fish draw crop circles in the sand to attract female puffer-fish.  
• Check out the cool video!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaPmYYWsixU

• Beluga whales have a large forehead, a sign of their high intelligence. Beluga whales are, in fact, the smartest animals on earth.  

• Dolphins jump out of the water to conserve energy. It’s easier to move through the air than through the water. 

• Shrimp can only swim backwards   

 Come back next week for more facts!

Ocean Part 2

Did you know these interesting ocean facts?

Part 2 

Treasure trove which can be found deep beneath the Mediterranean Sea.

• The deep sea is the largest museum on Earth: There are more artifacts and remnants of history in the ocean than in all of the world’s museums, combined.

• The pressure at the deepest point in the ocean is more than 11,318 tons/sq m, or the equivalent of one person trying to support 50 jumbo jets.

• The highest tides in the world are at the Bay of Fundy, which separates New Brunswick from Nova Scotia. At some times of the year the difference between high and low tide is 16.3 m, taller than a three-story building.

• 90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean. 

• The pacific ocean is home to over 25,000 small islands. 

 

What will the topic be next week? Tune in to find out!

  

http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/fun-surprising-facts-about-the-oceans.aspx  

http://marinebio.org/marinebio/facts/  

 

Ocean Part 1

Did you know these interesting ocean facts?
Part 1

 

•  94 percent of life on Earth is aquatic. That makes us land-dwellers a very small minority. 

• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a patch in the North Pacific Ocean where all the plastic garbage thrown into the ocean has accumulated and has not yet bio-degraded. 

People attempting to paddle through the garbage patch

•  The deepest part of the ocean is known as The Mariana Trench and is approximately 1,580 miles below surface.

• The Earth’s longest mountain range known as the Mid-Ocean Ridge spreads around the 
   globe from the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. 
   

Bright blue patch is Great Barrier Reef from Space.

• The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef on Earth, measuring larger than Britain. It is off the coast of Australia and is so large and vibrant it can be seen from outer space.

 What will the next topic be? You'll just have to come back to find out!

http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/fun-surprising-facts-about-the-oceans.aspx  
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/06/04/4018335.htm 
https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+the+deepest+part+of+the+ocean&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8  
http://marinebio.org/marinebio/facts/