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What Lies Below by Rachel Leggett Here is a basking shark, it is the second
largest fish in the world. They can weigh up to 4 tons.
The anchovy is a significant food source for almost every predatory fish in its environment.
Shrimp are widely distributed in temperate and tropical salt- and freshwaters. They may
grow as long as 9 in, but most are smaller. Jellyfish has been around for more than 650
million years which means that they outdate both dinosaurs and sharks.
A male lobster is called a *** and a female a hen or chicken. Lobster can have many different
colors, including blue-green, blue, red, yellow, red-orange and white. Some lobsters come in
two colors, having half of their shell one color and the other half another.
Octopuses are boneless creatures. They don't have a vertebral column, that is, they are
invertebrates. The beak which is in the shape of a parrot beak, is the only hard structure
in their body. Due to this reason, their bodies are extremely flexible and they can squeeze
through incredibly small spaces. The blowfish, also known as the puffer fish,
has developed its unusual inflation characteristics as a protection mechanism from predators.
Because the blowfish is a relatively slow-swimming fish, it uses its elastic stomach and the
ability to ingest large amounts of water (and sometimes air) to turn itself into a sphere
several times larger than its normal size and beyond the capability of a predator's
jaw Sea turtles are reptiles that live in a marine
or brackish environment. The flippers of sea turtles are long and paddle-like, making them
excellent for swimming but poor for walking on land. Another characteristic that helps
sea turtles swim easily is their streamlined shell.
Although sea stars live underwater and are commonly called "starfish," they are not fish.
They do not have gills, scales, or fins like fish do and they move quite differently from
fish. While fish propel themselves with their tails, sea stars have tiny tube feet to help
them move along. White tip reef shark
sunfish can become so infested with skin parasites, they will often invite small fish or even
birds to feast on the pesky critters. Last but not least is a photo of a whale.
This was a photostory by Rachel Leggett IT365