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Peppermint Angelfish Facts

Peppermint angelfish are primarily found in pairs or small groups which provide protection against predators. These fish never stray far from their hiding spots when feeding. As of 2019, only a single peppermint angelfish was on display anywhere in the world: this was at the Waikiki Aquarium in Honolulu. Peppermint angelfish generally communicate with each other through chemical signals in urine and bile. The peppermint angelfish is a small species, growing anywhere between 1 and 3 inches long. The front of the body is curved into a snout, whereas the back fins are square-shaped. The dorsal fin on the back has a spiny appearance. By far the most prominent characteristic is the five alternating vertical bright orange and white stripes along the entire body that resemble the peppermint candy for which they’re named. Their side fins and tail fin are completely translucent as well.

Flower Horn Fish Facts

Flowerhorn fish are sometimes considered to be signs of fortune, luck, health, and prosperity by collectors. Flowerhorn fish will change colors throughout their lives. They will gradually gain their full colors upon reaching maturity, and then the colors slowly fade as they begin to age. Certain plant-based foods (like those containing xanthophyll) can affect its colors as well. Drastic color changes, especially the sudden appearance of pale or dark markings and spots, could signify stress, poor environmental conditions, or even disease. Some strains have a white to dark line of spots running across the side of the body. These markings are called a pearling or a flowerline. he Flowerhorn cichlid is a medium-sized fish, normally measuring anywhere up to 16 inches in size. It is characterized by a rounded, symmetrical appearance with a long dorsal fin running along the back, a fairly long anal fin, and a fan-shaped tail fin. These fish also have two sets of teeth: the normal set in the mouth and a secondary set in the throat (known as pharyngeal teeth) that help to grind up food.

Orca Facts

The liver, intestines, gonads and skin are highly poisonous and cause death in around 60% of people who eat it. If prepared properly the puffer (or fugu) is edible and considered a delicacy in Japan and Korea. Orcas are known for their long dorsal fin (the fin on the animal's back) and black-and-white coloring. The black-and-white coloring helps to camouflage them by obscuring their outline in the water. Orcas use many different techniques to catch prey. Sometimes they beach themselves to catch seals on land, jumping from the water onto land. Orcas will also work together to catch larger prey or groups of prey, such as schools of fish. A female killer whale will give birth to one offspring at a time every three to 10 years. The gestation period usually lasts for around 17 months .

Puffer Fish Facts

There are more than 120 different species of puffer fish. Most puffer fish, when eaten, are toxic to predators. According to Claricoates, despite this risk, countries such as Korea, China and Japan consider puffer fish a culinary delicacy and only specially-trained chefs know how to serve them safely. uffer fish do not have scales, but instead have spines (which you may not be able to get a good look at until they puff up), said Claricoates. Because puffer fish don’t have scales, they are very sensitive to water variations and tend to be more at-risk for diseases. n the wild, puffer fish are predators, and eat a variety of snails, shellfish, crustaceans and other fish, said Claricoates. In captivity, puffers will eat almost anything, so a variety of foods should be offered to allow for a healthy mix, she said. The liver, intestines, gonads and skin are highly poisonous and cause death in around 60% of people who eat it. If prepared properly the puffer (or fugu) is edible and considered a delicacy in Japan and Korea.

Blue Whale Facts

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet, weighing as much as 200 tons (approximately 33 elephants). The blue whale has a heart the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. Its stomach can hold one ton of krill and it needs to eat about four tons of krill each day. They are the loudest animals on Earth and are even louder than a jet engine. Blue Whales live typically between 80 and 90 years, with some reaching up to 110 years of age. Aside from cleaning krill from the plates in its mouth, the blue whale tongue weighs about as much as an elephant, or a daily car. They are the heaviest animals known to ever live on the planet.

BlobFish Facts

These marine animals don't have a full skeleton or muscles, and the stomach is inside their body. Their bodies are made up of a blobby substance with a density that is slightly lower than water, allowing them to float above the seafloor. With large black eyes, a large mouth, and a bulbous nose, the blobfish features a globulous head that makes up 40 percent of its body mass. Unlike many other fish species, blobfish don't have scales - instead, they have loose, flabby skin. With large black eyes, a large mouth, and a bulbous nose, the blobfish features a globulous head that makes up 40 percent of its body mass. These deep-ocean swimmers have a single closed circulatory system. They can reach more than two feet in length, although, on average, they are typically one-foot long.

What are Ocean Volcanoes?

Hundreds of islands across the globe have been formed from Hawaii to Indonesia to Iceland by submarine volcanoes. Submarine volcanoes are exactly what they sound like—volcanoes located beneath the ocean’s surface. Because they erupt into water instead of air, submarine volcanoes behave quite differently than terrestrial volcanoes. For instance, it’s uncommon for submarine volcanoes to have explosive eruptions. The sheer weight of the water above them creates very high pressure, usually resulting in what are known as passive lava flows along the seafloor. Most submarine eruptions do not disturb the ocean surface. Formed from nothing but rock, volcanic islands have surprisingly vibrant ecosystems. These ecosystems evolve over millions of years, along with the island itself. Life on volcanic islands starts with autotrophic bacteria's most basic building blocks.

How Much of the Ocean have we really Explored?

The ocean is a huge body of saltwater that covers about 71 percent of Earth’s surface. The planet has one global ocean, though oceanographers and the countries of the world have traditionally divided it into four distinct regions: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic oceans. An estimated 97 percent of the world’s water is found in the ocean. Because of this, the ocean has a considerable impact on weather, temperature, and the food supply of humans and other organisms. Despite its size and impact on the lives of every organism on Earth, the ocean remains a mystery. More than 80 percent of the ocean has never been mapped, explored, or even seen by humans. A far greater percentage of the surfaces of the moon and the planet Mars has been mapped and studied than of our own ocean floor.

Great White Shark Facts

Great White Sharks are found in oceans all over the world (except Antarctica), where they inhabit mainly coastal waters. They are apex predators and are famous for being incredible hunters. Their diet includes fish, marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds. The only thing known to hunt great whites are orcas and other sharks. While most sharks are cold-blooded, meaning they are unable to control their body temperatures, great white Sharks are warm-blooded. This means that they are able to raise and lower their body temperature, allowing them to live in colder waters. They have up to 300 serrated and triangular teeth. These teeth are in 5 rows and are 3.81-6.35cm long. They regularly lose and replace these teeth and may grow up to 200,00 of them in a lifetime.

Clownfish Facts

You may recognize this fish from the popular children's movie ¨Finding Nemo¨. Some interesting facts about this fish are that clownfish live in the coral reefs off the coasts of Australia and Southeast Asia as far north as southern Japan. They are found mainly around certain kinds of anemones, a creature that anchors themselves to the sea floor and uses their tentacles to attract food. Clownfish are omnivores, which means they eat meat and plants. They typically eat algae, zooplankton, worms, and small crustaceans. All anemonefish, including clownfish, are hermaphrodites. They are all born male, according to National Geographic. They have the ability to turn themselves female, but once the change is made, they can’t go back to being male. Sometimes the change is made when mating. Two males will become mates and the larger, dominant fish will become the female.

Mythical Creature: The Sirens

Not all sea monsters are ugly, and not all sea monsters look threatening. This is what makes the Sirens so dangerous. Sailors would be lured by the beautiful looks and singing voices to cause sailors to wreck their ships along the rocky coast of the Sirens. Half-birds, half-beautiful maidens, the Sirens were singing enchantresses capable of luring passing sailors to their islands, and, subsequently, to their doom. Daughters of the river god the Achelous and a Muse, they were fated to die if anyone should survive their singing. Do you think that the sirens are just another greek folklore or are secretly hiding in the deepest, most hard-to-reach places of the earth?

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Mythical Creature: Kraken

In Norse mythology, the Kraken is a giant Octopus that brings terror upon those sailors who sail in the waters where it lives. The Kraken would wrap its giant tentacles around the ships and pull the ships to the bottom of the sea, devouring them along the way. The Kraken is a legendary sea monster of giant size that is said to exist off the coasts of Norway and Greenland. Initially, Kraken was considered to be similar to giant crabs, having similar characteristics to giant whales as well. However, in later versions, Kraken has been described as a big creature resembling an octopus. The suckers on their tentacles have spikes. Do you think the Kraken is true mythology or is it actually a real thing considering only 5% of the ocean has been discovered?

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Have you ever heard of a Blue Tang?

If you have ever watched the movie Nemo, you may recognize this fish. True blue tangs are restricted to coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea and surrounding waters and are often confused with two other surgeonfishes that inhabit the same waters, the doctorfish and ocean surgeonfish, as all three species look similar. Blue tangs are herbivores, and they actively browse the surface of coral reefs, searching for their favorite algae. Though larger individuals sometimes browse by themselves or in pairs or threesomes, small to medium adults often form large groups and swim long distances, browsing along the reef surface throughout the day. With overfishing of their main predators (e.g., large groupers and snappers) and a reduction of some of their main competitors for algae (e.g., the Longspine Urchin), numbers of adult blue tangs can be quite high on many reefs. Juveniles live among dead coral rubble or in mangrove forests in more protected waters and move to the open reef surface as they mature. Adult blue tangs are solid blue (or almost dark purple), while juveniles are solid yellow.

What are Marine Animals

Sharks, stingrays, skates, eels, puffers, seahorses, and clownfish are all examples of fishes. Marine mammals are a group of animals that can either partially or completely aquatic vertebrates that have lungs, have hair (at least at one point in their life), produce milk for live birth, and are endothermic.

The Atlantic goliath grouper, like most groupers, is an ambush predator and eats fairly large fishes and invertebrates and even small sharks. Reefs with large numbers of predators, like Atlantic goliath groupers, are known to be healthier than reefs with no predators, so this species may represent an important part of the reef food web. Atlantic goliath groupers feed by swallowing their prey whole; they do not chew. They use their very large mouths to create enough negative pressure to suck in whole fishes or large invertebrates, and they swallow them quickly and efficiently.

New Species Discovered

This new animal species discovered this year, 2022, is known as the Tapir frog. Found in Basin, Peru. Little is known about this animal so far, though. Also known as the Rana danta, many people compare it to the already discovered chocolate tree frog. They have a tapir - like a nose which is where the name comes from.

Endangered Species: Fin Whale

The fin whale is the second largest mammal on earth, next to the magnificent blue whale. They can grow to weigh up to 80 tons and 65-85 feet in length. Behind their dorsal fin is a distinct ridge, which gives it a nickname you may know more as ¨razorback.¨ The main places they can be found are in the Arctic, the Gulf of California, and the Coral Triangle. These animals are needed for the world, whales are at the top of the food chain and have been hunted from 1904-1979. Their current status and locations are minimal and unknown outside the Northern Atlantic. Commercial whalers mostly hunt these animals for oil, meat, and baleen.

The fast and furious Salt Water Crocodile, also known as the Saltwater croc for short. These are the largest living reptiles today. Able to grow to an astounding 6-7 meters for males and can weigh up to 1,000 -1,200 kg. Female salties are much smaller than males, and most do not grow larger than 3 meters. Salties are generally found as far from the northern shores of Australia to Sri Lanka. They are also very strong swimmers, so are also often found very far out from land. Most saltwater crocs are born as juveniles in freshwater, then migrate to salty waters as they are more commonly found in saltwater inlets near rivers. Being the largest living reptile there is little that it is preyed upon, but is the predator to.

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