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Ocean Animals
Sea creatures and facts about life in the ocean.
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- Blue whaleAnimal / questionThe largest animal ever known; eats tiny krill
- Humpback whaleAnimal / questionA whale famous for songs and breaching
- Orca (killer whale)Animal / questionA large black and white dolphin that hunts in pods
- Sperm whaleAnimal / questionThe largest toothed whale; dives very deep
- Beluga whaleAnimal / questionA small white whale of Arctic waters
- NarwhalAnimal / questionA whale with a long spiral tusk
- DolphinAnimal / questionA smart, social marine mammal that uses echolocation
- PorpoiseAnimal / questionA small relative of dolphins with a blunt snout
- ManateeAnimal / questionA gentle, slow marine mammal that eats plants
- Sea otterAnimal / questionA mammal that floats on its back and uses tools to crack shells
- WalrusAnimal / questionA large Arctic mammal with tusks
- SealAnimal / questionA marine mammal with flippers and no external ear flaps in true seals
- Sea lionAnimal / questionA marine mammal with ear flaps and large front flippers
- Polar bearAnimal / questionAn Arctic marine mammal that hunts on sea ice
- Great white sharkAnimal / questionA large predator shark
- Whale sharkAnimal / questionThe largest fish; eats plankton
- Hammerhead sharkAnimal / questionA shark with a wide, flat head
- Manta rayAnimal / questionA giant, wing-like filter feeder
- StingrayAnimal / questionA flat fish with a stinging barb on its tail
- ClownfishAnimal / questionAn orange and white fish that lives among anemones
- SeahorseAnimal / questionA fish where the male carries the babies
- PufferfishAnimal / questionA fish that swells with water when threatened
- SwordfishAnimal / questionA fast fish with a long flat bill
- TunaAnimal / questionA fast, strong fish important for food
- SalmonAnimal / questionA fish that swims from the sea up rivers to spawn
- EelAnimal / questionA long, snake-like fish
- AnglerfishAnimal / questionA deep-sea fish with a glowing lure
- Flying fishAnimal / questionA fish that glides above the water
- JellyfishAnimal / questionA soft sea animal with stinging tentacles, no brain or heart
- OctopusAnimal / questionA smart mollusk with eight arms
- SquidAnimal / questionA mollusk with eight arms and two long tentacles
- Giant squidAnimal / questionA deep-sea squid with the largest eyes in the animal world
- CuttlefishAnimal / questionA relative of squid that changes color quickly
- NautilusAnimal / questionA shelled cephalopod with a spiral shell
- Starfish (sea star)Animal / questionA spiny-skinned animal with arms
- Sea urchinAnimal / questionA spiny round animal
- Sea cucumberAnimal / questionA soft, sausage-shaped animal on the seafloor
- CrabAnimal / questionA crustacean with claws and a hard shell
- LobsterAnimal / questionA large crustacean with big claws
- ShrimpAnimal / questionA small crustacean with a curved body
- KrillAnimal / questionTiny shrimp-like animals eaten by whales
- BarnacleAnimal / questionA crustacean that sticks to rocks and boats
- Hermit crabAnimal / questionA crab that lives inside a borrowed shell
- Sea turtleAnimal / questionA reptile that lives in the ocean and lays eggs on beaches
- Sea snakeAnimal / questionA venomous snake adapted to the sea
- Marine iguanaAnimal / questionA lizard that feeds on algae in the sea, found in the Galapagos
- PenguinAnimal / questionA flightless bird that swims
- AlbatrossAnimal / questionA seabird with a very long wingspan
- PelicanAnimal / questionA seabird with a throat pouch
- CoralAnimal / questionA tiny animal that builds a hard skeleton, forming reefs
- SpongeAnimal / questionA simple animal that filters water
- Sea anemoneAnimal / questionA soft animal with stinging tentacles
- SeaweedAnimal / questionAlgae that grows in the sea
- KelpAnimal / questionA large brown seaweed that forms forests
- PlanktonAnimal / questionTiny living things that drift in the sea
- Mollusk examplesAnimal / questionClams, snails, oysters and octopuses
- Great Barrier ReefAnimal / questionThe world's largest coral reef system, off Australia
- BioluminescenceAnimal / questionLight made by living things, as in jellyfish and anglerfish
- PodAnimal / questionA group of whales or dolphins
- SchoolAnimal / questionA group of fish
- BaleenAnimal / questionPlates in some whales' mouths that filter food
- BlowholeAnimal / questionThe nostril on top of a whale's head
- EcholocationAnimal / questionUsing sound echoes to find prey
- GillsAnimal / questionOrgans fish use to get oxygen from water
- FinsAnimal / questionBody parts that help fish steer and balance
- InkAnimal / questionA dark fluid octopuses squirt to hide
- Tide poolAnimal / questionA pocket of water left behind on a rocky shore at low tide
- Intertidal zoneAnimal / questionThe shore area between high and low tide
- Deep seaAnimal / questionThe dark, cold part of the ocean far below the surface
- Mariana TrenchAnimal / questionThe deepest place in the ocean
- Food chain in the seaAnimal / questionPhytoplankton, zooplankton, small fish, larger fish and sharks or whales
- OverfishingAnimal / questionCatching fish faster than they can reproduce
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