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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Ten Astonishing Facts About Ocean Animals, You Probably Don’t Know

Do you want to know what ocean animal has blue-colored blood or a sea creature that has no heart, lungs, and brain and yet it lives. To find the answers, just sit down, relax and enjoy reading the rest of the article.

Blue, blue our Earth is blue.. Yes, since 75% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water. The ocean alone is home to more than 200,000 known species. Perhaps, thousands more sea marine animals are there to be discovered since only 5% of the Earth’s oceans have been explored. Below are 10 astonishing facts about ocean animals that you probably don’t know.

Turtles

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Turtles are reptiles characterized by their bony shell. These cold-blooded animals are one of the oldest reptilian where earliest known species have lived about 200 million years ago.

Jellyfish

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Jellyfish comprised the phylum Cnidaria where most species inhabit sea water, but a few species prefers fresh water. Fossils suggest that these gentle creatures have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years.

Shrimps

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Shrimps are crustaceans characterized by their long antennae and long, narrow muscular abdomens. Shrimps are widespread, with most marine species living at depths of up to 5,000 meters. there are a few fresh water shrimps found near rivers and lakes.

Octopus

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Dolphins

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Oysters

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Electric Eel

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Seahorses

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Sea Sponges

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Blue Whales

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14 comments:

  1. Things I don't definitely recognize and realized they do exists, the shrimp does look weird amongst the ordinary shrimp.

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  2. Thanks for the trivia for each of these sea creatures Papaleng. Had no idea that the male seahorses are the one who get pregnant and give birth!! Hmmm...how wonderful if the roles are reversed HAHAHA.

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    1. Add to that the Octopus has 3 hearts! Sometimes you wonder what's the purpose of having 3 hearts at the same time, right?

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  3. I grew up seeing most of these in the shore, kind of miss it now that I live here in the mountain hehehe.

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  4. I love shrimps! But looking at the one in the picture, it kinda scares me. I am glad I do not eat the head, that is creepy to know the heart is in there. :-)

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  5. I didn't know that sea sponges are considered animals and that an octopus has blue blood and three hearts. Now I know! Thanks to your informative post, Papaleng!

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  6. These are very interesting pieces of information. After reading this post, I'm glad I've gained more knowledge about ocean animals :-)

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  7. The Octopus has 3 hearts and a blue colored blood? Now I know these facts. thanks for sharing.

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  8. Whoa I can't believe that a creature can live without a heart. That's just incredible! I thought sea sponges are plants hehe.

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  9. Great new trivias for us. We just adore these sea creatures. It's nice to get to know more about them.

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  10. wow, i have discovered a lot in this post, haha Very informative, worth sharing especially to students.

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  11. I love reading it! Too much trivia and learning here...galing mo talaga Papaleng.

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  12. So many interesting things about sea creatures! I didn't know Octopi have blue blood! :O

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  13. When I thought I knew everything from college lol. Very interesting facts!

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