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The Interesting Starfish
Starfish are the stars of the ocean.
The starfish can grow up to 3 cm to 12 across. The colors can be
different. The common seastar is bright orange. Starfish
move slowly with their five legs. It eats clams and fish.
The starfish can lay lots of eggs. The coral reef is the home of
starfish. #3 |
The Wonderful Whale
The wonderful black and white killer whale
is 33 ft long. The awesome killer whale moves by using its flukes.
It eats fish, squid, bird, turtles, seals and dolphins. The killer
whale lives in groups called pods. #8 |
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Great White Shark
The great white shark is a dangerous
animal. The great white shark can be a man-eater. The size
of a shark ranges to about 25 ft. long. The open sea is the
shark's home. The shark is important to the food chain of the open
sea. Sharks never stop swimming. If they stop swimming they
will die. #2 |
The Dazzling Dolphin
The dolphins are the playful beauties of
the ocean. They travel in groups called schools. To swim the
dolphin has to flip, flip its flipper and their pectoral fins. All
kinds of dolphins eat mainly fish and red squid. Dolphins live in
all the tropical and warm oceans. A dolphin is 12 feet (3.7
m) long. That means it weighs more that 1,400 pounds (635 kg).
A dolphin is mostly black and white. I can dive far down, more
than 1000 feet (300 cm). It can jump 20 feet out of water and dive
into the water. The dolphin tries to avoid big sharks and killer
whales. Finally the dolphins have a single calf at summer
after10-11 months. Dolphins are usually found the the open sea.
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The Little Brown Seahorse
A seahorse is a very unusual animal.
The seahorse travels very slowly. It can hide by changing colors.
It hides from its enemy. The seahorse lives in groups. It
has over 100 babies. In the ocean nothing ends. The seahorse
is found in the coral reef. #4 |
The Interesting
Porcupine Fish
A
porcupine fish could have alot of poisons. A porcupine fish has a
lot of prickly spines too. A porcupine fish is 20 inches long.
Porcupine fish are yellow. A porcupine fish ahs a special way of
swallowing water that puffs the fish up. If it puffs up too much,
it blows up and dies. #15 |
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The Giant Manta Ray
The manta ray flies through the sea
with its wings. Manta rays mostly eat plankton. Manta rays
can fly 15 feet out of the water. It is white and black with gray
spots on the back. Manta rays can be 2 feet long. Manta rays
are the coolest sea creatures. #12 |
The Great Cuttlefish
The cuttlefish can change its color to all
kinds of colors. The cuttlefish can spray ink to confuse its
predators from eating it. The cuttlefish is a fish that swims
extremely fast. They weight around 1 or 2 pounds. The are
not very big. #15 |
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The Cool Clown Fish
A clown fish is very interesting. The
clown fish has different colors. It has orange, blue and white
stripes. It has white teeth. It lays eggs in the water.
A clown fish has a tail fin to swim with. The clown fish lives in
the warm ocean. The clown fish eats crustaceans and other reef
organisms. The clown fish lives in the southwestern Pacific
north of Queen island. The clown fish is 4 1/4 inches long.
The anemone protects the clown fish. #1 |
The Unusual Wrasse
The wrasse is an unusual animal.
The wrasse is a very long fish. The size of the wrasse is 30 cm.
The wrasse lives in the shallow sea. The wrasse is a little doctor
fish. The wrasse lives alone. Wrasse eat small crustaceans
and sea urchins. There are a bunch of animals that want to eat the
wrasse. The female wrasse turn into males when they are very old.
The wrasse helps many oceans turn into males when they are very od.
The wrasse helps many ocean animals clean their teeth and gills.
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