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Blue whale 🐋
A marine mammal from the cetacean infraorder, belonging to the minke whale family of the baleen whale order.
Interesting fact:
- The largest mammal in the world.
- A whale does not have gills; instead, it has lungs.
- Whales can drown while sleeping.
- In its entire life, a blue whale swims a distance that can be equal to from the earth to the moon.
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Octopuses can “shrink”😧
In addition to having three hearts, blue blood and the ability to change color depending on the environment, octopuses have the amazing ability to penetrate through small holes - many times smaller than their own body.
✔️The fact is that octopuses have no bones, which makes their body elastic. They can easily change the shape of their body and seep into small holes. The main thing is that their powerful, hard jaws penetrate there, and the boneless body, no matter how large it is, will easily penetrate after.
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Irrawaddy dolphin.
Unlike other members of the dolphin family, Irrawaddy dolphins have no beak and have a flexible neck. The reason for this feature is the visible folds behind the head.
When diving to swallow air, Irrawaddy dolphins expose only the upper part of their heads. Inhalation is done very quickly, and only 14% of dives are made with splashes.
🗡 Calling this type of fish a saber fish🐟 is quite justified, because its shape resembles a shiny sword! This is another confirmation that nature amazes with its diversity!🌿🌎👍
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If not, you are missing out on a lot.
An axolotl is the larva of some types of salamanders ♥️
The domestic dragon, as it is often called, is popular among aquarists. He is human friendly and fun to watch.
Interesting fact:
The peculiarity of the axolotl is that it becomes capable of reproduction without ever turning into the adult form of a salamander.
🥰Whales 🐋
Marine mammals from the infraorder Cetacea, not related to either dolphins or porpoises. Killer whales and pilot whales have the word "whale" in their informal names, although according to strict taxonomy they are dolphins.
Interesting facts about whales:
- The ancestors of modern whales plied the waters of the World Ocean 55 million years ago.
- A thick layer of fat protects whales from the cold, so they are able to swim even in the coldest seas
😆Moray eel ✨
A genus of ray-finned fish from the moray eel family. Found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, widespread in the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
Did you know these facts?
- Chain moray eels can leave the water for half an hour to hunt crabs in spills and tide pools.
- Moray eels are mainly nocturnal and marine creatures. Some species are also found in fairly freshwater areas such as tidal creeks and mangrove forests.
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The Galapagos penguin is a species of spectacled penguin, the northernmost and smallest species of the genus. It is unique in that its habitat is located just a few tens of kilometers from the Equator - on the Galapagos Islands. The air temperature there is between +18-28°C, water temperature - +22-24°C.
Galapagos penguins nest near the water. The breeding season lasts all year, so one pair can have up to three litters in a year. Galapagos penguins are monogamous. The eggs are incubated by both parents alternately for 38-40 days. Chicks at the age of 60-65 days go to sea with adult birds. To escape the heat, Galapagos penguins dive into the water or stand with their wings spread and leaning forward to protect their legs. Penguins spend most of the day in the water, hunting in schools for small fish and small crustaceans. As ocean temperatures rise, penguins experience food shortages. During this period they feed alone.
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😲Immortal jellyfish 🧬
Of course, you can kill a jellyfish. And it’s easy to do this without even noticing it. Physical immortality has not yet been found in any living organism on our planet. Most of all jellyfish species live from a few hours to many months before dying, and Turritopsis dohrnii is capable of reverting to a polyp state - the very first stage of the cnidarian life cycle.
Experiments in the laboratory have shown that a jellyfish can begin to “develop” in the opposite direction at any stage of life. Her dome and tentacles stop growing, then various processes and shoots appear on her body, which are overgrown with feeding polyps. As a result, the jellyfish returns to the hydroid stage.
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😀 Shrimp Corallimorph
This shrimp lives (probably predominantly or exclusively) on the elephant ear Amplexidiscus fenestrafer.
😍Baby shark 🦈
Sharks are mostly viviparous, and some of them lay eggs. Like cat sharks, for example. Their eggs are strange, with spiral appendages. They are needed so that the egg securely clings to the algae and does not get carried away by the current.
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😁Striped platidoras
A species of catfish from the armored family. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Lives in the Amazon, Tocantins, Parnaiba, Orinoco and Essequibo river basins in French Guiana and Suriname.
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Incredible ice of Lake Baikal.
So transparent that it allows you to see the underwater world in detail.
When young, the tripod fish has beautiful fins that make it look like a jellyfish. But as they grow older, these beautiful fins harden and turn into stilts. They allow the fish to rest on the seabed and help in hunting. In conditions of poor visibility, these “stilts” are used by fish as tactile organs to identify prey.
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🌀 The harmony of the underwater world enchants, leaving no chance for feigned indifference.
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😲Manta
A species of stingrays of the genus of the same name in the eagle family of the caudal-shaped order, superorder of stingrays. Representatives of the subfamily Mobulinae, which includes manta rays, are the only vertebrates that have three pairs of functioning limbs.
Did you know that he is the largest of the stingrays? The body width of individual individuals reaches 9.1 m, and the weight of large specimens is up to 3 tons.
☺️Blue Marlin 🐟
A species of ray-finned fish from the marlin family. Distributed in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean, mainly in the western part.
Predators hunting fish in the upper layers of water, less often squid. They spend most of their lives in open waters away from the coast. They lead a solitary lifestyle and rarely form flocks. Females can be four times heavier than males. The maximum body weight is 818 kg, and the length is 5 m. They have practically no natural enemies.
👀 Discus fish care for their offspring, like mothers of mammals.
Few fish are distinguished by their ability to care for the younger generation. Most species leave their newly hatched offspring to fend for themselves.
👍 However, discus fish is an exception. Discus fry feed on mucus that the parents secrete around their bodies. This parental care lasts until the fish are old enough to search for food on their own.
🥰Octopus 🐙
A widely known cephalopod, distributed in almost all seas and oceans. These amazing animals can take on different shapes and colors, camouflaging themselves with their surroundings. Octopuses are valued among people due to their taste, which is why today there are entire farms for breeding these animals.
At first glance it may seem that this is a huge stone washed by a sea wave.
But no, this is a huge school of fish.
If they ask me what a real team should look like, I will show them this video.
😄Live fish inside jellyfish 🐠
Despite the fact that the fish is in the body of another creature, it is she who determines the direction of movement and controls the jellyfish.
According to scientists, it is difficult to determine whether the fish are safe or, on the contrary, in trouble.
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The octopus releases a cloud of ink - this is its way of emergency protection from dangers💥🐙🦑🐟
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Phalium glaucum, common name: gray cap, or glaucus cap
This species of snail lives on sandy bottoms with sea grass meadows, in the intertidal and shallow subtidal zones at a depth of about 10 m.
🤔Spotted garden eels - Why is it called so strangely?
Well, first of all, it is clear that “spotted” describes the pattern on the fish’s body.
Secondly, it is called garden because it forms flocks of several hundred individuals. The fish buries itself deep into the sand, leaving only its head on the surface. Thousands of eels peeking out of their holes create the feeling that you are in a real garden, where instead of trees, eels' heads sway in the wind.
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💛 Thecacera pacifica
This is a species of sea slugs, nudibranchs, and marine gastropods of the family Polyceridae.
Deep-sea sea devil.
Their mouth is so large and their body so flexible that they can swallow prey twice their size.