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AQUATIC LIFE
Interesting Facts of Aquatic Life

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With over 72% of the
Earth’s surface covered by
salt water, the Earth’s oceans
are home to
230,000 known species. And
that’s with only 5% of the
Earth’s oceans considered
explored!

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JELLY FISH
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INTERESTING FACTS
Jelly Fish are living on earth from millions of years. They are even older than
dinosaurs.

Jelly Fish consists of 90% water.

Jelly Fish have no brain , heart , bones and blood .

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Interesting Facts
Jelly Fish can glow in dark . It helps them to catch prey and distract
predators.

Jelly Fish can clone themselves. If a jelly fish is cut into two parts then
each part will grow into a new jelly fish

Jelly Fish can be transparent or they may be pink, red , blue and yellow .

Jelly fish can sting it’s prey and paralyze it.

JELLY FISH

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SQUIDS

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SQUID

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 Squids have a short life span. They can live a year or
maximum 18 months.
 Squids can change their body color and pattern . They
use different patterns for communication.
 The giant squid has the largest eyes out of any other
creature in world.
 Squids have three hearts.
 They are believed to be fastest of all
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OCTOPUS
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 FACTS ABOUT
OCTOPUS
Octopuses are widely considered to be the
most intelligent of all invertebrates.

 Octopuses have three hearts. And blue

blood.

 Octopuses have eight arms and each arm

has a mind of its own.

 Rather than swimming, octopuses often

walk along the seafloor
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when an octopus swims, the
heart that pumps blood to its
organs stops beating, so crawling
is a more efficient, less
exhausting alternative.

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DOLPHINS
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 DOLPHINS
 The name 'dolphin' is used casually
as a synonym for bottlenose
 Dolphins are known for their playful
behavior, they are highly intelligent.

 Dolphins are mammals, they need to

come to the surface of the water to
breathe.

 Dolphins use a blowhole on top of their

heads to breathe.
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 DOLPHINS
 Female dolphins are called
cows, males are called bulls
and young dolphins are called
calves.
 Dolphins sleep with only half
of their brain and one eye
open.

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THANK YOU
Seahorse
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 SEAHORSE
 There are about 40 known
species of seahorse.
 Seahorses prefer to swim in
pairs with their tails linked
together.
 Because of their body shape,
seahorses are rather inept
swimmers and can easily die of
exhaustion when caught in
storm-roiled seas

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 SEAHORSE
 Seahorses have no teeth and no
stomach. Food passes through their
digestive systems so quickly, they
must eat almost constantly to stay
alive.

 Rarer still, they are among the only

animal species on Earth in which the
male bears the unborn young.
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SHARKS
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 SHARKS
 There are more than 465 known
species of sharks.

 Sharks do not have bones they are

made of cartilage.

 Shark’s skin feels similar to

sandpaper which reduces friction .

 Each whale shark spot pattern is

unique as a fingerprint.
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SHARKS
 Whale sharks are the biggest
fish in ocean.
 Unlike other fish , sharks can
only swim forward . There fins
are stiff and can’t be controlled
by muscles.
 Most sharks don’t like the taste
of humans , so they just take a
bite.

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WHALES
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 WHALES
 The blue whale is the largest
creature ever to have lived on Earth
. It is even larger than any of
dinosaurs .
 The heart of blue whale is the size
of VW beetle car .
 The sperm whale’s huge head,
which is up to a third of its overall
body length, houses the heaviest
brain in the animal kingdom

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 WHALES
 Some species of whales are among
the longest lived mammals .
Scientists estimate that bowhead
whales can live for more than 200
years .
 Whales started to live in water about
50 million years ago.
 Whales have evolved from
“Pakicetus” a four-footed land
mammal .

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WHALES

Pakicetus fossil
was found for the
first time in
Pakistan back in
1983 .

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