Whale Shark
Describe the appearance of a whale shark.
grey with a pattern of white spots and stripes on its back
Describe the appearance of a pygmy seahorse.
curly tail
Describe the appearance of a Mola Mola.
Describe the appearance of a nautilus.
it has smooth, white spiral shell with orange-brown stripes
Describe the appearance of a dugong.
brownish-grey, thick skin
Where does the whale shark live?
in the world's tropical seas
What does a pygmy seahorse eat?
small shellfish
What is the weight of a Mola Mola?
can weigh more than two tons
What is the size of a nautilus?
about 20cm
What does a dugong eat?
only sea grass
What does a whale shark eat? (both)
plankton, small fish
What is the size of a pygmy seahorse?
less than 2cm
Where does the Mola Mola live?
near the coast in warmer tropical oceans
What does a nautilus eat? (both)
small fish, dead animals
Where does the dugong live? (precise)
in warm coastal areas from East Africa to Australia
What is the size and weight of a whale shark? (both)
up to 12m, up to 30 tons
Where does the pygmy seahorse live? (precise)
Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean, lives attached to plants
What does a Mola Mola eat? (both)
plankton, slow-moving creatures such as jellyfish
Where does the nautilus live? (precise)
in the Indo-Pacific area, during the day it hides in water about 500m deep
What is the size and weight of a dugong? (both)
3-4m, around 400kg
What are the special facts about the whale shark? (both)
the world's largest fish, it can live for more than 100 years
What are special facts about the pygmy seahorse? (both)
very well disguised, the male animals gives birth to the young
What are special facts about the Mola Mola? (both)
slow swimmer, also known as the "sunfish", because it likes to "sunbathe"
What are special facts about the nautilus? (both)
only comes up to the surface of the water at night to look for food, it hasn't changed in millions of years, it's "living fossil"
What are special facts about the dugong? (both)
the largest "vegetarian" at sea, also known as "sea cow", has to come up to the surface to breathe