Shark
This is the longest living shark, reaching around 400 years of age
What is Greenland Shark
Like a shark's skeleton, a stingray's body is made up of
What is cartilage
This is the biggest whale in the ocean, reaching lengths of 90ft
What is the Blue Whale
Crush from Finding Nemo is this kind of sea turtle
What is a Green Sea Turtle
This is name of the Act that Protects Seals and other marine mammals from humans
What is the Marine Mammal Protection Act
This is the number of gills on each side of a shark
What is 5 - 7 gills (depending on the species)
This is what is found along the tail and used for defense, typically in groups of 1-3
What is a barb
Dolphins use this to "see" prey in dark and murky water
What is Echolocation
This freshwater turtle with yellow on its face and red on its shell is common in the Stonehill Ponds
What is the Painted Turtle
This is the name of the group of seals with no ear flaps
What is "earless" or "true" seals
(Phocidae)
These are the structures that a shark's skin is made of
What are denticles
A stingray breathes by drawing in water through openings on top of its head, called
What are spiracles
*also found in some sharks, such as nurse and angel sharks*
This is the oceanic region that Belugas are usually found in
What is the Arctic
This bug eats baby turtle egg shells
What are ants or beetles
Seals are VERY distant relatives to this land animal
What are dogs
This is the membrane protecting a shark's eyes from injury, especially during feeding or attacking
What is the nictitating membrane
This hunting technique involves a stingray suctioning buried prey into its jaws
What is tenting
This is the feature that bigger whales have to help them filter feed
What is baleen
This is one of the largest turtles in the sea, reaching weights up to 1,500 pounds!
What is the Leatherback Turtle
This is the group of seals that sea lions are a part of
What is eared seals
(Otariidae)
This is the sensory organ sharks use to detect electrocurrents
What is ampullae of lorenzini
The flattened, disc-shaped body of rays and skates places them in this larger group of fishes, along with sharks
What are elasmobranchs
This species dives deep into the ocean to eat giant squids
What is a sperm whale
These are two trash items that are known to hurt sea turtles the most
What are 6-pack plastic holders and trash bags
While pinnipeds cannot smell underwater, their extremely sensitive whiskers, or this feature, can detect the hydrodynamic trails left by a fish swimming up to 30 seconds earlier
What are vibrissae