Taxonomy
Polar Bears, Sea Otters, Sea Lions & Seals are all part of this Order
What is Order Carnivora?
What are Sea Lions?
Also known as a Sea Cow & can be found in Florida
What is a Manatee?
Two groups of Cetaceans
The special behavior that enables a dolphin to locate prey using soundwaves
What is Echolocation?
Order Sirenia (2)
This pinniped has toenails and rests on rocks in a banana-like position
What are Seals?
Marine mammal that has dense fur which traps air & acts as an insulator
What is a Sea Otter?
The behavior seen in cetaceans where they purposely wash up on shore likely due to illness or disorientation
What is Beaching (or stranding)?
Similar structures in species separated by millions of years of evolution due to similar lifestyles, observed in marine species
Family Ursidae
What are Polar Bears?
This pinniped has two distinctive tusks that protrude down from their mouth
What is a Walrus?
Unlike most marine mammals, this semi-aquatic animal lives the majority of its life in solidarity
What is the Polar Bear?
Rows of flexible plates made of keratin
What is Baleen?
When the heart beat slows and blood flow to non-essential parts of the body is reduced
What is Bradycardia?
Suborder Odontoceti
What are Toothed Whales?
What are Elephant Seals?
Relative of the Elephant & has a flared-out muzzle & fluke like tail
What is a Dugong?
Largest of the toothed whales, creates ambergris
What is a Sperm Whale?
Breathing technique observed in marine mammals prior to diving
What is Apneustic breathing?
Family Mustelidae
What are Sea Otters?
These pinnipeds live in warmer regions & the Caribbean sub species is now extinct
What are Monk Seals?
Reproductive advantage that allows polar bears to perfectly time when a cub is born
What is Delayed implantation?
Group of whales that feed by gulping up schools of fish & the lower anterior half of the body expands giving an accordion-like grooving pattern
What are Rorquals?
Muscles in marine mammals have a very limited supply of oxygen & go through anaerobic respiration. This leads to a build-up of ...
What is Lactic Acid?