Jellyfish may grow to 120 feet, have stinging tenacles that are painful but not fatal, except for this one species which stings like a lightning bolt...
What is "Portuguese Man o War"
100
California sea otters, members of the -----------family, can walk on land, love to slide and play, but spend most of their time in the ocean, diving to the sea floor to forage for food
What is "weasel"
100
Largest whale in world...dives with tail straight up in the air, and gives out extremely loud noises...grunts, moans, and hums.
What is Blue Whale
100
The giant catfish is the biggest scaleless ________________ (salt or freshwater) fish..growing up to 16 feet.
What is "freshwater"
100
This fish can envelope itself in a transparent cocoon at night, as protection from the moray eel.
What is "Parrot Fish"
200
The Octopus and squid both have __________hearts.
What is "three"
200
Another playful, sociable animal is the seal, including sea lions. The only difference is the existence or non-existence of an external ear and which flippers they use for ______________.
What is "movement" or "walking"
200
Found in all oceans this whale is very social, lives in family groups called pods, playful and trainable, loves leaping, highly intelligent.
What is "Killer Whale" also known as the "Orca".
200
Comical swimmers who also have stinging tenacles are the striped______________.
What is Clown Fish
200
This sea animal lays eggs in a pouch which the male has and he carries them until they hatch.
What is "Seahorse"
300
This crab is not a true crab...it is a beach scavenger, changes shells when it grows too big- can grow to 12 inches, and also its great pinchers can crack a coconut after climbing a palm tree to get it.
What is "Hermit Crab"
300
Mantas are large eagle rays... When caught in a net at sea, they do somersaults and tangle themselves even more, trying to get free because they cannot swim _______.
What is "backwards"
300
White with no dorsal fin, this whale has a high pitched twitter sound...stocky body...lives in northern oceans...about 18 feet at maturity.
What is "Beluga Whale"
300
Eating parasites off other fish is the job of this fish.
What is "Cleaner" Fish
300
These fish can glide about 160 feet above water, by flapping their tails 70x a second to propel themselves out of the water, and then using their long fins as wings.
What is "Flying Fish"
400
A Dinosaur Fish was caught in Mississippi believed to be 50-70 years old..on display now in a Natural Museum there.
He was 370 lbs, 8 feet long and 47 inches around the belly.
It actually was a freshwater________________Gar.
What is "Alligator (Gar)
400
Dolphins are extremely intelligent, social, and trainable.
Spinner dolphins can leap and spin _________times around
What is "four"
400
The great whale (Baleen whale) does not have_______
but filters its food through "plates".
What is "Teeth"
400
This fish does not look like a fish but a farm animal
What is "Seahorse"
400
The Mudskipper Fish can climb Mangrove trees in Malaysia as they have ______________to assist in climbing
What is "suckers or suction cups"
500
The largest shark is the whale shark..gentle giants with thousands of incredibly small teeth, but not dangerous to man. Sharks have eyelids that close from the __________ _________________ and can hear or detect a weak struggling sea animal from 2 kilometers away.
What is "bottom to top"
500
The mermaid legend comes from a sea animal called a Dugong, a relative of the dolphin, which from a distance resembles a __________ form with a tail
What is "human" or "woman's"
500
One of the larger whales 39-52 feet, this one is very acrobatic..found world-wide, playful and loves slapping the water with its tail.
What is "Humpback"
500
Named for a jungle animal, this fish stings like a bee and can swallow animals as large as itself because it has a huge mouth.
What is "Lion Fish"
500
Red Rock Lobsters which live around the Pacific coast of USA have no____________. It taks 7 years for a lobster to grow to eating size.