Fish
These fish use enlarged pectoral fins to glide through the air for up to 650 feet to escape predators, reaching speeds of over 35 mph. They achieve flight by swimming at high speeds underwater, launching themselves out of the water, and then spreading their wing-like fins.
What is a Flying Fish?
These creatures are marine gastropods known for their potent and unique venom, which they use to hunt prey by shooting a harpoon-like tooth to inject a cocktail of neurotoxins. Their venom are so complex that scientists are developing new medicines from them, particularly for pain relief.
What is a cone snail?
These creatures are large, social marine mammals known for their tusks, which are used for defense, social status, and hauling themselves out of the water. They are carnivores with a diet of mollusks, crustaceans, and worms, and they have blubber and a thick layer of skin to insulate them from the cold Arctic waters
What is a walrus?
These sharks are the largest predatory fish, known for their large size, sharp teeth, and varied diet of fish and marine mammals. They can live for over 70 years and are found in coastal waters worldwide.
What is a great white shark?
A león marino is,
What is a sea lion?
These fish are deep-sea predators known for their bioluminescent "fishing rod" lure to attract prey in the dark. While most are small, some can grow up to 4 feet long.
What is an anglerfish?
These fish are the world's most venomous fish, known for their excellent camouflage, which allows them to blend in with rocks and coral. While they are poor swimmers, they are rapid ambush predators that can also survive out of water for extended periods.
What is a stonefish?
These creatures are the largest freshwater dolphin species, known for their flexibility and ability to turn their heads up to 90 degrees. They are born gray and turn pinker with age, a color that can vary based on factors like diet and temperature, and males are often pinker than females.
What is a pink river dolphin?
This shark is the largest fish in the world, are filter feeders that eat small organisms, and are found in warm, tropical seas. They are gentle giants with unique spot patterns that help identify individuals, have a long lifespan of 70 to 100 years, and are currently listed as an endangered species.
What is a whale shark?
A tiburón toro is
What is a bull shark?
This fish is a deep-sea dweller known for its bright red lips and ability to "walk" on the ocean floor using modified fins. It is a carnivore that hunts by using a fleshy lure on its head to attract small fish and crustaceans, which it then eats.
What is a red-lipped batfish?
These fish are venomous, invasive predators with distinctive stripes and venomous spines that can cause painful stings to humans. They are native to the Indo-Pacific but have become a major invasive species in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and U.S. Southeast.
What is a lionfish?
This creature has the densest fur of any animal to stay warm, as they lack blubber, and must eat about 25% of their body weight in food each day.
What is a sea otter?
This shark is the fastest shark, capable of bursts up to 46 mph, and is an apex predator with a streamlined body, pointed snout, and triangular fin. These sharks are warm-blooded, can reach lengths of over 13 feet, and are found in temperate and tropical waters worldwide.
What is a shortfin mako shark?
A pez vela is
What is a sail fish?
These fish are deep-sea fish known for their transparent heads, which protect their upward-pointing, tubular eyes that can rotate to look forward.
What is a barreleye?
These creatures are marine invertebrates known for their box-shaped bells and potent venom, with some species considered among the most venomous creatures on Earth.
A: Lion jellyfish
B: Box jellyfish
C: Moon jellyfish
What is B?
These creatures are large, herbivorous marine mammals that live in the warm, shallow coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are known as "sea cows" because they eat seagrass, can live up to 70 years, and are more closely related to elephants than other marine animals.
What is a dugong?
This shark is a large, rare filter feeder with a distinctive large mouth, dark grey-blue top, and white underside. It was only discovered in 1976 and is rarely seen, feeding on krill, plankton, and jellyfish by swimming with its mouth open and filtering food through its gills.
What is a megamouth shark?
A serpiente marina is
What is a sea snake?
These fish are unique fish that can "walk" on land using their pectoral fins, which act like legs, and can breathe air through their gills and skin.
A: Mudfish
B: Landfish
C: Mudskipper
D: Landwalker
What is C
This creature is a floating colony of organisms, not a single jellyfish, that lives in warm oceans worldwide and uses venomous tentacles to catch prey. Its gas-filled float, which can be up to 12 inches long, acts as a sail and is what gives it its name and helps it drift with the wind and currents.
What is a Portuguese man o' war?
These mammals are large, social dolphins known for their black or dark gray bodies and their diet of fish and squid. They are highly social animals, living in pods, and have complex behaviors like prey sharing
What is a false killer whale?
This shark is a rare, deep-sea shark known for its long, blade-like snout and unique jaw that shoots forward to catch prey. These "living fossil" sharks are pinkish in color, have a flabby body, and live in deep waters worldwide, though they are most commonly sighted near Japan.
What is a goblin shark?
A ballena azul is
What is a blue whale?