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Transcript of Sea Creatures A fact resource By Linda Polomski. OctopusSlide 2 The octopus is a mollusk that has no...
Sea Creatures
A fact resource
By Linda Polomski
Octopus Slide 2
The octopus is a mollusk that has no outside shell. There are over 100 different species of octopuses. The giant octopus lives in the Pacific Ocean. This large species can weigh 110 pounds and measures 20 feet across from arm tip to opposite arm tip. The smallest octopus lives in the Indian Ocean. It weighs less than 1 ounce and measures about 1 inch from arm tip to arm tip.
The body of the octopus has no bones. An octopus has 8 arms or tentacles. If an octopus loses a tentacle, then a new arm grows in its place. The life of an octopus is very short. Many octopuses live for less than one year. Though the largest octopus can live for 3 years.
Shark Slide 3
A shark is a fish. There are 370 different kinds of sharks that live all around the world. The whale shark is not only the largest shark in the world, it is also the largest fish in the world. Whale sharks may grow up to 40 feet long and weigh over 14 tons. While the smallest of sharks measures around 6 inches long and weighs about 1 ounce
Kinds of sharks. Sharks, rays and skates belong to the same group of fishes. Not all sharks are meat-eaters. Basking sharks and whale sharks feed on plankton.
Whale slide 4
The whale is a mammal. The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived. Blue whales can measure up to 100 feet long and weigh over 200 tons. Whales use lungs to breathe, and must surface to get air. The sperm whale can hold its breath for 75 minutes at a time.
Major kinds of whales. There are two major kinds of whales. The baleen whale has hundreds of thin plates in its mouth instead of teeth. These baleen act as a strainer to filter food out of the water. Baleen whales eat plankton. The second major kind of whale is the toothed whale, which eats fish, cuttlefish and squid.
Index Slide 5
Baleen whale slide 4 Basking shark slide 3 Blue whale slide 4 Food
Sharks slide 3 Whales slide 4
Giant octopus slide 2 Mollusk slide 2 Shark slide 3 Tentacles slide 2
Works Cited Document or Where I Found my Information Slide 6 1. “ Octopus “, World Book Encyclopedia,
copyright 1992, volume 14, pp 678-679. 2. “ Shark “, World Book Encyclopedia,
copyright 1992, volume 17, pp 374-376. 3. “ Whale “, World Book Encyclopedia,
copyright 1992, volume 21, pp 256-260.