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Corals Coral reefs are among the most diverse and productive communities on Earth. They are found in the warm, clear, shallow waters of tropical oceans worldwide.
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Whales Found in all the oceans of the world, whales are members of the Cetacea order of marine mammals, which also includes Dolphins and Porpoises. Toothed Whales (Odontoceti) are predators eating a variety of marine wildlife, wheras Baleen Whales (Mysticeti) have a filter called a baleen used to sieve tiny food particles from the water.
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Bottlenose Dolphins Thanks to their graceful beauty, intelligence, acrobatics and playful nature, bottlenose dolphins have fascinated people since ancient times. |
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Octopuses Octopuses belong to a group of animals known as Cephalopoda. Cephalopods include octopus, cuttlefish, squid and the nautilus. |
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Sea Lion The California sea lion is a type of seal that lives in cool waters off the rocky coast of western North America. This marine mammal makes a roaring noise (hence its name), barks, and honks. |
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Sea snakes There are over 50 species of marine snakes in the world, and with few exceptions they are generally confined to the tropical areas of the Indian and Pacific oceans moving up to the Persian Gulf... |
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Sea star The sea star is traditionally referred to as a "starfish", however they are not actually fish at all. Sea stars are related to brittle stars, sea urchins, feather stars and sea cucumbers and belong to the phylum echinoderm. |
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Sea turtles All sea turtle species are listed as endangered except the loggerhead, which is listed as threatened.
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Seadragon Resembling a piece of drifting weed, and hanging almost motionless in the water - the seadragon is a spectacular animal. |
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Seals Seals must be able to maintain a constant core body temperature of close to 38?C in ocean water that may be only, 0 to 5?C. |
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Sharks Sharks can find prey by following the electrical impulses that animals emit, and some species of shark can smell a drop of blood in one million drops of seawater. |
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Stingrays Rays are predominantly marine animals and are found in all oceans. Many are slow moving bottom dwellers. They fall under the order Batoidei which includes 300 to 350 species. |
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