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~ SharkFriends Dolphin and Porpoise Page ~ Just click the name of the dolphin or porpoise, on the image map below, that you are interested in learning more about... Images on the dolphin/porpoise pages are copyrighted. * Cool Dolphin Trivia: Dolphins can move their eyes independently from each other, similar to a gecko lizard, this allows a dolphin to be able to see from different angles at the same time which helps them when looking out for predators. Dolphins also sleep with one eye open... so half their brain is resting while the other half stays on alert for predators.

~ Harp & Harbor Seals ~ HARP SEAL Natural History: Adult male harp seals grow to about 1.7 m and 130 kg; females are slightly smaller. Gregarious by nature, harp seals haul out in dense herds to give birth and moult. Females and males reach sexual maturity at approximately 4-6 years of age. A single pup weighing about 10 kg (22 lbs) is born each year from mid February to March. Mating occurs after the pups are weaned at about 12 days. After mating, adult males are joined on the mo ...

~ The Manatee ~ In the quiet backwaters, just below the surface, lurks the fabled manatee, a cuddly "sea cow" that often relaxes in the shallow water. Human onlookers delight in spotting one, especially when it suddenly takes a splash. Manatees are surprisingly agile and can perform somersaults, tail stands and other graceful underwater maneuvers. These large, seal-shaped mammals can reach a length of 4.5 meters and weigh more than 1,000 kilograms. No wonder. Manatees eat seagrass and ...

~ The Octopus ~ An octopus has a soft body and eight arms. Each arm has two rows of suction cups. If it loses an arm, it will eventually regrow another arm. It has blue blood. An octopus has an eye on each side of its head and has very good eyesight, but an octopus cannot hear. Octopi live on the ocean floor. They are mainly shy, solitary animals. The octopus swims by a kind of jet propulsion, spewing out water from its body to propel itself through the water. There are over 100 ...

~ Sea Horse ~ NAME: The name is derived from the resemblance of the head to that of a horse. DESCRIPTION: A sea horse has long, tubular jaws much like a snout. The body is compressed, with an elongated tail, and the integument (external covering) is a series of large, rectangular bony plates, with a series of spines and projections along the lines of juncture. These spines, together with the divided, streamerlike fins of some species, give them a strong resemblance to the seaweeds am ...

~ The Sea Otter ~ The sea Otter is perhaps the best known of the otter family. When you think of an otter, most probably the first thing that comes to your mind is the cute, cuddily face of the Southern Sea Otter. There are, in fact, two kinds of Sea Otters, Southern Sea Otters, which live more to the south than Alaskan Sea Otters. Other than the distinction in size and habitat, they are very much alike. Sea Otters are unique marine mammals in that they use tools such as rocks to o ...

~ Sea Snakes ~ NAME: Sea snake is the common name for certain marine members of a family of venomous snakes. HABITAT: Sea snakes inhabit tropical waters from the Indian ocean to the Pacific ocean. Sea snakes are particularly abundant in the Persian Gulf and the Bay of Bengal. SIZE: Most sea snakes are not large, ranging from about 1.6 to 3.3 feet in length, although Stokes's sea snake can reach nearly 6 and a half feet. REPRODUCTION: One group of sea snakes, sometimes called th ...

~ Sea Turtles ~ Sea turtles are perfectly adapted for life in the oceans. They are large long-lived animals (50 to 100 years?) with relatively streamlined shells. The swimming limbs are held out to the sides more than downwards, making movement on land very difficult and awkward. The front flippers are generally elongated and provide the main propulsive force. The hind flippers are large and spadelike and the females use these when digging their nests in the sand. Sea turtles absorb ...

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