Water+Animals

Water Animals__ ** **Harp Seals**: Phylum-Chordata Class-Mammalia Diet-fish, krill, lobsters,shrimp Size-5.25 to 6.25 ft Weight-400lbs Enemies-polar bears, killer whales, and men Habitat-harp seals live in the Arctic Ocean Facts-seals can detect prey with their wiskers Can dive deeply for extended periods of time (up to 2 hours for some species) When a harp seal pup eats, it's teeth grows. When it doesn't eat it's teeth doesn't grow. [|www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/project/3-s/webgame/.../title.html] [|www.animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/.../harp-seal.html] [|www.marinelife.about.com/od/pinnipedssea/ssealions/.../harpseal.htm]
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**Dolphins**: Phylum-Chordata Class-Mammalia Diet-Fish, squid, crabs,shrimp Size-7ft to 9ft long Weight-330lbs to 608lbs Habitat-found in Hawaii and other oceans Facts-can perform in shows because of their amazing learning ability Can stay up to 15 min. under water Can swim 5 to 12 kilometers per hour Click here for more dolphin information [|www.earthtrust.org/wlcurric/dolphins.html] [|www.steugene.put.k12.wi.us/.../dolphinssizeandweight.html] [|www.dolphins-world.com] **Jellyfish**: Phylum-Cnidaria Class-Scyphozoa Diet-snails, small fish Size-can be smaller than an inch or larger than 7ft in diameter Tentacles can be more than 100ft. Enemies-sea turtles and humans Habitat-mostly found in seawater Facts-does not have blood, a brain, or a nervous system Certain species of jellyfish can glow in the dark. Made of more than 95% water. [] [|www.animals.about.com/od/cnidarians/a/tenfactsjellyfi.html]

**Sea Horse**: Phylum-Chordata Class-Osteichthyes Diet-small crustaceans, shrimp, worms Size- 6-12 inches Enemies-fish, birds, crabs, and sea turtles Habitat-coral reefs and sea grass beds Facts- there are so many colors that sea horses can have They can be white, yellow, brown, black, gray, spotted, or banded. When they swim their dorsal fin (the fin on the top part of the fish) can beat 20 to 30 times per second. Snout sucks microscopic animals (can't see with the naked eye) that live in water. [|www.allthesea.com/seahorses.html]

**Sea Stars**: Phylum-Echinodermata Subphylum-Asterozoa Class-Asteroidea Weight-up to 11lbs Size- 4.7 to 9.4 inches Habitat-lay on ocean floors while others live by the coral reefs Predators-most sea stars are not currently endangered (in danger of becoming extinct). But they can be affected by pollution. Diet-they eat mollusks such as clams, oysters, and snails Facts- they can regenerate limbs (grow back certain body parts). Have an eye at the end of each leg but can only see light and darkness Come in many colors. [|www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_star] [|www.animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/.../starfish.html]

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Links to FUN coloring pages: Sea Horse- [] Jelly Fish- [] Dolphin- [] Sea Star- [] Fish- []