Banded Sea Krait
The venom affects the banded sea krait’s prey’s diaphragm, paralyzing it and preventing the poor animal from breathing properly or being able to escape.
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Category: Sealife
Dwarf Puffer Fish
When one dwarf puffer fish starts to “become” a male, it will secrete certain hormones in order to deter development in another dwarf puffer fish.
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Spinner Dolphin
The spinner dolphin can complete as many as 6 spins before re-entering the water and can leap out of the water while spinning as many as 7 times in a row!
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Common Octopus
The common octopus has three hearts! One functions to send oxygenated blood to the body, and the other two pump blood to the gills.
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Great White Shark
Great white sharks have a powerful sense of smell which they use to help them detect prey in deep water.
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Japanese Spider Crab
The largest crustacean currently known to man, the Japanese spider crab can grow as large as 12.5 feet from one claw to another.
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Spotted Eagle Ray
The pattern of spots on each spotted eagle ray are unique to each individual and can actually be used as identification markers.
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Tasselled Wobbegong
The name “wobbegong” is of Australian Aboriginal origin and means “shaggy beard”, denoting the critter’s distinct fringe surrounding its head.
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Shovelnose Guitarfish
Their genus name “Rhinobatis” comes from ‘Rhine’, meaning Shark in Greek; and the latin word ‘Basis’ referring to rays.
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Bull Shark
Bull sharks are characterized by their unique width-to-length ratio that gives them a stocky appearance that differentiates them from other sharks.
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Common Carp
Common carp are an important fish for aquaculture economics and have even been recorded to be farmed fish in Roman times.
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