Ocean Animals Facts Ks2
No larger animal has ever lived on Earth.
Ocean animals facts ks2. Ocean animals are organisms that live in the ocean. Over 90 of the life on Earth lives in the ocean. Ocean animals can include marine mammals birds fish cephalopods corals sharks and reptiles.
The Mariana Trench is the deepest point in the ocean at 36000 feet deep. We have a long way to go in terms of discovering what wonders the oceans. Animals can become entangled in fishing nets and plastic rings.
With the dolphin and the sea otter among them ocean animals include some of the most complex fascinating and intelligent beings on our planet. A shrimps heart is in their head. This is because there are more plants and animals to eat near the waters surface.
There are many amazing animals that live in the Pac. The largest living animal on Earth - the blue whale - and the biggest population of large carnivores - the seals- evolved only after they returned to the depths. Dolphins sleep with one eye open to keep an eye out for predators.
The size of ocean animals varies greatly some are microscope while others are enormous. Some ocean animals spend most of their life in the waters near the land. The largest animal on Earth the blue whale lives in the ocean.
Animals such as seahorses clownfish and sea turtles all live on coral reefs which would be considered a coastal habitat. Even corals themselves are animals. The study of animals and other elements of marine biology dates back to Aristotle who lived from 384 to 322 BC.