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popular bottlenosed dolphin. Bottlenosed dolphins are the kind of dolphins that kids would
love to swim with. They are very playful. Flipper was a bottlenosed dolphin, and who
didn't love Flipper? Male bottlenosed dolphins grow up to 200 (440 lb.) kg and grow to be
3.7 m (12 ft) long. Females are a little smaller. Their beaks are 20 cm (8 in) long. They
are found in temperate waters where it is never to hot or too cold. They eat many, many
varieties of small fish. |
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The Great White Sharks
are blamed for killing humans, when most of the time it is the bull shark who actually
committed the crime. However, between 1916 and 1968, they were 32 attacks. Of those, only
13 were fatal. Most are 3 to 3.5 (10 to 12 ft) long. Some exceed 6 m (20 ft). and 450 kg
(1000 lb.) but some weigh twice that. They prefer coastal areas and eat fish, squid,
seals, sea lions, and whales. |
| A manatee is a slow
moving sea mammal. There are several species, they vary in length from 2.4 to 3.7 m (8 to
12 ft) long. Manatee's weigh 200 to 600 kg (1,320 lb.). A manatee's closest relative is
the elephant! They eat various plants including seaweed and grasses. They 25 to 43 kg (25
to 53 lb.) in just one day! They have no common enemies, but are killed by humans for
their meat and body oil. They can also get killed by propellers from boats. |
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Hammerhead sharks are
probably the most bizarre looking. Scientist assume that there head looks as it does do to
years of evolution. The shape of their heads make them makes them much better hunters. |
| Mako sharks are less
popular, but very deadly. It seems that there body was made for speed. They are
streamlined so the water does not drag on them. It has been clocked at 97 km (60 miles) an
hour. Their average length is 2 m (6.5 feet) and they weigh up to 453 kg. They eat fish
and squid. The swim in the warm and temperate oceans of the world. |
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The common puffin is
unlike any of the other animals that I have discussed so far. The animal is a bird. It is
29 to 36 cm (11.5 to 14.25 in) tall. It lives in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic
coasts of eastern North America and Western Eurasia. This bird's diet consist mainly of
fish |
