| First, the extremely 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
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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 |
