Intro:
In this book you will find out about some animals in the water all over the world. By the time you reach the end your brain will be growing and full the knowledge you learned. But Otherwise I hoped you enjoyed learning about the world around you!
Rivers and streams:
Manatees
Manatees or in other ways known as sea cows are large mammals. They eat sea grass like cows which is how they got their names.west indian manatees munch around eating tons of gallons of grass as they move. Even though they weigh a ton they can stay afloat. They also use their flippers to push food into their mouths and to swim. Also their endangered because people take boats around where they live and usually run over them on accident. In this way many manatees die causing them to go endangered and maybe even extinct.
Hippopotamus:
Hippopotamus are large creatures.They weigh about 4500 KG! With small legs and bulky bodies they can move surprisingly quick,gracefully in the water and trotting on land.They eat at night a diet of grass and plants and during the day they rest in the water.
Dolphins:
Dolphins are mammals. They live in water.They speak and communicate with others by using various loud,soft,long and short clicks and squeaks. They can evan find there way in deep,muddy water at night! They eat fish,squid and other small fish related animals in the water. There teeth are cone shaped so they can bite well and catch well. Their very playful and would never harm people. They also have small whiskers around their snout. Dolphins are suffering from loud noises such as boats,ships and submarine but there is no laws on hunting or protecting dolphins because they're very common and can come very quick.
Whales:
Fin:
The fin whale is the second largest whale because it is 82 feet long!They weigh up to 77 pounds! Also there the fastest,strongest largest swimming whale.
Beluga:
Belugas are small toothed whale. They are 16.5 feet long and one of the smallest whales. They live in the atlantic ocean and the places where icebergs rest.
Brydes:
Bryde's whales are the most tropical whale in the world! They prefer warm water to cold. Hunters don’t shoot them or hunt them in any way because they're to small and tiny. Also the females are around 14 feet the males are 13.4. They live near tropical waters.
Orca:
Orcas are not true whales there dolphins. Actually the largest dolphin ever! They eat seals,fish,squid and sea birds. Many people are scared of them but there is not that much to fear of.
Sperm:
They are the largest toothed whale in the world. There also the largest meat eater they eat fish,squid and more. The males are larger than the females and males can grow to 65 feet.
Sharks and turtles:
Great white:
There know all over the world and man eaters people live in fear of them but the already live in fear of us. They are the largest hunting shark making a record of 23 feet and are rare species
Stingray:
The end of their tails give powerful and painful stings,but can sometimes be friendly. When hunting they bury themselves partly in sand and then catch their small prey. They eat small animals that come near.
Leatherback turtle:
Mantaray:Leatherbacks are tough and weight 648.6371 KG (1430.000024 LBS)! There 6 feet long and there shells are tough and leathery. Also they use their front legs to swim and eat jellyfish.
Sharks and turtles:
While only 30 people die from sharks 10000000 sharks die every year from people and yet were the one’s who are afraid!? Turtles are almost extinct! Shark may pe the top predator but we kill em all. Sharks lived 200 million years before dinosaurs.
Birds on beaches:
Gull:
There are 43 species as gulls. Seagulls are not true gulls, not even a gull! They eat fish and crabs dead or alive! Also they can soar around for hours on end without getting tired.
Cormant:
A cormorant eggs are pale blue and they only lay four. They nest up on a cliff or in a tree.They are not prepared with water proofed wings but they spend most of their time in water so it take hours to dry their wings. Because they dive into the water to get their food. They swallow their food whole.
Brant goose:
To speak a brant goose grunts,croaks and chatters. They build there nest by making a moss wall in a circle. They usually lay 5 eggs and the dad guards them while the mom sits on them. They eat salt water plants.
Sandpiper:
Sandpipers are the same color of the grass the live near so their nest is hidden.There eggs are pink brown and there usually are 4 of them in each nest.The babies leave the nest as soon as they're born. They live in the americas and curve the tip of their wing to land.
puffin:
Puffins lay nest and lay eggs in colonies. They nest on the ground.Throughout the year they get duller. When they dive their wings stick to their side and they eat fish. To move in land they jump from rock to rock and waddell and walk near edges of cliffs.
Swan:
There are 8 specie of swan six are white colored,one black from australia and one with both colors, black and white from south america. A baby is called a cygnet. The mute swans never migrate unlike the other swan specie.
Pelican:
Pelicans don’t look good when they land but they can swim very gracefully and elegant.Their the most powerful bird. And dive or snatch fish to eat in their wide mouth that can make a carrying basket for fish. It takes bird skills to be able to catch food in their mouth so they can eat but some can’t or are too young to do it so they starve and die.
Fish:
Pirhana:
A piranhas sharp teeth are used as a cutting tool in south american tribes. Their teeth are so sharp they cut wood and may leave marks on metal. They don’t often attack but you may want to be careful still. Though they sometimes eat fruit and any fish.
Chichlid:
There are 1000 species of cichlid. They live in Africa,India,Madagascar and latin america. They're very popular fish in aquariums. When they're born they spend 3 weeks in their mother's mouth and the poor mother does not eat all that time till they hatch this is called mouthbrooding. When the babies are born the spend a while feeding on their mothers and fathers scales and some certain cells. They can grow as large as a goat and smaller than a penny. Some eat other fish that don’t eat them!
Goldfish:
Goldfish can be kept as a pet. But they need lots of space for their very active and need space to move. They are the perfect pet for and child any age for they live up to 30 years or less!Some have evan been trained to open a door and get a treat.plus there are 100 species to choose from!
Guppy:
Guppies live in ponds and lakes. They may be only 4 cm but their beautiful fish and the person who discovered them was named Dr Guppy. Plus they're really easy to care for!
Squid:
Squid are the most important sea creature. They glow in the dark and their eye is as big as a dinner plate sometimes! Their sharp beak is designed to eat their fish food.There as quick as a jet and use water to move by pushing in and out the water.
Conclusion:
I hope that you learned a lot and that you changed your mind on animals under water. Maybe you changed so much you want to save one or help one. Well spread the word and tell everyone what you learned. Maybe you so smart you could write about it!
