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13 Cards in this Set
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Narwhal Whale
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Very little known about this animal
Gray with mottled white skin Males have a characteristic, spiraling, left front tooth that extends about 8 feet |
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark
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Aggressive but slow moving 13 feet long
Has attacked more humans than other shark species Fins are used for shark fin soup |
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Cone Snail
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Their shells are shaped like a ice cream cone
They hunt and immobilized pray using a harpoon which is a modified radula Once the harpoon is in the prey neutoxins are injected Neutoxins medical benefits include painkillers 1000 X stronger than morphine to treat Alzheimer's epilepsy etc. |
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The Sarcastic Fingerhead
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This animal is found of the North American coast
About 12 inches It has small needle like teeth and snap together to warn intruders |
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The pistol shrimp
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10 joined legs
Related to lobsters crabs in brine shrimp When they snap the claw shuts there is so much for that the resulting sound kills or stuns nearby prey |
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The glass squid
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Has arms and two tentacles
When alarm by a Predator it will inflate itself with the water to scare the predatoraway |
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The vampire squid from hell
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Has a sphincter eye
Covered entirely in light producing organs called photopheres capable of producing disorienting flashes of light Can turn itself inside out for protection looks like a pineapple when it does this |
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Tongue Eating louse
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This parasite enters through the gills of the spotted rose snapper and attaches to the base of its tongue
It extracts blood from the tongue, the tongue dies and parasite replaces te tongue |
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Dumbo Octopus
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Common name after a Disney character
swallows there prey whole Weight 6 pounds |
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Beluga Whale
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11-15 feet long
Eat fish Nickname "sea canaries" Can make faces Live in cold water near Artic Circle can blow bubble rings |
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Lion Fish
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Size 11-15 inch
Venom delivered by needle Eat anything that fit I there mouth Live up to 15 years Has NO predators due to its venomous spines |
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Geoduck
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Lives coast of OR and WA
About 10 pounds Can live up to 150 years Neck can stretch about 3 feet long |
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Maxima Clam
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Can grow up to 8 inches across
Found in the Pacific ocean Colors blue, purple, gold, green black and yellow |
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