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Aquatic Mammals
This section is for questions about those mammals that live most, if not all of their lives in the water. With specially adapted breathing abilities, these swimmers are some of the most intelligent creatures known.
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Do manatees eat clams and fish?
Manatees are mainly herbivores, but have been known to eat small fish.
How old can a mammal in the sea live?
Whales and dolphins can live just as long as a human, and even longer.
What is the fastest creature on earth sea or sky?
The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest creature of the animal kingdom clocked at 389 km/h (242 mph)
These are known as marine aquatic animals and they come in millions of Forms.
Pictures of shamu and what are facts about him?
Shamu is an orca. She was the first orca to survive for longer than 13 months while in captivity. She lived in the San Diego Sea World.
Who is the fastest human living?
Officially, the fastest living human is Usain Bolt of Jamaica. He holds the world's 100 m record of 9.58 seconds and the 200 m record of 19.19 seconds. His 4 x 100 m team also holds the world record of 37.10 seconds.
Do dugongs live in Antarctica?
No, the dugongs require warmer water and could not survive in the bitter cold of Antarctica.
What is the oldest living marine animal?
Most of the sharks are old- dating back to the dinosaurs or just before- and there's some ancestors of the whale just after the dinos.
Why do harbor seals live in New England?
The Harbor Seal lives in New England because of the high salinity, or saltiness. they are accustomed to living naturally in salty water.
Can you seal flagstone decking and with what?
yes with thompsons waterseal yes with thompsons waterseal
Where do you sit to see the underwater sea creatures?
In front of the viewing window of an aquarium.
On a seat in a glass bottom boat.
Harp seal eyes allow them to see great underwater, most often times seeing their prey perfectly before their prey see them. Their whiskers also serves as an antenna sensing the smallest vibrations in the water of their prey. Baby harp seals use their white fur to camoflauge with the ice and snow.
"Tiger Seal" is the brand name for a polyurethane adhesive sealant. It will bond a wide range of materials. "Tiger Seal" is made my a company called U-Poll LTD. For the animals, no, there is not,but there is a Lepourd seals.
What is the name of a sea creature that does not have a backbone?
Any aquatic invertebrate could be described that way. Perhaps the term "marine invertebrate" is what you are looking for.
Invertebrate sea life includes the following phyla:
- Acoela;
- Annelida, (polychaetes and sea leeches);
- Brachiopoda;
- Bryozoa, also known as moss animals or sea mats;
- Chaetognatha;
- Cephalochordata;
- Cnidaria, such as jellyfish, sea anemones, and corals;
- Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, crayfish, barnacles, hermit crabs, mantis shrimps, and copepods;
- Ctenophora, also known as comb jellies;
- Echinodermata, including sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sea daisies;
- Echiura;
- Gnathostomulids;
- Gastrotricha;
- Hemichordata;
- Kamptozoa;
- Kinorhyncha;
- Loricifera;
- Merostomata; also know known as horseshoe crabs;
- Mollusca, including shellfish, squid, octopus, whelks, Nautilus, cuttlefish, nudibranchs, scallops, sea snails, Aplacophora, Caudofoveata, Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora, and Scaphopoda;
- Myzostomida;
- Nemertinea (ribbon worms);
- Orthonectida;
- Phoronida;
- Placozoa;
- Porifera (sponges);
- Priapulida;
- Pycnogonida (sea spiders);
- Sipunculida;
- Tunicata, also known as sea squirts;
- Some flatworms of the classes Turbellaria and Monogenea;
- Xenoturbella;
- Xiphosura.
I notice that this was originally posted in "aquatic mammals". All mammals are vertebrates so none of the aquatic mammals would lack a backbone.
