While research has given us quite a bit of insight into the Octopus there remains plenty to still learn about it. There have been some experiments with them to try to prolong life but many animal rights groups oppose this type of testing. Personality: A marine biology researcher named Jennifer...
Caribbean Reef Octopus With a weight of about three pounds, this octopus is considered medium-sized. They have a very large head and thick arms and move much more slowly than other types of octopus. Common Octopus The common octopus has received the most attention, and it has been demon...
Caribbean Reef Octopus Coconut Octopus East Pacific Red Octopus Giant Pacific Octopus Harlequin Octopus (LPSO) North Atlantic Octopus Octopus Cyanea Octopus Mimus Octopus Wolfi Southern Blue-Ringed Octopus Vent Octopus 10 Fun Facts about Octopus The common octopus vulgaris has a large central brain (in...
there are 69 species of snakes native to the ocean, almost all of which are venomous. There are two groups of sea snakes, also known as coral reef snakes; true sea snakes, and sea kraits. Sea kraits don’t have as many adaptations for marine life. The bodies of true sea snakes have ...
1. The marine biome is the largest biome on earth The marine biome is the largest and most diverse. It mainly comprises saltwater oceans which cover about 70 per cent or three-fourths of our planet’s surface area while accounting for 90 per cent of the total water supply in the world....
Caribbean Reef Squid European Squid Humboldt Squid Japanese Flying Squid Longfin Squid Striped Pyjama Squid Vampire Squid 5 Fun Facts about Squids Like othercephalopod molluscs, squid have a large brain (similar to a dog). They can count, use signals to communicate with each other, solve problem...
Slightly more attractive, though no more at home in shallow water, is the Caribbean roughshark (Oxynotus caribbaeus). One of the few fish on here that isn’t part of the anglerfish order, it is closely related to the more commonly seen prickly dogfish (Oxynotus bruniensis). Almost nothing...
Caribbean and parts of the Yucatan Peninsula Egyptian Red Sea WIO andSouth East Asia (SEA) The best place for scuba divers to see groupers is around rock clusters and large reef structures near the ocean floor. Fun Fact: It seems the origins of the name for grouper species comes from the...
Cuttlefish, any of about 100 species of marine cephalopods belonging to the order Sepioidea and characterized by a thick internal calcified shell called the cuttlebone. Cuttlefish range between 2.5 and 90 cm (1 to 35 inches) in length and have somewhat f
Little is known about the mating habits of most cephalopods. In the common octopus the male and female remain some distance apart while the male caresses the female with the tip of the hectocotylized arm. The male then inserts the tip of the arm into the mantle cavity of the female, wher...