Aqua Facts

Aqua Facts

NOTE: All facts are reviewed periodically and might no longer be valid at some point as discoveries are made daily.

2. Do you know that the CRYSTAL JELLYFISH is a bioluminescent animal?

Cystal Jellfish has bioluminescent tentacles that allows it to light up it body.

Source; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aequorea_victoria

Image from; Wikipedia

5. Do you know that the CUTTLEFISHES have the ability to change the color of their bodies and eyes to blend better with their surroundings and hide from predators?

Source; https://www.google.com/amp/s/api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/animals/2008/08/cuttlefish-shape-color-predators

Image from; Wikipedia ; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cuttlefish_komodo_large.jpg

6. Do you know that a SEA CUCUMBER has the ability to regenerate lost body parts?

Source; https://www.google.com/amp/s/api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/animals/invertebrates/group/sea-cucumbers

Image By; Teddy Fotiou from United States – Creature of the Day, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36291653

8. Do you know that JELLYFISH is one of the oldest animal species on earth?

Source; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish

Image from; Wikipedia ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/dan90266/37269957/)

17. Do you know that the MANTIS SHRIMP can generate a force of about 1500 newtons?

With this force, Mantis Shrimp smashes its prey into pieces.

Source; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp

Image from; Wikipedia

18. Do you know that while human beings depend on three types of cell to detect color, the MANTIS SHRIMP eyes have up to 16 specialized cells?

Some of the Mantis Shrimp cells even detect colors human cannot see such as ultraviolet rays

Source; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp

Image from; Wikipedia

32. Do you know that DOLPHINS are able to hear sounds from up to 20km away?

Source; http://www.dolphinsworld.com

Image from; Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:GNU_Free_Documentation_License)

34. Do you know that the BLUE WHALE’s heart weighs up to 400 pounds?

The heart of man weighs about 10 ounces and there are 16 ounces in one pound, do the math.

Source; https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.org/2015/08/31/how-big-is-a-blue-whales-heart/

Image from; Photograph by Shane Horan. Photograph by Michael Barera, courtesy Wikimedia

37. Do you know that JELLYFISHES have existed for more than 550 million years?

According to other researches they have been in existence before shark and dinosaurs

Source; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish

Image from; Wikipedia ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/dan90266/37269957/)

38. Do you know that BUTTERFLY FISH forms mating pair for life?

If they become separated, they rise up to the water column above the reef and search for each other.

Source; http://nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/group/butterflyfish

 

Image from; Wikepedia (credit; Luc Viatour / https://Lucnix.b )

39. Do you know that the JELLYFISHES are not fishes but zooplanktons?

All jellyfishes are gelatinous zooplankton but not all gelatinous zooplanktons are jellyfishes.

Source; http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_zooplankton

 

Image from; Wikipedia ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/dan90266/37269957/)

42. Do you know that an IMMORTAL JELLYFISH has been discovered?

Immortal Jellyfish cannot die by aging.

Source; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dorhrnii

 

Image from; Source: Wikimedia Commons

43. Do you know that the BROWN ALGAE (KELP) can grow up to 80m?

80m is more than 15 story building; a story building is usually 4.4m in height.

Source; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kelp

Image from Oceanlight (credit; Phillip Colla)

52. Do you know that the Pacific Ocean has RING OF FIRE?

The ring of fire is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruption occurs. In a large 40,000km horseshoe shape, it is associated with nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs and volcanic belts and plate movement. About 90% of the world’s earthquake and about 81% of the world’s largest earthquake occurs along the Ring of Fire.

Sources; http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_fire

http://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/ring-fire/

Image from; Wikipedia

58. Do you know that the giant SQUID is the largest invertebrate on earth?

Source; http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrate/g/giant-squid/

Image from; PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY TSUNEMI KUBODERA OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE MUSEUM OF JAPAN/AP

67. Do you know that the Peacock mantis shrimp have the most complex set of peepers in the animal kingdom?

Source; https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86128/10-eye-popping-facts-about-mantis-shrimp

Each eye contains 12 photoreceptors that allow them to sense different types of color. For comparison, human eyes typically contain three types of light-sensitive cells for seeing red, blue, and green.

Image from – Wikipedia

68. Do you know that the peacock mantis shrimps uses two appendages called dactyl clubs?

These fist spring forth from their bodies at about 80 km/h, even accelerating quicker than a .22-caliber bullet. At such speed, the water surrounding them reaches the temperature of the Sun’s surface for a short moment.

Image source – www scubadivingcostarica.com

Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86128/10-eye-popping-facts-about-mantis-shrimp

71. Do you know that lobsters can re-grow their claws?

Just like the lizards or sea-stars, a lobster can re-grow a claw it lost to predator.

Source: www.thesmilingseahorse.com/blog/30-fun-facts-about-marine-life-you-wont-believe

73. Do you know that stonefish is regarded as one of the most dangerous sea animal?

They possess the most lethal leather poison in the entire ocean. Stone fish can still be deadly and is apparently the most painful sting human can ever feel. People stung by stonefish usually ask doctors to amputate the limb as the pain is mostly unbearable.

Source: www.thesmilingseahorse.com/blog/30-fun-facts-about-marine-life-you-wont-believe

75. Do you know that the coral reefs is a colonies of coral polyps?

Living invertebrates belonging to the animal phylum Cnidaria which are held together by Calcium carbonate. They serve as an ecosystem for other Marine organisms.

Source:  https://oceana.org/marine-life/corals-and-other-invertebrates