Ocean Animals

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Ocean Animals
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Anemone

• They have tentacles that look like flower
  petals.
• The tentacles grab passing fish to eat them.
• Hermit crabs will eat a sea anemone.

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Clam

• Its in the mollusk family.
• He lives inside a hinged shell.
• The body is very soft.
• He closes his shell to protect himself from
  enemies.

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Dolphin

• They are mammals, they breathe through their
  lungs.
• Their babies are born alive.
• They use sounds to signal each other.
• They use echolocation.

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Fish

• They have scales to protect their bodies.
• They breathe through gills.
• They need oxygen to live.

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Hermit crab

• They live inside old shells.
• When that shell gets too small they move into a
  new one.
• They have 2 feelers, 2 pinchers and 6 legs.

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Lobster

• They belong to the crustacean family.
• They have 8 walking legs and 2 large claws.
• Molting-as they grow, new skin appears.

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Octopus

• They have 8 tentacles with hundreds of suckers on
  each one.
• They are in the mollusk family but dont have
  shells.
• They can change colors to hide from their
  enemies.

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Seahorse

• They use their tail to attach onto seaweed to
  rest.
• The dad has a pocket to keep the baby in.
• He swims in an upright position.
• He has bony plates.

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Shark

• They are fierce hunters.
• They have excellent senses of sight and smell.
• They have powerful tails and use their fins to
  steer.

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Whale

• Whales are mammals.
• They breathe through a blowhole.
• Their babies are born alive.
• Two types of whalesbaleen and toothed.

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Ocean Worksheet
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