Marine Life

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Marine Life

• By Eliot S. Suggs
• Biology I
• 04/06/06

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Facts About Coral Reefs

• Coral are found everywhere in the world
• They are related to jellyfish
• They have stinging tentacles

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Body Shapes

• Torpedo shaped lets fish in open water swim
  fast
• Fat, wide shaped lets fish in reefs maneuver
  well
• Eel like bodies lets these fish swim with their
  whole body

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Great Barracuda

• Most fish with slender bodies live in open water
• It has a torpedo like body so it is a fast
  swimmer
• It has a terminal mouth so it eats in mid-water
• It has a forked tail to spend a lot of time
  swimming

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Tarpon

• The tarpon has an upturned mouth so they can feed
  near the top of the water
• It has a torpedo like body to swim fast
• Its body shape helps it live in deep water also
• Its forked tail lets it spend most of its time
  swimming too

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Nurse Shark

• The Nurse Shark has a terminal mouth for when it
  eats in the middle of the ocean
• It has a slender body so it can swim fast in open
  water
• The Nurse Shark has a heterocercal tail to give
  it excellent balance while it is swimming

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Form vs. Function

• Seeing how the different parts of fish help them
  perform different tasks shows me why fish have
  adapted to their surroundings