The sea and the creatures in it By Caitlin Beales

Corrosion Corrosion is where the sea creates waves; the waves would be big and hit the cliff faces, breaking off parts and slowly taking them away to sea. When the waves would go, what was left of the cliff would look no different, but there would be parts of it swept away by the tide; the rock would be wet, with sections still crumbling down.

Waste in the sea Some people throw things like: netting, oil, rubbish from your bins, food packets and many other things into the sea. But because people do this, it effects the sea creatures that live there in many different ways. They could: become tangled in something, eat something that makes them ill, take oil through their gills to kill them or they could make homes out of rappers which isn’t good to raise there young in. This means that we’ve got to not throw glass bottles in the sea, but throw them in the bin to save creatures like these…

Cockatoo squid This weird and wonderful creature is also known as the glass squid because you can see through it so clearly! Other than it being transparent, it has it’s tentacles growing on the top of it’s head! They are just above the eyes which are big and bulging. Some fish live in the light part of the sea, further up, but these creatures live further down in the dark, so the little light that glows inside them, helps them to catch food and see in the dark.

Cockatoo squid This is a picture of the cockatoo squid with its tentacles above it’s head and big bulging eyes just below.

Comb jelly As the comb jelly lives down in the dark parts of the ocean, they have bright colours to stand out in the dark, gloomy water. But that isn’t the only reason. They also use the bright colours for attracting little bugs in the sea. When the bugs sit on the surface of the comb jelly, they stick to the tentacles so they can have a feast! Comb jelly have bumps all over the surface and because of this, people have started calling them the ‘sea walnut’.

This is a picture of the comb jelly and their bright colours that stand out in the darkness near the bottom of the ocean.

Dumbo Octopus The dumbo octopus is named after the well known elephant Dumbo (from a Disney film) because it looks – in some ways – like an elephant! As they spend most of the time in dark places, these creatures like to go down to the bottom of the ocean; they can go as far down as 4,800metres! But they mostly go down there looking for their food!

Dumbo octopus This is the Dumbo Octopus and they are very small, this means they can move about very quick.

Frilled Shark Frilled sharks have been called everything from ‘sea serpents’ to ‘the Lockness monster’. One nickname that has stayed is ‘the living fossil’, this is because it has been around for millions of years. While living for millions of years, the frilled shark has moved around; known to live in places like: Southeast Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, West Africa, Chile and the Caribbean. In their mouths, they have 300 trident shaped teeth all aligned in 25 rows. These teeth cage downwards a bit int0 their mouths.

Here’s the frilled shark with it’s caging teeth and long body.

Blob Sculpin As it’s name suggests, the blob sculpin looks a bit like a blob. This fish may not look very nice, but when it comes to looking after their young, it’s a whole different story… Males have been seen – by scientists – guarding rock nesting sites, filled with pink eggs on the California coast! They may not look nice, but their personalities are different when it comes to their young.

This is the blob sculpin with it’s round shaped body.

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