By Camilla

Diet Blue whales main food is krill. Sometimes they eat copepods and zooplankton. They eat about 4 tons of krill a day. They also consume small fish, crustaceans and squid.

Features The blue whale is the largest animal known to earth. They weigh about 200 tons. They are about 100 feet long. That is their size compared to a bus.

They live in the light yellow area.

Facts  Type: Mammal  Diet: Carnivore  Life Span: years  Size: ft. long  Weight: 200 tons  Group name: Pod  They are endangered  Did you know? When a blue whale exhales, the spray from his blowhole can reach about 30 feet.

Diet They eat mainly small fish, squid and crustaceans, like the blue whale. Their fish vary from tuna to mackerel to mullet. They usually hunt in pods. They circle/trap their food and attack. They often hunt alone too.

Features Dolphins are just larger than the size of a human. Their curved mouth makes it appear that they are smiling. They can also be trained to perform many amazing tricks. They are very intelligent animals.

They live in the light yellow area.

Facts  Type: Mammal  Diet: Carnivore  Life span: years  Size: ft.  Weight: 1100 lbs  Did you know? Bottlenose dolphins have been observed to jump up out of the water and splash back on their sides.

Diet Manatee calves drink their mothers milk. Older manatees eat water grasses, weed and algae. A manatee can eat a tenth of their body weight within 24 hours.

Features They are very bulky, but graceful swimmers. They are about the size of a 6 foot tall man, same with the dolphin. They can stay underwater for 3-4 minutes.

They live in the light yellow area (the borders)

Facts Type- Mammal Diet- Herbivore Life Span years Size-8-10 ft. Weight lbs. Did you know? Manatees are sometimes called sea cows.

Puffer fish

Diet The diet of the puffer fish includes mostly invertebrates and algae. Larger ones are also known to break open and eat clams, mussels and shell fish.

Features The puffer fish is a fish known to inhale a lot of water and make itself many times larger than it’s regular size. It is very vulnerable because it floats around, very clumsily. It shows a puffer fish compared to a tea cup.

They live in the light yellow area.

Facts  Type- Fish  Diet- Carnivore  Life span-  Size- Up to 3 ft  Weight-  Did you know? Some animals like the tiger shark, are immune to the puffer fishes toxins

Sea Horse

Diet Sea horses eat small fish and plankton. They are also known to eat shrimp. They might even eat guppy fry.

Features The sea horse is very small. They propel themselves with their back fins. They are known to die in very bad storms because they are not good swimmers.

They live in the light yellow area

Facts  Type- Fish  Diet- Carnivore  Life span- 1 to 5 years  Size- 0.6 to 14 inched  Group name- Herd  Did you know? Sea horses have no teeth and no stomach.

Green Sea Turtle

Diet Adult sea turtles eat many types of grasses and algae. Younger turtles eat invertebrates, such as crabs, jellyfish and sponges.

Features This is a turtle compared to a man. They are named for their green skin. They have a brown/olivey colored shell. They can live to be quite old.

They live in the light yellow area.

Facts  Type- Reptile  Diet- Herbivore  Life span- Over 80 years  Size- Up to 5 ft.  Weight- 700 lbs.  Status- Endangered  Did you know? Green sea turtles are the only kind of turtles that can’t put their heads in their shell.

Hermit Crab

Diet They eat fallen fruit, decaying wood, leaf litter, plants and grasses, and items washed ashore by the tide.

Features They are a small crab with 4 legs. Also if you pull them out of their shell, they are said to look like shrimps.