SUPER SURPRISE THURSDAY # 45

SUPER SURPRISE THURSDAY #45

We’re taking the E & E sub down into the deep blue today! We’re off to find one fast, large and crazy looking fish! There’s always plenty of room in the sub for you! So let’s zoom off to meet…

MEET THE SWORDFISH!

   Range/Habitat: Tropical-Sub tropical oceans worldwide

   Diet: Carnivore: fish, squid

   Length/Weight: up to 15 ft/ up to 1,300 lbs

   Conservation Status: common

Fun Facts:

• Swordfish have a broad, flat sword.
• They are very fast swimmers.
• Swordfish use their sword snouts to impale fish and squid.
• Swordfish are generally solitary as adults.
• They have large dorsal (top) fins.
• Swordfish have no teeth.
• Female swordfish are larger than the males.

These fish are so fast and gorgeous! And man, are those sword snouts crazy! The ocean never ceases to amaze us with its inhabitants! It sure would be fun to watch these swordfish fence!