Watery Wednesday

WATERY WEDNESDAY # 30

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Ellie and Edmond ©

WATERY WEDNESDAY# 30

It’s time to pull on your wetsuit and put on your goggles and head into the ocean to meet today’s Watery Wednesday animal! Today’s fish has a skeleton made of cartilage and a mouth full of teeth! Maybe we’ll skip the wetsuits and watch these fish from our submarine :)!

MEET THE BLUE SHARK!

   Range/Habitat: tropical-temperate waters/worldwide

   Diet: Carnivore: squid, fish

   Length: up to 12 ft

   Conservation Status: Near threatened

 

 

Fun Facts:

  • Blue sharks are called the “wolves of the sea”.
  • Blue sharks are a beautiful cobalt blue color.
  • They have long pectoral fins.
  • Blue sharks are very fast swimmers and feeders.
  • They have sharp triangular teeth.
  • They migrate seasonally from cooler to warmer waters.
  • Blue sharks have large litters of live pups, up to 100.

 

Blue sharks are known to be aggressive towards people, so they are best left alone. We think they are such beautiful and graceful predators. Like other sharks, blue sharks are threatened. We need to make sure that our oceans have these apex predators swimming around for a long time!

We found a nice shark cage to watch these wonderful creatures! Who's joining us?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WATERY WEDNESDAY # 25

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Ellie and Edmond ©

WATERY WEDNESDAY# 25

Woohoo, it’s Watery Wednesday and we have found a fish that has a reptile in its name! So is it a fish or it is a reptile? Well, let’s find out together! Get your diving gear on because we’re going into the ocean!

 

MEET THE CROCODILE SHARK!

    Range/Habitat: Pacific-Eastern Atlantic & Indian Oceans

    Diet: Carnivore: small fish, squid and shrimp

    Length: 3 ½ ft

    Conservation Status: Near threatened

 

 

 

 

Fun Facts:

  • Crocodile Sharks are small sharks with short pointed snouts.
  • They have large eyes.
  • Crocodile sharks can extend their toothy jaws to grab prey!
  • They follow prey to the surface at night then go back to the deep during the day.
  • Not much is known about Crocodile sharks behavior.

 

These small ferocious looking sharks are still a bit of a mystery to scientist! We think they’re just cool! What do think about these crazy big eyed fish?

 

 

 

 

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WATERY WEDNESDAY # 24

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Ellie and Edmond ©

WATERY WEDNESDAY# 24

It’s another Watery Wednesday and we’re heading to Europe to take a dip in some freshwater lakes and rivers to find a small fish! Do you have your waders on? Let’s do this!

MEET THE EUROPEAN BULLHEAD!

   Range/Habitat: Western Europe/ freshwater rivers, lakes

  Diet: Carnivore: eggs, larvae, invertebrates

  Length: up to 7”

  Conservation Status: Common

 

 

 

Fun Facts:

  • European Bullheads live on the bottoms of lakes and rivers.
  • They have marbled patterns that help them camouflage with rocks and stones.
  • European bullheads are solitary and highly territorial.
  • European bullheads are crepuscular (active at dusk and dawn).
  • They are territorial.
  • European bullhead males guard the eggs until they hatch!

 

These little fish are kind of cute! How great is it that the males protect the eggs until they hatch! We love that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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