Penguins are torpedo-shaped, flightless birds that live in the southern regions of the Earth. Though many people imagine a small, black-and-white animal when they think of penguins, these birds actually come in a variety of sizes, and some are very colorful. For example, crested penguins sport a crown of yellow feathers. Blushes of orange and yellow mark the necks of emperor and king penguins. What look like bright yellow, bushy eyebrows adorn the heads of some species, such as the Fiordland, royal, Snares and rockhopper penguins.
Off the coast of California Sea Otters feed off of over forty marine invertebrates including abalone, mussels, sea urchins, clams, crabs and snails to name a few. Putting themselves in an elite category of mammals, Sea Otters use tools to pry food from rocks, or to smash open shells. Their catlike claws retract like a cat's for grooming and eating which is important as they eat twenty to twenty five percent of their body weight each day. Not only that, but they have a built-in dinner table: their bellies. They even have pockets of skin under the forelegs to stash food for their trip from sea bed to water's surface.
Sea cows are an Australian animal that are not very known, but need to be known about. Sea cows can grow up to three meters long and weigh at about 400 kilograms. They are often referred to as the “Dugong”, they live for more than 70 years! The sea cow lives entirely on sea grass and is known to be the only herbivorous sea mammal. The sea cow is more related to elephants than to dolphins or whales.
Leather Back Turtle and its correlation with Human’s Food and Water Resourcing Activities. Species Description Weight: Adult: up to 2,000 pounds (900 kg) Hatchling: 1.5-2 ounces (40-50 g) Length: Adult: 6.5 feet (2 m) Hatchling: 2-3 inches (50-75 cm) Appearance: primarily black shell with pinkish-white coloring on their belly Lifespan: unknown Diet: soft-bodied animals, such as jellyfish and scalps, and pyro0somes Behavior: females lay clutches of approximately 100 eggs several times during a nesting season, typically at 8-12 day intervals. Life Cycle Juvenile leatherbacks may remain in tropical waters warmer than 26°C, near the coast, until they exceed 100cm in curved carapace length. Adults are pelagic and live in the open ocean, sometimes
Their wingspan range from six and a half feet. Bald eagles weigh from six to eight pounds. Female bald eagles are larger than the males. To help them soar, eagles use thermals which are rising currents of warm air and up-drafts generated by terrain such as valley edges or mountain slopes. Soaring is accomplished with very little wing-flapping, enabling them to conserve energy.
When a baby platypus hatches, it is both blind and hairless. Both male and female baby platypuses are hatched with spurs on their hind legs. However, the female platypuses shed its spurs and do not grow any more. The baby then spends about 4 months growing in the burrow. "Duck-Billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)."
The pelvis and ribs of a flamingo are similar to those of storks. The composition of egg-white proteins in flamingo eggs are similar to that of the herons. (Flamingos 2) Behavior patterns, especially those of chicks, link them closely to geese (order Anseriformes). Like geese flamingos have webbed feet and waterproof plumage. Flamingos are the only members of the family Phoenicopteridae.
In the shallows, the seals are able to mate, rest, and raising the young pups. If sea level rises, where are these pups going to grow? Where are seals going to rest? Hawaiian Monk Seals have a very small variety of food. They eat fish, octopus, squid, and
Octopuses are one of the most interesting sea creatures. Name octopus is derived from a Greek language and it means eight-footed. There are over 200 species of octopuses and all of them live in oceans around the world, usually near the coral reefs. Octopuses are invertebrates, which mean that they are boneless. Because of that, octopus loses its shape when it is pulled out of the Octopi have arms, not tentacles.
They communicate by making call sounds, screeches and barks. Females give birth to a single baby every three to four years. the gestation period is seven months. Young spider monkeys are dependent on their mother for ten weeks and then start to explore on their own. The mothers care for their young for up to a year and often with another baby on their back.