Archive for the 'Aquatic' Category

Male Sea Dragon Pregnant

A weedy sea dragon that lives in the Georgia Aquarium is a rare creature that is pregnant. This is the third time ever at any U.S. aquarium that this creature has been pregnant. The unusual thing about this situation is that the male is the one that carries the eggs.

Depletion Of Blue Whales Over Time

Back in the 19th century it was custom for men to go out hunting for large whales such as the Sperm and Right Whales. The only whale that they stayed away from were the Blue Whales because they were too large, fast, and powerful for the devices that they used.

Dolphins

The Bottlenose Dolphin is the most common and well-known dolphin. They live in warm and temperate seas all around the world, except in the Artic and the Antarctic Oceans. Bottlenose Dolphins have a grey color, that vary from dark grey at the top near the dorsal fin to very light grey and almost white or maybe even a pinkish color at the underside.

Duck-Billed Platypus

If you were asked to think of the most unusual and the most ugly animal that you could think of what would come to mind. The first thing that comes to my mind is the duck-billed platypus. Not only is it incredibly ugly, but you can’t help but wonder what it’s purpose is. How much do we really know about this strange creature.

Giant Blue Whale

The blue whale is known as the largest mammal that can be foundĀ in the world and the largest animal ever known to have lived on the planet Earth. Calves weigh two tons at birth and gain about 200 pounds every day during the first year of their lives.