Ocean Animals With Cool Adaptations

Deep Sea Creatures refer to organisms that live below the photic zone of the ocean.

Ocean animals with cool adaptations. Let me show you the unique animal behavior by reading Facts about Animal Adaptations. Here are some facts that you need to know about animal adaptation. Closely related to orca whales Irrawaddy dolphins have adapted not through some physical trait but rather through a rather unique behavior.

Air temperatures averaging below freezing over the year usually well below freezing with a range in many places around -40ÂC to 10ÂC -40ÂF to 50ÂF and highs very briefly and rarely up to 22ÂC 72ÂF amongst rocks and moss banks. Some of the most amazing adaptations are from ocean animals like sharks jellies starfish stingrays and dolphins. Many animals such as cockles are adapted to live in these conditions.

They have streamlined bodies to help them swim fast and gills that suck the oxygen out of the water so they can breathe. Over the years they have developed something of a partnership with local fishermanthey will drive schools of fish towards the fishermens nets and in exchange they have their pick of the helpless fish before the nets are. The harsh environment in arctic desert or even ocean makes the animals have their unique adaptation.

The dolphins chase fish to the boats and signal where the fishermen should throw their nets. They have strong shells that protect them from wave action drying out and the prying beaks of predators. What types of adaptations in marine animals have you previously learned about.

Encourage students to think about adaptations in marine animals related to obtaining food providing camouflage or safety from predators or dealing with changes in temperature salinity pressure lack of sunlight and need for oxygen. Common oceanic animal adaptations include gills special breathing organs used by some oceanic animals like fish and crabs. The intertidal zone the pelagic zone and the abyss.

Blowholes an opening on the top of the head thats used for breathing. Less amount of research has been done about deep sea creatures as the expenses of equipments for exploring deep sea is high. In exchange the fishermen allow the dolphins to catch some of the fish they bring to the boat.