Flatworms have a peculiar characteristic: when sliced in pieces, each piece will grow into a complete flatworm, just like the original one
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Bloody Nudibranch :The Spanish Dancer
Interesting facts :
• It is actually a sea slug.
• It is found around rocky reefs in both tropical and subtropical waters of the world's Oceans.
• It has a bright colour, ranging from red to orange.
• It has its breathing apparatus, gills, on the outside of its body
•It is a hermaphrodite, possessing both male and female reproductive organs yet it cannot self fertilise.
• It defends itself from predators by producing toxic distasteful chemicals on its skin. This also protects its eggs.
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Rabbit Island or Okunoshima is a small island in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan.
It is famous for its large population of rabbits that roam freely without predators.
These rabbits often swarm around visitors.
The Sea Cow : Manatee
Interesting facts :
• This solitary animal is found in shallow, slow-moving waters of Amazon, West Indian and West Africa.
• It is a mammal, and unlike fish, it lack a swim bladder.
• It is the largest Ocean herbivore measuring up to 15 ft in length and 1300 pounds in weight.
• It is slow moving, spending up to 50% of its time submerged asleep.
• It can hold its breath for 3-5minutes.
• It has a very low body size to brain ratio.
•It can walk along the seabed on its tiptoes.
• It continuously replaces its teeth.
• It communicate with squeaking, squealing sounds.
Human-looking Monkey : Lesula
Interesting facts :
• This oddly human-looking monkey is native to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• It is the newest species of monkey.
• It has a shy and quiet disposition.
• It has a naked face, long blond hair and a bright blue bottom.
• It communicate vocally, and usually can be heard around dawn.
• Its face has been compared with celebrities like David Schwimmer, Jake Gyllenhaal.
The Fangtooth Fish
Interesting Facts :
• This fearsome, corpse-looking fish is found in every Ocean of the world, dwelling in regions between 3,300 feet and 9,800 feet.
• It has an extremely laterally compressed body with a huge head and enormous jaws.
• It has the largest teeth to body size of any fish in the Ocean.
• It is a carnivore that eats anything it can kill.
• It has sockets on either side of its head to accommodate its large fangs.
• It is considered an ultra-black fish because it absorbs about 99.5% of light that touches it.
• Due to its poor eyesight, it has developed a special sensory lateral line that detects movement and pressure changes in water.
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The Paris Catacombs : The creepiest place on earth
Did you know that this underground labyrinth of tunnels hold the skeleton of over 6 million Parisians.
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The Sand Striker : Bobbit Worm
Interesting facts:
It is a fierce underwater predator that is found in the Atlantic Ocean and other parts of the Indo-Pacific.
It's a bristle worm and has a
variety of colours, ranging from black to purple.
It can grow up to 10 feet long and often buries itself deep in the Ocean floor.
It has no eyes or brain and relies on its five antennae to detect prey.
It is a nocturnal and does most of the hunting at night.
It snaps its prey with its spring-like retractable jaws that are so strong, they can cut their prey in half.
It uses its bristles to grip and crawl during an attack.
It injects toxins into its prey to paralyse or kill them.
It does not have sex organs.
Its numerous bristles can cause permanent nerve damage to humans upon contact with the skin.