Presented by:
Miss Schaefer’s First Grade Class
2011-2012
Walrus
 Walruses
do not have ears.
 Male walruses fight one
another in order to attract
females.
 The tusk of a walrus has rings
inside of it.
By: Ava Mount
Sea Horse
By: Bria
 Sea horses have
little heads that look
like horses
 They live in sea weed
 They have curled tails for hanging on
things
Seals have few predators. The
predators are sharks and whales.
Polar bears are their biggest threat on
ice.
Seals have excellent vision in water.
They have flippers at the ends of their
arms and legs to help them swim.
Jellyfish
By: Christina
Jellyfish can sting even if they
are dead.
Jellyfish have no brain, eyes, or
bones.
People eat jellyfish.
Electric Eel
By: Chrstopher
• The electric eel produces 500-600
volts of electricity.
• One volt of an electric eel’s shock
can not kill but several can.
• As many as 17,000 young electric
eels will hatch from the eggs in
one nest.
Crab
By: Danielle
• Crabs do not have a backbone.
• They have an outer shell, claws,
flat body, two feelers, and two
eyes.
• There are 5,000 species of crabs.
Orcas
By: Devon
The orca can weigh
12,000 pounds.
Orcas eat seals and
penguins.
Nothing eats the orca.
Orcas leap out of the
water.
• Clownfish have tiny
tentacles.
• They eat shrimp, worms,
and algae
• The clownfish can lay
100 to 1000 eggs
• They can grow to be 2
to 5 inches long
• The enemies of a
clownfish are sharks
stingrays and other fish.
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They eat clams,
crabs, snails, turtles,
and fish.
It has blue blood.
Octopus cannot hear.
They have three
hearts.
An octopus can
squirt ink.
Hammerhead
By: Josh
 Hammerheads have a
slender body, 2 fins, a
hammer – shaped head
with eyes and a nose
on the tips of the
hammer.
 Hammerheads eat fish,
rays and other sharks.
 The babies are born
alive.
Sea Stars
By: Karen
• Sea stars have
many little tube
feet on the
underside of their
rays
• The tube feet help
them crawl and
grab on to things
• Sea stars are
shaped like stars
Humpback Whales
By: Katie
• The humpback whale
has 2 blowholes
• It makes a harmonic
noise that attracts
mates
• The baby humpback
whale is called a calf
Lobsters eat
crabs, clams,
worms and snails.
 A mother lobster
can lay thousands
of eggs.
 Lobsters live at
the bottom of the
ocean.
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They have a tricky
eye spot to trick
other fish.
They grow to be
about 12 to 15 inches
in the ocean.
They reproduce by
laying hundreds of
eggs at a time.
They belong to the
Chaetodon family.
Lantern Fish
By: Logan
• The largest lantern fish
is over 1 foot long.
• Depending on the
species, between 100
and 2,000 eggs are
released by each fish.
• They have very large
eyes, which is very
common in deep sea
creatures to help them
collect as much light as
possible in the eternally
dark waters.
Dolphins
By: Luke
They have an ear spot
right next to their eye
that you can barely see.
Dolphins have a life
span of about 25
years.
Some sharks and orcas
will prey upon dolphins.
Dolphins are often
trapped in people’s fishing
nets.
Tiger shark
by: matthew
They have tiger
like markings
They can feel
electricity
without looking
They live world
wide in warm seas
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Squids have 2 hearts.
Squids eat fish,
crustaceans, and other
squids.
A squid lays a lot of
eggs at the same time.
SEA URCHIN
BY: RONALD
 The Sea urchin has a
round shaped body with
long spines.
 The Sea urchin lives in
rocky parts of the ocean
and are found in coral
reefs.
 Sea urchins eat almost
anything like algae stuck
to rocks, seaweed, and
dead fish.
Angel Shark
By: Sam
• It has a flat body
• They reproduce by
giving live birth and
laying eggs.
• Angel Sharks look like
rays.
Pufferfish
By: Sara
The puffer fish lays eggs.
The puffer fish is not a
good swimmer.
The puffer fish breathes
through gills.
Swordfish
By: Sebastian
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A swordfish eats squid,
octopus, and fish.
Swordfish have gills
The swordfish kills their prey
by swinging their sharp bill
from side to side.
Great White Shark
By: Stephen
Great White Sharks live from
24 to 100 years.
Killer Whales and people eat
Great White Sharks.
Did you know the Great White
Shark has seven fins?
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Manatees use finger nails to walk
in shallow waters
They don’t have a predator
Manatees mostly eat a plant called
sea grass
They are almost extinct
Humans harm manatees by driving
boats
Rays
By: Zachary
 There are about 70
known species of rays
around the world.
 Stingrays have spines on their
tail which can poison other
animals
 They eat clams, crabs, and fish
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