Section 2 (Pages 54-93) Flashcards
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How does a starfish attack its prey?
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It creeps up to it and pulls it’s shell away so, it can eat the soft flesh inside.
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How does a starfish hunt?
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It hunts by scent following the chemical trail of its victim is in reach.
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Where dose the common starfish live?
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North Atlantic
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when spawning, how many eggs can the female common starfish release?
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Up to 2.5 billion eggs
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What do the short white spines on common starfish do?
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They act like gills, they adsorb oxygen from the water and releases carbon dioxide.
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What is beneath each arm of a starfish?
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Tube feet
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How big can the common starfish get?
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They can grow up to 19 3/4 in (50 cm) across.
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How long can the common starfish live.
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Up to 10 years
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What is dotted on the surface of the common starfish?
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Hundreds of minuscule pinchers that keep it free from dirt and other animals from settling on its skin.
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What is the common starfish’s diet?
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Immobile animals and carrion.
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What is at the end of each of the starfish’s arms?
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An eyespot that can detect light and shade.
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How many arms does the starfish have?
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Five
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What colors can a starfish be?
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Orange or shades of purple and brown.
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Can starfish regrow limbs?
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Yes, after they are lost any grow as buds and eventually reach full length.
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What is in the central disk of a starfish?
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The stomach
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What does Echinoderms mean?
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spiny-skinned
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Do Echinoderms have heads?
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No they are one of the few species without heads.
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Up to how many arms can a Crown-of- Thorns starfish have.
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Up to 21
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Where does the crown- of- thorns starfish live?
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Indo-Pacific Region
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What can sea urchins use their spines to do?
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Borrow into solid rock.
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What is the approximate number of echinoderm species?
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7,000
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Where does the blue starfish live?
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Indo-Pacific Region
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How big can a blue starfish get?
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11 3/4 inches
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What is the fastest animal in the sea?
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Sailfish
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How does a starfish stick on to things.
suction
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What is the biggest creature with no eyes that lives in the sea?
sea apple
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What is named after a feather and is the size of your hand?
Celtic feather star
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What is named after a delicious desert and has a shell of armor.
Biscuit star
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Which sea animals swims side to side?
eels
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What is the biggest filter feeder and lives in the tropical ocean?
Giant manta ray
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How many years ago didthe earliest shark live?
420 million years ago
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Which shark is a tool?
Hammerhead
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What has bony spines?
Red lionfish
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What has big eyes and sharp teeth?
Red bellied piranhas
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What is small lives at the bottom of the sea and has huge teeth?
Sloane's Viperfish
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How do some rays kill their prey?
They can electrocute them
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How long is the smallest shark?
About 7 inches ( 6 3/4 inches exactly)
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How many rows of teeth can a Blue-spotted ribbon ray have?
15-24 rows of teeth
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What is the diet of a Blue-Spotted Ribbon Ray?
Mollusks, crab, worms, and small fish
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What is the fastest fish?
Sailfish
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What are the sensors on a sharks nose called.
ampullae of Lorenzini
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What senses do fish have?
Sight, smell, taste, and their lateral line
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What is the lateral line in fish?
A line that detects pressure changes with sensors.
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What are gills?
Fish breath with gills. Rows of very fine, thin walled tubes filled with blood. Water flowing over gills carries away carbon dioxide replacing it with oxygen absorbed from water.
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What are the key features of fish?
Vertebrates, cold-blooded, breath with gills, live in water, and they have scaly skin.
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What are the three kinds of fish?
Jawless, bony, Cartilaginous
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What were the first animals to bony internal skeleton?
Fish
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A hungry great white shark does what when it raises its head out of the water?
To sniff out prey
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What lives in the Indo Pacific coral reefs and is 90cm?
Blue spotted ray
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Which fish has a cartilage core and has a sharp tip?
Blue spotted ray
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What is this ELEGANT rays name and what is it's SHOVEL-SHAPED SNOUT used for?
SPOTTED EAGEL RAY
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How many species of the jawless fish kind are there?
40
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How many species of the cartilages fish are there?
1,200
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How many bony fish species are there?
32,000
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Which is the smallest shark?
Deep sea lantern shark
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What kills or wounds their prey by sometimes eletricuding them?
Ray
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Why are some fish like the sailfish, faster than other fish?
Because unlike the salmon tuna fish, some sharks and the super fast sailfish hood their body strait and leave their flank muscles in their fins to push them forward like a torpedo!
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What are the fishes senses?
They have a acute sense of smell in sound waves, have a lateral line that detects pressure, fish eyes are similar to ours but are modified to suit the way of light that passes through the water.
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What is the diet of the sea lamprey?
Fish blood
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Have sea lampreys invaded Americas Great Lakes almost destroying some fish population? True or False?
true
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Instead of a jaw what does the sea lamprey have?
A sucker
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How long does a adult lamprey live for?
20 months
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Is it true that young lampreys are harmless filter feeders?
yes
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We're do lampreys live?
N. Atlantic, N. America, and Europe.
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How long does a lampreys larva stay buried in the sand?
Up to 17 years!!!
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Do lampreys have scaly skin?
NO, they have smooth skin, unlike BONEY FISH.
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How long is a lamprey?
They can grow up to be around 4ft long!!!!
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# Hint: The jawless were the ____to _____. The cartiligonis were mainly___
What is one fact about the Jawless fishes, the Cartilages fishes and the Boney fishes?
The jawless fishes were first to evolve. The Cartilages fishes were manley sharks and rays. And the boney fish are the most common. ( Any book anwser will work)
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What kills or wounds their prey by eletricuding them?
Rays
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What is the number of baby sea horses the male can lay?
200
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Is this true, that the male sea horse takes another batch of eggs from the same female right after the last patch?!
YES
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How do sea horses eat their food?
Instead of at smile mouth, they suck small planktonic animals.
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How long are baby sea horses when they are first born?
6mm
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Does the pouch in the father sea horse feed the babies/
yes, it does
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When does the birth happens (sea horse)?
At night, on a full moon. The process takes several hours.
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Where do olms live?
Southern Europe
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How big can a olm get?
11 3/4 inches
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What is an olm?
A kind of salamander that spends its life in the dark. They can't see, hunt by scent, touch, and sound. Its body has lost almost color apart from the red blood that flows visibly through its feathery gills.
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Where dose the great crested newt live?
Northern Europe
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How big can a great crested newt get?
6 1/4 inches
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What is the diet of a great crested newt?
Small animals
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How long can a great crested newt live?
8 years
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Where dose the reticulated glass frog live?
Central And Southern America
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How big can a reticulated glass frog get?
Up to 1 inch
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Where does the tomato frog live?
Madagascar
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What does the red-bellied piranhas large nostrils do?
They detect the slightest amount of blood in the water?
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How many species of piranhas live in the rivers of South America.
20 species
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Are piranhas herbivores or carnivores?
Herbivores
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Why do piranhas swim in schools?
For protections from their enemies?
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What is the diet of a red-bellied piranha?
small animals and plants
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How big can a red-bellied piranha get?
Up to 13 inches
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Where does the sailfish live?
Indo-Pacific Region
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What is the diet of a sailfish?
Fish and squid
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What do gill slits do for a shark?
As the shark swims, oxyenied water if forced into it'd mouth over its gills, and out it's through these slits.
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What is ampullae of Lorenzini?
It allows a shark to pinpoint its prey in the dark.
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What does a great white shark's dorsal fin do?
It acts as a stabilizer as a shark charges into attack.
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How does a hungry great white shark find food?
It raises it's head out of the water to sniff for prey.
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How big can a sailfish get?
11 1/2 feet
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How much can a sailfish weigh?
220 pounds
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How long can a sailfish live?
Up to 10 years
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How many young sailfish swim together?
About 30
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Where do red-bellied- piranhas live?
South America
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What is the diet of a red lionfish?
Small fish
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What is the largest shark in the world?
Whale Shark
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How big can the thorn back ray get?
3 1/4 feet
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Where does the throwback ray live?
Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
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Where does the longcomb Sawfish live?
Indo-Pacific Region
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In the dorsal fin of a red lionfish, how many venous spines does it have?
13 spines
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Do sea lamprey have scales?
No. There skin is tough and smooth?
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How long can a siberian newt get?
6 inches
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What allows the basking shark to eat?
It's large mouth
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How long is a basking shark?
33 feet
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What sharks can be found worldwide oceans?
Basking sharks, frilled sharks, thresher sharks, blue sharks, and scalloped hammerheads.
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What is a way the thornback ray uses its head?
To scoop buried prey up from under the sea bed?
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What are some uses of the Longcomb sawfish snout?
To stun prey, to strike prey, and to rake burrowing animals from the sea bed?
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What has a kite shaped body and sharp thorny spines on it's back?
Thornback ray
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Where does the red lionfish live?
Indo-Pacific region
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How long can a red lionfish get?
Up to 15 inches
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How many eggs can a female lionfish produse in a year?
2 million
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How long can Longcomb Sawfish get?
14 feet
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Where does the California Giant Salamander live?
Western Northern America
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What can a fire salamander squirt out its back?
Dangerous positions
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How big can a fire salamander get?
11 inches
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Where does the fire salamander live?
Central and Southern Europe
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What does a sirens long body allow?
For it to swim like an eel.
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What is the longest siren?
Greater siren
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What are sirens?
A kind of salamander with no hind legs
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How small is the smallest salamander?
3/4 inch
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What is the smallest kind of Salamander?
Thorius Arboreus
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What of the approximate number of species of salamanders and newts?
685
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Where does the Japanese Giant salamander live?
Japan
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How large can a Japanese giant Salamander get?
4 1/2 feet
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What does the Japanese giant salamanders flat tail do?
It helps drive it through the water.
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Where do most salamanders lay their eggs?
Damp places on land
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Where does the siberian newt live?
Northeast Asia
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What does a sea lampreys tongue do?
It used to scrap away its victims skin
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What do the sea lamprey's horny teeth do?
They improve the grip on the victim.
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Why do great white sharks cooperate with each other?
They do it to outwit their prey.
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How many eggs can a sea lamprey lay?
100,000
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How far away can a great white shark smell a drop of blood?
1/2 mile (1km) away.
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How long does a adult sea lamprey live for?
20 months
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How long can a sea lamprey live buried in a lake or river bed?
17 years
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What newt can survive being frozen for years?
Siberian Newt
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How fast can a great white shark swim?
35 mph
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Are great white sharks really 23ft?
NO, they are 24ft or (7.2m)
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What does a sea lampreys tail fin do?
It helps propel it through the water
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How do some rays kill their prey?
They can electrocute them
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What BONEY FISH has the science name lstiophorus platypterus?
The sailfish
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How long can a greater siren get?
35 1/2 inches
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How many species of salamanders and newts are there
683
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What does cold-blooded mean?
It means you are the same temperature as the air around you?
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What is the sailfishes pointed bill used for?
It is used for better streaming through the water and sometimes for slashing prey!!!
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How long can a sailfish live for?
10 years
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How heavy is the sailfish?
220 pounds!!
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How well can a sailfish see?
VERY WELL, it has SHARP EYES perfect for the water.
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How fast can a sailfish go?
68mph
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How many liters of water can a red bellied piranha smell a drop of blood in?
422 pints or 200 liters
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Do red bellied piranhas eat each other?
No, well in a feeding frenzy they might. Well, when a piranha eats their prey the blood attracts more piranhas and it gets more and more crowed and a the piranhas start TRYING to eat the prey but sometimes… miss and eat other piranhas, killing or wounding them.
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What are herbivores and carnivores and live in South America?
Red Bellied Piranhas
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Is it true that a shoal of red bellied piranhas where once seen eating a strip of 88-lb (40- kg) capybara to bare bones in less then a minute?!
Yes, that is true
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The ocean sunfish is the biggest of all------and reaches a weight of -------.
of all BONEY FISH…..
a weight of 2 TONS…..
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What will happen if you cut a starfish in half?
It will grow into two separate starfishes!!!!!!!
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Can a basking shark eat a human?
yes, if it was a carnivore but it is a filter feeder ONLY!
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What are the loin fishes spines used for?
The spines a venomous so the loin fish has very few pretedores, but some sharks are known for eating them.
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Where does the giant manta ray eat?
It is a filter feeder
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What does the groove do in the loinfishes spines?
It contains a venomous tissue.
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Are a great white sharks dermal denticles side by side?
NO, they are over lapped.
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Why is the sailfish called its name?
Because its large fin looks like a sail.
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Why does the sailfish change its color when its hunting?
Because its excited.
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Why can't you see the sailfish when you are on a boat?
Because the light underside of the sailfish blends in with the water's sunlit surface, making it hard to see.
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How does a loinfish catch its prey?
The wide mouth can extend forward to create a suction tube, perfect for catching prey.
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About how many species of newts and salamanders are lungless?
About half
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What is the length of the smallest salamander?
3/4 in
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What is the smallest salamander?
Thorius arboreus
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What allows the greater siren to swim like an eel?
Its long body
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What is the biggest siren?
The Greater Siren
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What are two species of amphibians that have the word fire on?
Fire Salamander and Oriental fire-belled toad
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What is the spotted wobbegong powerful enough to do?
Eat smaller sharks
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Where does the Spotted Wobbegong live?
South Australia
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How big can the spotted wobbegong get?
9 3/4 feet
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Where does the basking shark live?
Worldwide
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What does the basking shark mainly eat?
plankton
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How big can a basking shark get?
Up to 33 feet!
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What does the tail fin of a basking shark allow it to do?
Drive itself through the water
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How does the basking shark catch plankton?
By swimming through plankton swarms with it's large mouth open
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Where in the basking sharks mouth does the prey get traped?
In the sharks mesh-like gill retractors
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Where does the frilled shark live?
Worldwide
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How big can the frilled shark get?
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6 1/2 feet
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How many pairs of gill slits does the frilled shark have?
6
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Where does the thresher shark live?
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Worldwide
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How big can a thresher shark get?
18 3/4 feet long
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What does the thresher sharks tail do?
To whip and herd fish
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Where does the sand tiger shark live?
coastal water worldwide
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How big can the sand tiger shark get?
Up to 10 1/2 feet
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What are the sand tiger sharks ragged spiky teeth adapted for?
Seizing and griping slippery, struggling prey
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Does the sand tiger sharks chew i's prey or swallow it whole?
It swallows it whole
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When does the sand tiger shark hunt?
night
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# hint: near the bottom
Where does the sand tiger shark hunt?
Near the sea bed
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Where does the blue shark live?
worldwide
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# Hint: Something to do with 12
How big can the blue shark get?
up to 12 1/2 feet
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# Hint: smaller fis, and sq,
What does the blue shark prey on?
smaller fish and squid
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Can blue sharks hunt in packs?
Yes
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# Hint: Everwhere
Where does the Scalloped Hammerhead live?
World wide
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How big can the scalloped hammerhead get?
13 3/4 feet
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# Hint: make tight...
What can the shape of a scalloped hammerheads head do?
make tight turns in the water
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# Sorry can't tell you you'll get it righa waya!
Where does the angel shark live?
Northern Atlantic ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea
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How big can a angle shark get?
7 3/4 feet
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# Hint: everwhere
Where does the giant manta ray live?
Worldwide
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How big can a giant manta ray get?
25 feet
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# Hint: everwhere!
Where does the spotted eagle ray live?
worldwide
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# Hint: feet
How big can a spotted eagle shark get?
16 1/2 feet
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Where does the thornback ray live?
Eastern Atlantic Mediterranean
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How big can a thornback ray get?
3 1/4 feet
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Where does the longcomb sawfish live?
indo-pacific region
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# Woo!
Where does the african bullfrog live?
Africa
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How big can an african bullfrog get?
9 1/2 inches
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Where does the reticulated glass frog live?
central and south america
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How big can a reticulated glass frog get?
1 inch
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What frog is named after a vegetable and is known for its vivid color?
Tomato Frog
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What frog is small, has vivid bright colors, and is toxic?
Dyeing Poison-dart Frog
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Where does the Dyeing Poison-Dart Frog live?
South America
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# Hint:bright colors
What is a sign for a predator that an animal might be toxic?
Bright bold colors
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# Hint: eat
How does the Oriental Fire-Belled toad get its red color on it's stomach?
From the prey it eats
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What kind of frog sometimes eats its young?
African Bullfrog
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What gender of the African Bullfrog is bigger?
The males tend to be bigger than the females.
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Where does the surinam toad live?
South America
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Where does the Darwin's Frog live?
South America
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What does the common toads eyes do in the dark?
They dilate for better sight
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# hint: oxagon
What does the common toads warty skin allow?
For it to absorb oxygen when it is underwater.
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How long can common toads live in captivity?
50 years
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What do both male and female great crested newts have on their bellies?
yellow or orange bellies with black blotches
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What is the highest number of eggs a female great crested newts in one season?
600 eggs
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Where is the only place in the world that you can find great crested newts?
From Britain to Ukraine
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What is the great crested newt skin covered with?
Small bumps
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Where is the SALVIN'S MUSHROOMTONGUES location?
Central America
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can u see through the glass frogs body?
yes
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