| Fish, Fins and Living Things... - The amount of fish harvested in the world is more than that of cattle, sheep, poultry or eggs. - Fish is the biggest source of wild or domestic protein in the world. - The Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest known animal ever to live on sea or land. Individuals can reach more than 33 meters (110 feet) and weigh nearly 180 tonnes (200 tons). This is more than the weight of 50 adult elephants!!!! - The blue whale's blood vessels are so bit that a full grown trout could swim through them to its heart, which is the size of a small car. - Green turtles can migrate more than 1400 miles to lay their eggs. - A group of herring is called a siege. - A group of jelly fish is called a smack. - The blue fin tuna is one of the largest and fastest marine fish. Adults may weigh 680 kilograms (1500 pounds ) and swim up to 90 kilometres (55 miles) per hour. - Penguins "fly" underwater at up to 90 Kilometres (55 miles) per hour. - Horseshoe crabs have existed in the same form for 135 million years. - The study of a deep sea community in an area half the size of a tennis court revealed 898 species. More than half these species were new to science. - Dugongs are the only fully plant eating marine mammal, and the only sea cow to occur in Australia. - Australia's waters are home to more than 4000 species of fish including 166 species of shark and more than 110 species of seahorse. - Eight species of baleen whales and 35 species of toothed whale, porpoises and dolphins are found in Australian waters. - Australia has 500 coral species in the reefs of northern Australia and south easter Australia. |
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