SCUBA Fact

SCUBA Fact - Brief Video Clip youtu.be/9CwLFjvIPts

🐋#scubafact "Male humpback whales are famous for their beautiful "songs". They sing for hours on end, pausing only briefly for breath. Each individual has his own song, made up of lots of different sounds. He uses these to attract females and frighten off other males."

⚪#scubafact "The long-beaked, almost blind Amazon River dolphin feeds on piranha fish, prawns, and crabs. Young animals are bluish-gray, but they become pinker as they get older."

🔵#scubafact "Sailors long ago thought that dugongs were the imaginary beings called mermaids."

🔴#scubafact "A baby blue whale is already 7m long when it is born. It weighs 1,000 times more than a newborn human baby."

🐙#scubafact "Jellyfish have clear, bell-shaped bodies. They swim by taking water into the bell, then pushing it out again. This pushes the jellyfish forward. Some jellyfish swim in groups, called swarms." #jellyfish

⚪#scubafact "Octopuses squirt out thick clouds of brown or black ink to confuse their enemies. This gives them time to make a getaway. The ink comes from a special sac, or bag, in the octopus's body." #octopus

🔵#scubafact "Some mollusks, such as clams and scallops, have two shells, joined together by a hinge. They are called bivalves. Others, such as snails and whelks, have only one shell. They are called gastropods." #bivalves #gastropods

🔴#scubafact "The flatfish's shape is perfectly suited for life on the seabed. Its sandy colors keep it well hidden from predators - and from prey. A flatfish can also improve its camouflage by flicking sand onto its back with its fins."

🐋#scubafact "Grunions live of the coast of California, U.S.. During very high tides in March, thousands come ashore at night to lay their eggs. The wet sand protects the eggs until they hatch about two weeks later." #grunions

⚪#scubafact "The snipe eel lives in the depths of the sea. It has very long, thin jaws, like the beak of a snipe bird. Its mouth is filled with small teeth like needles that it uses for catching deep-sea shrimp." #snipeeel

🔵#scubafact "Sea urchins have hard, round shells covered in sharp, poisonous spines. They use their spines as weapons for self-defense. Some also use then for burrowing into the sand. The suckers and pincers are used for seizing prey." #seaurchins

🔴#scubafact "The blind shrimp shares its seabed burrow with a small fish called a goby. The shrimp digs a burrow, where they both find shelter. The goby helps the blind shrimp by warning it of approaching danger." #blindshrimp #goby

🐬#scubafact "The snout of the swordfish is like a 1 m long sword. It uses its sharp snout to slash through schools of fish. The swordfish can travel at speeds of up to 100 km/h." #swordfish

⚪#scubafact "Seahorses are unusual because the male has the babies. The female squirts her eggs into a pouch on the male's front. Four to six weeks later, hundreds of tiny seahorses come out of the male's pouch." #seahorse

🔵#scubafact "Strange, pinkish-white fish, called eelpouts, feed on vent animals and nibble at tube worms. There is no need for animals to be brightly colored at this depth, becuase they live in almost total darkness and cannot be seen." #eelpouts

🔴#scubafact "Sunfish skin has no scales and is extremely thick and elastic." #sunfish

🦐#scubafact "At the end of summer, thousands of spiny lobsters start a journey across the seabed. They travel from the Atlantic shores of North America to spend the winter in warmer Caribbean waters. They use their antennae to keep in contact with the lobster in front."#lobster

⚪#scubafact "Many of the fish that live on the coral reef are brightly colored, with vivid spots or stripes. These colors and patterns help the fish to recognize others of their own species, or type, on the crowded reef."

🔵#scubafact "Fast-swimming mackerel are dark-colored on top and lighter underneath, helping them to hide from predators and to get close to prey. From above, they blend into the dark waters, and from below they blend into the light." #mackerel

🔴#scubafact "Some Antarctic fish have a chemical similar to antifreeze in their blood to stop them freezing in the icy waters." #Antarticfish