Lifestyles And Description Of Seahorses, Hippocampus

Sea-horses adapt to there environment because they like warmer water and the grass at the bottom of corals and the floor of the ocean.They like to hide in this grass , not eat it.The sea-horses like the slow moving currents because it brings these tiny little micro earth like creature through that slow moving current , and the sea-horses wait for the plankton to go by and boom there eaten.Sea-horses don't have stomachs , they turn all the food they eat into energy .Sea-horses have thick armed plates that surround there body with the protection they need to survive in there habitat.Sea-horses have camouflage so they can hide from much bigger mammals like fish,eel,and even sharks. The sea-horses learn to adapt to there surroundings,they learn

Adapted for a wide range of aquatic habitats, various shark species inhabit shallow coastal habitats, deep-water ocean floor habitats, and the open ocean. With a wide selection to feed off of, as a whole the shark species feed on just about everything. Their diet consists of fish,

The first thing is the ability to camouflage. Sea horses being able to camouflage is a very great way to survive in their habitats because they can hide from anything that tries to harm them. In source 1 paragraph 3 sentences 1 through 3 it states “(1)

A seahorse has a long curled mouth that helps it eat small animals. They also have a long curly tail that can help them hang on to coral and sea grass.

The Narwhal is a whale and is also known as the unicorn of the sea. It is in the family of bottlenose dolphins, orcas, and Belugas (World Wildlife Fund). The scientific name for the Narwhal is Monodon monoceros and it is Greek meaning one-tooth, one-horn. It can grow up to 13-16 feet in length and weighs almost 2 tons (4,000 pounds). The region they are usually located is around the Arctic waters of Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia. They are known as unicorns of the sea because they have a tusk, one of their teeth, coming out of the front of the skull. According to the World Wildlife fund (2014), “Males most commonly have tusks, and some may even have two. The tusk, which can grow as long as 10 feet, is actually an enlarged tooth.” The

This species has a typical diet. The manatee usually eats wet vegetation, making them primarily herbivores. “Manatees have occasionally been seen to eat foods other than plants. Antillean manatees have been known to eat fish from nets and West African manatees have been to eat clams” (Reynolds and Odell, 1991). Manatees also feed on fallen acorns on surface and

Geographic location: Purple sea urchins are found on the Pacific coastline from Alaska to Cedros Island, Mexico, and from Vancouver Island to Isla Cedra, Baja California.

espite their small size, sea dragons are carnivorous animals and therefore have a purely meat-based diet. The sea dragon uses its pipe-like snout to suck its prey into its oddly tooth-less mouth. Sea dragons hunt crustaceans, plankton, shrimp and even small fish, using their camouflage to their advantage. Sea dragons have numerous natural predators in the south and western coastal waters of Australia but are rarely even spotted to the elaborate camouflage of the sea dragon. Those few sea dragons that are unlucky enough to be found, are usually spotted by large fish. As with sea horses, it is the male sea dragon who care for the eggs once they have been laid by the female. The female lays around 250 eggs onto the long tail of the male sea horse.

Pacific sleeper sharks, which are also known scavengers, can glide through the water with little body movement and little hydrodynamic noise making them successful predators. They feed by suction and cutting of their prey. They have large mouths that can inhale prey and their teeth cut up any pieces that are too large to swallow. They show a characteristic rolling motion of the head when feeding. Only in Alaska has the shark's diet been studied - most sharks' stomachs contain remains of giant Pacific octopus. They are also known to feed on bottom-dwelling teleost fishes as well as soles, flounders, Alaska pollock, rockfishes, shrimps, hermit crabs, and even marine snails. Larger Pacific sleeper sharks are also found to feed on fast swimming

Their target prey is usually fish (both bony fish, and sharks and rays). They will also eat crustaceans, sea turtles, cetaceans (such as dolphins), and squid.

Sea Otter's are members of the weasel family can be found along the coast of North America. A sea otter spends most of its time in the water and the rest of time it comes to land to sleep. Sea Otter floats on its back to the land and sleeps like that also. They have webbed feet. Their fur keeps them warm and it doesn't shed. Sea Otter's is one of the smallest marine mammal. They have a large amount of different adaptations. These different adaptations help them survive in their marine environment. Their long whiskers help the, detect vibrations in water and sensitive forepaws. Their claws helps them groom themselves and capture their prey underwater. The male is bigger than the female. Sea Otters have a high metabolism they eat 25% of their weight in food each day . They are also known for eating a clam and a rock that has been gently caught from the ocean floor. The otters place the rock on their chest and constantly smash the shellfish against it until it breaks. Once its broken they eat it . They also like to eat crabs , squid , octopus, and fish.

In the article, “How a Seahorse Dad is like a Pregnant Woman” by Sarah Zielinski, may sound comical, but much to my surprise, has some biological information that is worth reading. Unlike human, beings male seahorses carry the babies, instead of the women. A male seahorse carries the eggs of his mate in a pouch. Inside the male is where the eggs become fertile and start the growing process. The pouch, or the homes of the eggs are inside the male, around the stomach region. The male’s pouch is very adaptable. When the male is not pregnant the pouch is not sealed off, but when there are eggs in the pouch it becomes sealed, isolated from anything else. When eggs occupy the pouch it adapts its size and the nutrients it realizes according to the

They are solitary creatures who remain submerged for most of their time at sea making difficult to study their behavioural tendencies.

They used ciliated motion to move food, ostracoderms used their muscular gill pouch to create a suction that pulled in small and slow moving prey.

They flourish on a variety of food, from tiny crustaceans like shrimps and snails to insects like mosquitoes and insect larvae. They also eat lettuce and peas. They can be fed with either fresh foods and accept typically available flakes or pellets. It is suggested to serve them food only once to 2 times each day. In addition, be wary of placing little fishes in the same aquarium with the them because they are able to simply slot in their mouths and most sure to be eaten. Excepting the accessibility of their food, they