How amazing is the world of the water element! Until now, it cannot be argued that the depths of the oceans and seas have been fully studied by man. Increasingly, people exploring the water element, there are strange, downright fantastic marine life.
Everyone knows fairy tales that talk about sirens and mermaids - creatures that look like beautiful naked women with a fish tail. Sirens in the legend have a magical voice, hearing which people turn to stone. Today it is already known that almost all of this is a fantasy. Except for one thing - mermaids and sirens actually exist!
True, they don't really look like beautiful women. These are the so-called dugongs - mammals of the order of sirens. Translated from the Malay language, this name means "sea maiden" or "mermaid".
Maybe their way of moving, which is different from the swimming of other inhabitants of the seas and oceans, confused those who met them at sea. After all, the marine inhabitants of the dugongs “walk” along the bottom of shallow waters, leaning on their front fins, as if on their hands. And when swimming, these animals actively use their tail. Only juveniles use pectorals for swimming.fins.
And let's not even talk about mermaid songs! A complete laugh! After all, "sea maidens" are usually extremely silent. Only frightened or excited individuals are able to emit a sharp whistle. The dugong cubs can only bleat, like earthly sheep. What kind of songs are there?
Speaking of the inhabitants of the sea, one cannot help but recall such amazing creatures as octopuses. These marine creatures are cephalopods, that is, all of their eight legs-tentacles grow directly from the head. Their octopus uses to capture food. And if the baby octopus is able to cause emotion, then the adults of some species are quite aggressive and dangerous to humans.
Especially interesting for ichthyologists of the waters of the Red Sea. Here you can meet bottlenose dolphins and green turtles, sharks and moray eels.
The Napoleon fish is one of the amazing fish that lives in the Red Sea. These rather rare marine inhabitants got their name for a kind of growth on the frontal part of the head.
In general, the waters of the Red Sea abound with various types of fish that can shake any imagination with their appearance. For example, clown fish or sultanka.
Also bright and attractive butterfly fish. Why not cartoon characters?
Amazing people with their appearanceand such Red Sea marine life as sea cucumbers. In another way, they are also called sea capsules or holothurians. These are invertebrate echinoderms that mostly prefer to lie on the sea or ocean floor. About 1150 species of these creatures are known.
Meat of sea cucumbers is eaten by people, their poison is used in pharmacology. But not averse to eat holothurians and marine life. Therefore, in case of danger, the sea cucumber can shoot into the water through the anus with a part of the intestine along with the water lungs, thereby distracting or frightening the attacker. An interesting fact is that the lost organs of an echinoderm invertebrate are restored extremely quickly.
