The sea is always a mystery. Infinite and deep, which mankind has been unraveling for centuries and cannot unravel in any way. Ebb and flow, the Bermuda Triangles and the nature of storms - this is all, of course, a mystery. But more people were interested and continue to be interested in marine life - from small fish to a huge whale. Each of the species of the inhabitants of the underwater world is, in fact, a separate people, practicing their traditions and protecting their tribe in every possible way.
One has only to listen to the stories of divers: not even the most experienced of them keeps in mind some interesting fact about marine life and can spend hours describing amazing landscapes of the deep sea.
People entering the underwater kingdom or a specially equipped observation tank are touched by everything: living corals, colorful baby fish, sea urchins (if you stay away from them) and even vicious sharks - some of them, likeTurned out they weren't bloodthirsty at all. But smart dolphins have been a hit of human sympathy for many years now.
Intelligent, sociable, capable of empathy
Oceanologists who know a lot about sea creatures have long come to the conclusion that dolphins are the most perfect and unique of them. Firstly, none of the citizens of the underwater state is closer to a person. Moreover, dolphins are very similar to us: they love to have fun and come up with ways to diversify their underwater and above-water leisure activities (for example, they blow air bubbles and rings underwater using their blowhole as a tool); they feel responsible for weakened or distressed relatives, they will never leave an elderly or injured dolphin to the mercy of fate, they are always next to a female whose birth processes are complicated. In all these cases, they are not just present, but help and support.
Dolphin: doctor or medicine?
Dolphins are the friendliest marine inhabitants, for children they can become swimming coaches, and nannies in the pool, and a cure for mental disorders, and a number of unpleasant diseases: cerebral palsy, autism, depression. By the way, now adults do not hesitate to undergo dolphin therapy: both pleasant and effective.
In terms of intelligence among mammals, dolphins rank third.
In favor of the intellectual abilities of these cute mammals, their habit of using assistants during hunting speaksmeans, for example, to protect your nose from spiny fish with a washcloth.
A dolphin's mouth has a hundred small teeth that it never uses for its intended purpose - dolphins only capture prey with their teeth, but never chew.
The height of a dolphin's jump above the water can reach 6 meters, and the depth of maximum immersion - up to 305 m, but only during the hunt. Dolphins usually live at a depth of 2-10 m.
Miracle Yudo Whale Fish
No less remarkable are the largest marine inhabitants - whales. At the mere mention of these giants, many interesting facts about maxi-sized marine life pop up.
Just because a whale is huge doesn't mean it's clumsy. In the waves, the whales play and frolic like children, demonstrating graceful (almost graceful) diving.
Whales are capable of diving to great depths - up to 1000 m. And the pressure at the bottom of the sea is very different from the pressure on the surface. That's how whales adapt: during the dive, their pulse slows down to ten beats per minute, ensuring that blood flows only to the heart and brain. The skin, fins and tail remain "disconnected" from the energy supply.
The pattern on a whale's tail is as individual as a human fingerprint.
There are only two kinds of mammals in the world that can sing. This is a man and … a whale. The shortest whale song lasts about six minutes, and the longest is half an hour. Sing like malesand females. At the same time, it was noticed that whales-“women” are more likely to sing, the songs are intended for their children. And the most amazing thing is that whales have no vocal cords at all.
Another interesting fact about marine life-whales, which can not be ignored: these giants are constantly busy analyzing the sounds emitted by the sea. Their hearing is well developed, but their sense of smell is absent and their eyesight is atrophied.
We are funny jellyfish
Many representatives of the species of jellyfish really have a very "cheerful" color, just the same carnival. With such a bright appearance, they cannot help but defend themselves, therefore they are poisonous.
Perhaps the next fact is not exactly interesting about marine life, but it is very instructive: when you get to exotic latitudes, you need to be wary of a jellyfish called Flecker's sea wasp. She is a killer. She has one fatality every year. Its venom acts as a powerful heart-paralytic agent. The only effective way to escape from a deadly substance is nylon tights. This piece of women's wardrobe is very popular among Queensland fishermen.
And in the Caribbean, farmers have learned to use the poison of jellyfish for great benefit - with it they poison rats and other harmful rodents that damage the economy.
The main thing is the pattern on the shell
The most incredible facts about marine life do not arise without human help. And it's not that he composes them - he even provokes them. In a good way.
For example,the heikegani crabs that live off the coast of Japan survived and developed their population only thanks to the pattern on the shell. He is very reminiscent of the stern face of an angry samurai.
When a crab with such a pattern fell into fishing nets, it was reverently set free, sincerely believing that a restless samurai soul settled in this creature.
Thanks to Japanese fishermen's belief in reincarnation, an artificial selection mechanism was launched that saved the heikegani from extinction.
The shrimp wants to live too
For some reason, any interesting fact about marine life, which simultaneously received the status of yummy, is tied to culinary features: weight, amount of protein in milligrams, benefits for the body.
Even a child knows that the tiger shrimp is the largest. But how big is it? The length of the female reaches 36 centimeters, and the weight is 650 grams. Among tigers, there are also kilogram specimens.
Some of these crustaceans can kill fish with sound. They are called shooting shrimp and have a device on their claw that can make a loud click, deadly for fish swimming near.
The shrimp also hunts, also defends itself and really doesn't want to end its life as a snack.
I am a star
The most beautiful sea creatures are stars. Anyone who has seen the bottom covered with these bright creatures claims that all the most curious facts about marine life simply pale in front of this amazing sight.
For himdivers dive underwater with cameras to show the world the real stars of the deep sea.
We can safely state the uniqueness of starfish: they are not fish, because they cannot swim, but move along horizontal and vertical planes with the help of tenacious suckers.
They are varied in color and shape, but all have the same "figure" - in the form of a five-pointed star. But five rays is not the limit. Maximum - 50.
Star is the only marine creature whose limbs are called hands. It reproduces in two ways: by throwing eggs and sperm into the water or by dividing one individual into parts.
Where do coral beads live?
Like all other types of marine life, corals have their own "zest", interesting not only to explorers of the oceans, but also to researchers of fashion boutiques.
Tiny and inconspicuous creatures have found a way to become famous by organizing themselves in atolls and leaving behind their "eternal" skeletons, very beautiful and useful: they are not only used to make jewelry. The inhabitants of the deep sea use corals for pest control - rubbing against a coral branch, they get rid of parasites.
Corals are thermophilic, so an almost continuous line of reefs is located along the equator almost the entire circumference of the planet.
Monsters of the sea. Interesting names of marine life
The sea kindly provides a person with various types of marine life for observation and study. But there are among them those who studyfrankly scary and unpleasant.
The ugliest inhabitants of the ocean depths are recognized as sea devils, or anglers. They live at the greatest depths, as if hiding from prying eyes and realizing their unattractiveness.
The uniqueness of this species is that the male anglerfish are not just gigolos - they are parasites that live in the body of the female.
The viper fish is also disgusting, looking like a standard snake before the meal, and after - like an inflated balloon.
Intimidating creatures include dragonfish, sabertooth fish, bigmouth fish and the Atlantic giant squid.
Interesting fact about marine life-horror stories came from the times of World War II, when surviving sailors from sunken ships spoke with horror about a huge monster that dragged their comrades to the depths.
They really look like people from the Mesozoic era and live in the darkest corners of the ocean, so meeting with such "fish" is a rarity, although you need to know about their existence. Just in case.
