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The Sea Turtles inhabit all the world’s oceans except the arctic. The lifespan of Sea Turtles has been speculated at 80 years. Unfortunately ALL species of Sea Turtles are listed as threatened or endangered. After 3 years maturing, females haul themselves onto the beach to create a nest. She then digs a hole and deposits approximately 150-200 eggs. After laying, she refills the whole and returns to the ocean, leaving the eggs unattended. Incubation takes months, then the young turtles tear their shells apart and dig through the sand. Once they reach the surface. They instinctively head towards the ocean.
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Native to warmer waters of the Indian and Pacific Ocean, there are around 28 species of Clown Fish. They all form symbiotic mutualisms with sea anemones. They feed on undigested matter which otherwise could potentially harm the sea anemone. In addition to providing food for the clownfish, the sea anemone also provides safety due to its poison.
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The Pacific Barreleye Fish is the first ever known fish to have a completely transparent head. Found in tropical waters, they have large, telescoping eyes which dominate and protrude from the skull, but enclosed within a large transparent dome of soft tissue which allows the barreleye to peer up at potential prey of focus forward to see what it is eating.
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This large, long living Humphead Wrasse can be found in the Indian Ocean around coral reefs. Reaching almost 8 foot in length and weighs more than 800 pounds making it one of the largest reef fish known. They are very opportunistic predators preying primarily on crustaceans and mollusks but are also one of the few predators of toxic animals such as the sea hare and boxfish.
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The unmistakable Bowmouth Guitar Fish is named for its distinctive mouth which undulates like a longbow. Its snout is round and it has sharp thorns which run along its bony ridges over its head used for butting. This large fish grows up to 2.7m long and weighing up to 135kg.
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Commonly found in shallow waters, the Giant Grouper feed on a variety of marine life, including small sharks and juvenile sea turtles. The reef dwelling species can grow as large as 9 ft long, weighing up to 600kg. They can live to be more than 50 years old, start out life as females and later switch sex to male with age. It has at least 7 rows of teeth on the middle of its lower jaw and can expand its mouth to create a strong suction, which allows it to engulf its unsuspecting prey.
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A truly unique species unlike no other, the Puffer Fish have the ability to puff up and inflate themselves when they are scared, in order to detract predators by surprising them, failing this they can produce a poisonous toxin to deter the would be predator. There are many variations of Puffer Fish, the one pictured above is a porcupine which has these sharp needles attached. Below is a non spiky Puffer Fish.
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And because I love them so much….here’s another cute picture of the Porcupine Puffer Fish;
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And one last one!
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The Bottlenose Dolphin is commonly known for its friendly character and curiosity. It is not uncommon for a diver to be investigated by a group of them. It has been known that dolphins have rescued injured divers by raising them to the surface. Females live for approximately 40 years and Males for 30 years. Their main diet includes small fish, squid and crabs.
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Found on shallow reefs in tropical waters, the Blue Faced Angel Fish can grow up to 15 inches. There are approximately 86 species of angel fish, the larger species are quite bold and seemingly fearless, and they have been known to approach divers. With beautiful bright colours and flawless patterns, this pretty species would very rarely venture deeper than 50m.
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A member of the surgeonfish family, Yellow Tang Fish can grow up to 20cm in length. Commonly found in shallow reefs, from 2 to 46m deep. All individuals of this species are bright daffodil yellow in colour which by night changes to a dull brown shade. They have a long snout-like mouth used to eat the algae off rocks, they provide cleaner services to the marine turtle by removing algal growth from their shells.
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These stunning creatures can be found across the Indian Ocean, i am always looking for more cute species so i can hopefully make a top 20!
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