Not only can you check out all the cool ocean animals when you visit SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida…
…but you can go on all the adventure rides too.
The Manta is a roller coaster that opens on May 22nd, 2009!
Now, I don’t know about you, but I LOVE roller coasters and adventure rides…
Not only is this a roller coaster, but it’s an exhibit in it’s own right! All the while you’re waiting in line, you get to see marvelous manta rays, a giant octopus, sea dragons, seahorses and other exotic fish.
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Not only can you check out all the cool ocean animals when you visit SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida…
…but you can go on all the adventure rides too.
The Manta is a roller coaster that opens on May 22nd, 2009!
Now, I don’t know about you, but I LOVE roller coasters and adventure rides…
Not only is this a roller coaster, but it’s an exhibit in it’s own right! All the while you’re waiting in line, you get to see marvelous manta rays, a giant octopus, sea dragons, seahorses and other exotic fish.
There are 10 uniquely configured aquariums around and above you! There will [ ... ]
Category: Featured, Great Animal Finds, Rays
Tags: Manta, manta ray, Manta Sea World, Orlando, rides, roller coasters, rollercoasters, Sea World, Sea World Orlando One Comment
As you saw in the last post’s video, there were some really amazing cod fish shown.
So, I figured I would show you a little bit more about them.
As you could guess, they are regular inhabitants of the Great Barrier Reef.
They can actually reach a length of 2 meters – that’s about as big as a reef shark, but it’s so much heavier and more bulky too!
Wasn’t that awesome? I would love to do this one day…They are real gentle
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The very first shark I ever saw in the ocean was a Whitetip Reef Shark!
Not only that, it was the very first time I had ever snorkeled either…I went under the water for the first dip and there was a shark! It was probably about 5 feet long!
Sure…It brought me right back up to the surface and ready to head back to shore, but our guide told me they’re harmless, unless you really mess around with them and bother them, which I was not even about to attempt.
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Manta Rays are the most graceful animals in the ocean, in my opinion.
What a magical experience!
I’ve wrangled up a video of some manta rays on the Great Barrier Reef that some divers captured!
To explain the sheer of the first ray in the video, the diver was 60-70 feet above it…What a huge creature!
Also, this video is in real time…This is how elegantly they “fly” through the water! It’s simply effortless to them!
Yes, I’ve actually had the unbelievable opportunity to swim with a school of them on
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Category: Australian Animals, Fish, Marine Animals, Rays
Tags: Australian animal, Fish, Great Barrier Reef, manta ray, marine animals, ocean animals, Rays Leave a Comment
You’ll know Clownfish from the popular children’s movie:
Finding Nemo
They have a special adaptation that allows them to live in anemone and not be stung or killed.
It’s great protection for these cute, little ones and they are found all over the Great Barrier Reef.
Here’s a short video to show you them in their natural habitat and living amongst sea anemones.
These adaptations of the clownfish are amazing, which allows it to live in sea anemones…It helps them surprise prey, protects them from predators and gives them a place to
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Category: Featured, Fish, Marine Animals
Tags: anemonefish, Australian Animals, clownfish, Fish, Great Barrier Reef, marine animals, ocean animals 8 Comments
The reason I’m sharing so many videos with you of the Great Barrier Reef is because just telling you about it, and explaining things doesn’t do it justice at all!
Here is a beautiful video of the Great Barrier Reef in all of it’s splendor! Enjoy!
This is my kind of dreaming…Watching fish, relaxed in their natural environment…
The Great Barrier Reef is a fantastic World Heritage Listed Site…Apparently, it’s moving at a rate of 7
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Category: Featured, Fish, Marine Animals
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Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Pristiformes
Family: Pristidae
Genera: Anoxypristis, Pristis
Species: There are 7 species in the 2 Genera
Sawfish are in the ray family and are known by their long, saw-like snout. They are often called “Sharks with Swords”. Actually, the “teeth” on their snout aren’t really teeth at all…LOL
Know what else is special about that snout?
It is electro- and motion sensitive with tiny pores that detect the slightest variations, so it allows the sawfish to hover over the ocean or riverbed floor and detect their prey’s heart-beats below the sand or mud. Very handy!
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Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Anguillidae
Genus: Anguilla
Species: A. anguilla
European Eels are a snake-like fish that’s usually between 1-1.5 meters in length.
They partake in a 3-year long migration, originally spawning in the Saragasso sea then heading towards Europe.
By the time they enter estuaries in Europe, they are considered to be “glass eels”, I suppose because they are see-thru mostly.
When they enter those freshwater estuaries and river systems, they undergo a
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The Spiny Dogfish is in the shark family, and is distinguished from other sharks in that it has 2 spinal fins and no anal fin, unique to this family of shark.
Spiny dogfish can grow to be 3.25 – 5.25 feet long
They are counter-shaded, are greyish-brown in coloration and have white spots on their back with 2 spines.
Counter-shaded means they are white on the bottom and their darker color on the top.
Why are fish often colored this way?
Well, it’s an evolutionary survival attribute.
How?
Good question! If predators are underneath them, what will they see? They’ll see their underbelly that’s white or whitish [ ... ]
Category: Animals of the World, Fish, Marine Animals, Sharks
Tags: dogfish, dogfish shark, Fish, marine animals, Sharks, sharks, spiny dogfish One Comment
We welcome our new pair of oranda.
I’ll bet you’ve never heard of apricot oranda before, and I had never seen anything like them before.
They were actually labeled orange and black oranda and were in a tank full of them, except these two weren’t the typical orange or “gold” color. They are clearly apricot in color and stood out to me!
Of course, loving unique animals, I fell in love right away.
I left the pet store and ran a bunch of errands for most of the day, but could not get these two off my mind.
So, What Did I Do?
I drove right [ ... ]
Category: Asian Animals, Fish, Unusual Pets
Tags: apricot oranda, Asian Animals, Fish, goldfish, oranda, orange and black oranda, Unusual Pets 6 Comments