Sunday, January 24, 2016

Fun Sea Creature Facts

1. Penguins have an organ near their eye that filters salt from the water out of their system.

2. Penguins can jump up to six feet(1.8 meters) out of the water.

3. It is illegal to eat penguin in the United States of America.

4. In order to discover that penguins sleep more deeply in the afternoon, scientists crept up on penguins at different time of the day and poked them with a stick to wake them up.

5. The average lifetime of a dolphin is fifteen years, but some dolphins have lived fifty years.

6. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

7. Dolphins and whales both give birth with the tail first instead of the head.

8. Whale sharks can live up to 100 years.

9. Octopuses have three hearts.

10. Baby octopuses are as small a flea when they are born.

11. Octopuses are eaten alive in Korea.

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