This critter that lives in the North Pacific Ocean often sleeps in masses of floating kelp
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Ocean's plastics offer a floating fortress to a mess of microbes ...  Feb 9, 2016 ... Microbes of the plastisphere live in waters from Australia to Europe. ... That translates to as much as 100,000 pieces per square kilometer in some ... In the North Pacific Ocean, for example, the expanse between Japan and .... they also attract other critters that gobble the microbe-loaded plastic for dinner.
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Seal Fight - Explore.org  Enormous waves, exotic fish, giant kelp forests, breaching whales, and hypnotic jellyfish The Pacific Ocean 00:13:01; The wild belugas of Churchill Canada get up close ... more about the gray seal colony on Seal Island in this live chat with NOAA ... seals clamber onto Seal Island for an extraordinary mass breeding event.
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BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, Pelecanus occidentalis ...  Critter Catalog ... Pelicans live along the ocean coast, and are almost always within 20 miles of the shore. ... They sleep offshore at night and rest during the day when they are not looking ... Their nests are made of grasses, sticks, leaves, and/or seaweed. .... Most brown pelicans that live farther north migrate south in the fall.
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jeopardy/1432_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  THE WEASEL FAMILY | This critter that lives in the North Pacific Ocean often sleeps in masses of floating kelp | sea otter. right: Christian. Wrong: Value: $400.
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Vancouver Aquarium :: Sea Otters  ... live? Small sea otter populations inhabit kelp forests, bays and coastal waters near islands, reefs, and fjords in the North Pacific Ocean. ... The only sea otters near Vancouver are the four living at the Vancouver Aquarium. ... Sea otters spend a lot of their time floating on their backsthey rest, groom and eat in this position.
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Galapagos Marine Iguana - Facts, Information & Habitat  Marine Iguanas are found throughout the Galapagos Islands, but nowhere else in the ... Here the water is coldest and optimal for the species of seaweed the iguanas feed upon. ... Young sea-lions love to hassle the swimming Iguanas and pull their tails, only to be studiousy ignored. ... This site uses cookies: Find out more.
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Sea Otter | Basic Facts about Sea Otters | Defenders of Wildlife  Sea otters are a keystone species, meaning their role in their environment has a ... Sea otters live in shallow coastal waters off the northern Pacific. ... Southern sea otters, also known as California sea otters, live in the waters along the ... The Golden state is home to millions of wild birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and...
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Squids, Octopuses and Cuttlefish (Cephalopoda)  Cuttlefish themselves live near the ocean floor, where they hide between see weed ... and cuttlebone), growing to one metre and a half including the tentacles. ... Other than its nearest relatives, the squids, Sepia is a lurking predator: When it ... In contrary to a squid's tail fins, cuttlefish have got a fin fringe running around all...
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Foraged local seaweed captures essence of California cuisine - San ...  Jun 15, 2016 ... California is home to 800 known species of marine algae, and the ... A wild food that expresses the region's terroir with flavors of seawater and umami ... kombu, a kelp that's the base of Japanese dashi broth; nori, a wild version ... as well as 10 types of seaweed, some dried, some fresh, depending on which...
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Marine iguana - Wikipedia  The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is an iguana found only on the Galpagos Islands that has the ability, unique among modern lizards, to forage in the sea, making it a marine reptile. The iguana can dive over 9 m (30 ft) into the water. It has spread to all the islands in the archipelago, and is sometimes called ... It mainly lives on the rocky Galpagos shore to warm from the comparably...
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Kelp and Seaweed (Water Science)  This type of seaweed lives only in salt water, and cannot grow in waters where the ... Many red algae can live at depths of 150 to 200 feet (46 to 61 meters) below the ... Some types of kelp can grow to be almost 100 feet (30 meters) long, and can ... A diver is dwarfed by surrounding giant kelp that waves in the ocean current.
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Spiny-skinned Invertebrates | Britannica.com  Despite their older common name, they are not fishes. The roughly 1,600 living species of sea stars occur in all oceans; the northern Pacific has the greatest...
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Macrocystis pyrifera - Wikipedia  Macrocystis pyrifera, commonly known as giant kelp or giant bladder kelp, is a species of kelp ... They can grow at a rate of 60 cm (2 ft) a day to reach over 45 m (150 ft) long in one growing ... When present in large numbers, giant kelp forms kelp forests that are home to many marine species that .... Science, 200: 403-411.
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Welcome aboard! My name is Benny Beaufort. I may not have ...  blue whale. plankton. CLOSE. CONTENTS. OCEAN FIELD GUIDE. 1. Food Webs. 2. ... 3. Killer Whales. 4. Toothed and Baleen Whales. 5. Salmon. 6. Plankton*. 7. ... They are. unusually warm current that moves. important because they affect ... resident pod and get a blubber sample. to test for the contaminant. Why don't.
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Pufferfish, Pufferfish Pictures, Pufferfish Facts - National ... - Animals  Biologists think pufferfish, also known as blowfish, developed their famous ... A predator that manages to snag a puffer before it inflates won't feel lucky for long. ... Most are found in tropical and subtropical ocean waters, but some species live...
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Colorful Sea Creature Photos - The Ocean - National Geographic  Here, a white sea anemone keeps company with a sea star in the waters off British Columbia. There are more than a thousand sea anemone species. ... the stinging tentacles of an anemone, which protects the boldly colored reef dweller and its eggs from intruders. Bound ... Photo: A bright yellow and red fish on a coral reef.
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Seaweed - Nookipedia, the Animal Crossing wiki  Aug 7, 2016 ... Selling price, 200 Bells ... Seaweed (, Wakame) is a type of deep sea creature (although they are plant-like algae) found in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. ... "Seaweed can be over three feet long. ... Some species of brown algae, including kelp, can reach 60 meters in length and form underwater forests.
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giant Pacific octopuses, Enteroctopus dofleini - Wikipedia  Enteroctopus dofleini, also known as the giant Pacific octopus or North Pacific giant octopus, ... It is arguably the largest octopus species, based on a scientific record of a ... Adults usually weigh around 15 kg (33 lb), with an arm span of up to 4.3 m (14 .... The Giant Pacific Octopus has not been assessed by the Monterey Bay...
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Ocean Forests - MBGnet  These plants found here are called Giant Kelp. ... Frond - the part which holds the plant to the ocean floor -- it is like a root, but ... A holdfast keeps algae in place so currents and tides don't wash the ... Of course, some of these animals, also use other parts of the forest, too. ... Many kinds of fish swim among the fronds, too.
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Kelp Forests | Cabrillo Marine Aquarium  ... norris' top snail, and kelp crabs are all common inhabitants of the kelp forest. ... Changes in water conditions and the near extinction of the southern sea otter, which ... Due to restoration efforts, kelp forests have recovered along Palos Verdes in ... These peaceful fish are often territorial with members of their own species.
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Why Koalas Sleep So Much | Van Winkle's  Sep 29, 2015 ... Koalas Spend the Majority of their Time in a Food Coma ... but for those in the know about Australia's favorite tree-dweller, rest is the only ... face, Koalas are actually marsupials, carrying their young in pouches like Kangaroos. ... hands and feet to grip the trunk, they sleep between 18 and 22 hours a day.