The Ocean

 The Sea

Hello, everybody. Today I am writing about the ocean, mostly the Pacific. And also mostly focusing on marine mammals because there are a lot of Ocean creatures. I’ll continue this topic for a couple of posts, hopefully encompassing a good amount of ocean animals. Let’s dive in!

California Sea Otters

These marine mammals are adorable members of their family. They are the largest in the weasel family, and the smallest marine mammal. They dive underwater to look for sea urchins. They also bring up rocks. They then lay the sea urchin (or clam) on their chests and slam the rock into it, showing that they are one of many animals that use tools to get food. Sea otters actually have a special flap of skin that they can hold the rock and their food in, and then tuck their arm close to their body, being hydrodynamic and holding their stuff.

Elephant Seals:

Elephant seals are gigantic! They are also fast, and can move fifteen feet in three flops! Go see them at Ano Nuevo, it is so worth it. 

Dolphins:

Dolphins are marine mammals that work together in pods. Dolphins hunt by swimming in a circle as a pod, herding a school of fish into a ball. Then, they move the fish ball towards the surface.  When it is on the surface of the water, the fish jump, and the dolphins catch them as they jump. When dolphins get attacked by sharks(as they inevitably will), they swim at the shark, poking its eyes and nose with their snouts.

Orcas:

Orca are actually members of the dolphin family. They hunt similarly to dolphins, with one exception. They can eat giant squids!

The Previous Question:

 They are Panthera leo, Panthera tigris, Panthera panthera,  and Panthera onca. The new question is, why were sea otters almost killed to extinction?

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