Spectacular Sea Creature Facts

WALT gather ideas using different sources of information. We had to find interesting facts about the sea creatures. Here are some me and Gabby found:

1. Do you know that the anemone can sting tiny sea creatures and push them towards its mouth.
2. Limpets, barnacles and mussels can grow shells and attach themselves to rocks.
3. A hermit crab’s hard shell protects the crab’s soft body.
4. Do you know a blue whale is longer than a swimming pool and heavier than three large lorries.
5. The male humpback whales growl and whistle so loudly that they could be heard by other whales many kilometres away.
6. Humpback whales live in warm sea in Winter, but in Summer they swim near the North or South Pole where there is more food for them in the cold water.
7. Grey whales travel very long distances every year, they swim thousands of kilometres, from near the North Pole to Coast of Mexico, to have their babies.
8. Sperm whales could dive more than a kilometre deep and stay underwater for more than a hour.
9. Lobsters are excellent swimmers and they use their fanned tails to move forward and backwards.
10. The starfish turns its stomach inside out and brings it out through its mouth. This wraps its stomach around  the food and pulls it back inside after the food is digested.
11. The biggest starfish is the sunflower star, it has more than 26 arms.
12. Catfish  have sharp spines in their fins. These spines stick into any creature  that handles or tries to swallow the catfish.
13. A fish has a balloon inside them to make them float.