Amazing Facts About Aquatic Animals

Amazing Facts About Aquatic Animals

About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water. So, there are many animals living underwater, which are called aquatic animals.

So, aquatic animals themselves are very much interesting topics to be researched. Scientists estimate that there are about one million species of animals living in the ocean.

So, here you may see five aquatic animals' amazing facts. I hope you will enjoy reading these.

1) Blue Whale 

• So if you have heard its name before, I hope you know that it's the largest mammal in the world.
• The scientific name of the Blue Whale is Balaenoptera musculus.
• An adult blue whale's usual weight is between 50000 kg to 150000 kg.
• Blue whales may live for 80 to 90 years on average.
• Blue whale average length may be between 21-27.

2) Catfish

• Catfish are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.
• The scientific name of catfish is Siluriformes.
• The average size is about 1.2 m to 1.6 m. - Wikipedia
• There are many types of catfish. Some of which are:

1. Blue Catfish
2. Channel Catfish
3. Cory catfish and etc.

3)Dolphins

• The scientific name of dolphins is Delphinus.
• Some types of dolphins are:

1.   Long-Beaked Common Dolphin
2. Short-Beaked Common Dolphin
3. Bottlenose Dolphin
4. Northern Rightwhale Dolphin

• Dolphins have two stomachs.
• Dolphins do not chew their food.

4) Octopus

• The scientific name of Octopus is Octopoda.
• Octopus has three hearts.
• An octopus has nine brains.
• Several species of octopus have blue, rather than red, fluid running through their veins.

Note:- All the information provided here may or may not be wrong. Most of the information provided here are from Wikipedia.