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Marine Life

Creatures of the deep blue sea, from the tiniest plankton to the mightiest whales.

Blue Whale

The largest animal ever to have lived on Earth

Great White Shark

The ocean's most famous apex predator

Giant Squid

The deep-sea legend that inspired the Kraken

Manatee

The gentle sea cow that inspired mermaid legends

Walrus

The mustachioed heavyweight of the Arctic

Lion's Mane Jellyfish

The world's longest known animal

Humpback Whale

The singing traveler of the open ocean

Orca

The ocean's apex predator with a family-first attitude

Narwhal

The unicorn of the sea

Manta Ray

The gentle flying carpet of the ocean

Clownfish

Nemo's real-life doppelganger with a taste for anemone rent-free living

Whale Shark

The world's largest fish that eats the world's smallest food

Seahorse

Nature's proof that dads can handle pregnancy

Blue-Ringed Octopus

A golf-ball-sized octopus with enough venom to kill 26 adults

Leatherback Sea Turtle

The ocean's deepest-diving reptile with a shell made of leather, not bone

Giant Pacific Octopus

The ocean's smartest invertebrate with three hearts and blue blood

Chambered Nautilus

A living fossil that has been cruising the deep for 500 million years

Bottlenose Dolphin

The ocean's most charismatic intellect

Common Octopus

Eight arms, three hearts, and a talent for escape

Blue Whale Tongue

An organ that weighs as much as an elephant

Electric Eel (Single Discharge)

860 volts of biological engineering

Coral Polyp (Great Barrier Reef)

The tiny animal that built a structure visible from space

Mantis Shrimp

A crustacean that punches with the force of a bullet

Box Jellyfish

The most venomous marine animal on Earth

Common Cuttlefish

A master of disguise with green blood and three hearts

Leafy Sea Dragon

A fish disguised as a piece of floating seaweed

Goblin Shark

A deep-sea shark with a spring-loaded jaw

Blanket Octopus

A female 40,000 times heavier than her mate

Giant Barrel Sponge

A living filter big enough to sit inside

Crown-of-Thorns Starfish

A venomous coral-eating starfish with up to 21 arms

Japanese Spider Crab

The largest arthropod alive, with a 3.7 meter leg span

Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)

The heaviest bony fish, shaped like a swimming head