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Friday 29 January 2010

Biology: Did you Know? Marine Biology


Mosaic Sea Star

  • The mosaic sea star, if touched for any length of time, will cause numbness.
  • The the atlantic torpedo, a type of electric ray, can generate a 220 volt shock, enough to stun a human.
  • The Coelacanth was thought to have gone extinct 65 million years ago until one was caught live in 1938.
  • The leatherback sea turtle has spines in its throat to help when swallowing jellyfish.
  • Saltwater crocodiles have been seen 1000 km (600 mi) from shore.
  • The wantdering albatross can stay air born for weeks at a time.

Sources: (Book) Ocean by The American Museum of Natural History.
Photo: http://www.scuba-equipment-usa.com/marine/MAY04/images/Plectaster_decanus.jpg

1 comments:

Anonymous 1 February 2010 at 17:13  

Photo: 2/2
Grammar/Editing: 2/3
Content: 3/3
Source: 2/2

Total: 9/10

You need more content and you also need to read your posts...Second sentence has the word 'the' twice. Also, if it's a name of a creature, it should be capitalized.

Your teacher.

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