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Krill belong to the same family as shrimp and lobsters, called crustaceans, and there are 85 different species of krill swimming in our oceans today!
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The Nautilus belongs to a special family of animals called Cephalopods, which includes octopuses and squids!
The largest blue whale ever recorded was 110 feet (33.5 meters) long and weighed 418,878 pounds (190 metric tons or 209 US tons)!
Blue whales sometimes splash their tails on the water’s surface, a behavior known as “tail slapping” or “lobtailing, making a sound that can be heard for miles!
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The red-bellied piranha’s scientific name is Pygocentrus nattereri, named after the Austrian naturalist Johann Natterer who first studied them in 1820!