Aquatic Animals - Facts for Kids

The whale shark is the heaviest shark, weighing up to 20 tons (40,000 pounds) — as much as two full-size school buses

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The great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) belongs to the family Sphyraenidae, which includes up to 29 different species of barracudas worldwide!

Great White Sharks communicate with each other using body language, like slapping their tails on the water’s surface!

Bottlenose dolphins are mammals, just like you, which means they breathe air and feed their babies milk!

Thresher sharks use their extra-long tail fins like a whip to stun fish before eating them!