Aquatic Animals - Facts for Kids

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Random Facts About Aquatic Animals For Kids

Orcas have been known to help other marine mammals in distress, even those of different species!

Interesting Behaviors

Dugongs usually swim together in loose groups, traveling side by side or in small clusters to move between feeding spots!

️Diet & Feeding

An adult Orca can eat up to 500 pounds (227 kilograms) of food each day — that’s like eating 2,000 quarter-pound hamburgers!

The Moon jellyfish’s scientific name is Aurelia aurita, and it’s one of the most common jellyfish species found in ocean waters worldwide!

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