Aqua Facts With Zuma - Tumblr Posts
Some facts about one of the most acrobatic animals out there! Can you imagine how much strength they got in order to swim up AND spin out so many times? Spinner Dolphins are really amazing!!
Starting a brand new kind of post series, every Friday I'll bring you some facts and curiosities I've been learning about aquatic life, be it from the seas or fresh water! Let's begin with this rare and curious little dude called Pupfish!
Next on our list is the Narwhal! I remember when I first saw one of these, poor guy was lost so far away from his home waters we had to guide him all the way back! Cap'n Turbot helped us a lot for that rescue too.
Zuma, dude! Your aqua facts are so cool!🤙🏻 I love ocean life and learning about it!😁🦈🐳🐬🦑🦐🐙🪸🪼
Thanks!! It's a big project, there's a lot more to come every Friday! I hope this will help our followers and other people to learn a little bit about all kinds of aquatic animals and come to take better care of this diverse environment.
Did you know the name "urchin" is an old word for "hedgehog"? With passing time, it stopped being used for hedgehogs, but stuck with the sea animal up to nowadays!
These little dudes are one of the main reasons why you shouldn't pick up empty sea shells to take home to the point of cleaning up the beach! They already have a lot of trouble to find shells in the right size for them, let's not make it even more difficult. A lot have been found using plastic and even glass and metal discarded trash as protection, which is just not natural and can be very harmful for them!
Sometimes they end up gliding so high and so fast, they end up stranding onto boats or ships. People have been fishing them on moonless nights for several decades by using large rafts and lanterns or flashlights to attract them up into their boats for an easier catch, as they're attracted to light sources!
Hammerhead Sharks are known for being one of, if not the most non-aggressive shark species, at least towards humans. There have been like... Only 17 documented attacks from a larger species since around AD 1500, with no human fatalities ever recorded! Still, they should be treated with respect and caution, just like every other shark.
Sea Sponges are also considered a good visual clue if the waters around are clean and rich in microscopic life or not. The more sponges and the bigger they are, the better the water quality!