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The blue whale is the largest animal that ever existed on planet earth, even larger than dinosaurs! It can reach up to 30 meters long and can weigh up to 170 tons. Its heart is larger than a car and some of its blood vessels are so wide that a person can swim through them.

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70% of earth is covered with water. The Pacific Ocean alone covers a 1/3 of earth.

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Waves at high seas can reach dozens of meters in height – as high as a four-storey building and more.

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The temperature in the middle of the ocean can be very low – down to 0 degrees.

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Marine animals also employ camouflage techniques to escape their predators or catch prey. For example: the color of the shark's belly is light in order to blend in with the bright light from sea level and its back is dark to blend in with the color of the deep seas.

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There are marine animals that do not rely on their vision or sense of smell to hunt and instead they are equipped with special sensors to identify electric currents, helping them identify animals that have buried themselves in the sand.

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The pressure in deep sea can be hundreds of times more than the atmospheric pressure at sea level.

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There are species of "flying fish". The flying fish use their dorsal fins as wings and can fly dozens of meters in the air at a speed of approx. 60 kilometers per hour!

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Sunrays can reach the depth of approx. 200 meters and below such depth, photosynthesis cannot occur. Therefore, below 200 meters we will not find any vegetation or photosynthetic algae but only animals such as squid, octopus and deep-sea fish.