Lowtide Glue is made from the bones and
swim bladder of the European wels, a type of catfish.
The dried bodies of puffers are used as candle holders in Japan.
When newly hatched, the sailfish is
no more than 0.8 inches long. At eight inches long, it shows all the features of an adult, including the extended upper jaw and sail.
Blue marlin have been found with
young swordfish in their stomachs. Tales of mermaids were rampant
until the 17th century, when scientists concluded that all mermaid sightings were of dugongs (sea cows).
On his Kon Tiki expedition, Thor
Heyerdahl's raft was followed by a huge whale shark.
Whale sharks can live for about 70 years.
Female blue sharks can have litters as big as 130 pups. A great white shark eats about 10 tons
of food in a year.
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Irwin 65 Arabesque Risso's dolphin was named after a
French naturalist. The sperm whale's skin is as much
as 14 inches thick, the thickest skin worn by any animal.
A two-headed shark was once found
in the Nile River, the result of a genetic malfunction.
Mako sharks can leap 20 feet into the air.
MARITIME TRIVIA Orcas travel in rivers as well as oceans.
BY BRYAN HENRY
They've been spotted in several European rivers such as the Seine, Elbe, Rhine and Thames.
Cookiecutter sharks glow in the dark.
Male orcas can reach 32 feet in length and weigh nine tons.
Paul Revere crossed by rowboat from
Boston to Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the first leg of his famous ride to Lexington.
The pirate Bartholomew Roberts’
much-feared Jolly Roger showed, on a red background, Roberts and a skeleton toasting each other with a flagon of rum.
The right bank of a river is the bank to
the right of a person looking downstream, that is in the direction of the current. The left bank is the bank to the left of a person looking in the same direction.
St. Louis, Missouri, is on the right
bank of the Mississippi River. Memphis, Tennessee, is situated on the left bank of the Mississippi.
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