Our goal was to research 10 sea creatures that had either was spooky Halloween theme or a scary animal. Then we had to find a video that talks about these animals. Then for the last part we had to make 3 memes with 3 different animals. We made a google docs with all of the information, the links to the meme images, and the links the videos.
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Evidence of work
Bat Ray
Witch fish
Goblin Shark
Halloween Crab
- Myliobatis californica
- They are large compared to other rays and flap their wings in a c bird style technique.
- They live in muddy seafloors around kelp forests and coral reefs
- They live in the eastern pacific ocean from the coast of Oregon ot the californian coast in mexico
- They eat small bony fish mollusks and crustaceans that live in the sandy pits they do. When they mate it is in the late afternoon and otherwise live alone.
- They glide in the water and flap like bats do
- Ocypode ceratophthalmus
- They are pale crabs that range from 2-3 inches and resemble sand in pattern.
- They live in sandy beaches in tropical and subtropical climates
- They live in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans around central and south america.
- They are scavengers and eat small fish if they can catch it. They dig deep burrows in the sand to live in and the adults dig farther out to sea.
- They blend in so well they are practically invisible and so are called ghosts.
- Arothron diadematus
- Ugly, white, black, pufferfish
- Red Sea
- Indian Ocean
- Coral reefs, surface to 20m deep
- Uses sperm to make its own home
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMDE1iU_lfg
- Wikipedia, nas.er.usgs.gov, whatsthatfish.com
- Opisthoproctidae
- Normal fish that has translucent skin. Its insides are very bright
- Oceans and deep sea
- Lives in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans
- Live around 2,000 feet to 2,600 feet. Eat jellies and small drifting animals.
- Has a clear head.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5aL6YrLd7Y
- Factslegend.org, futurism.com, wikipedia, britannica.com
- Osedax
- A genus of worms that are often red with frills to filter the seawater. From 1-3 inches long and secrete acid to eat.
- Live underwater on bones on the seafloor
- Deep in the ocean, first found in the monterey submarine canyon
- Survive on bone and burrow in to live there. Visible ones are female while makes are microscopic and live inside the female.
- Its spooky because they burrow into and eat bones
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFtcK1cK1ro
- Livescience.com ocean.si.edu
- Hydrocynus goliath
- Large olive and silver fish with 32 sharp teeth and no lips. Muscular and well sighted, can be over a hundred pounds and five feet long.
- Lives in muddy rivers and lakes in africa
- Africa
- Lives in rivers and eats mostly fish but will eat anything it can overpower. They mate rarely and the population does not increase fast.
- Has crocodile teeth can be over 5 feet long, can weigh over 100lbs and is a killing machine.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmNS9GF-NkY
- rivermonsters.fandom.com animalplanet.com featuredcreature.com
Witch fish
- Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
- Flat fish with two eyes on the right side of its oval shape body
- Sandy bottoms in deep waters around 1100-1400m deep
- Throughout the atlantic and european waters
- Cold environments it eats crustaceans and tiny fish they don't migrate and spawn in late spring
- Very flat with both eyes on one side
- None
- Ofo-mpo.gc.ca allfishingbuy.com cornwallgoodseafoodguide.org.uk
Goblin Shark
- Mitsukurina Owstoni
- Odd looking with fairly long teeth
- Goblin sharks prefer the deep water
- A bottom dwelling shark that is rarely seen in the shadows or surface. They can be seen off the Atlantic coast
- Their lifestyle is inactive and sluggish they are also poorly calcified and they eat crustaceans like crabs
- Long snout and very small eyes
- https://youtu.be/BIbqAWtXPgo
- https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/mitsukurina-owstoni/ https://www.sharks-world.com/goblin_shark/
Halloween Crab
- Gecarcinus Quadratus
- Fascinating with halloween like colors
- They prefer living in humid habitats
- More likely to be found away from the coast for example in Southern Costa Rica, South of Columbia, and Mexico
- They eat various fish parts and algae. They are also herbivores
- None
- None
- https://osaconservation.org/2016/10/halloween-crabs/ https://meowlogy.com/2018/04/27/13-interesting-facts-and-pictures-about-halloween-crabs/
Reflection
This Project was a Halloween project. Angel and I worked together to create our awesome meme. (It's not pronounced me-me mom, its meem.) Our entire table group worked together to get all the descriptions of our animals. I made the description of the Spookfish and the Masked pufferfish. This project was fun and interesting to see all the weird exotic animals that live in the ocean.