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Greenland Shark – The Long-Lived Shark

DinoAnimals.com — Thu, 22 May 2025 07:08:51 +0000

Greenland shark, gurry shark, grey shark (Somniosus microcephalus) The Longest-Living Vertebrate It is said that the human body is programmed to live for 120 years. To most of us, this seems almost impossible. However, 120 years for a human is little compared to the capabilities of other living organisms on Earth. Fish, turtles, or marine mammals …

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Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)

DinoAnimals.com — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 17:50:16 +0000

Steller’s sea cow Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) was a species of large marine mammal that was native to the coastal waters of the North Pacific. It was a relative of the dugong and the manatee and was the largest known species of Sirenian, growing up to 30 feet in length and weighing as much …

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Do fish sleep, and if so, how?

DinoAnimals.com — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:13:59 +0000

How do fish sleep? One of the most common misconceptions about fish is that they do not sleep. However, this is not true. Fish do sleep, although their sleep patterns and behaviors are quite different from those of humans and other land animals. Fish have a sleep-like state called “paradoxical sleep,” which is also known …

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Walrus – strong and dangerous

DinoAnimals.com — Mon, 16 May 2022 08:48:05 +0000

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) The beast of the frosty northern hemisphere. Strong as a polar bear and just as dangerous. Impressive tusks are a gift and a curse, as these giants are killed because of them. Walruses are strange, aggressive and unusual creatures. Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Clade: Pinnipedia Family: Odobenidae …

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Elephant seals (Mirounga)

DinoAnimals.com — Thu, 12 May 2022 06:58:07 +0000

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) Elephant seals – there are only two species of these seals. Males are distinguished by a mouth resembling an elephant’s trunk and huge dimensions. There are some differences between the northern and southern species, but they share the uniqueness, strength, and character of a …

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Sailfish – the fastest fish in the world?

DinoAnimals.com — Fri, 06 May 2022 07:26:06 +0000

Sailfish – the world’s fastest fish? When it comes to speed in the animal kingdom, the cheetah is often considered the reigning champion, with its lightning-fast sprints clocking in at up to 70 miles per hour. But what if I told you there’s a fish that could give the cheetah a run for its money …

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Latimeria – living fossil

DinoAnimals.com — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 08:38:29 +0000

Latimeria – one of the most endangered animals in the world Latimeria – living fossil or not? One of the oldest living animals in the world, the survival of which was hard to believe. No wonder – for centuries scientists believed that this genus died out over 60 million years ago, along with the dinosaurs. …

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Dunkleosteus – prehistoric king of the oceans

DinoAnimals.com — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 09:56:08 +0000

Dunkleosteus – armored fish In the seemingly fathomless depths of Earth’s prehistoric oceans, long before the formidable Great White shark or the massive Megalodon staked their claim as apex predators, there lurked a bona fide marine monstrosity—a ruling titan whose phenomenal size, uncanny anatomical adaptations, and unstoppable force reigned supreme during the sinister Devonian era. …

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Kronosaurus – one of the largest pliosaurs

DinoAnimals.com — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 09:32:34 +0000

Kronosaurus – one of the largest marine reptiles Considered one of the largest and cruelest marine reptiles, its name is associated with the Greek titan – Kronos. He was the king of his time, no other aquatic predator could match him. At that time, there was no king of the seas and oceans of all …

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Giant snakes and sea monsters – myths and facts

DinoAnimals.com — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 12:59:15 +0000

Heuvelmans’ sea snakes Creatures known as sea snakes have been observed for hundreds of years. Some scholars, using the fact that we know little about what is happening in the depths, have argued that in fact huge animals unknown to science may live there. One of such people was Bernard Heuvelmans, who decided to deal …

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