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Size: Up to 13-14.7 feet (4.0-4.5m) in length.

Diet: Fish, turtles, small mammals, birds and reptiles.

Range: Occurs in the Southeastern United States.

Habitat: Found primarily in freshwater swamps and marshes, as well as rivers, lakes and smaller bodies of water.

Animal Fact: The American alligator has sensory pits that detect water changes to find prey.

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Size: Up to 12 inches (30cm).

Diet: Mollusks, worms, dead fish and algae.

Range: Occurs in the western Atlantic from Maine to the Yucatan peninsula.

Habitat: Found primarily on beaches.

Animal Fact: Horseshoe crab blood is blue because it contains copper.

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Size: Up to 3.9 inches (10cm).

Diet: Invertebrates including small crabs and insects.

Range: Occurs in the Indian Ocean.

Habitat: Found primarily in marine and brackish waters.

Animal Fact: Mudskippers can spend time out of the water, as they can breathe air too.

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Size: Up to 18-25 inches (46-64 cm) tall and weights 6-7 pounds (2.7-3.2 kg).

Diet: Fish, crustaceans, squid and worms.

Range: Occurs in the southernmost coast of Africa.

Habitat: Found primarily on 24 islands offshore between Namibia and Port Elizabeth, South Africa plus Betty's Bay and Simonstown, South Africa and Namibia on the mainland.

Animal Fact: African penguins have a layer of blubber underneath their skin.

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Size: Up to 1100-2500 pounds (499-1143 kg) and 11-15 feet (2.4-4.6 m).

Diet: Fish, mollusks, crustaceans and zooplankton.

Range: Occurs throughout the Arctic with some subarctic populations from Svalbard, Norway around to the west coast of Greenland.

Habitat: Found in various habitats from deep offshore waters to shallow bays and estuaries, even ranging far upriver.

Animal Fact: Beluga whales use echolocation to find prey in murky water.

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Size: Up to 4 feet (1.2 m) long and 45-65 pounds (20.4-29.5 m).

Diet: Sea urchins, snails, claims, abalone, mussels, crabs, scallops, fish, barnacles, octopus, works and squid.

Range: Occurs throughout the Northern Pacific Ocean and Southern Bering Sea.

Habitat: Found in marine habitats with rocky or muddy sea bottoms and kelp forests.

Animal Fact: Sea otters eat up to 25 percent of their body weight every day.

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Size: Up to 4-6 feet (1.2-1.9m) in length, weighing up to 375 pounds (170kg).

Diet: Fish, octopus, squid, crustaceans and mollusks.

Range: Occurs in temperate, subarctic and Arctic waters of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans.

Habitat: Found in shallow, near-shore waters of bays and estuaries where sand bars and beaches are uncovered at low tide, as well as rocky shores and glacial fjords.

Animal Fact: The harbor seal's whiskers help it detect prey in low light.

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Size: Up to 8-32.8 feet (5.5-10 m).

Diet: Zooplankton, specifically sergestid shrimps and fish eggs, as well as krill, jellies, copepods, coral spawn an small fish.

Range: Occurs in the tropical Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean between about 30 degrees North and 35 degrees South.

Habitat: Typically found offshore, but have been seen coming close to shore.

Animal Fact: The whale shark is the biggest fish in the sea!

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Size: Up to 3 feet (1 m) and 300-500 pounds (136-226.8 kg).

Diet: Sea grasses and algae.

Range: Occurs in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea.

Habitat: Typically found in tropical and subtropical waters.

Animal Fact: Unlike their relatives, sea turtles have modified, flipper-like legs, and are unable to draw their head and limbs into the shell.

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Size: Up to 20 feet (6 m).

Diet: Plankton and small fish.

Range: Occurs in the Western Atlantic throughout the Western Caribbean and in some areas of the Gulf of Mexico.

Habitat: Typically found in reefs, atolls, Island groups and the continental shelf with consistent upwelling currents.

Animal Fact: Manta rays often somersault while feeding.

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Size: Up to 8.9 feet (2.7 m) and 660 pounds (300 kg).

Diet: Fish, sharks, juvenile sea turtles and crustaceans including spiny lobsters and mud crabs.

Range: Occurs in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea to Algoa Bay, South Africa through the Hawaiian and Pitcairn islands and south to Australia.

Habitat: Found in tropical shallow reefs, caves, wrecks and estuaries.

Animal Fact: Giant grouper's have a very large mouth that expands and protrudes to create a strong suction to draw in prey.

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Size: Up to 12 feet (3.65 m).

Diet: Snails, shrimps, crabs, sea urchins and small fish.

Range: Occurs in the Indian Ocean and West Pacific.

Habitat: Found in coral reefs, usually in areas with sandy seafloor.

Animal Fact: Juvenile's are dark in color with yellowish bars, lending to the name, “zebra shark.”

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Size: Up to 16.4 feet (5 m) in length.

Diet: Worms, mollusks, cephalopods, crustaceans and fish.

Range: Occurs in the Indo-Pacific, as well as the Eastern and Western Atlantic.

Habitat: Found in tropical and warm temperate waters.

Animal Fact: The spotted eagle ray will use its broad, pointed snout to probe the substrate for its bottom-dwelling prey.

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Size: Up to 49 inches (125 cm).

Diet: Bottom-dwelling fish and invertebrates.

Range: Occurs in the Western Pacific, including Eastern Indonesia, New Guinea and Northern Australia. Commonly found on the Great Barrier Reef.

Habitat: Found near the ocean floor on the continental shelf and on offshore reefs.

Animal Fact: A master of escaping notice in plain sight, the tasseled wobbegong is almost undetectable when resting quietly on the bottom.

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Size: Up to 9.8 feet (300 cm).

Diet: Benthic crustaceans and mollusks such as shrimp, crabs and clams.

Range: Occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

Habitat: Found in tropical waters.

Animal Fact: Bowmouth guitarfish look a lot like sharks, but they are actually rays. An easy way to tell is by looking at the location of the gill slits – if the gills are on the side of the fish, then you’re looking at a shark. If the gills are on the underside, however, then it’s a ray!

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Size: Up to 4.4 inches (11.2 cm) and 11 pounds (5 kg).

Diet: Mollusks, fish, frogs, crabs and other crustaceans.

Range: Occurs in Southeast Asia and southern India.

Habitat: Found in freshwater wetlands and mangrove swamps.

Animal Fact: The Asian small-clawed otter is the world’s smallest otter.

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Size: Up to 11 inches (28 cm).

Diet: Fish, birds, crustaceans, insects, aquatic vegetation and terrestrial plant seeds.

Range: Occurs in South America.

Habitat: Found in the Orinoco River basin lowlands and tributaries.

Animal Fact: Piranha can replace their razor-sharp teeth when needed.

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Size: Up to 3 feet (0.9 m).

Diet: Fish, reptiles and small birds.

Range: Occurs in North America.

Habitat: Found in freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers and streams.

Animal Fact: Alligator snapping turtles use a pink worm-like tongue to lure fish in murky water.

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Size: Up to 14 cm.

Diet: Insect larvae, insects and planktonic invertebrates.

Range: Occurs in the Amazon River Basin in lakes, deep streams and shallow-water areas of tributaries.

Habitat: Found in acidic habitats consisting of muddy bottoms, live plants and roots.

Animal Fact: Discus coloration depends on what the fish eats. Fish that are fed brine shrimp take on a reddish or pink color.

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Size: Up to 12 inches (30.5 cm).

Diet: Insects and plant material.

Range: Occurs in Indonesia and Australia.

Habitat: Found in brackish mangrove estuaries.

Animal Fact: Banded archerfish have very accurate aim and have a shooting range of about 60 inches!

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Size: Up to 3.5 inches (9 cm) for males and 2.8 inches (7 cm) for females.

Diet: Bentheopelagic feeder.

Range: Occurs in Indonesia.

Habitat: Found in freshwater lakes.

Animal Fact: The Boesman's rainbowfish forms a distinct pair when mating.

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Size: Up to 26.4 inches (67 cm).

Diet: Mollusks, insects, crustaceans and small fish.

Range: Occurs in large rivers and lakes in Africa.

Habitat: Found in shallow water near bottom of rivers and lakes.

Animal Fact: Giant Puffers are one of the few fish known to blink.

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Size: Up to 3.3 feet (100 cm).

Diet: Aquatic insect larvae, burrowing mayflies and caddisfly larvae.

Range: Occurs in North America.

Habitat: Found in the bottom on channels and bays of large, turbid rivers, where currents are strong.

Animal Fact: Shovelnose Sturgeons can reach the age of 43 or more!

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