Researchers aboard the Okeanos Explorer came across the world’s largest sea sponge. It was found 7,000 feet below the ocean surface and measured 12 feet long and 7 feet wide.
Dolphins can’t chew their food. Their teeth are only used to grip food and they’ll shake and rub it on the ocean floor to tear it into more manageable pieces.
A frog’s tongue is about a third of the length of its entire body. In comparison, if a human had the same size tongue, it would reach our belly button.
Seahorse babies eat as much as 3,000 pieces of food a day. They have such a voracious appetite because they have no stomach and their digestive system has been described as inefficient, meaning that they must eat a lot in order to stay properly nourished.
Wild dogs operate under a strict hierarchy while wolves will actually cooperate and communicate with each other to make decisions as a group.
