Ocean Project by Katie

Great White Shark
Found in cool coastal waters. Can be 15 feet or the size of a bus. Attacks people while hunting. Eats seal lions, sea turtles, and small toothed whales. Can detect a drop of blood up to 3 miles away. Not usually fatal, hit and run. Bump and bite and sneak attacks are fatal. Bites are crescent shaped or a series of parallel cuts. Bites can have bleeding, tissue loss, and bone fractures.


Dangerous Sea Animals

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Blue Ringed Octopus


Tiny in size. Lives in the Pacific Ocean. Eats crab and shrimp. May attack humans if provoked. No known antidote. Full paralysis occurs in minutes. Death due to heart failure and lack of oxygen. Victim may live with CPR until venom subsides. Continues CPR may take hours.




















Stonefish


Grows 12 inches in length. Most venemous fish in existence. Camouflages on rocks. Located in Idno-Pacific Ocean. Equipped with needle like fins. Sting is deadly if not treated with antiserum. Toxin causes the tissue to die.




Box jellyfish or Sea Wasp


Can reach 10 feet in length. Live in Australia. East fish and shrimp. Attacks when frightened. Venopm considered deadly. Victims can go into shock and drown before reaching shore. Would may scar, and apin can last for weeks. Treatment includes removing the tentacles and rinsing the would with vinegar and hot salt water.







Salt Water Crocodile
Can reach 13 feet in length, largest living reptile. Found in India, Asia, and Australia. Easts insects, snakes, turtles, snails, slow-moving fish, small mammals and birds. Large adults may eat small calvesss and very rarely people. Attacks wehn frightened or attacked. Victim is killed by pressure of the jaws, but sometimes they drown. Death roll used to tear apart large animals. Will jump up out of the water and also come on shore to attack. 1-2 fatal attacks per year in Australia.