Crab
Snappy
Crabs walk sideways and can grow a new claw if they lose one. Some crabs wear anemones like a hat to stay safe!
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Fish
Flash
Fish breathe underwater using their gills, and most never stop swimming. Some fish can even swim in giant swirling groups called schools.
Pufferfish
Puff
A pufferfish puffs up into a spiky ball when it feels scared, so it's too big to be eaten!
Shrimp
Pink
Some shrimp can snap their claws so fast they make a popping sound and a tiny flash of light in the water!
Squid
Inky
A squid squirts a cloud of ink to hide from danger, then jets away. Squid have three hearts and blue blood!
Shark
Chomp
Sharks have been swimming the oceans since before the dinosaurs. They can grow thousands of new teeth in a lifetime!
Octopus
Octavia
An octopus has eight arms and is very clever, it can even open jars! It can change colour to blend in with anything.
Lobster
Clawdia
Lobsters can live for a very long time and never really stop growing. They taste their food with tiny hairs on their legs!
Turtle
Sheldon
Sea turtles can hold their breath for hours and swim across whole oceans. They always find their way back to the beach where they hatched!
Dolphin
Echo
Dolphins talk to each other with clicks and whistles, and each one has its own name-whistle! They love to leap and play.
Whale
Bruno
The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived, bigger even than the dinosaurs! Whales sing songs that travel for miles.
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Seahorse
Coral
Seahorses are the only animals where the dad has the babies! They hold on to seaweed with their curly tails so they don't float away.
Starfish
Twinkle
A starfish can grow a whole new arm if it loses one. They have no brain and no blood, and they can have five arms or many more!
Clownfish
Pip
Clownfish live safely among the stinging tentacles of sea anemones. A special slime on their skin stops them getting stung!
Eel
Zappy
Some eels can make electricity to give a little shock! Eels can swim backwards as well as forwards.
Ray
Glide
Rays are flat cousins of sharks. They 'fly' through the water by flapping their wide fins like wings.
Sea urchin
Prickle
Sea urchins are covered in spines to keep them safe. They walk very slowly along the sea floor on hundreds of tiny tube feet!
Angelfish
Halo
Angelfish have tall, thin bodies that let them slip between coral. Baby angelfish can look completely different from their parents!
Sea snail
Curly
A sea snail carries its spiral home on its back wherever it goes. Some sea snails have shells that grow in a perfect spiral pattern.
Lionfish
Blaze
A lionfish has beautiful stripy spines, but they're venomous, so nobody bothers them! They spread their fins wide to look bigger.
Clam
Nacre
A clam can make a shiny pearl inside its shell, one tiny layer at a time. Some clams can live for hundreds of years!
Baby jellyfish
Bloom
Jellyfish have drifted through the oceans for millions of years, long before the dinosaurs! A group of jellyfish is called a bloom.