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Marine Animals in the Poles. By Gaia Cassar. Do you know why a polar bear and a penguin can never meet? Follow this show and you will find out at the end……. The Arctic . The Arctic is a very cold, windy, and often snowy biome located around the North Pole. The Arctic .
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Marine Animals in the Poles By Gaia Cassar
Do you know why a polar bear and a penguin can never meet?Follow this show and you will find out at the end……..
The Arctic • The Arctic is a very cold, windy, and often snowy biome located around the North Pole.
The Arctic • Although there is no land at the North Pole, the icy Arctic Ocean is full with life ranging from the very small (like zooplankton) to the huge (like whales).
The Arctic – ARCTIC SEA MAMMALS • POLAR BEARS - They spend most of their time on the pack ice or in the water. • Their favourite food is the ringed seal.
The Arctic – ARCTIC SEA MAMMALS • Whales - They are able to live in the cold waters of the Arctic. They have a thick layer of blubber under their skin. • Bowhead • Beluga • Narwhal
The Arctic – ARCTIC SEA MAMMALS • Walrus - Walruses are pinnipeds. • Pinni means wing or fin and pedis means foot. • They like to live in shallow water by ice floes or land. ice floe A large, flat area of ice floating on water. Walrus walk on all four fins. He can even move on land as fast as a man can run.
The Arctic – ARCTIC SEA MAMMALS • HARP SEALS – • Harp seals prefer to swim in the ocean, spending little time on land. • These are very social animals and can be very noisy as well.
The Antartic • This is also known as the South Pole. • Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent. • There are no permanent human residents. • Only cold-adapted plants and animals survive there.
The Antartic • Penguins – • About 40 known penguin colonies are found in Antartica. • Emperor Penguins • Chinstrap Penguins • Macaroni Penguins • Rockhopper Penguins
The Antartic • Seals – • Weddell seals live on the edge of the ice all year round and dive down beneath it to feed. • Fur seals are very quick due to their flippers, and because they do not have as much blubber as other types.
The Antartic • Whales – • Whales species: blue, fin, humpback, minke, orcas, right, sei, sperm • Whales are mammals. This means that they are not fish. • Whales are warm blooded and have a skeleton similar to our own.
Similarities between the Arctic and the Antarctic • Killer whales can tackle elephant seals stingrays, dolphins, sharks and full-grown whales. • They both have mosses and lichens. • The Arctic and Antarctic both have seals. • They both have whales and birds. • They both have krill and fish.
Differences between the Arctic and the Antarctic • The Arctic has polar bears and the Antarctic does not. • The Antarctic has penguins and the Arctic doesn't. • The Antarctic has no trees. • The Arctic has Tundra with rich plant life in Spring and Summer. • Antarctic has algae but not the Arctic. • Antarctica has mainly calm animals but the Arctic has some fierce ones.
The Arctic and Antartica • Now that you know a bit about animals that live in the far end of the world…. • Do you know why Polar Bears and Penguins never meet????? • Because…. The Polar Bear lives in the North Pole and the Penguin lives in the South Pole!!
Marine animals in the poles • Hope you enjoyed my show and have learnt a little bit about these special places in the world. • Unfortunately a lot of these animals are in danger. • Global warming and hunters are putting their lives at risk. • Let’s do something to save them…… • Think what YOU can do.
