1) It is not the tropical forests that form the “lungs of our planet”. It is the oceans – 70% of oxygen is created there.
2) Most of the sand in Caribbean is actually a poo of coral eating fish such as ParrotFish. Think about it next time you sunbathe on a sandy beach.
3) Some fish can change gender several times in their life. Some do it in the matter of seconds, when mating. “You were a she last time. Now me!”
4) When sea horses make love, the female injects the eggs inside male’s organs and two weeks later the male gives a birth.
5) Bioluminescence – at night, small plankton particles shine for a while when detect the water movement. It is a defense mechanism – just after shining they will abruptly move aside and the hungry fish will find nothing.
6) Whale Sharks – the largest leaving fish. They eat plankton and filter 50 swimming pools of water every hour.
Sources: Adam the Fish-man, wikipedia, some underwater observations
“poo” is a diminutive of the word “poop” and means “shit”. I found it in my dictionary of slang.
Really dry,cold & interesting facts. But no emotion inside. Too much “statistically scientific” lecture. I definitely prefer reading Marta’s next story about her fascinating underwater impressions. I think that story could be a piece of famous advanture literature. On the other hand numbers, facts, data are important for engineers, but should be accompanied here with pieces of art and poetry. I can not find “poo” in my dictionary. Have some idea, what it possibly can be..but.
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Ad 2. That is why I prefer a polish sand-beaches. Here is no Parrotfish.
Ad 5. Reading this I just invented a new method for energy production. The lighting plankton can iluminate a solar battery, producing energy for lighting and heating. I lay claim to this method as the way of renovable energy producing, thus counteracting against global warming.