Antarctic Animal Life!!
One of a kind on our Earth!!
Ice Fish...
This fish lives in the deep parts of the Antarctic... Because the fish has a lack of hemoglobin (Hb) it is almost translucent. Instead of red blood cells the fish has WHITE blood cells..
Basket Star..
This star fish is like no other... People used to believe it was an alien!
They used to call the animal "The Head of Medusa".
Sea Cucumber
The animal has no relation to its name. its life span is 5 to 10 years. They are 75 inches (6.5 feet) in size! When threatened they discharge sticky threads to trap their enimies!
Sea Spider
This 9.8-inch-long (25-centimeter-long) giant sea spider was one of 30,000 animals found during a 35-day census in early 2008. Cold temperatures, few predators, and high levels of oxygen in seawater could explain their size.
Amphipod
Amphipods are mistaken for looking looking like shrimp. Scuds are found in the coldest parts the Antarctic.
Polychaete worm
They are found in the depths of the ocean. They burrow into sand and mud on beaches. A.K.A Bristle worms.
Sea lion
The name has no relation to the animals its self. Sea lions can weigh over 400 kg.
The Blue Whale
The Blue Whale is found in the coldest parts of the Antarctic. They can weigh over 200 hundred tons!
The Greenland Shark
This is one the well known sharks around the Antarctic. Its diet includes polar bears and penguins.
Opctopus
This marine animal lives under rocks and has a diet of small fish and plants.
Elephant Seal
This animal is a carnivore and can weigh up to five tons.
Comb Jelly
Even though this sea creature looks amazing;It is one of the most deadliest animals in the Antarctic!
Skate
These type are actually very rare, they live along the seabed along the Antarctic.
Feather Star
They tend to die because of habitation and no food, but they do eat plankton.
Sea Pigs
Has no relation to its name, other than its pink. They survive by eating mud off the ocean floor. They also act as snails.
citations
http://www.livescience.com/29740-creatures-of-the-frozen-deep-antarcticas-sea-life.html
http://www.livescience.com/29740-creatures-of-the-frozen-deep-antarcticas-sea-life.html
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/sea-cucumber/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/photogalleries/Antarctica-pictures/photo4.html
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/wildlife/animals/seals-and-sea-lions/sea-lions
https://icecube.wisc.edu/pole/animals
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/blue-whale/
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/blue-whale/
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/elephant-seal/
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/weirdest-neon-killers