Terrific Tuna
Ella Springer
Introduction
Tuna is one of the only types of warm-blooded fish! You will be excited to learn that this creature has a fascinating diet, captivating appearance, and enthralling way of moving. This distinctive organism will blow your mind away!
Diet
Tuna has a diet that will make you curious to find out more but at the same time you will probably think that it is weird. This organism is a carnivore. It digests many types of different fish and other living organisms including mackerel, herring, hake, squids, crustaceans, and much more food. It is amazing to think about that a typical tuna usually eats one-quarter of its body weight each day! Since this animal also takes so much action, it needs to eat a large portion of food each day. This fish burns off energy by swimming very fast into its prey with its mouth wide open, chomping it down. The way you hear this animal eats you might think that it is a sloppy eater but this animal eats every last bite only leaving the bones. It's hard to believe but, tuna also gets eaten by orcas and sharks. In my head I think that this fish is the most ferocious fish in the sea especially since it eats its own cousins if it is that hungry. Without a doubt, if I were you I would stay away from this fish or it just might eat you [it is very unlikely]!
Apperence
Though tuna might not have an appealing way of eating it definitely has an appealing appearance. No one would argue that, tuna has the perfect skin for the sea because it camouflages so well. The belly side of the fish's body is dark blue and it blends in with the ocean when you would look up. The dorsal [back] side of the tuna is a sliver white and it blends in with the ocean floor when seen from above. It is true that this creature also has a magnificent size. Tuna is a very large fish. It can reach the length 6.5 feet and weight of 550 pounds. But the largest [ever recorded] specimen of tuna was 21 feet long and weighing 1,600 pounds. Unlike other fish, tuna is able to increase and maintain the body temperature a few degrees above the temperature of the surrounding water and that is why it is a warm blooded fish. Tuna has a shape that is classified to have a rounded body that has a slim spiky tail.Though this is all interesting and all it is very sad to hear that the average tuna only lives 15-30 years in the wild. A small present of tuna manage to live until this period. Most people would agree that tuna is very enjoyable to learn about, especially its appearance.
Movement
Tuna has an enthralling way of swimming. However, despite the large size of tuna, they are very fast swimmers. You will be excited to learn that tuna can reach the speed of 44-62 miles per hour. This creature even travels 30 miles each day. Tuna is able to change position of their dorsal and pectoral fins to accelerate there swimming. This animal moves by using its dorsal and pectoral fins. But it is incredible that the most important body part for this animal is the tail. It is interesting to note that, this organism can swim near the surface of the water and can dive to the depth of 3000 feet. Research shows though that if tuna stays in one spot for too long [without moving], it will die. Also this warm-blooded organism is super fast and I don't expect to meet one in the ocean because they are super fast.
Conclusion
As a result you can see that tuna has a fascinating diet, captivating appearance, and enthralling way of moving. I think that this type of fish is such a unique animal who deserves to live longer than 30 years. Hopefully many people can learn about this extraordinary animal, tuna.
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Tuna
Large fast swimmers
Swimming through the cold ocean
Diving to the depth of 3000 feet
Swimming 30 miles in a week
Weighing 550 pounds
Even more than the clouds
Warm blooded animals in search for squid
Can't wait to see one in an aquarium
By: Ella Springer