Flying Fish
Glide to survive.
Animal Habitats
Open Ocean
Pelagic waters away from coasts, home to migratory fish and marine mammals
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Open Ocean Animals
Harbor Seal
No ears. Big whiskers. Coastal pro.
Greenland Shark
Ancient shark of the Arctic depths
Salmon Shark
Warm heart, cold ocean hunter
Cookiecutter Shark
The deep-sea donut-cutter
Blue Shark
Built for the blue-water marathon
Sand Tiger Shark
Protruding teeth, gentle glide.
Sleeper Shark
Slow swimmers, deep-sea survivors
Spinner Shark
Spin, surge, strike-coastal hunter
Garden Eel
Burrows, colonies, and current-fed eels
Sixgill shark
Six gills. Deep shadows. Slow lives.
Harp Seal
Born on ice, built for the North
Haddock
Thumbprint of the North Atlantic
Porbeagle Shark
Cold seas, warm muscles, fast hunter
Megamouth Shark
Big mouth, tiny prey, deep-sea mystery
Hooded Seal
The seal with a built-in hood.
Sei Whale
The sleek copepod hunter of the open sea
Anglerfish
Lure, lunge, and vanish.
Northern Fur Seal
Bering Sea breeder, ocean wanderer.
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Hawaii's rare reef-roaming seal
Christmas Island Red Crab
Red tide on land-then back again
Baleen Whale
Baleen giants: ocean's living filters
Antarctic Scale Worm
Armored Antarctic hunter on the seafloor
Turtles
Armored travelers of sea and land