Did You Know. . . ?

-Oceans are 2.5+ miles deep, and contain 99.5% of Earth’s livable habitat
-Marine animals are one of the most understudied areas of research in the world
-Marine mammal science (marine mammalogy) is a smaller, more distinct area of marine biology
-Marine biology focuses on marine organisms and their relationship to their environment.
-Marine mammal science focuses on one or more specific marine mammals
-Marine biology has only been studied for about the last 35 years, with the development of technology
-Aristotle was the first to record marine life
-Scientists believe that aside from the thousands of marine species already discovered, over a thousand are believed to have not been discovered yet
-Many species of fish can change their sex
-The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on earth, it had a heart the size of a car and blood vessels large enough for a full grown trout to swim through