@National marnie aquarium.
Name: Loggerhead sea turtle
Species: Reptile
Interesting fact: A large turtle: adults weigh 200 to 350 pounds and measure about 3 feet in length
Diet: The loggerhead sea turtle eats mainly on bottom dwelling invertebrates such as sea anemones, barnacles, sea cucumbers, starfish, fish eggs and sometimes even hatchling turtles which are members of its own species! But when swimming in Open Ocean it will eat jellyfish, floating molluscs, floating egg clusters, squid, and flying fish.
Life span: Loggerhead turtles live till the ages of 47 – 67.
Name: Spotted Eagle Ray
Species: Fish
Interesting fact: Spotted eagle rays are often observed cruising close to the surface. They are also known to "porpoise" - or leap - out of the water.
Diet: It preys mainly upon Bivalves, shrimp, crabs, annelids, octopus, whelks, and small fish
Life span: Approximately 15 years
Name: Black Tip Reef Shark
Species: Fish
Interesting fact: The wriggling fins of Pacific blacktips are often seen moving across extremely shallow reef flats only inches deep.
Diet: Small fish mullet, groupers, theraponids, jacks, mojarras, slipjaws, wrasses, surgeonfish, sillinginids, mollusks i.e. cuttlefish, squid, octopi, and crustaceans (i.e. shrimp and mantis shrimp)
life span: approximately 12 years
Name: clown fish
Species: fish
Interesting fact: There are 28 known types of clown fish, the most popular being the one that looks like nemo, it is bright orange with white stripes like this fish.
Diet: clown fish mainly eat leftovers left by other fish
Life span: 3 – 5 years in captivity
Name: Red Lionfish
Species: Fish
Interesting fact: A lionfish will often spread its feathery pectoral fins and herd small fish into a confined space where it can more easily swallow them.
Diet: fish and shrimp
Life span: up to fifteen years
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