What sea animal starts with W?

Whale. Whales are large aquatic mammals that are found throughout the world's oceans. Whales are members of Cetacea, a group of animals that also includes dolphins and porpoises.

1. Which animal lives in Sea?
2. Is a walrus a mammal?
3. What is a sea animal?
4. What are the animals living in seas and oceans called?
5. What is the mammal in the sea called?
6. What are soft sea animals?
7. Do Shrews have teeth?
8. Is Shark a mammal?
9. Is a penguin a mammal?
10. What's the difference between a walrus and a sea lion?

Which animal lives in Sea?

Marine mammals depend on the ocean and other marine ecosystems for their survival. Some of the known mammals that live in oceans include whales, seals, manatees, solar bears, and sea otters. The adaptation of these mammals to the aquatic lifestyle varies from one species to the other.

Is a walrus a mammal?

They can be found in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Arctic Ocean. ... Walruses are terrestrial, marine mammals, meaning they can swim in the ocean and walk on land and sea ice. 5. Walruses typically eat mollusks, but worms, snails, soft shell crabs, shrimp, and sea cucumbers can also be found on their menu.

What is a sea animal?

A sea animal is any type of animal that lives in a body of saltwater (like a sea or ocean), so starfish and krill are just as much sea animals as a whale is. All sea or ocean-dwelling animals can be further classified based on how they move and where they live.

What are the animals living in seas and oceans called?

Marine life, sea life, or ocean life is the plants, animals, and other organisms that live in the salt water of the sea or ocean, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. At a fundamental level, marine life affects the nature of the planet.

What is the mammal in the sea called?

Marine mammals are classified into four different taxonomic groups: cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), and marine fissipeds (polar bears and sea otters).

What are soft sea animals?

Mollusks. Mollusks are marine animals with soft bodies and no backbone. Animals like mollusks that do not have a backbone are called invertebrates.

Do Shrews have teeth?

shrew, (family Soricidae), any of more than 350 species of insectivores having a mobile snout that is covered with long sensitive whiskers and overhangs the lower lip. Their large incisor teeth are used like forceps to grab prey; the upper pair is hooked, and the lower pair extends forward.

Is Shark a mammal?

Answer: Sharks are fish

Sharks are not mammals as they do not possess any of the characteristic features that define a mammal. For instance, they are not warm-blooded. Sharks are considered a species of fish, but unlike most fishes, a sharks' skeleton is made of cartilage.

Is a penguin a mammal?

Penguins, or Sphenisciformes, are not mammals, but birds. They are different from mammals in that they have feathers instead of hair or fur, and unlike most mammals penguins lay eggs instead of giving live birth. ... Unlike mammals, penguins lay eggs rather than giving live birth.

What's the difference between a walrus and a sea lion?

Unlike the sea lions, walrus have tusks and whiskers. The tusk and stiff whiskers are the main features that differentiate a walrus from a sea lion. Walrus is also bigger than sea lions. Though walrus shares certain physical features with sea lions, it does not have the external ear as that of sea lions.