Monday 24 March 2014

A fish named "Ray"

This kind of fish is called "Ray" or "Skate" and it is closely related to the family of sharks. It has a boneless skeleton made out of a tough, elastic substance and it has developed heavy, rounded teeth for crushing the shells of snails, clams, oysters and crustaceans. It also eats fish, depending on its species. Most of the ray species live on the sea floor, while many of them live in coastal waters and few of them in deep waters. As you can see in the next pictures, it can be seen in a variety of colours and shapes... Enjoy!:



Monday 10 March 2014

"Quack", they said

This well-known kind of duck is called the "Mallard" duck, that lives in America, Asia and Europe and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia. Just as the peacocks, only the male is good-looking. For example, the male (which is called drake) has a glossy green head and grey wings and belly, while the female only has brown and black feathers... Isn't that unfair? Also, the males sometimes have more that one colours on their wings' feathers that make them look even more beautiful..
Here are some pictures of them:





Finding Nemo...

I think that you all know this kind of fish, from the famous fish "Nemo". It is called clownfish or anemonefish, because of its colours and its white bars and patches and because it lives with anemones. You can find them in a lot of colours including orange, yellow, red, even black!
Here you can see an orange one: