Wonders of the Ocean

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The oceans hold some of the most spectacular life on the planet — let’s help protect them.

The biggest animal in the world lives in the ocean — the blue whale. These oceanic rulers are so large, reaching up to 100 feet in length and weighing 200 tons, even their hearts exist in mammoth sizes, weighing as much as a car!

While the blue whale can live up to 80-90 years, there exists life beneath the ocean’s surface boasting even longer lifespans. The oldest recorded Greenland shark was 400-years-old and oldest living quahog (a type of clam) lived to be 507. Even more impressive, is the immortal jellyfish, which has the somewhat supernatural ability to age backwards — transforming its existing cells into younger ones.

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