Marine Facts

Under extreme stress, some octopuses will eat their own arms.

Starfish don't have brains.

The penis of a barnacle may reach up to eight to nine times its body size.

There are some species of snails that are extremely venomous.

The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.

The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.

Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.