BY OUR SEAS

The world’s longest mountain chain is underwater.

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In our seas

We have better maps of Mars than of the ocean.

Marine Mammals

Grey Seal

  • Grey seals are the biggest land breeding mammal in the Uk.

  • Half the worlds grey seals are found here in the uk

  • Grey seal pups weigh only around 14 kg at birth. …

  • Mother and pup grey seals have a strong bond from birth.

Harbour or Common Seal

  • The harbor seal is also known as the common seal.

  • They find ‘haul out places to lay out of the water.

  • They ‘haul out’ just after high tide as the tide drops so they have a long time on the rocks. 

Harbour Porpoise

  • The harbour porpoise is less than two metres long.

  • It weighs about 45 kilos.

  • They sometimes hang out with grey seals to feed eat fish and squid.

Bottle Nose Dolphins

  • Bottlenose dolphins are the most common type of dolphin.

  • They grow to be about 3 -4.5 meters long.

  • They live to be about 45 or 50. 

Orca

  • The killer whale or orca is a toothed whale.

  • They can grow to be 9.7m long. (As long as the Clyde BoatBus.)

  • Orcas eat fish, penguins, seals, sea lions, and even whales!

Minke

  • The minke whale is a  baleen whale.

  • Baleen is made of the same materials as finger nails.

  • All baleen whales have baleen instead of teeth which they use to collect shrimp-like krill, plankton and small fish from the sea.

What lives here?

Do! Learn! Be!

The sea is all around us!
How does it work and what’s going on in it?

Art Stuff
Sea Stories
Places to go
Sea Facts
Sea Shanties

A clove hitch is two successive half-hitches around an object. It is most effectively used as a crossing knot.

KNOTS

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our school pack!

Ringnet Fishing
Quiz Page
Boats
Fish
The Boat Bus Title Page.
Types of Fishing

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#1. Where is the longest mountain chain?

#2. Where did Ringnet fishing start?

#3. Seals drag themselves out onto rocks and beaches, what is this activity called?

#4. In the book 'Nim's Island', what animal was Nims' friend?

#5. Name two different types of jelly fish.

#6. What do you do with a Drunken sailor?

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