marine mammals
Seals and dolphins
Marine mammals are warm-blooded animals that live primarily in the ocean: whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, walruses, manatees, sea otters, and polar bears.
Unlike fish, they breathe air, nurse their young, and maintain body temperature.
The term appears in conservation contexts and wildlife biology: Marine mammals are protected under federal law.
- pinnipedsFin-limbed marine carnivores
- cetaceanAquatic mammal order
- whalesMassive marine mammals
- dolphinsSmart aquatic mammals
- killer whaleApex ocean predator
blubber · sea lions · sea otter · echolocation · baleen whales · stranding · thermoregulation · krill · subsistence hunting · porpoises · polar bears · breeding colonies · manatees · swim with dolphins · flippers · deep dive · baleen · walrus
- ocean lifeocean, sea, sea creatures, shark, sea life
- sea lifeshark, whale, dolphin, salmon, jellyfish
- Zooszoo exhibits, zoo train, zoo tours, zookeeper, animal exhibits
- aquatic lifedolphins, whales, dolphin, sharks, sea turtles
- Marineoceans, fisheries, seafood, coastal zones, ocean currents
- marine ecosystemsphytoplankton, oceans, zooplankton, krill, kelp
marine mammalsfish
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
marine fish · saltwater fish · sharks · bony fish · rays
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