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Earth Rangers, Emma is going to take you on an adventure to learn about some EXTREME animals – extremely cute, extremely good fliers, extremely interesting sea creatures AND some actual extremophiles. You’re going to be EXTREMELY glad you joined us!

 
 
 

Top 5 Extremely Interesting Sea Creatures

Dive into the sea with us and take a look at these fascinating animals:

 
3. Mantis shrimp

These exotic rainbow warriors may be small but they’re extra mighty crustaceans.

3. Mantis shrimp
Scotoplanes

Also known as the sea pig, these jelly-like creatures are actually a type of sea cucumber!Photo Credit NOAA/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Scotoplanes
Dumbo Octopus

What do you call an octopus wearing socks? A Sock-topus of course! What do you call an octopus with flapping ear-fins? Hm…Photo Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer

Dumbo Octopus
Leafy Sea Dragon

You may find this hard to believe, but the leafy sea dragon is actually a type of fish!

Leafy Sea Dragon
Granrojo Jellyfish

These jellyfish can grow up to 3 meters across (almost 10 ft)!Photo Credit: NOAA/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Granrojo Jellyfish
 
 
 

Champagne Pool in Waiotapu, New Zealand

 

This hot spring may look really cool, but boy, does it stink! That’s because it’s filled with sulfur, which smells like rotten eggs. EW! But, it’s this smelly sulfur, along with heavy metals, that gives it that really interesting orange colour you can see in this picture!

 
 

Best Animal Jokes of all time!

Round 1: Which of these jokes do you think is the best? Vote for your favourite!

  • What did the judge say when the skunk walked into the courtroom? Odour in the court! (54%, 240 Votes)
  • What kind of key opens a banana? A monkey! (39%, 172 Votes)
  • What do you call a bird that likes eating pie? A pied currawong! (7%, 33 Votes)

Total Voters: 445

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Make sure you come back next time for a new batch of jokes!

 
 


Do you think you have a better joke? Send it in and it could be featured on the podcast! You can sent it in a voice message by pressing the green button or use the voice recorder on a smart phone and ask your parents to email it to podcast@earthrangers.com

 
 

 

 

 

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