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The ocean has many mysteries. In this game we challenge you to discover some truths and lies about some of the most amazing sea animals.

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A whale is a fish.

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Whales belong to the cetacean group. Cetaceans are mammals that are fully adapted to the aquatic environment.

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Whales are mammals.

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Octopuses have several repeated body parts.

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In addition to the main brain, each of the 8 arms has a local brain that functions independently. It also has a main heart and two secondary hearts.

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Octopuses have 8 arms, 9 brains and 3 hearts

Jellyfish are older than dinosaurs.

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It is possible that jellyfish have existed for more than 700 million years. Dinosaurs appeared "only" 250 million years ago.

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The oldest jellyfish fossil is 505 million years old.

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Penguins can breathe underwater.

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Penguins are birds, and although they spend a lot of time at sea, they have to come up to the surface to breathe.

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Penguins do not breathe underwater.

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The color of the flamingos depends on the food.

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Throughout their lives they will eat algae and small crustaceans (from the shrimp group) and will turn a pinkish color. This color is due to a pigment called carotene that exists in those foods.

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young flamingos are white or gray.

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The females of the black seacdevils are much smaller than the males.

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There are some mammals and birds in which the females are often larger than the males. This is very common for fishes. The black seadevil is a great example. The female can measure 18 cm and the male only 3 cm.

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It is common for female fish to be larger than male fish.

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In seahorse species it is the males that become pregnant.

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In seahorse species the female transfers her eggs to the male. The male fertilizes and carries the eggs for two months.

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It is the male seahorse that carries the eggs.

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The sailfish is the fastest fish in the world.

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The sailfish can exceed 110 km/h. The cheetah (a mammal) and the Peregrine falcon (a bird) are the only animals capable of reaching such high speeds.

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The sailfish is as fast as the cheetah.

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All sharks are large in size.

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Among the 400 shark species, some measure only 20 cm and others almost 20 m. The largest of all is the whale shark.

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Sharks can be have sizes.

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The Clownfish can change sex.

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Clownfish are born male. Throughout its life it can change from male to female and vice versa to keep the population balanced. This phenomenon is called sex inversion. 10% of fish species have this ability to change sex when needed.

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clownfish changes sex in response to the environment

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