What kind of creature is it really?
Straw mussels
Mytilus edulis
They belong to the same family as Japanese Carpet Shell and cockles, the mussels. They live attached to rocks. You can see them in harbors and on the shore.
tuna
Pacific Bluefin Tuna
I live by constantly swimming in the ocean. Sometimes I can even swim really fast.
Jellyfish ①
Moon Jellyfish
They open and close their round umbrellas. They live floating gently in the sea.
Jellyfish ②
Japanese red jellyfish
There are many different kinds of jellyfish in the ocean. The red jellyfish has long tentacles. These tentacles are poisonous, and it uses them to stun its prey and catch it.
lobster
spiny lobster
Its hard body protects it. It uses its many legs skillfully to walk. What does it do with its long antennae?
A forest of kelp and wakame seaweed
Giant kelp
In the ocean, there are places where large seaweeds, like kelp and wakame, grow in abundance, forming forests. Giant kelp can grow up to 40 meters long!
Eel? No, it's a moray eel.
Spotted Moray
The long fish in the illustration isn't an eel, it's a moray eel. Moray eels swim skillfully by wriggling their long bodies. They're not afraid of narrow spaces either.
sea anemone
Anemone of the deep sea
Anemones have many long, slender tentacles. They use these tentacles to stun their prey and then eat them.
It's not Swimmy, but...
Japanese Pilchard
Swimmy might be a fictional fish. But there are fish in the ocean that gather in large numbers and form schools, just like Swimmy. When they huddle together tightly, they look like one big fish.
Straw mussels
Mytilus edulis
They belong to the same family as Japanese Carpet Shell and cockles, the mussels. They live attached to rocks. You can see them in harbors and on the shore.
tuna
Pacific Bluefin Tuna
I live by constantly swimming in the ocean. Sometimes I can even swim really fast.
Jellyfish ①
Moon Jellyfish
They open and close their round umbrellas. They live floating gently in the sea.
Jellyfish ②
Japanese red jellyfish
There are many different kinds of jellyfish in the ocean. The red jellyfish has long tentacles. These tentacles are poisonous, and it uses them to stun its prey and catch it.
lobster
spiny lobster
Its hard body protects it. It uses its many legs skillfully to walk. What does it do with its long antennae?
A forest of kelp and wakame seaweed
Giant kelp
In the ocean, there are places where large seaweeds, like kelp and wakame, grow in abundance, forming forests. Giant kelp can grow up to 40 meters long!
Eel? No, it's a moray eel.
Spotted Moray
The long fish in the illustration isn't an eel, it's a moray eel. Moray eels swim skillfully by wriggling their long bodies. They're not afraid of narrow spaces either.
sea anemone
Anemone of the deep sea
Anemones have many long, slender tentacles. They use these tentacles to stun their prey and then eat them.
It's not Swimmy, but...
Japanese Pilchard
Swimmy might be a fictional fish. But there are fish in the ocean that gather in large numbers and form schools, just like Swimmy. When they huddle together tightly, they look like one big fish.
