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Giant clam. Tridacna gigas, the giant clam, is the most well-known species of the giant clam genus Tridacna. Giant clams are the largest living bivalve mollusks. Several other species of "giant clams" in the genus Tridacna, are often misidentified as Tridacna gigas . Known to indigenous peoples of East Asia for thousands of years, the Venetian ...
The giant grouper is a species of shallow water and can be found at depths of 1 to 100 metres (3.3 to 328.1 ft). It is associated with reefs and is the largest known bony fish found on reefs. [ 1] Large specimens have been caught from shore and in harbours. [ 3] They are found in caves and in wrecks while the secretive juveniles occur in reefs ...
Lovelock Cave. / 39.96250°N 118.55833°W / 39.96250; -118.55833. Lovelock Cave (NV-Ch-18) is a North American archaeological site previously known as Sunset Guano Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Loud Site 18. The cave is about 150 feet (46 m) long and 35 feet (11 m) wide. [ 1] Lovelock Cave is one of the most important classic sites of the ...
St. Augustine Monster. The carcass as it appeared after being dug out of the sand. The St. Augustine Monster is the name given to a large carcass, originally postulated to be the remains of a gigantic octopus, that washed ashore on the United States coast near St. Augustine, Florida in 1896. It is sometimes referred to as the Florida Monster or ...
Sara Johnston. Nurse who becomes Jim Downings's lover. Richard Simmons. Spawn's brother; a minister who was a former drug user. Bobby. Homeless man and Al's best friend; later becomes an alcoholic. Bootsy. Homeless man who is an undercover angel; makes reports to heaven about Al.
Grimpoteuthis. Grimpoteuthis[ 1] is a genus of pelagic cirrate (finned) octopods known as the dumbo octopuses. [ 2] The name "dumbo" originates from their resemblance to the title character of Disney 's 1941 film Dumbo, having two prominent ear-like fins which extend from the mantle above each eye. There are 17 species recognized in the genus ...
Beluga (sturgeon) The beluga ( / bəˈluːɡə / ), also known as the beluga sturgeon or great sturgeon ( Huso huso ), is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family ( Acipenseridae) of the order Acipenseriformes. It is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, and formerly in the Adriatic Sea.
When ready to spawn, white sturgeon choose a variety of substrates dependent on the river system, spawning on gravel or rocky substrate in moderate to fast currents, with observed depths of 3–23 m (9.8–75.5 ft), and water velocities at the bottom on a range of 0.6-2.4 m/sec. [21] When eggs are released by the female, they are negatively ...