Sentences with phrase «species swim the waters»

Today 321 species swim the waters of the world.

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Where the shelf ends and the continental slope drops steeply downwards, waters at 1,500 - 2,000 meters teem with long - lived predatory species such as bluefin tuna, swordfish, marlin and wahoos, which probably all swam through the plume.

They also found that sharks used powered swimming more often than a gliding motion to move through the ocean, contrary to what scientists had previously thought, and that deep - sea sharks swim in slow motion compared to shallow water species.

Some species also don't have swim bladders, gas chambers that help other fish control their buoyancy as they travel up and down the water column.

Both fish species swim downstream during droughts and return during normal water flow, but the construction of dams, or stream fragmentation, prevents fish from returning upstream.

More than 1600 species of cichlids swim in fresh water around the world, spanning a rainbow of colors and a myriad of shapes.

Hardy's «aquatic apes» were not giant beasts living like Aquaman; rather, the species that eventually became Homo sapiens waded in and out of water and learned to swim and dive.

The objective of this study is to identify the determinants of attraction that regulate the collective behavior in social fish species when swimming together in a water tunnel.

They open directly onto a lush tropical garden planted with many native species of trees, palms, flowers, and orchids; a natural swimming pool of smooth shape offers its fresh and clear water.

Come swim in calm, tranquil waters of pristine tropical coral reef gardens in a protected marine sanctuary offering more than 600 species of marine life.

This species is not a danger to humans, so if you're feeling brave, you can get into the water and swim with them along various coastlines of the Riviera Maya.

Be amazed as you swim and snorkel in the calm, clear protected waters inside the crescent shaped Marine Life Conservation with over 250 species of exotic fish!

You'll get to swim to a depth of 20 feet (6 m) below the surface of the water, allowing you to get a closer look a the marine species that live at the Hol Chan Reserve.

Underwater enthusiasts will be awed to see large lush coral formations and delighted to swim with an array of coastal marine species as they explore the 2nd largest marine reserve in Belize, the South Water Caye Marine Reserve.

Visitors can swim across a pool to enter the ATM Cave where ancient Maya priests once performed human sacrifices, explore the ruins of Cahal Pech, once home to an elite royal Maya family more than a thousand years ago, rappel more than 300 feet down the infamous «Back Hole Drop», ride an inner tube down the Caves Branch river while passing through the remnants of the Maya underworld, zip line through the jungle canopy, enjoy some of the best fishing anywhere in the world, snorkel in crystal clear water, and enjoy bird watching in a land that more than 500 species of birds call home.

Munch's Oddysee carries many similar themes and mechanics to Abe's Oddysee, including the planned extinction of a species, rescuing slaves and test subjects, and the ability to take control of your enemies, but expands massively with the option to switch characters at any time, pick up and throw objects, swim in water, and use new GameSpeak to incite slave rebellions, native uprisings and lab rat revolutions.

In the writings of early colonists, there were so many salmon, shad, alewives and other species swimming upriver to spawn that the waters were said to «run silver» with these fish.

We know that many of the fish and some of the crabs seem to be able to swim or scuttle away from the low - oxygen waters, and in some cases they reappear once the levels of oxygen return to normal, but we do not know the long - term consequences of an annual die - off of the habitat - forming, bottom - dwelling species, many of which live to be decades old.

In North America, when waters warm off the coast, cold - loving species can swim further north.