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Life expectancy: 200 years
Natural predator: Killer whales
Place of origin: Arctic and sub-Arctic waters
The bowhead whale is at home in freezing
water, as he has a 50cm ‘blanket’ of blubber to
protect him from the cold. Weighing up to 100
tonnes, it is no wonder that only packs of killer
whales have a chance to kill a bowhead whale.31GalapaGos Giant tortoise
Life expectancy: Over 100 years
Natural predator: Hawks eat their eggs and young
Place of origin: Galapagos Islands
The world’s largest tortoise species is huge, weighing
more than 230kg and measuring more than 1.5m in length.
Due to his slow metabolism, he can go without food and
water for about one year. Carrying such a heavy shell is
hard work and this tortoise easily sleeps 16 hours a day.
Greenland shark
Life expectancy: Over 100 years
Natural predator: None, he is an apex predator
(this means he has no natural predators
because he’s at the top of his food chain)
Place of origin: Arctic and North Atlantic
This one-tonne fish eats just about anything
that crosses his path in the icy waters. Whether
dead or alive, the Greenland shark might eat it.
At 6.4m, he has a huge appetite. His defence is
that his flesh is poisonous to other living beings.red sea urchin
Life expectancy: Over 100
years
Natural predator: Large
fish, crabs, eels, humans, sea
otters, birds
Place of origin: North Eastern
Pacific Ocean
The red sea urchin feeds on
algae and seaweed from
rocks and it makes sense then
that his mouth is at the bottom
of his body. He has five teeth
and his body is covered with
hard spines. Specimens of 200
years old have been found.