There are many animals and plants that live in water.
Some water is fresh water.
Some water is salty.
Sea water is salty.
There are birds that live near water and feed on things that live in the water.
Salt water
Coral reef ©Getty Images
hammerhead shark ©Getty Images
Lots of different kinds of fish live in the sea. Some live near the bottom, in deep sea. Some live near the top.
Many fish live in groups, called schools. This confuses the animals that try to eat them.
Sharks live in the sea. There are many kinds of shark. Whales are animals that live in the water.
Animals like walrus, seals and polar bears spend a much of their time in the sea, but also come onto land. Penguins are birds that do not fly, and spend part of their time on land and part in the sea.
Read about these animals that live in salt water on other kidcyber pages
rays
shellfish like lobsters and crabs
molluscs like oysters and clams
Weedy sea dragon. ©Getty Images
Sea otter holding a rock that it uses to open shells ©Getty Images
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Fresh water
Lots of different fish live in freshwater.
Some animals live just part of their lives in the water. Dragonflies and mosquitoes live under water when they hatch out of eggs, then they change into flying insects.
Tadpoles hatch out of eggs laid by frogs and live under the water. They get bigger and grow legs, then become frogs that can live on land and in the water as well.
There are many freshwater animals that live in and out of the water.
Read about these freshwater animals on other kidcyber pages
freshwater crayfish, like yabbies
water beetles
Giant otter in Peru ©Getty Images
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Lots of plants live under the water, different kinds of seaweeds and other plants.
It is always a good idea to use more than one source of information, so here are others for you to investigate
Read about animals that live in salt water:
Read more about freshwater creatures here.
http://australianmuseum.net.au/wild-kids-animals-of-freshwater-habitats
