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Travel, Learn and Explore
6+ 27.5 x 23.5 x 9 cm (11” x 9” x 3.5”) 14.8 x 21 cm (6” x 8”) 32
The Sea
M. Gaule, G. Pesavento
96 x 68 cm (38” x 27”) 205
Planet Earth consists mostly of water. Seas and oceans,
large bodies of water, are home to magnificent creatures
and include spectacular unexplored depths. Read the book,
assemble the puzzle and learn all about the fascinating
underwater world.
A new title of the Travel, Learn and Explore series dedicated
to seas and oceans, to know the underwater world more
closely through a 32-page book and a 205-piece puzzle.
LIFE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
GREEN TURTLE
A green turtle can be 125 centimetres
(49 inches) long and weigh up to 230
kilograms (507 pounds)! Each year,
groups of thousands of these turtles
migrate as much as 2,000 kilometres
(1,240 miles) to move from the areas
where they feed to those where they
mate and lay their eggs.
SPECTACLED PORPOISE
This type of porpoise is easy to recognise because it has rings
around its eyes. It has a black back with a large round fin and a
white belly. Spectacled porpoises eat squid and fish, and they live
in herds of up to twenty-five.
This porpoise is a very fast swimmer!
ANGELFISH
Box with iridescent details
INDIAN OCEAN
Numerous schools of angelfish live in
and around coral reefs. Their main
ZEBRA SHARK
characteristics are their protruding
22 mouths, high foreheads and very tall
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This shark owes its name to the fact
dorsal fins. The angelfish has two large
that when young it is covered in stripes.
vertical stripes on its body that really stand
This allows it to blend into the background amid the lines of light and
out. Angelfish mate for life.
shadow on the ocean floor. The stripes fade as the shark grows,
and eventually they turn into black spots. A zebra shark
can be up to 2 1/2 metres (8 feet) in length and feeds
UNDERWATER on small bony AND fish, ABOVE molluscs and crustaceans.
WATER VOLCANOES
The Indian Ocean is 74,917,000 square kilometres, or 28,417,119
Beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean there
BLOWFISH
square miles. It is the warmest, southernmost and saltiest ocean,
are many underwater volcanoes; none of them
are active, however. There are also many volcanic
because heat causes the water to evaporate. Because of the
NAPOLEONIFISH
A blowfish’s body is completely covered in
islands. One particularly interesting volcanic
ocean’s high temperature, it is often subject to strong winds, such
quills. If it feels angry or in danger, it puffs up
This fish is named island for is Krakatoa, the hump between Java and Sumatra.
into a ball by swallowing air and water and
as trade winds, typhoons and monsoons, all of which bring rain
on its head, which This island looks has like three volcanoes that 130 years
sticks out those quills. It has a small mouth with
and humidity.
Napoleon’s ago signature erupted hat. A the Napoleonfish
same time and destroyed
teeth that looks like a bird’s beak and it feeds
The islands in this ocean
can grow up two to thirds 230 centimetres of the island. (90 A inches) few years in length later a and small its colour
on molluscs, sea urchins and crabs. Its back
volcano called Anak Krakatau rose out of the
are mostly small and tend
ranges from blue to green to grey-pink. It’s a solitary and stationary
is yellowish with black dots, and on its side it
ashes of three previous volcanoes.
to be coral or volcanic
fish and is active during the day, while at night it sleeps amidst the
has brown stripes. When it puffs up the stripes
coral.
disappear and its back looks green instead.
islands, and some are
seamounts. Eruptions
and underwater
earthquakes along the
ridges are common.
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THE DEEPEST POINT
The deepest point in the Indian Ocean
is located in the Sunda Deep of the Java
Trench off the island of Java, 7,450 metres
(24,442 feet) down! The Java Trench
is 3,200 kilometres (nearly 2,000 miles)
long. It is divided by a ridge and is mostly
filled with sediment.
CHAGOS ISLANDS
The Chagos Islands are the world’s largest natural marine reserve and
a treasure trove of marine biodiversity. They include the largest coral
atoll in the world, a diverse array of trenches and ridges and an amazing
variety of corals, fish, turtles, crustaceans and marine animals. Pufferfish
are one of the many species represented, and they swim through some
of the deepest water.
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