So salty!
DID YOU KN
OW?
We eat 250
million
portions of
FISH AND CH
IPS
every year
!
The Caribbean Sea
The Dead Sea
Yikes! If it is a dead sea, then
everything in it died? No, the Dead
Sea just doesn’t have any fish in it
because it’s far too salty. And what’s
more, it is actually a lake, not a sea.
There are lots of minerals in the Dead
Sea which are also in our bodies, such
as calcium. So it’s thought that the
sea is great for curing illnesses. It’s a
mega salty sea but people who have
tasted it find it doesn’t taste like salt
at all. The enormous amounts of salt
are there because it is hot and dry, so
lots of the water dries up leaving the
salt behind. The land around the Dead
Sea is the lowest land on Earth, being
430 metres below normal sea level.
Because of the salt content, the Dead
Sea weighs more than freshwater and
people actually float in it!
This is a beautiful-looking sea that
you see in holiday pictures. But it’s
also a very deep sea with secret
underwater volcanoes! Far beneath
the surface, there are special volcanic
tubes nicknamed “black smokers”.
Extremely hot water comes out of
the tubes, but even so some sea
creatures like to live there. Scientists
think that these unusual creatures
might even be similar to alien life on
other planets. There is even a shrimp
with no eyes that sees using a light
sensor on its back!
SEE THE DEEP SE
A LIFE
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