What's the most dangerous animal in the ocean? – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

1.hi it's Danny in case you haven't already guessed one of my favorite places in the world is the ocean I love the waves and the water and learning about all the incredible creatures that live there like have you ever seen this one looks like seaweed doesn't it but it's not it's actually a fish called a leafy sea dragon and it lives in the ocean near Australia oh and check this one out looks like it has hands right makes sense that they call it the red hand fish okay this one might be the weirdest looking one of all it's a dragon fish don't worry even though it looks scary it's pretty harmless in fact many of the creatures in the ocean are harmless to humans someone named Kamaya has a question about the different types of animals in the ocean let's give Kamaya a call now hi Danny hi Kamaya I have a question for you what's the most dangerous animal in the ocean that's a great question and if you could ask a sea creature like this tiny damsel fish they might say that this animal is the most dangerous with their amazing swimming speed and Rose and rows of sharp teeth great white sharks are among the fiercest hunters in the ocean so they can be pretty dangerous to fish or maybe they would tell you a blue whale is the most dangerous and that would make sense since it's so huge Blue Whales swim through swarms of tiny creatures called Krill with their mouths wide open and when they do watch out they can swallow up to four tons of krill in a day that's more than the weight of three of these cars whoo and that's not all they eat with their mouths open like that they can sometimes accidentally swallow other creatures like fish and squid in the process okay skilled Hunters like great whites or huge animals like blue whales can be pretty dangerous if you're a damsel fish or a tiny sea creature like Krill but some of you may be wondering what about humans which ocean animal is the most dangerous to us before I go on I'm curious which ocean animals do you think are the most dangerous to humans now would be a good time to pause the video and discuss okay you ready when we think about dangerous creatures it's tempting to think of the big ones or the ones with sharp teeth but you don't have to be big or have sharp teeth to be dangerous believe it or not some dangerous ocean animals are pretty small like this one this is a needle fish sure they're not that big but their pointy beaks are pretty sharp kind of like little knives and that can cause some problems especially if you're a fisherman see needle fish like to jump out of the water and though it's pretty rare they can accidentally crash into fishermen sometimes especially at night when the needle fish are attracted to the lights on their boats now even though needlefish are something fishermen in places like Indonesia need to watch out for they're definitely not the most dangerous ocean animal that prize might go to an even smaller animal check out this blue ringed octopus a blue ringed octopus can fit in the palm of your hands but if you ever find one on the beach or underwater you definitely wouldn't want to hold it their saliva is venomous so venomous that a single bite can be deadly see those cool looking blue Rings they flash across their bodies when they're scared or upset a lot of venomous animals have beautiful patterns and colors like that and though we may be tempted to get close to get a better look those patterns are assigned to stay away so it's important to respect them and give them space the blue ringed octopus isn't the only venomous animal in the ocean there are actually lots of them but luckily they don't all hang out where people swim but there are some venomous creatures that do like jellyfish jellyfish like this one don't try to attack humans on purpose but they do float close to beaches in places like Australia and Indonesia where people swim and that can make them pretty Danger dangerous see their tentacles the venomous darts on those tentacles can sting you and it can hurt believe me I know I was once stung by a Medusa jellyfish in Italy there I was just standing in the water on a rock and it caught me by surprise ouch I still have the mark now most jellyfish stings will only hurt for a while like the sting I got and that's it but not if you get stung by this type of jellyfish this is a sea wasp one of the most dangerous animals in the ocean the sea wasp has one of the most powerful Venoms in the world even more powerful than a cobras or rattlesnakes which makes them really dangerous to humans okay don't panic at beaches where jellyfish like the sea wasp swim lifeguards are train to monitor when groups of them get close to Shore and when they do they warn people to stay out of the water sometimes they even close the beach until they go away so you don't need to be afraid to get in the water the most important thing to remember with all of these dangerous ocean animals is to pay attention when you're swimming when I'm in the ocean I wear goggles so I can see better and I always swim with a buddy so we can keep an eye out for each other that way I can swim safely with all the ocean animals that I might meet along the way way in summary it's not just the huge animals with sharp teeth that are dangerous there are smaller animals that can be dangerous for other reasons like their sharp pointy beaks or Venom filled saliva and though we may not know for sure which ocean animal is the most dangerous we do know that because of its super strong venom and because of how close it swims to shore the sea wasp jellyfish is one of the most dangerous creatures of all not just in the ocean but in the entire world that's all for this week's question thanks Kamaya for asking it now for the next episode we reached into our question jar and picked out three questions sent into us that we're thinking about answering next when the video is done playing you'll get to vote on one you can choose from how do polar bears walk on ice and snow what do AM and PM stand for or what is the difference between a crocodile and an alligator so submit your vote when the video is over we want to hear from all of you watching there are Mysteries all around us stay curious and see you next week