David Attenborough Documentary Coastal se

Today we watched the Our Planet Documentary,narrated by David Attenborough,called Coastal Seas. Here are some interesting facts we learnt:

-90percent of marine creatures live in coastal waters.This is because the seafloor is in reach of the sunlight

-The documentary we watched was filmed in the Everglades National Park in Florida,- USA.

-The lush meadows of the park support the marine life.

-The Giant trevally and sting ray are extremely good hunters.

-Stingrays hunt for their prey that hind in the seagrass.

-There is a lot of food for the sea creatures,and for humans in the coastal waters.

-bottlenose dolphins has a special way of hunting shoals of mullet.They create a circle around the fish and flick up the mud which make the water murky-the mullet then get confused and jump up in the air,making it easy for the dolphins to catch the mullet.

-Coral reefs make up less than 1% of all the marine species that live in the ocean.

-Coral reefs are missing an important member of the community-Sharks!

-Shark numbers have been dramatically reduced due to overfishing

-Overfishing has reduced the shark population by 90%