Ocean Facts for Kids

The Pacific Ocean is so big that it covers more area than all the land on Earth combined.

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the longest mountain range on Earth, stretching over 40,000 miles underwater.

Male seahorses are the ones who carry and give birth to baby seahorses, not the females.

At the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the water pressure is over 1,000 times what you feel at the surface.

Dolphins give each other unique whistle sounds that act like names, and they respond when called.

The anglerfish has a glowing lure on its head that it uses to attract prey in the pitch-black deep sea.

Parrotfish eat coral and poop out sand — one parrotfish can create over 800 pounds of sand per year.

The mantis shrimp punches so fast it can boil the water around its fist and crack aquarium glass.

An octopus has nine brains — one central brain and a mini-brain in each of its eight arms.

The ocean contains about 20 million tons of dissolved gold, but it is too spread out to collect.