The ocean is a mysterious place. It covers about 70 percent of the earth's surface, yet there is still so much we don't know about it. It's almost as if the water on this planet is a whole other world within a world. We found some truly fascinating facts about oceans — learn things that will truly shock you!
The water in oceans is constantly moving through a global ocean conveyor belt.
Off the coast of Queensland, Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is 1,429 miles long.
This act is known as autophagy.
Since the ocean covers 70 percent of the earth's surface, that means there is still so much to learn about the ocean. Who knows what kind of plants and creatures we haven't discovered yet.
North America's plate is moving away from Europe, causing the change in the size of the oceans.
There's about 200 nautical miles of underwater land that extends from the United States's coasts.
All they have is a set of nerves on their tentacles.
All together, this is more islands than the rest of the world has combined.
There are still hundreds of thousands of species that we haven't even found yet.
Unfortunately most of it is very diluted and almost impossible to get.
There are fish that live in very deep parts of the ocean and they can live to be over 30 years old.
Each community of whales has a unique song that they sing to communicate with one another.
It's approximately 1.5 times as big as America.